Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§1916 Designation of Libraries of Accredited Law Schools as Depository Libraries
Title 44 › CHAPTER 19 — DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM › § 1916
Summary
At an accredited law school's request, the Director of the Government Publishing Office must name that school's library a depository library if the library meets this chapter’s requirements, except for the location rules in the first undesignated paragraph of section 1909. An accredited law school is one approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency the Commissioner of Education accepts for this purpose, or by the State’s highest appellate court.
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Title 44, §1916
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(a)Upon the request of any accredited law school, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall designate the library of such law school as a depository library. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may not make such designation unless he determines that the library involved meets the requirements of this chapter, other than those requirements of the first undesignated paragraph of section 1909 of this title which relate to the location of such library.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “accredited law school” means any law school which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the Commissioner of Education for such purpose or accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in which the law school is located.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 95–261, § 3, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1978.”
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Commissioner of Education transferred to Secretary of Education pursuant to section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 1916
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102