{"id":10718,"date":"2020-05-02T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2020-05-03T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T18:40:52","slug":"chapter-3-code-of-laws-of-united-states-and-supplements-district-of-columbia-code-and-supplements-title-1-general-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10718","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 3\u2014CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS. Title 1\u2014General Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10695\">United States Code<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Title 1\u2014GENERAL PROVISIONS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10707\">TITLE 1\u2014Front Matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10711\">CHAPTER 1\u2014RULES OF CONSTRUCTION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10714\">CHAPTER 2\u2014ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=10718\">CHAPTER 3\u2014CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>CHAPTER 3\u2014CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sec.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"201\">\n<li>Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Curtailing number of copies published.<\/p>\n<p>(c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"202\">\n<li>Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(a) Cumulative Supplements to Code of Laws of United States for each session of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Cumulative Supplement to District of Columbia Code for each session of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>(c) New editions of Codes and Supplements.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"203\">\n<li>District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements.<\/li>\n<li>Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(a) United States Code.<\/p>\n<p>(b) District of Columbia Code.<\/p>\n<p>(c) District of Columbia Code; citation.<\/p>\n<p>(d) Supplements to Codes; citation.<\/p>\n<p>(e) New edition of Codes; citation.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"205\">\n<li>Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries.<\/li>\n<li>Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies.<\/li>\n<li>Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives.<\/li>\n<li>Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, etc., under direction of Joint Committee on Printing.<sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original.<\/li>\n<li>Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies.<\/li>\n<li>Copies to Members of Congress.<\/li>\n<li>Additional distribution at each new Congress.<\/li>\n<li>Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><sup>1<\/sup><\/em><em>\u00a0So in original. Does not conform to section catchline.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements<\/h3>\n<p>In order to avoid duplication and waste\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large.\u2014Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in\u00a0sections 202 and 203 of this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives so directs the Archivist of the United States;<\/p>\n<p>(b) Curtailing number of copies published.\u2014Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in\u00a0sections 202 and 203 of this title\u00a0may be directed by such committee, except that the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale; and<\/p>\n<p>(c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress.\u2014Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least one supplement to each such code, containing the legislation of such Congress.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 637;\u00a0Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, \u00a71,\u00a068 Stat. 1226;\u00a0Pub. L. 98\u2013497,\u00a0title I, \u00a7107(d), Oct. 19, 1984,\u00a098 Stat. 2291;\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0div. H, title I, \u00a71301(d), Dec. 16, 2014,\u00a0128 Stat. 2537.)<\/p>\n<h4>Amendments<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1984<\/strong>\u2014Subsec. (a).\u00a0Pub. L. 98\u2013497\u00a0substituted &#8220;Archivist of the United States&#8221; for &#8220;Administrator of General Services&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1954<\/strong>\u2014Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted &#8220;Administrator of General Services&#8221; for &#8220;Secretary of State&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4>Change of Name<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Director of the Government Publishing Office&#8221; substituted for &#8220;Public Printer&#8221; in subsec. (b) on authority of section 1301(d) of\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0set out as a note under\u00a0section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h4>Effective Date of 1984 Amendment<\/h4>\n<p>Amendment by\u00a0Pub. L. 98\u2013497\u00a0effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of\u00a0Pub. L. 98\u2013497,\u00a0set out as a note under\u00a0section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7202. Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements<\/h3>\n<p>There shall be prepared and published under the supervision of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) Cumulative Supplements to Code of Laws of United States for each session of Congress.\u2014A supplement for each session of the Congress to the then current edition of the Code of Laws of the United States, cumulatively embracing the legislation of the then current supplement, and correcting errors in such edition and supplement;<\/p>\n<p>(b) Cumulative Supplement to District of Columbia Code for each session of Congress.\u2014A supplement for each session of the Congress to the then current edition of the Code of the District of Columbia, cumulatively embracing the legislation of the then current supplement, and correcting errors in such edition and supplement;<\/p>\n<p>(c) New editions of Codes and Supplements.\u2014New editions of the Code of Laws of the United States and of the Code of the District of Columbia, correcting errors and incorporating the then current supplement. In the case of each code new editions shall not be published oftener than once in each five years. Copies of each such edition shall be distributed in the same manner as provided in the case of supplements to the code of which it is a new edition. Supplements published after any new edition shall not contain the legislation of supplements published before such new edition.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 637.)<\/p>\n<h4>Cross References<\/h4>\n<p>Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of\u00a0Pub. L. 94\u2013386,\u00a0Aug. 14, 1976,\u00a090 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under\u00a0section 285b of Title 2, The Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting preparation, revision, publication, etc., see\u00a0section 285b of Title 2.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7203. District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements<\/h3>\n<p>The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives is authorized to print bills to codify, revise, and reenact the general and permanent laws relating to the District of Columbia and cumulative supplements thereto, similar in style, respectively, to the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, and to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of the Congress of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 638.)<\/p>\n<h4>Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of the District of Columbia<\/h4>\n<p>Pub. L. 90\u2013226,\u00a0title X, Dec. 27, 1967,\u00a081 Stat. 742, provided for creation and operation of a commission to study and make recommendations with reference to a revised code of criminal law and procedure for the District of Columbia, prior to repeal by\u00a0Pub. L. 91\u2013358,\u00a0title VI, \u00a7601, July 29, 1970,\u00a084 Stat. 667, as amended by\u00a0Pub. L. 91\u2013530,\u00a0\u00a72(b)(1), Dec. 7, 1970,\u00a084 Stat. 1390.<\/p>\n<h4>Cross References<\/h4>\n<p>Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of\u00a0Pub. L. 94\u2013386,\u00a0Aug. 14, 1976,\u00a090 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under\u00a0section 285b of Title 2, The Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting, see\u00a0section 285b of Title 2.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7204. Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements<\/h3>\n<p>In all courts, tribunals, and public offices of the United States, at home or abroad, of the District of Columbia, and of each State, Territory, or insular possession of the United States\u2014<\/p>\n<p>(a) United States Code.\u2014The matter set forth in the edition of the Code of Laws of the United States current at any time shall, together with the then current supplement, if any, establish prima facie the laws of the United States, general and permanent in their nature, in force on the day preceding the commencement of the session following the last session the legislation of which is included:\u00a0<em>Provided, however<\/em>, That whenever titles of such Code shall have been enacted into positive law the text thereof shall be legal evidence of the laws therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>(b) District of Columbia Code.\u2014The matter set forth in the edition of the Code of the District of Columbia current at any time shall, together with the then current supplement, if any, establish prima facie the laws, general and permanent in their nature, relating to or in force in the District of Columbia on the day preceding the commencement of the session following the last session the legislation of which is included, except such laws as are of application in the District of Columbia by reason of being laws of the United States general and permanent in their nature.<\/p>\n<p>(c) District of Columbia Code; citation.\u2014The Code of the District of Columbia may be cited as &#8220;D.C. Code&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>(d) Supplements to Codes; citation.\u2014Supplements to the Code of Laws of the United States and to the Code of the District of Columbia may be cited, respectively, as &#8220;U.S.C., Sup.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;, and &#8220;D.C. Code, Sup.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;, the blank in each case being filled with Roman figures denoting the number of the supplement.<\/p>\n<p>(e) New edition of Codes; citation.\u2014New editions of each of such codes may be cited, respectively, as &#8220;U.S.C.,\u00a0\u00a0ed.&#8221;, and &#8220;D.C. Code, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ed.&#8221;, the blank in each case being filled with figures denoting the last year the legislation of which is included in whole or in part.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 638.)<\/p>\n<h4>United States Code Titles as Positive Law<\/h4>\n<p>The following titles of the United States Code were enacted into positive law by the acts enumerated below:<\/p>\n<p>Title 1, General Provisions\u2014Act\u00a0July 30, 1947, ch. 388, \u00a71,\u00a061 Stat. 633.<\/p>\n<p>Title 3, The President\u2014Act\u00a0June 25, 1948, ch. 644, \u00a71,\u00a062 Stat. 672.<\/p>\n<p>Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States\u2014Act\u00a0July 30, 1947, ch. 389, \u00a71,\u00a061 Stat. 641.<\/p>\n<p>Title 5, Government Organization and Employees\u2014Pub. L. 89\u2013554,\u00a0\u00a71, Sept. 6, 1966,\u00a080 Stat. 378.<\/p>\n<p>Title 9, Arbitration\u2014Act\u00a0July 30, 1947, ch. 392, \u00a71,\u00a061 Stat. 669.<\/p>\n<p>Title 10, Armed Forces\u2014Act\u00a0Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, \u00a71,\u00a070A Stat. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Title 11, Bankruptcy\u2014Pub. L. 95\u2013598,\u00a0title I, \u00a7101, Nov. 6, 1978,\u00a092 Stat. 2549.<\/p>\n<p>Title 13, Census\u2014Act\u00a0Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158,\u00a068 Stat. 1012.<\/p>\n<p>Title 14, Coast Guard\u2014Act\u00a0Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, \u00a71,\u00a063 Stat. 495.<\/p>\n<p>Title 17, Copyrights\u2014Act\u00a0July 30, 1947, ch. 391, \u00a71,\u00a061 Stat. 652, as amended Oct. 19, 1976,\u00a0Pub. L. 94\u2013553,\u00a0title I, \u00a7101,\u00a090 Stat. 2541.<\/p>\n<p>Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure\u2014Act\u00a0June 25, 1948, ch. 645, \u00a71,\u00a062 Stat. 683.<\/p>\n<p>Title 23, Highways\u2014Pub. L. 85\u2013767,\u00a0\u00a71, Aug. 27, 1958,\u00a072 Stat. 885.<\/p>\n<p>Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure\u2014Act\u00a0June 25, 1948, ch. 646, \u00a71,\u00a062 Stat. 869.<\/p>\n<p>Title 31, Money and Finance\u2014Pub. L. 97\u2013258,\u00a0\u00a71, Sept. 13, 1982,\u00a096 Stat. 877.<\/p>\n<p>Title 32, National Guard\u2014Act\u00a0Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, \u00a72,\u00a070A Stat. 596.<\/p>\n<p>Title 34, Navy\u2014See Title 10, Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Title 35, Patents\u2014Act\u00a0July 19, 1952, ch. 950, \u00a71,\u00a066 Stat. 792.<\/p>\n<p>Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations\u2014Pub. L. 105\u2013225,\u00a0\u00a71, Aug. 12, 1998,\u00a0112 Stat. 1253.<\/p>\n<p>Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services\u2014Pub. L. 87\u2013649,\u00a0\u00a71, Sept. 7, 1962.\u00a076 Stat. 451.<\/p>\n<p>Title 38, Veterans&#8217; Benefits\u2014Pub. L. 85\u2013857,\u00a0\u00a71, Sept. 2, 1958,\u00a072 Stat. 1105.<\/p>\n<p>Title 39, Postal Service\u2014Pub. L. 86\u2013682,\u00a0\u00a71, Sept. 2, 1960,\u00a074 Stat. 578, as revised\u00a0Pub. L. 91\u2013375,\u00a0\u00a72, Aug. 12, 1970,\u00a084 Stat. 719.<\/p>\n<p>Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works\u2014Pub. L. 107\u2013217,\u00a0\u00a71, Aug. 21, 2002,\u00a0116 Stat. 1062.<\/p>\n<p>Title 41, Public Contracts\u2014Pub. L. 111\u2013350,\u00a0\u00a73, Jan. 4, 2011,\u00a0124 Stat. 3677.<\/p>\n<p>Title 44, Public Printing and Documents\u2014Pub. L. 90\u2013620,\u00a0\u00a71, Oct. 22, 1968,\u00a082 Stat. 1238.<\/p>\n<p>Title 46, Shipping\u2014Pub. L. 98\u201389,\u00a0\u00a71, Aug. 26, 1983,\u00a097 Stat. 500;\u00a0Pub. L. 99\u2013509,\u00a0title V, subtitle B, \u00a75101, Oct. 21, 1986,\u00a0100 Stat. 1913;\u00a0Pub. L. 100\u2013424,\u00a0\u00a76, Sept. 9, 1988,\u00a0102 Stat. 1591;\u00a0Pub. L. 100\u2013710,\u00a0title I, \u00a7102, Nov. 23, 1988,\u00a0102 Stat. 4738;\u00a0Pub. L. 109\u2013304,\u00a0Oct. 6, 2006,\u00a0120 Stat. 1485.<\/p>\n<p>Title 49, Transportation\u2014Pub. L. 95\u2013473,\u00a0\u00a71, Oct. 17, 1978,\u00a092 Stat. 1337;\u00a0Pub. L. 97\u2013449,\u00a0\u00a71, Jan. 12, 1983,\u00a096 Stat. 2413;\u00a0Pub. L. 103\u2013272,\u00a0\u00a71, July 5, 1994,\u00a0108 Stat. 745.<\/p>\n<p>Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs\u2014Pub. L. 111\u2013314,\u00a0\u00a73, Dec. 18, 2010,\u00a0124 Stat. 3328.<\/p>\n<p>Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs\u2014Pub. L. 113\u2013287,\u00a0\u00a73, Dec. 19, 2014,\u00a0128 Stat. 3094.<\/p>\n<h4>Title 26, Internal Revenue Code<\/h4>\n<p>The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was enacted in the form of a separate code by act\u00a0Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736,\u00a068A Stat. 1.\u00a0Pub. L. 99\u2013514,\u00a0\u00a72(a), Oct. 22, 1986,\u00a0100 Stat. 2095, provided that the Internal Revenue Title enacted Aug. 16, 1954, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended, may be cited as the &#8220;Internal Revenue Code of 1986&#8221;. The sections of\u00a0Title 26, United States Code, are identical to the sections of the Internal Revenue Code.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7205. Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries<\/h3>\n<p>The publications provided for in\u00a0sections 202, 203 of this title\u00a0shall be printed at the Government Publishing Office and shall be in such form and style and with such ancillaries as may be prescribed by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. The Librarian of Congress is directed to cooperate with such committee in the preparation of such ancillaries. Such publications shall be furnished with such thumb insets and other devices to distinguish parts, with such facilities for the insertion of additional matter, and with such explanatory and advertising slips, and shall be printed on such paper and bound in such material, as may be prescribed by such committee.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 639;\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0div. H, title I, \u00a71301(b), Dec. 16, 2014,\u00a0128 Stat. 2537.)<\/p>\n<h4>Change of Name<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Government Publishing Office&#8221; substituted for &#8220;Government Printing Office&#8221; in text on authority of section 1301(b) of\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0set out as a note preceding\u00a0section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7206. Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies<\/h3>\n<p>All bills and resolutions relating to the revision of the laws referred to or reported by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives shall be printed in such form and style, and with such ancillaries, as such committee may prescribe as being economical and suitable, to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of Congress; and such committee may also curtail the number of copies of such bills to be printed in the various parliamentary stages in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 639.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7207. Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives<\/h3>\n<p>The Director of the Government Publishing Office is directed to print, in addition to the number provided by existing law, and, as soon as printed, to distribute in such manner as the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives shall determine, twenty copies in slip form of each public Act and joint resolution.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 639;\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0div. H, title I, \u00a71301(d), Dec. 16, 2014,\u00a0128 Stat. 2537.)<\/p>\n<h4>Change of Name<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Director of the Government Publishing Office&#8221; substituted for &#8220;Public Printer&#8221; in text on authority of section 1301(d) of\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0set out as a note under\u00a0section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7208. Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, and so forth, under direction of Joint Committee on Printing<\/h3>\n<p>The functions vested by\u00a0sections 201, 202, 204\u2013207 of this title\u00a0in the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives may from time to time be vested in such other agency as the Congress may by concurrent resolution provide:\u00a0<em>Provided<\/em>, That the printing, binding, and distribution of the volumes and publications enumerated in\u00a0sections 202, 203 of this title\u00a0shall be done under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 639.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7209. Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original<\/h3>\n<p>Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia and copies of the supplements provided for by\u00a0sections 202 and 203 of this title\u00a0printed at the Government Publishing Office and bearing its imprint, shall be conclusive evidence of the original of such code and supplements in the custody of the Administrator of General Services.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 639;\u00a0Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, \u00a72,\u00a068 Stat. 1226;\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0div. H, title I, \u00a71301(b), Dec. 16, 2014,\u00a0128 Stat. 2537.)<\/p>\n<h4>Amendments<\/h4>\n<p><strong>1954<\/strong>\u2014Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted &#8220;Administrator of General Services&#8221; for &#8220;Secretary of State&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4>Change of Name<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Government Publishing Office&#8221; substituted for &#8220;Government Printing Office&#8221; in text on authority of section 1301(b) of\u00a0Pub. L. 113\u2013235,\u00a0set out as a note preceding\u00a0section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7210. Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies<\/h3>\n<p>Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and of the supplements provided for by\u00a0sections 202, 203 of this title\u00a0shall be distributed by the Superintendent of Documents in the same manner as bound volumes of the Statutes at Large:\u00a0<em>Provided<\/em>, That no slip or pamphlet copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and of the supplements provided for by\u00a0sections 202, 203 of this title\u00a0need be printed or distributed.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 640.)<\/p>\n<h4>Cross References<\/h4>\n<p>Distribution of Statutes at Large, see\u00a0section 728 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7211. Copies to Members of Congress<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to quotas provided for by\u00a0section 210 of this title\u00a0there shall be printed, published, and distributed of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia with tables, index, and other ancillaries, suitably bound and with thumb inserts and other convenient devices to distinguish the parts, and of the supplements to both codes as provided for by\u00a0sections 202, 203 of this title, ten copies of each for each Member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress in which the original authorized publication is made, for his use and distribution, and in addition for the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a number of bound copies of each equal to ten times the number of members of such committees, and one bound copy of each for the use of each committee of the Senate and House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 640.)<\/p>\n<h4>Limitation on Copies of New Editions for House of Representatives<\/h4>\n<p>Pub. L. 92\u2013342,\u00a0\u00a7101, July 10, 1972,\u00a086 Stat. 447, provided that: &#8220;Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for the Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of July 30, 1947 (1 U.S.C. 211) for the printing, publication, and distribution of more than two copies of new editions of the Code of Laws of the United States and of the Code of the District of Columbia for each Member of the House of Representatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Written Requests for Documents<\/h4>\n<p>Copies of District of Columbia Code and Supplements not available to Senators or Representatives unless specifically requested by them, in writing, see\u00a0Pub. L. 94\u201359,\u00a0title VIII, \u00a7801, July 25, 1975,\u00a089 Stat. 296, set out as a note under\u00a0section 1317 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7212. Additional distribution at each new Congress<\/h3>\n<p>In addition the Superintendent of Documents shall, at the beginning of the first session of each Congress, supply to each Senator and Representative in such Congress, who may in writing apply for the same, one copy each of the Code of Laws of the United States, the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and the latest supplement to each code:\u00a0<em>Provided<\/em>, That such applicant shall certify in his written application for the same that the volume or volumes for which he applies is intended for his personal use exclusively:\u00a0<em>And provided further<\/em>, That no Senator or Representative during his term of service shall receive under this section more than one copy each of the volumes enumerated herein.<\/p>\n<p>(July 30, 1947, ch. 388,\u00a061 Stat. 640.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a7213. 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