Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73not60
§738 Binding of Publications for Distribution to Libraries
Title 44 › Chapter 7— CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 738
Summary
Give the Superintendent enough unbound copies so they can be bound and sent to state libraries and other depositories for permanent files. Large single-subject works must be bound and titled separately. The library edition and other bound congressional documents must follow Joint Committee on Printing directions.
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Title 44, §738
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The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall supply the Superintendent of Documents with sufficient copies of publications distributed in unbound form, to be bound and distributed to the State libraries and other designated depositories for their permanent files. Every publication of sufficient size on any one subject shall be bound separately and receive the title suggested by the subject of the volume, and the others shall be distributed in unbound form as soon as printed. The library edition, as well as all other bound sets of congressional numbered documents and reports, shall be arranged in volumes and bound in the manner directed by the Joint Committee on Printing.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 143 (Jan. 15, 1908, No. 3, § 2, 35 Stat. 566).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 738
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60