16 USC 1131 Wilderness Act

THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

TITLE 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
This title was enacted by act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, § 1, 61 Stat. 633

Chap.

Sec.

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2.

Rules of construction .........................
Acts and resolutions; formalities of
enactment; repeals; sealing of instruments ...........................................
Code of Laws of United States and
Supplements; District of Columbia Code and Supplements ...........

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TABLE SHOWING DISPOSITION OF ALL SECTIONS OF
FORMER TITLE 1—Continued

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POSITIVE LAW; CITATION

Title 1
Former
Sections

Revised Statutes
Statutes at Large

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R.S., § 908 .....................................................
R.S., § 6 ........................................................
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 1, 45 Stat. 1540 ...........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 2, 45 Stat. 1007 ..........
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 2, 45 Stat. 1541.
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 3, 45 Stat. 1007 ..........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 4, 45 Stat. 1007 ..........
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 3, 45 Stat. 1541.
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 4, 45 Stat. 1542 ...........
Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 282, § 1, 47 Stat. 1603.
June 13, 1934, ch. 483, §§ 1, 2, 48 Stat. 948.
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 5, 45 Stat. 1542 ...........
Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 282, § 1, 47 Stat. 1603.
June 13, 1934, ch. 483, §§ 1, 2, 48 Stat. 948.
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 6, 45 Stat. 1542 ...........
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 7, 45 Stat. 1542 ...........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 5, 45 Stat. 1007 ..........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 6, 45 Stat. 1007 ..........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 7, 45 Stat. 1008 ..........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 8, 45 Stat. 1008 ..........
May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 10, 45 Stat. 1008 .........
Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 2, 47 Stat. 1431 ...........

This title has been made positive law by section 1 of
act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633, which provided in
part that: ‘‘Title 1 of the United States Code entitled
‘General Provisions’, is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as ‘1 U. S. C., § ——.’ ’’

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REPEALS

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Section 2 of act July 30, 1947, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the
Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this
Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in
former Title 1, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts
thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.
WRITS OF ERROR
Section 23 of act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 990,
provided that: ‘‘All Acts of Congress referring to writs
of error shall be construed as amended to the extent
necessary to substitute appeal for writ of error.’’
TABLE SHOWING DISPOSITION OF ALL SECTIONS OF
FORMER TITLE 1
Title 1
Former
Sections

Revised Statutes
Statutes at Large

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R.S., § 1 ........................................................
R.S., § 2 ........................................................
R.S., § 3 ........................................................
R.S., § 4 ........................................................
R.S., § 5 ........................................................
June 11, 1940, ch. 325, § 1, 54 Stat. 305 ...........
R.S., § 7 ........................................................
R.S., § 8 ........................................................
R.S., § 9 ........................................................
R.S., § 10 ......................................................
R.S., § 11 ......................................................
Nov. 1, 1893, 28 Stat. App. 5 .........................
Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1, 28 Stat. 769.
Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1, 41 Stat. 520 ..............
R.S., § 12 ......................................................
R.S., § 13 ......................................................
Mar. 22, 1944, ch. 123, 58 Stat. 118.
R.S., § 5599 ...................................................
Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 3, 47 Stat. 1431 ...........
Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 615 ............
June 20, 1936, ch. 630, § 9, 49 Stat. 1551.
June 16, 1938, ch. 477, § 1, 52 Stat. 760.

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Rep.

CHAPTER 1—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Sec.

Words denoting number, gender, etc.1
‘‘County’’ as including ‘‘parish’’, etc.1
‘‘Vessel’’ as including all means of water
transportation.
‘‘Vehicle’’ as including all means of land
transportation.
‘‘Company’’ or ‘‘association’’ as including
successors and assigns.
Limitation of term ‘‘products of American
fisheries.’’
Definition of ‘‘marriage’’ and ‘‘spouse’’.
‘‘Person’’, ‘‘human being’’, ‘‘child’’, and ‘‘individual’’ as including born-alive infant.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

AMENDMENTS
2002—Pub. L. 107–207, § 2(b), Aug. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 926,
added item 8.
1996—Pub. L. 104–199, § 3(b), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat.
2420, added item 7.

§ 1. Words denoting number, gender, and so forth
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise—
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words importing the singular include and
apply to several persons, parties, or things;
words importing the plural include the singular;
words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well;
words used in the present tense include the
future as well as the present;
the words ‘‘insane’’ and ‘‘insane person’’ and
‘‘lunatic’’ shall include every idiot, lunatic,
insane person, and person non compos mentis;
the words ‘‘person’’ and ‘‘whoever’’ include
corporations, companies, associations, firms,
partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;
‘‘officer’’ includes any person authorized by
law to perform the duties of the office;
‘‘signature’’ or ‘‘subscription’’ includes a
mark when the person making the same intended it as such;
‘‘oath’’ includes affirmation, and ‘‘sworn’’
includes affirmed;
‘‘writing’’ includes printing and typewriting
and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing,
multigraphing,
mimeographing,
manifolding, or otherwise.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633; June 25, 1948,
ch. 645, § 6, 62 Stat. 859; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 1,
65 Stat. 710.)
AMENDMENTS
1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted, in fourth clause
after opening clause, ‘‘used’’ for ‘‘use’’.
1948—Act June 25, 1948, included ‘‘tense’’, ‘‘whoever’’,
‘‘signature’’, ‘‘subscription’’, ‘‘writing’’ and a broader
definition of ‘‘person’’.

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any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of
this Act [Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2010, see Tables for classification] shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 111–117
Pub. L. 111–117, § 3, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3035, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise,
any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of
this Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, see
Tables for classification] shall be treated as referring
only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 111–8
Pub. L. 111–8, § 3, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 525, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, see Tables for
classification] shall be treated as referring only to the
provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 111–5
Pub. L. 111–5, § 4, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 116, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
see Tables for classification] shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 110–329
Pub. L. 110–329, § 3, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3574, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise,
any reference to ‘this Act’ or ‘this joint resolution’
contained in any division of this Act [Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, see Tables for classification] shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.’’

SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT

REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 110–161

Pub. L. 107–207, § 1, Aug. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 926, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 8 of this title] may be
cited as the ‘Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of
2002’.’’

Pub. L. 110–161, § 3, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1845, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise,
any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of
this Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, see
Tables for classification] shall be treated as referring
only to the provisions of that division.’’

SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 104–199, § 1, Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 7 of this title
and section 1738C of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure] may be cited as the ‘Defense of Marriage
Act’.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 112–74
Pub. L. 112–74, § 3, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 787, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, see Tables
for classification] shall be treated as referring only to
the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 112–55
Pub. L. 112–55, § 3, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 552, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, see Tables for classification] shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 112–10
Pub. L. 112–10, div. A, title IX, § 9015, Apr. 15, 2011, 125
Stat. 102, provided that: ‘‘Any reference to ‘this Act’ in
this division [Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2011, see Tables for classification] shall apply solely to this division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 111–118
Pub. L. 111–118, § 3, Dec. 19, 2009, 123 Stat. 3409, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise,

REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 110–116
Pub. L. 110–116, § 2, Nov. 13, 2007, 121 Stat. 1295, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise,
any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of
this Act [see Tables for classification] shall be treated
as referencing only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 109–289
Pub. L. 109–289, div. A, title VIII, § 8112, Sept. 29, 2006,
120 Stat. 1299, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained
in this division [Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2007, see Tables for classification] shall be referring only to the provisions of this division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 109–148
Pub. L. 109–148, div. B, title V, § 5002, Dec. 30, 2005, 119
Stat. 2813, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided
otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in either division A [Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2006, see Tables for classification] or division B
[Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic
Influenza, 2006, see Tables for classification] shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 109–115
Pub. L. 109–115, div. A, title VIII, § 847, Nov. 30, 2005,
119 Stat. 2507, provided that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained

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in this division [Transportation, Treasury, Housing and
Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, see Tables for classification] shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 108–447
Pub. L. 108–447, § 3, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2810, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, see Tables
for classification] shall be treated as referring only to
the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 108–199
Pub. L. 108–199, § 3, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 4, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, see Tables
for classification] shall be treated as referring only to
the provisions of that division.’’
REFERENCES IN PUB. L. 108–7
Pub. L. 108–7, § 3, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 12, provided
that: ‘‘Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘this Act’ contained in any division of this
joint resolution [Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, see Tables for classification] shall be treated
as referring only to the provisions of that division.’’
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
Section 48 of Pub. L. 86–70, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 154,
provided that: ‘‘Whenever the phrase ‘continental
United States’ is used in any law of the United States
enacted after the date of enactment of this Act [June
25, 1959], it shall mean the 49 States on the North American Continent and the District of Columbia, unless
otherwise expressly provided.’’

§ 2. ‘‘County’’ as including ‘‘parish’’, and so forth
The word ‘‘county’’ includes a parish, or any
other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 3. ‘‘Vessel’’ as including all means of water
transportation
The word ‘‘vessel’’ includes every description
of watercraft or other artificial contrivance
used, or capable of being used, as a means of
transportation on water.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 4. ‘‘Vehicle’’ as including all means of land
transportation
The word ‘‘vehicle’’ includes every description
of carriage or other artificial contrivance used,
or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
§ 5. ‘‘Company’’ or ‘‘association’’ as including successors and assigns
The word ‘‘company’’ or ‘‘association’’, when
used in reference to a corporation, shall be
deemed to embrace the words ‘‘successors and
assigns of such company or association’’, in like
manner as if these last-named words, or words of
similar import, were expressed.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)

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§ 6. Limitation of term ‘‘products of American
fisheries’’
Wherever, in the statutes of the United States
or in the rulings, regulations, or interpretations
of various administrative bureaus and agencies
of the United States there appears or may appear the term ‘‘products of American fisheries’’
said term shall not include fresh or frozen fish
fillets, fresh or frozen fish steaks, or fresh or
frozen slices of fish substantially free of bone
(including any of the foregoing divided into sections), produced in a foreign country or its territorial waters, in whole or in part with the use of
the labor of persons who are not residents of the
United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
§ 7. Definition of ‘‘marriage’’ and ‘‘spouse’’
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and
agencies of the United States, the word ‘‘marriage’’ means only a legal union between one
man and one woman as husband and wife, and
the word ‘‘spouse’’ refers only to a person of the
opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
(Added Pub. L. 104–199, § 3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110
Stat. 2419.)
§ 8. ‘‘Person’’, ‘‘human being’’, ‘‘child’’, and ‘‘individual’’ as including born-alive infant
(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of
Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus
and agencies of the United States, the words
‘‘person’’, ‘‘human being’’, ‘‘child’’, and ‘‘individual’’, shall include every infant member of
the species homo sapiens who is born alive at
any stage of development.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘born
alive’’, with respect to a member of the species
homo sapiens, means the complete expulsion or
extraction from his or her mother of that member, at any stage of development, who after such
expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut,
and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced
labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed
to affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal
status or legal right applicable to any member
of the species homo sapiens at any point prior to
being ‘‘born alive’’ as defined in this section.
(Added Pub. L. 107–207, § 2(a), Aug. 5, 2002, 116
Stat. 926.)
CHAPTER 2—ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES
OF
ENACTMENT;
REPEALS;
SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
Sec.

101.
102.
103.
104.
105.

Enacting clause.
Resolving clause.
Enacting or resolving words after first section.
Numbering of sections; single proposition.
Title of appropriation Acts.

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Sec.

106.
106a.
106b.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
112.
112a.

112b.
113.

114.

Printing bills and joint resolutions.
Promulgation of laws.
Amendments to Constitution.
Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills
or resolutions.
Repeal of repealing act.
Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities.
Saving clause of Revised Statutes.
Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness.
Statutes at Large; contents; admissibility in
evidence.
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence.
United States international agreements;
transmission to Congress.
‘‘Little and Brown’s’’ edition of laws and
treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Act 1 Series; admissibility in evidence.
Sealing of instruments.
AMENDMENTS

1972—Pub. L. 92–403, § 2, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 619,
added item 112b.
1966—Pub. L. 89–497, § 2, July 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 271, inserted ‘‘slip laws; Treaties and Other International
Acts Series;’’ in item 113.
1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2(a), 65 Stat. 710,
added items 106a and 106b.
1950—Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1001, § 3, 64 Stat. 980, added
item 112a.

§ 101. Enacting clause
The enacting clause of all Acts of Congress
shall be in the following form: ‘‘Be it enacted by
the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled.’’
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
§ 102. Resolving clause
The resolving clause of all joint resolutions
shall be in the following form: ‘‘Resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled.’’
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
§ 103. Enacting or resolving words after first section
No enacting or resolving words shall be used in
any section of an Act or resolution of Congress
except in the first.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
§ 104. Numbering of sections; single proposition
Each section shall be numbered, and shall contain, as nearly as may be, a single proposition of
enactment.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
§ 105. Title of appropriation Acts
The style and title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of Government shall be
as follows: ‘‘An Act making appropriations (here
insert the object) for the year ending September
30 (here insert the calendar year).’’
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(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 93–344,
title V, § 506(a), July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 322.)
AMENDMENTS
1974—Pub. L. 93–344 substituted ‘‘September 30’’ for
‘‘June 30’’.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Section 506(b) of Pub. L. 93–344, which provided that
the amendment of this section by Pub. L. 93–344 was effective with respect to Acts making appropriations for
the support of the Government for any fiscal year commencing on or after Oct. 1, 1976, was omitted in the
complete revision of title V of Pub. L. 93–344 by Pub. L.
101–508, title XIII, § 13201(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1388–609.

§ 106. Printing bills and joint resolutions
Every bill or joint resolution in each House of
Congress shall, when such bill or resolution
passes either House, be printed, and such printed
copy shall be called the engrossed bill or resolution as the case may be. Said engrossed bill or
resolution shall be signed by the Clerk of the
House or the Secretary of the Senate, and shall
be sent to the other House, and in that form
shall be dealt with by that House and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said
Clerk or Secretary. When such bill, or joint resolution shall have passed both Houses, it shall
be printed and shall then be called the enrolled
bill, or joint resolution, as the case may be, and
shall be signed by the presiding officers of both
Houses and sent to the President of the United
States. During the last six days of a session such
engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may be done otherwise than as above
prescribed, upon the order of Congress by concurrent resolution.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
REFERENCE TO OBRA; EFFECTIVE DATE; RATIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT CORRECTIONS AND PRINTED ENROLLMENT

Pub. L. 100–360, title IV, § 411(a), July 1, 1988, 102 Stat.
768, provided that:
‘‘(1) REFERENCE.—In this section, the term ‘OBRA’ refers to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
(Public Law 100–203) [Pub. L. 100–203, Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1330, see Tables for classification].
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as specifically provided
in this section, the amendments made by this section
[amending sections 254o, 294f, 300aa–12, 300aa–15,
300aa–21, 426, 704, 912, 1320a–7, 1320a–7a, 1320a–7b, 1320b–5,
1320b–7, 1320b–8, 1320c–3, 1320c–5, 1320c–9, 1395e, 1395h,
1395i–2, 1395i–3, 1395k, 1395l, 1395m, 1395u, 1395w–1,
1395w–2, 1395x, 1395y, 1395aa, 1395bb, 1395cc, 1395dd,
1395gg, 1395mm, 1395ss, 1395tt, 1395ww, 1395aaa, 1395bbb,
1395ccc, 1396a, 1396b, 1396d, 1396j, 1396n, 1396o, 1396p,
1396r, 1396r–1, 1396r–3, 1396r–4, 1396s, and 1397d of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending provisions
set out as notes under sections 426, 1320a–7a, 1320c–2,
1320c–3, 1395b–1, 1395h, 1395i–3, 1395l, 1395m, 1395n, 1395u,
1395w–1, 1395x, 1395aa, 1395dd, 1395mm, 1395ss, 1395ww,
1395bbb, 1396a, 1396b, and 1396r of Title 42, and repealing
provisions set out as notes under section 1395l of Title
42], as they relate to a provision in OBRA, shall be effective as if they were included in the enactment of
that provision in OBRA.
‘‘(3) RATIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT CORRECTIONS AND
PRINTED ENROLLMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the enrollment corrections noted in footnotes numbered 9 through 72 of OBRA are hereby
ratified and shall be considered to have been enacted

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as part of OBRA. The printed enrollment of title IV
of OBRA [Pub. L. 100–203, title IV, Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1330–39], as prepared and printed under section
8004 of OBRA [section 8004 of Pub. L. 100–203, set out
below] (including the footnote corrections described
in subparagraph (B) and as incorporating the clarifications described in subparagraph (C)), shall be
deemed to constitute title IV of OBRA as enacted.
‘‘(B) FOOTNOTE CORRECTIONS.—(i) With respect to
the reference to which footnote 28 relates (101 Stat.
1330–81), the reference shall be deemed to have read
‘1320a–7b)’.
‘‘(ii) With respect to the word to which footnote 30
relates (101 Stat. 1330–91), the word shall be deemed to
have read ‘the’.
‘‘(iii) With respect to the designation to which footnote 52 relates (101 Stat. 1330–151), the designation
shall be deemed to have read ‘(F)’.
‘‘(C) CLARIFICATIONS OF ILLEGIBLE MATTER.—(i) Section 1842(n)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as added
by section 4051(a) of OBRA (101 Stat. 1330–93) [42
U.S.C. 1395m(n)(1)(A)], is deemed to have the phrase
‘the supplier’s reasonable charge to individuals enrolled under this part for the test’ immediately after
‘or, if lower, the’.
‘‘(ii) Section 1834(a)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security
Act, as inserted by section 4062(b) of OBRA (101 Stat.
1330–103) [42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(7)(B)(i)], is deemed to
have a reference to ‘1987’ immediately after ‘December’.’’
PRINTED ENROLLMENTS PREPARED AFTER ENACTMENT
Pub. L. 106–93, Nov. 10, 1999, 113 Stat. 1310, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived for the remainder of the
first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress with
respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of
the enrollment of any bill or joint resolution making
general appropriations or continuing appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. The enrollment of any such bill or joint resolution shall be in
such form as the Committee on House Administration
of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true
enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 105–253, Oct. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1887, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived for the remainder of the
One Hundred Fifth Congress with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of
any bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999. The enrollment of any such
bill or joint resolution shall be in such form as the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 105–120, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2527, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived for the balance of the
first session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of
the enrollment of any bill or joint resolution making
general appropriations for the fiscal year ending on
September 30, 1998, or continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year ending on September 30, 1998. The enrollment of any such bill or joint resolution shall be in
such form as the Committee on House Oversight of the
House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 105–32, Aug. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 250, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived with respect to the
printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment
of H.R. 2014 [Pub. L. 105–34, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 788]
and of H.R. 2015 [Pub. L. 105–33, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat.
251] of the One Hundred Fifth Congress. The enrollment
of each of those bills shall be in such form as the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 104–207, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3008, provided
that:

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‘‘SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR
PARCHMENT PRINTING.
‘‘(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107
of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect
to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any appropriation measure of the One Hundred Fourth Congress presented to the President after
the enactment of this joint resolution [Sept. 30, 1996].
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE OVERSIGHT.—The enrollment of any such measure shall be in such form as the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives certifies to
be a true enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION MEASURE DEFINED.
‘‘For purposes of this joint resolution, the term ‘appropriation measure’ means a bill or joint resolution
that includes provisions making general or continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997.’’
Pub. L. 104–129, Apr. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 1199, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived with respect to the
printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment
of H.R. 3019 [Pub. L. 104–134, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321]
and the enrollment of H.R. 3136 [Pub. L. 104–121, Mar.
29, 1996, 110 Stat. 847], each of the One Hundred Fourth
Congress. The enrollment of either such bill shall be in
such form as the Committee on House Oversight of the
House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 104–56, title II, §§ 201, 202, Nov. 20, 1995, 109
Stat. 553, provided that:
‘‘SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING.
‘‘(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107
of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect
to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any of the following measures of the first
session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress presented
to the President after the enactment of this joint resolution [Nov. 20, 1995]:
‘‘(1) A continuing resolution.
‘‘(2) A debt limit extension measure.
‘‘(3) A reconciliation bill.
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.—The enrollment of a measure to which subsection (a) applies shall be in such form as the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives
certifies to be a true enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this joint resolution:
‘‘(1) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—The term ‘continuing
resolution’ means a bill or joint resolution that includes provisions making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
‘‘(2) DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION MEASURE.—The term
‘debt limit extension measure’ means a bill or joint
resolution that includes provisions increasing or
waiving (for a temporary period or otherwise) the
public debt limit under section 3101(b) of title 31,
United States Code.
‘‘(3) RECONCILIATION BILL.—The term ‘reconciliation
bill’ means a bill that is a reconciliation bill within
the meaning of section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 641].’’
Identical provisions were contained in Pub. L. 104–54,
title II, §§ 201, 202, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 545.
Pub. L. 102–387, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1519, provided:
‘‘That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived with respect to the
printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment
of any appropriation bill of the One Hundred Second
Congress hereafter to be presented to the President.
Such an enrollment shall be in such form as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment. As used
in this resolution, the term ‘appropriation bill’ means

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a bill or joint resolution making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.’’
Pub. L. 102–260, Mar. 20, 1992, 106 Stat. 85, provided
that:
‘‘SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR
PARCHMENT PRINTING.
‘‘The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, are waived with respect to the
printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment
of H.R. 4210 of the 102d Congress [H.R. 4210 was vetoed
by the President on Mar. 20, 1992].
‘‘SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘The enrollment of H.R. 4210 of the 102d Congress
shall be in such form as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives certifies
to be a true enrollment.’’
Pub. L. 101–497, Oct. 31, 1990, 104 Stat. 1205, provided
that:
‘‘SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR
PARCHMENT PRINTING OF ENROLLMENT OF
CERTAIN MEASURES.
‘‘(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107
of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect
to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of S. 2830 [Pub. L. 101–624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 3359].
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY THE SECRETARY
OF THE SENATE.—The enrollment of S. 2830 shall be in
such form as the Secretary of the Senate certifies to be
a true enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT.
‘‘(a) PREPARATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If S. 2830 is presented to the
President in the form of a hand enrollment pursuant
to the authority of section 1, then upon the enactment of that bill the Secretary of the Senate shall
prepare a printed enrollment of the bill as in the case
of a bill to which sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United
States Code, apply.
‘‘(2) TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in
order to conform to customary style for printed laws,
include corrections in indentation, type face, and
type size and may include notations (in the margins
or as otherwise appropriate) of obvious errors in
spelling or punctuation in the hand enrollment.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a), after being
certified by the Secretary of the Senate to be a correct
printing of the hand enrollment, shall be signed by the
presiding officer of each House of Congress and transmitted to the President.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; PRESERVATION IN
ARCHIVES.—Upon certification by the President that a
printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection
(b) is a correct printing of the hand enrollment, such
printed enrollment shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve it with the
hand enrollment.
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION OF LAW.—In preparing the bill or
joint resolution for publication in slip form and in the
United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112
of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the
United States shall use the printed enrollment certified
by the President under subsection (c) in lieu of the
hand enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this resolution:
‘‘(1) [sic] HAND ENROLLMENT.—The term ‘hand enrollment’ means the enrollment, as authorized by
section 1, of a bill or joint resolution for presentment
to the President in a form other than the printed
form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United
States Code.’’

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Pub. L. 101–466, Oct. 27, 1990, 104 Stat. 1084, provided
that:
‘‘SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR
PARCHMENT PRINTING OF ENROLLMENT OF
CERTAIN MEASURES.
‘‘(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107
of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect
to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any reconciliation bill, appropriation bill,
or continuing resolution of the One Hundred First Congress presented to the President after the enactment of
this joint resolution [Oct. 27, 1990].
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—The enrollment of any such
bill or joint resolution shall be in such form as the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT.
‘‘(a) PREPARATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution is presented to the
President in the form of a hand enrollment pursuant
to the authority of section 1, then upon the enactment of that bill or joint resolution the Clerk of the
House of Representatives shall prepare a printed enrollment of the bill or joint resolution as in the case
of a bill or joint resolution to which sections 106 and
107 of title 1, United States Code, apply.
‘‘(2) TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in
order to conform to customary style for printed laws,
include corrections in indentation, type face, and
type size and may include notations (in the margins
or as otherwise appropriate) of obvious errors in
spelling or punctuation in the hand enrollment.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a), after being
certified by the Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives to be a correct printing of
the hand enrollment, shall be signed by the presiding
officer of each House of Congress and transmitted to
the President.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; PRESERVATION IN
ARCHIVES.—Upon certification by the President that a
printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection
(b) is a correct printing of the hand enrollment, such
printed enrollment shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve it with the
hand enrollment.
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION OF LAW.—In preparing the bill or
joint resolution for publication in slip form and in the
United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112
of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the
United States shall use the printed enrollment certified
by the President under subsection (c) in lieu of the
hand enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this resolution:
‘‘(1) RECONCILIATION BILL.—The term ‘reconciliation
bill’ means a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 1991.
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION BILL.—The term ‘appropriation
bill’ means a general appropriation bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1991.
‘‘(3) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—The term ‘continuing
resolution’ means a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991.
‘‘(4) HAND ENROLLMENT.—The term ‘hand enrollment’ means the enrollment, as authorized by section
1, of a bill or joint resolution for presentment to the
President in a form other than the printed form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States
Code.’’
Pub. L. 100–454, Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1914, provided
that:

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‘‘SECTION 1. HAND ENROLLMENT AUTHORIZED
FOR GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
‘‘(a) WAIVER OF CERTAIN LAWS WITH RESPECT TO
PRINTING OF ENROLLED BILLS.—During the remainder of
the second session of the One Hundredth Congress, the
provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United
States Code, are waived with respect to the printing
(on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any
general appropriations bill making appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989.
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—The enrollment of any such bill shall be in
such form as the Committee on House Administration
of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true
enrollment.
‘‘SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENTS.
‘‘(a) PREPARATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the enactment of a bill following presentment of such bill to the President in
the form of a hand enrollment pursuant to the authority of section 1 of this resolution, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives shall prepare a printed
enrollment of that bill as in the case of a bill to
which sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States
Code, apply.
‘‘(2) LIMITED STYLISTIC CORRECTIONS.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in
order to conform to customary style for printed laws,
include corrections in spelling, punctuation, indentation, type face, and type size and other necessary stylistic corrections to the hand enrollment. Such a
printed enrollment shall include notations (in the
margins or as otherwise appropriate) of all such corrections.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
signed by the presiding officer of each House of Congress as a correct printing of the hand enrollment and
shall be transmitted to the President.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; LEGAL EFFECT.—
Upon certification by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection (b) is a
correct printing of the hand enrollment, such printed
enrollment shall be considered for all purposes as the
original enrollment of the bill concerned and as valid
evidence of the enactment of that bill.
‘‘(d) ARCHIVES.—A printed enrollment certified by the
President under subsection (c) shall be transmitted to
the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve
it with the hand enrollment. In preparing the bill concerned for publication in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of
title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United
States shall use the printed enrollment certified by the
President under subsection (c) in lieu of the hand enrollment.
‘‘(e) HAND ENROLLMENT DEFINED.—As used in this section, the term ‘hand enrollment’ means the enrollment,
as authorized by section 1, of a bill for presentment to
the President in a form other than the printed form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States
Code.’’
Pub. L. 100–203, title VIII, § 8004, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1330–282, provided that:
‘‘(a) PREPARATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT.—(1) Upon
the enactment of this Act enrolled as a hand enrollment, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
prepare a printed enrollment of this Act as in the case
of a bill or joint resolution to which sections 106 and
107 of title 1, United States Code, apply. Such enrollment shall be a correct enrollment of this Act as enrolled in the hand enrollment.
‘‘(2) A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in order to conform to customary style
for printed laws, include corrections in spelling, punctuation, indentation, type face, and type size and other
necessary stylistic corrections to the hand enrollment.

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Such a printed enrollment shall include notations (in
the margins or as otherwise appropriate) of all such
corrections.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
signed by the presiding officers of both Houses of Congress as a correct printing of the hand enrollment of
this Act and shall be transmitted to the President.
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; LEGAL EFFECT.—
Upon certification by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection (b) is a
correct printing of the hand enrollment of this Act,
such printed enrollment shall be considered for all purposes as the original enrollment of this Act and as
valid evidence of the enactment of this Act.
‘‘(d) ARCHIVES.—A printed enrollment certified by the
President under subsection (c) shall be transmitted to
the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve
it with the hand enrollment. In preparing this Act for
publication in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
use the printed enrollment certified by the President
under subsection (c) in lieu of the hand enrollment.
‘‘(e) HAND ENROLLMENT DEFINED.—As used in this section, the term ‘hand enrollment’ means enrollment in
a form other than the printed form required by sections
106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, as authorized
by the joint resolution entitled ‘Joint resolution authorizing the hand enrollment of the budget reconciliation bill and of the full-year continuing resolution for
fiscal year 1988’, approved December 1987 (H.J. Res. 426
of the 100th Congress) [Pub. L. 100–199, Dec. 21, 1987, 101
Stat. 1326].’’
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(n), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1329–432, provided that:
‘‘(1) Upon the enactment of this resolution enrolled
as a hand enrollment, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare a printed enrollment of this
resolution as in the case of a bill or joint resolution to
which sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States
Code, apply. Such enrollment shall be a correct enrollment of this resolution as enrolled in the hand enrollment.
‘‘(2) A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (n)(1) may, in order to conform to customary
style for printed laws, include corrections in spelling,
punctuation, indentation, type face, and type size and
other necessary stylistic corrections to the hand enrollment. Such a printed enrollment shall include notations (in the margins or as otherwise appropriate) of all
such corrections.
‘‘(3) A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (n)(1) shall be signed by the presiding officers of
both Houses of Congress as a correct printing of the
hand enrollment of this resolution and shall be transmitted to the President.
‘‘(4) Upon certification by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection (n)(3)
is a correct printing of the hand enrollment of this resolution, such printed enrollment shall be considered for
all purposes as the original enrollment of this resolution and as valid evidence of the enactment of this resolution.
‘‘(5) A printed enrollment certified by the President
under subsection (n)(4) shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve it with
the hand enrollment. In preparing this resolution for
publication in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
use the printed enrollment certified by the President
under subsection (n)(4) in lieu of the hand enrollment.
‘‘(6) As used in this section, the term ‘hand enrollment’ means enrollment in a form other than the printed form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
United States Code, as authorized by the joint resolution entitled ‘Joint resolution authorizing the hand enrollment of the budget reconciliation bill and of the

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full-year continuing resolution for fiscal year 1988’, approved December 1987 (H.J. Res. 426 of the 100th Congress) [Pub. L. 100–199, Dec. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 1326].’’
CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENTS OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC LAWS
Memorandum of the President of the United States,
Jan. 10, 1991, 56 F.R. 1481, provided:
Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, including
Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby authorize you to ascertain whether the printed enrollment of H.R. 5835, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508), approved on November 5, 1990, is a correct printing of the hand enrollment and if so to make on my behalf the certification
specified in Section 2(c) of H.J. Res. 682 (Public Law
101–466) [set out as a note above].
Attached is the printed enrollment that was received
at the White House on January 7, 1991.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal
Register.
GEORGE BUSH.
Memorandum of the President of the United States,
Dec. 12, 1988, 53 F.R. 50373, provided:
Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, including
Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby authorize you to ascertain whether the printed enrollments of H.R. 4637, the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1989 (Public Law 100–461), H.R. 4776, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–462),
and H.R. 4781, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–463), are correct printings of the hand enrollments, which were approved on
October 1, 1988, and if so to make on my behalf the certifications required by Section 2(c) of H.J. Res. 665
(Public Law 100–454) [set out as a note above].
Attached are the printed enrollments of H.R. 4637,
H.R. 4776, and H.R. 4781, which were received at the
White House on December 1, 1988.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal
Register.
RONALD REAGAN.
Memorandum of the President of the United States,
Jan. 28, 1988, 53 F.R. 2816, provided:
Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, including
Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby authorize you to ascertain whether the printed enrollments of H.J. Res. 395, Joint Resolution making
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1988 (Public Law 100–202), and H.R. 3545, the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–203),
are correct printings of the hand enrollments, which
were approved on December 22, 1987, and if so to make
on my behalf the certifications required by Section
101(n)(4) of H.J. Res. 395 and Section 8004(c) of H.R. 3545
[set out as notes above].
Attached are the printed enrollments of H.J. Res. 395
and H.R. 3545, which were received at the White House
on January 27, 1988.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal
Register.
RONALD REAGAN.

§ 106a. Promulgation of laws
Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of
the Senate and House of Representatives, having
been approved by the President, or not having
been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall forthwith be

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received by the Archivist of the United States
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 twothirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby
becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received by the Archivist of the United States
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;
amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19,
1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘Archivist of the
United States’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ in two places.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,
see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under
section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
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. (l) 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 the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.

§ 106b. Amendments to Constitution
Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and Records Administration
that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution,
the Archivist of the United States 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;
amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19,
1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘National Archives
and Records Administration’’ and ‘‘Archivist of the
United States’’ for ‘‘General Services Administration’’
and ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’, respectively.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,
see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under
section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
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

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Stat. 1272. R.S. § 205 was repealed by section 56(h) of act
Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (l) 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 the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.

§ 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, referred to in text, was repealed
by section 2 of act July 30, 1947, section 1 of which enacted this title.

§ 112. Statutes at Large; contents; admissibility in
evidence
The Archivist of the United States 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 Archivist of the United States issued in compliance
with the provision contained in section 106b of
this title. In the event of an extra session of
Congress, the Archivist of the United States
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; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct.
19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘Archivist of the
United States’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ in three places.
1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ‘‘106b of this title’’
for ‘‘205 of the Revised Statutes’’ in first sentence.
1950—Act Sept. 23, 1950, amended section generally to
implement 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950,
15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which transferred to the Administrator of General Services certain duties formerly
performed by the Secretary of State.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,
see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under
section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
PUBLISHING PUB. L. 107–206 IN STATUTES AT LARGE
Pub. L. 107–206, title III, § 3002(h), Aug. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 924, provided that: ‘‘In publishing the Act in slip
form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1, United States Code, the
Archivist of the United States shall include after the
date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth
the text of the bill referred to in subsection (a) [set out
as a Short Title of 2002 Amendment note under section
101 of Title 39, Postal Service].’’
PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS OF 106TH CONGRESS
Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(b), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and in

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the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of
the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section
[enacting into law H.R. 5656, H.R. 5657, H.R. 5658, H.R.
5660, H.R. 5661, H.R. 5662, and H.R. 5663 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Dec. 14, 2000, and H.R. 5666 and
H.R. 5667 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Dec.
15, 2000, except that the text of H.R. 5666, as so enacted,
shall not include section 123] and the text of any other
bill enacted into law by reference by reason of the enactment of this Act.’’
Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(b), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and in
the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of
the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section
[enacting into law H.R. 5547 and H.R. 5548 of the 106th
Congress, as introduced on Oct. 25, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–429, § 101(a) [title V, § 595(b)], Nov. 6, 2000,
114 Stat. 1900, 1900A–60, provided that: ‘‘In publishing
the Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes
at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end appendixes
setting forth the texts of the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section [enacting into law S. 3140 of
the 106th Congress, as introduced on Sept. 28, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–429, § 101(b), Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1900,
provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and
in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of
the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section [enacting into law H.R. 5526 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Oct. 24, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–398, § 2, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and in
the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval an appendix setting forth the text of the bill referred to in section 1 [enacting into law H.R. 5408 of the
106th Congress, as introduced on Oct. 6, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(b), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and in
the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of
the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section [enacting into law H.R. 5426 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Oct. 6, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–377, § 1(b), Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1441, provided that: ‘‘In publishing this Act in slip form and in
the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of
the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section
[enacting into law H.R. 5482 and 5483 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Oct. 18, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–346, § 101(b), Oct. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 1356,
provided that: ‘‘In publishing the Act in slip form and
in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of
the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of
the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section [enacting into law H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on Oct. 5, 2000].’’
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(b), Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat.
1536, provided that: ‘‘In publishing the Act in slip form

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and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to
section 112, of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist
of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of
the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section
[enacting into law H.R. 3421, H.R. 3422, H.R. 3423, H.R.
3424, H.R. 3425, H.R. 3426, H.R. 3427 (as amended), H.R.
3428, and S. 1948 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on
Nov. 17, 1999].’’
EFFECT OF REPEAL OF SECTION 73 OF ACT JAN. 12, 1895
This section and section 112a of this title as not affected by the repeal of section 73 of act Jan. 12, 1895, ch.
23, 28 Stat. 615, which related to the same subject matter, see section 56(i) of act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, 65 Stat.
729.

§ 112a. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility
in evidence
(a) 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.
(b) The Secretary of State may determine that
publication of certain categories of agreements
is not required, if the following criteria are met:
(1) such agreements are not treaties which
have been brought into force for the United
States after having received Senate advice and
consent pursuant to section 2(2) of Article II of
the Constitution of the United States;
(2) the public interest in such agreements is
insufficient to justify their publication, because (A) as of the date of enactment of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1994 and 1995, the agreements are no
longer in force,1 (B) the agreements do not create private rights or duties, or establish standards intended to govern government action in
the treatment of private individuals; (C) in
view of the limited or specialized nature of the
public interest in such agreements, such interest can adequately be satisfied by an alternative means; or (D) the public disclosure of
the text of the agreement would, in the opinion of the President, be prejudicial to the national security of the United States; and
(3) copies of such agreements (other than
those in paragraph (2)(D)), including certified
copies where necessary for litigation or similar purposes, will be made available by the Department of State upon request.
(c) Any determination pursuant to subsection
(b) shall be published in the Federal Register.
1 So

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(d) The Secretary of State shall make publicly
available through the Internet website of the
Department of State each treaty or international agreement proposed to be published in
the compilation entitled ‘‘United States Treaties and Other International Agreements’’ not
later than 180 days after the date on which the
treaty or agreement enters into force.
(Added Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1001, § 2, 64 Stat. 980;
amended Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 138, Apr. 30,
1994, 108 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 108–458, title VII,
§ 7121(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3807.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, referred to
in subsec. (b)(2)(A), is the date of enactment of Pub. L.
103–236, which was approved Apr. 30, 1994.
AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–458 added subsec. (d).
1994—Pub. L. 103–236 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7122, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat.
3808, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification], this subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 7101–7122) of title VII of Pub. L.
108–458, enacting sections 2228, 2732, 3922b, 4029, 7536a,
and 7555 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse,
amending this section, section 112b of this title, section
1189 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, sections 2651a,
2656f, 4003, 7513, 7514, 7518, 7536, 7537, 7538, and 7554 of
Title 22, and section 2405 of Title 50, Appendix, War and
National Defense, repealing section 2374 of Title 22, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 1189 of
Title 8, sections 1431, 2451, 2452, 2651a, 2656, 2656f, 7501,
7511, 7513, 7514, and 7536 of Title 22, and section 2405 of
Title 50, Appendix, and amending provisions set out as
a note under section 112b of this title] shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 2004].’’
EFFECT OF REPEAL OF SECTION 73 OF ACT JAN. 12, 1895
This section and section 112 of this title as not affected by the repeal of section 73 of act Jan. 12, 1895, ch.
23, 28 Stat. 615, which related to the same subject matter, see section 56(i) of act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, 65 Stat.
729.
WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS
Copies of United States Treaties and Other International Agreements not available to Senators or Representatives unless specifically requested by them, in
writing, see Pub. L. 94–59, title VIII, § 801, July 25, 1975,
89 Stat. 296, set out as a note under section 1317 of Title
44, Public Printing and Documents.

§ 112b. United States international agreements;
transmission to Congress
(a) The Secretary of State shall transmit to
the Congress the text of any international
agreement (including the text of any oral international agreement, which agreement shall be
reduced to writing), other than a treaty, to
which the United States is a party as soon as
practicable after such agreement has entered
into force with respect to the United States but
in no event later than sixty days thereafter.
However, any such agreement the immediate
public disclosure of which would, in the opinion
of the President, be prejudicial to the national
security of the United States shall not be so
transmitted to the Congress but shall be trans-

§ 112b

mitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives under an appropriate injunction of secrecy
to be removed only upon due notice from the
President. Any department or agency of the
United States Government which enters into
any international agreement on behalf of the
United States shall transmit to the Department
of State the text of such agreement not later
than twenty days after such agreement has been
signed.
(b) Not later than March 1, 1979, and at yearly
intervals thereafter, the President shall, under
his own signature, transmit to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate a report with respect to each international agreement which, during the preceding
year, was transmitted to the Congress after the
expiration of the 60-day period referred to in the
first sentence of subsection (a), describing fully
and completely the reasons for the late transmittal.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, an international agreement may not be
signed or otherwise concluded on behalf of the
United States without prior consultation with
the Secretary of State. Such consultation may
encompass a class of agreements rather than a
particular agreement.
(d)(1) The Secretary of State shall annually
submit to Congress a report that contains an
index of all international agreements, listed by
country, date, title, and summary of each such
agreement (including a description of the duration of activities under the agreement and the
agreement itself), that the United States—
(A) has signed, proclaimed, or with reference
to which any other final formality has been
executed, or that has been extended or otherwise modified, during the preceding calendar
year; and
(B) has not been published, or is not proposed to be published, in the compilation entitled ‘‘United States Treaties and Other International Agreements’’.
(2) The report described in paragraph (1) may
be submitted in classified form.
(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
of State shall determine for and within the executive branch whether an arrangement constitutes an international agreement within the
meaning of this section.
(2)(A) An arrangement shall constitute an
international agreement within the meaning of
this section (other than subsection (c)) irrespective of the duration of activities under the arrangement or the arrangement itself.
(B) Arrangements that constitute an international agreement within the meaning of this
section (other than subsection (c)) include the
following:
(i) A bilateral or multilateral counterterrorism agreement.
(ii) A bilateral agreement with a country
that is subject to a determination under section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)), section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)).

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(f) The President shall, through the Secretary
of State, promulgate such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out this section.

[probably means 9/11] Commission Implementation Act
of 2004 [Dec. 17, 2004] and shall apply during fiscal years
2005, 2006, and 2007.’’

(Added Pub. L. 92–403, § 1, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat.
619; amended Pub. L. 95–45, § 5, June 15, 1977, 91
Stat. 224; Pub. L. 95–426, title VII, § 708, Oct. 7,
1978, 92 Stat. 993; Pub. L. 103–437, § 1, Nov. 2, 1994,
108 Stat. 4581; Pub. L. 108–458, title VII,
§ 7121(b)–(d), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3807, 3808.)

§ 113. ‘‘Little and Brown’s’’ edition of laws and
treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Acts Series; admissibility in evidence

AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458, § 7121(b), substituted
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ for ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–458, § 7121(c), added subsec. (d).
Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–458, § 7121(d), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State’’ for ‘‘The Secretary of
State’’, and added par. (2).
Pub. L. 108–458, § 7121(c)(1), redesignated subsec. (d) as
(e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108–458, § 7121(c)(1), redesignated
subsec. (e) as (f).
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’ for ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’.
1978—Pub. L. 95–426 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), inserted ‘‘(including the text of any oral
international agreement, which agreement shall be reduced to writing)’’, and added subsecs. (b) to (e).
1977—Pub. L. 95–45 substituted ‘‘Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives’’ for
‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives’’ and inserted requirement that any department or agency of the United States Government
which enters into any international agreement on behalf of the United States transmit to the Department
of State the text of such agreement not later than
twenty days after the agreement has been signed.

The edition of the laws and treaties of the
United States, published by Little and Brown,
and the publications in slip or pamphlet form of
the laws of the United States issued under the
authority of the Archivist of the United States,
and the Treaties and Other International Acts
Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence of
the several public and private Acts of Congress,
and of the treaties, international agreements
other than treaties, and proclamations by the
President of such treaties and international
agreements other than treaties, as the case may
be, therein contained, in all the courts of law
and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in
all the tribunals and public offices of the United
States, and of the several States, without any
further proof or authentication thereof.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636; Pub. L. 89–497,
§ 1, July 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 98–497, title
I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
AMENDMENTS

CHANGE OF NAME

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘Archivist of the
United States’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’.
1966—Pub. L. 89–497 made slip laws and the Treaties
and Other International Acts Series competent legal
evidence of the several acts of Congress and the treaties and other international agreements contained
therein.

Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution
No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,
see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under
section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

SHORT TITLE
This section is popularly known as the Case-Zablocki
Act.
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual,
semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in
House Document No. 103–7 (in which the report required
by subsec. (b) of this section is listed on page 38), see
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a
note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
ENFORCEMENT
Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 139, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1347, as amended by Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7121(e),
Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3808, provided that:
‘‘(a) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—If any international agreement, whose text is required to be transmitted to the Congress pursuant to the first sentence of
subsection (a) of section 112b of title 1, United States
Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Case-Zablocki
Act’), is not so transmitted within the 60-day period
specified in that sentence, then no funds authorized to
be appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available after the end of that 60-day period to implement
that agreement until the text of that agreement has
been so transmitted.
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of the 911

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

§ 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.

202.

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.
Preparation and publication of Codes and
Supplements.

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Sec.

203.
204.

205.
206.

207.

208.

209.

210.

211.
212.
213.

(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.
District of Columbia Code; preparation and
publication; cumulative supplements.
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.
Codes and Supplement; where printed; form
and style; ancillaries.
Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form
and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies.
Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form;
additional number printed for Committee
on the Judiciary of House of Representatives.
Delegation of function of Committee on the
Judiciary to other agencies; printing, etc.,
under direction of Joint Committee on
Printing.1
Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of
United States and of District of Columbia
Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence
of original.
Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws
of United States and of District of Columbia
Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet
copies.
Copies to Members of Congress.
Additional distribution at each new Congress.
Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements.

§ 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 Archivist of the
United States;
(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
1 So

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in original. Does not conform to section catchline.

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; Pub. L. 98–497, title I,
§ 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
AMENDMENTS
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted ‘‘Archivist of the United States’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’.
1954—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’ for ‘‘Secretary of
State’’.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985,
see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under
section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

§ 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.)
CROSS REFERENCES
Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of Pub. L. 94–386, Aug. 14, 1976,
90 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under section 285b of
Title 2, The Congress.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting preparation, revision, publication, etc., see
section 285b of Title 2.

§ 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

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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.)
COMMISSION ON REVISION OF THE CRIMINAL LAWS OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Pub. L. 90–226, title X, Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 742, provided for creation and operation of a commission to
study and make recommendations with reference to a
revised code of criminal law and procedure for the District of Columbia, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–358,
title VI, § 601, July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 667, as amended by
Pub. L. 91–530, § 2(b)(1), Dec. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 1390.
CROSS REFERENCES
Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of Pub. L. 94–386, Aug. 14, 1976,
90 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under section 285b of
Title 2, The Congress.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting, see section 285b of Title 2.

§ 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, respec-

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tively, as ‘‘U.S.C.,
ed.’’, and ‘‘D.C. Code,
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 5, Government Organization and Employees—
Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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 11, Bankruptcy—Pub. L. 95–598, title I, § 101,
Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2549.
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, as amended Oct. 19, 1976, Pub. L. 94–553, title
I, § 101, 90 Stat. 2541.
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 31, Money and Finance—Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept.
13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
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 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations—Pub. L. 105–225, § 1, Aug. 12,
1998, 112 Stat. 1253.
Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services—Pub. L. 87–649, § 1, Sept. 7, 1962. 76 Stat. 451.
Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits—Pub. L. 85–857, § 1, Sept.
2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.
Title 39, Postal Service—Pub. L. 86–682, § 1, Sept. 2,
1960, 74 Stat. 578, as revised Pub. L. 91–375, § 2, Aug. 12,
1970, 84 Stat. 719.
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works—Pub.
L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
Title 41, Public Contracts—Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4,
2011, 124 Stat. 3677.
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents—Pub. L.
90–620, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.
Title 46, Shipping—Pub. L. 98–89, § 1, Aug. 26, 1983, 97
Stat. 500; Pub. L. 99–509, title V, subtitle B, § 5101, Oct.
21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1913; Pub. L. 100–424, § 6, Sept. 9, 1988,
102 Stat. 1591; Pub. L. 100–710, title I, § 102, Nov. 23, 1988,
102 Stat. 4738; Pub. L. 109–304, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1485.
Title 49, Transportation—Pub. L. 95–473, § 1, Oct. 17,
1978, 92 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 97–449, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2413; Pub. L. 103–272, § 1, July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745.
Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs—
Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328.
TITLE 26, INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was enacted in the
form of a separate code by act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A
Stat. 1. Pub. L. 99–514, § 2(a), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095,
provided that the Internal Revenue Title enacted Aug.
16, 1954, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended,
may be cited as the ‘‘Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’.

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§ 211

TITLE 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

The sections of Title 26, United States Code, are identical to the sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

§ 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 Representatives.

§ 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, substituted ‘‘Administrator of
General Services’’ for ‘‘Secretary of State’’.

§ 210. Distribution of Supplements to Code of
Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies
Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and of the supplements provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title shall be
distributed by the Superintendent of Documents
in the same manner as bound volumes of the
Statutes at Large: Provided, That no slip or
pamphlet copies of the Code of Laws relating to
the District of Columbia, and of the supplements
provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title need
be printed or distributed.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)
CROSS REFERENCES
Distribution of Statutes at Large, see section 728 of
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.)

§ 211. Copies to Members of Congress

§ 207. Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form;
additional number printed for Committee on
the Judiciary of House of Representatives

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.

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.)

(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)
LIMITATION ON COPIES OF NEW EDITIONS FOR HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Pub. L. 92–342, § 101, July 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 447, provided that: ‘‘Hereafter, appropriations for authorized
printing and binding for the Congress shall not be
available under the authority of the Act of July 30, 1947
(1 U.S.C. 211) for the printing, publication, and distribution of more than two copies of new editions of the
Code of Laws of the United States and of the Code of

§ 212

TITLE 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

the District of Columbia for each Member of the House
of Representatives.’’
WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS
Copies of District of Columbia Code and Supplements
not available to Senators or Representatives unless
specifically requested by them, in writing, see Pub. L.
94–59, title VIII, § 801, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 296, set out
as a note under section 1317 of Title 44, Public Printing
and Documents.

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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.

§ 212. Additional distribution at each new Congress

(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)

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

§ 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.)