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[CITE: 44USC1123]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
        CHAPTER 11--EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 1123. Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries

    Binding for the departments of the Government shall be done in plain 
sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in 
Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head 
of a department. The libraries of the several departments, the Library 
of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon General's Office, and the 
Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of these 
libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(b)(24)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1536, 1501A-585.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 116 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 86, 28 Stat. 622).
    This section incorporates all but the first sentence of former 
section 116. The balance will be found in section 501 of the revision.


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 struck out ``the Patent Office,'' after ``the 
Surgeon General's Office,''.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.


                            Cross References

    Binding of journals, documents, and books of either house of 
Congress, see section 145 of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 section 3714b; title 35 
section 2.
