or takes effect, it shall forthwith be received by the Administrator of General Services from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote is returned by the President with his objections, and, on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received by the Administrator of General Services from the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives in whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and he shall carefully preserve the originals. (Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2 (b), 65 Stat. 710.) SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS; TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL Similar provisions were contained in R. S. § 204; act Dec. 28, 1874, ch. 9, § 2, 18 Stat. 294; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which with the exception of the reorganization plan, were repealed by section 56 (h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (1) of that section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or liabilities existing under those statutes on the effective date of the repeal (Oct. 31. 1951). For delegation of functions under the repealed statutes, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 106b. Amendments to Constitution. Whenever official notice is received at the General Services Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Administrator of General Services shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States. (Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2 (b), 65 Stat. 710.) SIMILAR PROVISIONS; REPEAL; SAVING CLAUSE; DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS; TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL Similar provisions were contained in R. S. § 205; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272. R. S. § 205 was repealed by section 56 (h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (1) of section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or liabilities existing under the repealed statute on the effective date of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions under the repealed statute, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5. Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. CROSS REFERENCE Publication of certificate in United States Statutes at Large, see section 112 of this title. 107. Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions. Enrolled bills and resolutions of either House of Congress shall be printed on parchment or paper of suitable quality as shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Printing. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.) §108. Repeal of repealing act. Whenever an Act is repealed, which repealed a former Act, such former Act shall not thereby be revived, unless it shall be expressly so provided. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.) § 109. Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities. The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The expiration of a temporary statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the temporary statute shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.) § 110. Saving clause of revised statutes. All acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses, or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures, embraced in the Revised Statutes and covered by the repeal contained therein, shall not be affected thereby, but all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising, or acts done or committed prior to said repeal, may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time as if said repeal had not been made. (July 30, 1947, ch 388, 61 Stat. 635.) § 111. Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness. No inference shall be raised by the enactment of the Act of March 3, 1933 (ch. 202, 47 Stat. 1431), that the sections of the Revised Statutes repealed by such Act were in force or effect at the time of such enactment: Provided, however, That any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed sections shall not be affected by their repeal. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of March 3, 1933 (ch. 202, 47 Stat. 1431), referred to in text, sections 2 and 3 of which were formerly set out as sections 60 and 29a of this title, respectively, was repealed by section 2 of act July 30, 1947. § 112. Statutes at large; contents; admissibility in evidence. The Administrator of General Services shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed, and published, the United States Statutes at Large, which shall contain all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during each regular session of Congress; all proclamations by the President in the numbered series issued since the date of the adjournment of the regular session of Congress next preceding; and also any amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed or ratified pursuant to article V thereof since that date, together with the certificate of the Administrator of General Services issued in compliance with the provision contained in section 106b of this title. In the event of an extra session of Congress, the Administrator of General Services shall cause all the laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during said extra session to be consolidated with, and published as part of, the contents of the volume for the next regular session. The United States Statutes at Large shall be legal evidence of laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1001, § 1, 64 Stat. 979; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 3, 65 Stat. 710.) AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, amended section, substituting, in first sentence, "106b of this title" for "205 of the Revised Statutes". 1950-Act Sept. 23, 1950, amended section to implement 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, by transferring to the Administrator of General Services duties formerly performed by the Secretary of State. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of the Secretary of State and the Department of State under this section, except those with respect to treaties and other international agreements, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, set out in note under section 1332-15 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Offcers and Employees. Section 3 of the Plan vested authority in the Administrator of General Services to delegate the transferred functions to any other officer, or to any agency or employee, of the General Services Administration. For transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 4 of the Plan. EFFECT OF REPEAL OF SECTION 196 OF TITLE 44 This section and section 112a of this title as not affected by the repeal of section 196 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, which related to the same subject matter, see note under that former section. § 112a. United States treaties and other international agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence. The Secretary of State shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed, and published, beginning as of January 1, 1950, a compilation entitled "United States Treaties and Other International Agreements," which shall contain all treaties to which the United States is a party that have been proclaimed during each calendar year, and all international agreements other than treaties to which the United States is a party that have been signed, proclaimed, or with reference to which any other final formality has been executed, during each calendar year. The said United States Treaties and Other International Agreements shall be legal evidence of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and agreements, therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States. (Added Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1001, § 2, 64 Stat 980.) EFFECT OF REPEAL OF SECTION 196 OF TITLE 44 This section and section 112 of this title as not affected by the repeal of section 196 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, which related to the same subject matter, see note under that former section. § 113. "Little and Brown's" edition of laws and treaties; admissibility in evidence. The edition of the laws and treaties of the United States, published by Little and Brown, shall be competent evidence of the several public and private Acts of Congress, and of the several treaties therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public officers of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636.) § 114. Sealing of instruments. In all cases where a seal is necessary by law to any commission, process, or other instrument provided for by the laws of Congress, it shall be lawful to affix the proper seal by making an impression therewith directly on the paper to which such seal is necessary; which shall be as valid as if made on wax or other adhesive substance. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636.) Chapter 3.-CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS Sec. 201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements. (a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large. (b) Curtailing number of copies published. (c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress. 202. Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements. (a) Cumulative Supplements to Code of Laws of United States for each session of Congress. (b) Cumulative Supplement to District of Columbia Code for each session of Congress. (c) New editions of Codes and Supplements. 203. District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements. 204. Codes and Supplements as evidence of the Laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements. (a) United States Code. (b) District of Columbia Code. (c) District of Columbia Code; citation. (d) Supplements to Codes; citation. (e) New edition of Codes; citation. 205. Codes and Supplements; where printed; form and style; ancillaries. 206. Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies. 207. Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives. 208. Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, etc., under direction of Joint Committee on Printing. 209. Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original. 210. Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies. 211. Copies to Members of Congress. 212. Additional distribution at each new Congress. 213. Appropriation for preparing and editing supple ments. §201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements. In order to avoid duplication and waste (a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large. Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 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 Administrator of General Services; (b) Curtailing number of copies published. Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title may be directed by such committee, except that the Public Printer shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale; and (c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress. Such 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 1, 68 Stat. 1226.) AMENDMENTS 1954-Subsec. (a) amended by act Sept. 3, 1954, which substituted "Administrator of General Services" for "Secretary of State." § 202. Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements. There shall be prepared and published under the supervision of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives (a) Cumulative Supplements to Code of Laws of United States for each session of Congress. A 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; (b) Cumulative Supplement to District of Columbia Code for each session of Congress. A 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; (c) New editions of Codes and Supplements. New 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637.) § 203. District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements. 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 638.) § 204. Codes and supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of codes and supplements. 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 (a) United States Code. The 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: Provided, however, 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. (b) District of Columbia Code. The 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. (c) District of Columbia Code; citation. The Code of the District of Columbia may be cited as "D. C. Code". (d) Supplements to Codes; citation. Supplements to the Code of Laws of the United States and to the Code of the District of Columbia may be cited, respectively, as "U. S. C., Sup. and "D. C. Code, Sup. ", the blank in each case being filled with Roman figures denoting the number of the supplement. (e) New edition of Codes; citation. New editions of each of such codes may be cited, respectively, as "U. S. C., ed.", and "D. C. Code, § 205 ed.", the blank in each case being filled with figures denoting the last year the legislation of which is included in whole or in part. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 638.) UNITED STATES CODE TITLES AS POSITIVE LAW The following titles of the United States Code were enacted into positive law by the acts enumerated below: Title 1, General Provisions-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, § 1, 61 Stat. 633. Title 3, The President-Act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, § 1, 62 Stat. 672. Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 389, § 1, 61 Stat. 641. Title 6, Official and Penal Bonds-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 390, 1, 61 Stat. 646. Title 9, Arbitration-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 392, § 1, 61 Stat. 669. Title 10, Armed Forces-Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 1. Title 13, Census-Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1012. Title 14, Coast Guard-Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1, 63 Stat. 495. Title 17, Copyrights-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 391, § 1, 61 Stat. 652. Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure-Act June 25, 1948. ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 683. Title 23, Highways-Pub. L. 85-767, § 1, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 885. Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure-Act June 25, 1948. ch. 646, § 1. 62 Stat. 869. Title 32, National Guard-Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 2, 70A Stat. 596. Title 34, Navy-See Title 10, Armed Forces. Title 35, Patents-Act July 19, 1952, ch. 950, § 1, 66 Stat. 792. Title 38, Veterans' Benefits-Pub. L. 85-857, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105. § 205. Codes and supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries. The publications provided for in sections 202, 203 of this title shall be printed at the Government Printing 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.) § 206. Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies. 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 Representa(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.) tives. § 207. Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives. The Public Printer 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.) § 208. Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, and so forth, under direction of Joint Committee on Printing. The functions vested by sections 201, 202, 204-207 of this title in 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: Provided, That the printing, binding, and distribution of the volumes and publications enumerated in sections 202, 203 of this title shall be done under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.) § 209. Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original. Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia and copies of the supplements provided for by sections 202 and 203 of this title printed at the Government Printing 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 2, 68 Stat. 1226.) AMENDMENTS 1954 Act Sept. 3, 1954, amended section, substituting "Administrator of General Services" for "Secretary of State." § 210. Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of CROSS REFERENCES § 211. Copies to Members of Congress. In addition to quotas provided for by section 210 of this title there 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 sections 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.) § 212. Additional distribution at each new Congress. 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: Provided, 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: And provided further, 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. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.) § 213. Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements. For preparation and editing an annual appropriation of $6,500 is authorized to carry out the purposes of sections 202 and 203 of this title. (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.) |