Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§1320 Geological Survey: Distribution of Publications to Public Libraries
Title 44 › CHAPTER 13 — PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS › § 1320
Summary
The Director of the Geological Survey must give public libraries copies of publications for sale that the Survey still has five years after those items were delivered to the Survey’s document room. Libraries that already got them are excluded, and the Survey may keep up to 200 copies in reserve.
Full Legal Text
Title 44, §1320
Public Printing and Documents, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Director of the Geological Survey shall distribute to public libraries that have not already received them, copies of sale publications on hand at the expiration of five years after date of delivery to the Survey document room, excepting a reserve number not to exceed two hundred copies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 262 (Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1146).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Geological Survey redesignated United States Geological Survey by provision of title I of Pub. L. 102–154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
44 U.S.C. § 1320
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102