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[CITE: 44USC728]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
              CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 728. United States Statutes at Large: distribution

    The Public Printer, after the final adjournment of each regular 
session of Congress, shall print and bind copies of the United States 
Statutes at Large, to be charged to the congressional allotment for 
printing and binding. The Joint Committee on Printing shall control the 
number and distribution of the copies.
    The Public Printer shall print and, after the end of each calendar 
year, bind and deliver to the Superintendent of Documents a number of 
copies of the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 
not exceeding the number of copies of the United States Statutes at 
Large required for distribution in the manner provided by law.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1252.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 196a (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 73, 28 Stat. 615; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VI, Sec. 9, 49 
Stat. 1551; June 16, 1938, ch. 477, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 761; Sept. 23, 
1950, ch. 1001, Sec. 4, 64 Stat. 980; July 10, 1952, ch. 632, Sec. 2, 66 
Stat. 540).


     Written Requests for Copies of United States Statutes at Large

    Pub. L. 94-440, title X, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1459, provided that: 
``Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, appropriations 
for the automatic distribution to Senators and Representatives 
(including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico) of copies of the United States Statutes at Large shall not 
be available with respect to any Senator or Representative unless such 
Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, requests that he 
receive copies of such document.''
