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[CITE: 31USC5144]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE IV--MONEY
 
                     CHAPTER 51--COINS AND CURRENCY
 
             SUBCHAPTER IV--BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING
 
Sec. 5144. Providing impressions of portraits and vignettes

    The Secretary of the Treasury may provide impressions from an 
engraved portrait or vignette in the possession of the Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing. An impression shall be provided--
        (1) at the request of--
            (A) a member of Congress;
            (B) a head of an agency;
            (C) an art association; or
            (D) a library; and

        (2) for a charge and under conditions the Secretary decides are 
    necessary to protect the public interest.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 991.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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5144.................................  31:174.                         Dec. 22,
 1879, ch. 2, 21 Stat. 59.
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    In the section, before clause (1), the word ``engraved'' is added 
before ``portrait'' because of the restatement. The words ``in the 
possession'' are substituted for ``which is now, or may be a part of the 
engraved stock'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``An 
impression shall be provided'' are added because of the restatement. In 
clause (1)(A), the words ``member of Congress'' are substituted for 
``Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress'' for consistency. In 
clause (1)(B), the word ``agency'' is substituted for ``department or 
bureau'' because of section 101 of the revised title and for consistency 
in the revised title. In clause (2), the words ``for a charge and under 
conditions the Secretary decides are'' are substituted for ``at such 
rates and under such conditions as he may deem'' for consistency.
