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[CITE: 44USC1911]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
                 CHAPTER 19--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1911. Free use of Government publications in depositories; 
        disposal of unwanted publications
        
    Depository libraries shall make Government publications available 
for the free use of the general public, and may dispose of them after 
retention for five years under section 1912 of this title, if the 
depository library is served by a regional depository library. 
Depository libraries not served by a regional depository library, or 
that are regional depository libraries themselves, shall retain 
Government publications permanently in either printed form or in 
microfacsimile form, except superseded publications or those issued 
later in bound form which may be discarded as authorized by the 
Superintendent of Documents.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1286.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 92 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 
23, Sec. 74, 28 Stat. 620; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VII, Sec. 11, 
49 Stat. 1552; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-579, Sec. 8, 76 Stat. 355).
    The first sentence of section 92, is classified to section 1119; the 
remainder comprises this section of the revision.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1915 of this title.
