change for foreign records, which is now covered by section 139a of this title.

§ 187. Congressional Record; exchange for Parliamentary Hansard.

The Librarian of Congress is authorized to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Congressional Record to the Undersecretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard, and the Public Printer is directed to honor the requisition of the Librarian of Congress for such copy. The Parliamentary Hansard Sc received shall be the property of the Department of State. (Apr. 10, 1912. No. 14, 37 Stat. 632.)

§ 188. Same; sale.

The Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, may print for sale, at a price sufficient to reimburse the expense of such printing, the current numbers and bound sets of the Congressional Record. The money derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted for in his annual report to Congress, and no sales shall be made on credit. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 40, 28 Stat. 607.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Charges and fees for printing for sale to public, see section 72a of this title.

Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions, see section 107 of Title 1, General Provisions. Printing bills and joint resolutions, see section 106 of Title 1, General Provisions.

Subscriptions, see section 183 of this title.

§ 189. Bills and resolutions; number and distribution. There shall be printed of each Senate and House public bill and joint resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies; office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; House document room, three hundred and eighty-five copies. There shall be printed of each Senate private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed, three hundred copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate document room, one hundred and seventy copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. There shall be printed of each House private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed, two hundred and sixty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. The term "private bill" shall be construed to mean all bills for the relief of private parties, bills granting pensions, bills removing political disabilities, and bills for the survey of rivers and harbors. All bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill form, and, unless specially ordered by either House, shall only be printed when referred to a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by either House. Of concurrent and simple resolutions, when reported, and after their passage by either House, only two hundred and sixty copies shall be printed, except by special order, and the same shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate

document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 55, 28 Stat. 609; Jan. 20, 1905, ch. 50, § 2, 33 Stat. 611.)

REPEALS

Act June 25, 1938, ch. 708, 52 Stat. 1206, amending section 85 of this title, repealed provisions of this section inconsistent therewith to the extent of the inconsistency.

CROSS REFERENCES

Joint Committee on Printing to determine style and form of bill or resolution and to have power to curtail the number of copies, see section 189a of this title.

Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions, see section 107 of Title 1, General Provisions. Printing bills and joint resolutions, see section 106 of Title 1, General Provisions.

§ 189a. Same; style and form; authority of Joint Committee on Printing.

Subject to the provisions of sections 54a and 54b of Title 1, the Joint Committee on Printing is empowered to authorize the printing of any bill or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in such style and form as the Joint Committee on Printing shall deem to be most suitable in the interest of economy and efficiency, and 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 or resolutions, including the slip form of such public Act or public resolution. (June 13, 1934, ch. 483, § 3, 48 Stat. 948.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 54a and 54b of Title 1, referred to in the text, were repealed by act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, § 2, 61 Stat. 633, and are now covered by sections 205 and 206 of Title 1, General Provisions.

§ 190. Binding sets of bills and resolutions for Congress.

The Public Printer shall bind four sets of Senate and House of Representatives bills, joint and concurrent resolutions of each Congress, two for the Senate and two for the House, to be furnished him from the files of the Senate and House document room, the volumes when bound to be kept there for reference. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 82, 28 Stat. 622.)

§ 191. Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties.

The Public Printer shall print in slip form copies of public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties, to be charged to the congressional allotment for printing and binding. The number and distribution of copies shall be under the control of the Joint Committee on Printing. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 56, 28 Stat. 609; July 10, 1952, ch. 632, § 7, 66 Stat. 541.)

AMENDMENTS

1952-Act July 10, 1952, provided generally for flexibility in administration of this section under congressional control.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the Secretary of State and the Department of State, with respect to the publication of acts and Joint resolutions in slip form, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by section 1 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5,

Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. That Plan excepted, from the transfer, such functions of the Secretary of State with respect to publication in slip form of treaties and other international obligations. Section 3 of the Plan vested power in the Administrator of General Services to delegate any of the functions transferred to him to any other officer, or to any agency or employee, of the General Services Administration. For transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 4 of the Plan.

§ 191a. Copies of Acts furnished to printer.

The Administrator of General Services shall furnish to the Public Printer a correct copy of every Act and joint resolution, as soon as possible after its approval by the President, or after it has become a law in accordance with the Constitution without such approval. (R. S. § 210; June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 88; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272.)

DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 9, 1868, ch. 22, § 1, 15 Stat. 40; June 8, 1872, ch. 335, § 20, 17 Stat. 287.

CODIFICATION

R. S. § 210; act June 20, 1874, and 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, in so far as they relate to duty of the Secretary of State to furnish to the Public Printer a correct copy of every treaty and postal convention, are set out as section 165 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. See note under that section.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions under this section, which were formerly in the Secretary of State, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Section 3 of that Plan vested power in the Administrator of General Services to delegate any of such transferred functions to any other officer, or to any agency or employee, of the General Services Administration. transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 4 of the Plan.

CROSS REFERENCES

For

Treaties, copies to be furnished to the Public Printer by Secretary of State, see section 165 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 192. Printing acts, resolutions, and treaties.

The Public Printer on receiving from the Administrator of General Services a copy of any act or joint resolution, or from the Secretary of State, a copy of any treaty, shall immediately cause an accurate printed copy thereof to be executed and sent in duplicate to the Administrator of General Services or to the Secretary of State, as the case may be, for revision. On the return of one of the revised duplicates, he shall at once have the marked corrections made, and cause the number specified in section 191 of this title to be printed. (R. S. § 3805; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 56, 28 Stat. 609; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272.)

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 9, 1868, ch. 22, § 2, 15 Stat. 40

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the Secretary of State and Department of State, with respect to the publication of acts and joint resolutions in slip form, as prescribed by this section and section 191 of this title, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5, Execu

tive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. That Plan excepted, from the transfer, such functions of the Secretary of State with respect to

treaties and other international obligations. Section 3 of the Plan vested in the Administrator of General Services the power to delegate any of the functions transferred to him to any other officer, or to any agency or employee, of the General Services Administration. For transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 4 of the Plan.

CROSS REFERENCES

Acts and joint resolutions, copies to be furnished to Public Printer by Administrator of General Services, see section 191a of this title.

Treaties, copies to be furnished to Public Printer by Secretary of State, see section 165 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 193. Printing of postal conventions.

The Public Printer, on receiving from the Postmaster General a copy of any postal convention between the Postmaster General, on the part of the United States, and an equivalent officer of any foreign government, shall immediately cause an accurate printed copy thereof to be executed and sent in duplicate to the Postmaster General. On the return of one of the revised duplicates, he shall at once have the marked corrections made, and cause to be printed the number specified in section 191 of this title. (R. S. § 3806; June 20, 1874, ch. 328. § 1, 18 Stat. 88; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 56, 28 Stat. 609.) DERIVATION

Act Mar. 9, 1868, ch. 22, § 4, 15 Stat. 40.

CROSS REFERENCES

Number and distribution of postal conventions under control of Joint Committee on Printing, see section 191 of this title.

§ 194. Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 9, 45 Stat. 1008.

This section provided for the distribution of the Revised Statutes to Senators and Representatives. The distribution of the Code of Laws of the United States and Supplements thereto, is provided for by sections 210-212 of Title 1, General Provisions.

Act June 30, 1926, ch. 713, 44 Stat. 778, provided as follows:

"That upon the enactment of H. R. 10000, a bill to consolidate, codify, and set forth the general and permanent laws of the United States in force December 7, 1925, such Act shall be plated from the type in which H. R. 10000 was printed when it passed the House of Representatives, with the amendments made thereto before its enactment, and shall be printed in the same style and form. Such Act shall be entitled and labeled "The Code of the Laws of the United States of America." The general provisions of law for the printing and distribution of laws are hereby modified with respect to such Act as follows:

"1. No slip copies need be printed or distributed. "2. In lieu of distributing such Act in pamphlet form the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to print a sufficient number of copies without the index, reference tables, and other ancillaries provided for in section 2 hereof, except a table of contents, to supply the requisitions therefor, and to furnish one copy each to Members of the Sixty-ninth Congress and others who are entitled to copies of laws in slip or pamphlet form. "Sec. 2. That the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the House of Representatives is hereby authorized to have prepared for such Act to be published with it in a single volume and the Public Printer is authorized to print as ancillaries thereto

"1. Preface.

"2. Table of contents.

"3. Parallel reference tables to the Revised Statutes of the United States.

"4. Parallel reference tables to the Statutes at Large of the United States.

"5. Parallel reference tables to the United States Compiled Statutes, Annotated.

"6. Parallel reference tables to the Federal Statutes, Annotated.

"7. The Declaration of Independence. "8. The Articles of Confederation.

"9. The Ordinance of 1787.

"10. The Constitution of the United States and amendments.

"11. Appendix with the general and permanent laws of the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, other than such Act.

"12. Index.

"Sec. 3. That in addition to quotas already provided by law, except as modified by section 1 hereof, there shall be printed, published, and distributed of such Act with the said ancillaries all bound in one volume in law buckram ten copies for each Member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Congress for his use and distribution, and in addition for the Committees on the Revision of the Laws of the Senate and House of Representatives a number of bound copies equal to ten times the number of members of the respective committees.

"Sec. 4. That the Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the House of Representatives is hereby authorized to prepare and the Public Printer to print, in slip form, and furnish with each copy a statement inviting scrutiny of the work and encouraging constructive criticism.

"Sec. 5. That such Act shall be published as Part I of volume 44 of the Statutes at Large and may be printed and distributed before the expiration of the Sixty-ninth Congress."

§ 195. Repealed. June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VI, § 10, 49 Stat. 1552.

Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 614; Mar. 15, 1898, ch. 68, § 4, 30 Stat. 316; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, §§ 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; Apr. 28, 1904, ch. 1791, 33 Stat. 542; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Mar. 4, 1907, No. 29, 34 Stat. 1426; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 7, 43 Stat. 1106, provided for publication and distribution of pamphlet copies of the statutes of each session of Congress to named persons and officers.

§ 196. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 56 (i), 65 Stat. 729.

Section, acts Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73 (part), 28 Stat. 615; Mar. 15, 1898, ch. 68, § 4, 30 Stat. 316; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, § 1, 31 Stat. 1464; Apr. 28, 1904, ch. 1791, 33 Stat. 542; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Mar. 4, 1907, No. 29, 34 Stat. 1426; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 7, 43 Stat. 1106; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144, 1145; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VI, § 9 (part), 49 Stat. 1551; June 16, 1938, ch. 477, § 1, 52 Stat. 760; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which related to the contents, compilation, editing, indexing, and publication of the United States Statutes at Large, and treaties and international agreements, is now covered by sections 112 and 112a of Title 1, General Provisions.

SAVINGS CLAUSE

Subsec. (1) of section 56 of act Oct. 31, 1951, provided that the repeal of this section should not affect any rights or liabilities existing hereunder on the effective date of such repeal (Oct. 31, 1951).

REPEAL AS AFFECTING OTHER LAWS

In addition to providing for the repeal of this section, section 56 (1) of act Oct. 31, 1951, provided that such repeal should not be construed as repealing that part of section 73 of act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, as amended, which is classified to section 196a of this title, nor construed as repealing sections 112 and 112a of Title 1, General Provisions.

§ 196a. Statutes at Large; distribution.

The Public Printer shall, after the final adjournment of each regular session of Congress, print and bind copies of the Statutes at Large to be charged to the congressional allotment for printing and binding. The number and distribution of the copies

shall be under the control of the Joint Committee on Printing.

The Public Printer shall print and, after the end of each calendar year, bind and deliver to the Superintendent of Documents a number of copies of the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements not exceeding the number of copies of the Statutes at Large required for distribution in the manner provided by law. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 615; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VI, § 9, 49 Stat. 1551; June 16, 1938, ch. 477, § 2, 52 Stat. 761; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1001, § 4, 64 Stat. 980; July 10, 1952, ch. 632, § 2, 66 Stat. 540.)

AMENDMENTS

1952-Act July 10, 1952, generally eliminated excess verbiage, made the section more flexible, and put the number and distribution of copies under the control of the Joint Committee on Printing.

1950-Act Sept. 23, 1950, provided for printing and distribution of "United States Treaties and Other International Agreements".

EFFECT OF REPEAL OF SECTION 196

Section as not affected by repeal of section 196 of this title, see note under former section 196.

REPEALS

Section 4 of act June 16, 1938, repealed all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith.

§ 197. Same; marginal references.

The Administrator of General Services is directed to include in the marginal references of the United States Statutes at Large the number of the Senate bill, House bill, Senate joint resolution, or House joint resolution (designating same as S. for Senate bill, H. R. for House bill, S. J. Res. for Senate joint resolution and H. J. Res. for House joint resolution, as the case may be) under which each act was approved and became a law, said marginal reference to be placed within brackets immediately under the marginal date of the approval of each act at the beginning of each chapter as the same is now printed. (Apr. 12, 1904, No. 20, 33 Stat. 587; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the Secretary of State and Department of State, under this section, were transferred to the Administrator of General Services by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in note under section 133z-15 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. That Plan excepted, from the transfer, functions of the Secretary of State with respect to publication, in slip form and within the United States Statutes at Large, of all treaties and other international obligations, as prescribed by sections 191-193 and 196 of this title, and section 112 of Title 1, General Provisions. Section 3 of the Plan vested power in the Administrator of General Services to delegate any of the functions transferred to him to any other officer, or to any agency or employee, of the General Services Administration. For transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see section 4 of the Plan.

§ 212. Reports of departments.

The annual reports of the Executive Departments and the accompanying documents shall be delivered by the printer to the proper officers of each House of Congress at the first meeting thereof; and the reports of the Executive Departments, and the abridgment of accompanying documents, shall be so delivered on or before the third Wednesday in December next after the meeting of Congress, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. Of the annual reports of the departments to Congress there shall be printed one thousand copies for the Senate and two thousand for the House: Provided, That of the reports of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, the Commissioner of Patents, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Department of the Army, and of the Chief of Ordnance, the usual number only shall be printed. (R. S. § 3810; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 615; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 5, 43 Stat. 1106.) DERIVATION

Act June 25, 1864, ch. 155, § 4, 13 Stat. 185.

CODIFICATION

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees

of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, referred to in this section, is an officer of the Treasury Department.

CROSS REFERENCES

Discontinuance of printing of reports of departments in order to keep within appropriations, see section 213a of this title.

Manuscript of annual reports and accompanying documents, see section 108 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

Time of making annual reports, see section 106 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 213. Appropriations for printing not to be exceeded; limitation on number of reports; bureau reports. No printing shall be done for the executive departments in any fiscal year in excess of the amount of the appropriation, and none shall be done without a special requisition, signed by the chief of the department and filed with the Public Printer.

Of the annual report of the head of the department without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed five thousand copies, bound in pamphlet form; and of the reports of chiefs of bureaus without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed two thousand five hundred copies, bound in pamphlet form. The Secretary of Agriculture may print such number of copies of the monthly crop report, and of other reports and bulletins containing not to exceed one hundred octavo pages, as he shall deem requisite; and this provision shall apply to the maps, charts, bulletins, and minor reports of the Weather Bureau, which shall be printed in such numbers as the Secretary of Commerce may deem for the best interests of the Government. The Secretary of the Treasury may authorize the printing of the annual report of the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce may authorize the printing of the notices to mariners, tide tables, coast pilots, bulletins, and other special publications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Coast Guard, and the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the printing of the charts, maps, notices to mariners, tide tables, light lists, sailing directions, bulletins, and other special publications of the United States Naval Oceanographic Office in such editions as the interests of the Government and of the public may require.

Heads of executive departments shall direct whether reports made to them by bureau chiefs and chiefs of divisions shall be printed or not. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622; Mar. 13, 1896, No. 23, 29 Stat. 466; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 4, 43 Stat. 1106; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2 (a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2422, 54 Stat. 1236; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)

AMENDMENTS

1949-Act Aug. 4, 1949, §§ 1, 20, reestablished the Coast Guard and repealed acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, §§ 4, 6. 36 Stat. 537, 538; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800; Jan. 12, 1923, ch. 25, 42 Stat. 1130.

CHANGE OF NAME

1948-June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 437. 1947-July 17, 1947, ch. 262, 61 Stat. 377. 1946-July 1, 1946, ch. 530, § 103, 60 Stat. 407. 1945-June 13, 1945, ch. 189, § 103, 59 Stat. 258.

"United States Naval Oceanographic Office" was substituted for "Hydrographic Office" in view of Pub. L. 87– 533, July 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 154. See section 7391 of Title 10. Armed Forces.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT

Amendment of section by act Aug. 4, 1949, effective as of the first day of the third month after the month of approval, August 1949, see note set out preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, is an agency within the Department of Commerce.

One of the functions of the Lighthouse Service prior to its transfer to the Coast Guard was the publication of notices to mariners. Upon the transfer of the Lighthouse Service and all its functions to the Coast Guard, to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury under the provisions of 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2 (a), the function of publication of notices to mariners was included in this transfer and the Secretary of Treasury now has the authority to authorize the printing of these notices.

Bureau of Lighthouses and its functions were transferred to Coast Guard in Department of Treasury, to be consolidated with and be administered as part of Coast Guard, by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2 (a), effective July 1, 1939, set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. See, also, sections 401-404 of the plan for provisions relating to transfer of functions, records, property, personnel, and funds.

Weather Bureau in Department of Agriculture and its functions were transferred to Department of Commerce, to be administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of Commerce. "Provided, That the Department of Agriculture may continue to make snow surveys and to conduct research concerning: (a) relationships between weather and crops, (b) long-range weather forecasting, and (c) relationships between weather and soil erosion," by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940, set out in note under section 133t of Title 5. See, also, sections 13-15 of the plan for provisions relating to transfer of functions of department heads, records, property, personnel, and funds.

§ 213a. Same; discontinuance of printing in order to keep within appropriations.

In order to keep the expenditures for printing and binding within or under the appropriations therefor, the heads of the various executive departments and independent establishments are authorized on and after August 1, 1953 to discontinue the printing of annual or special reports under their respective jurisdictions: Provided, That where the printing of such reports is discontinued the original copy thereof shall be kept on file in the offices of the heads of the respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection. (Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, title I, § 103, 67 Stat. 332.)

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Similar provisions, on a fiscal year basis, were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1952-July 9, 1952, ch. 598, § 103, 66 Stat. 478. 1951-Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 485, 65 Stat. 403. 1950-Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. II, § 103, 64 Stat. 608. 1949-June 22, 1949, ch. 235, § 103, 63 Stat. 230.

1944 June 26, 1944, ch. 277, title I, § 102, 58 Stat. 354. 1943-June 28, 1943, ch. 173, title I, § 102, 57 Stat. 239. 1942-June 8, 1942, ch. 396, § 2, 56 Stat. 349. 1941-July 1, 1941, ch. 268, § 1, 55 Stat. 464.

1940 June 18, 1940, ch. 396, 54 Stat. 462. 1939-June 16, 1939, ch. 208, 53 Stat. 839. 1938-May 17, 1938, ch. 236, 52 Stat. 397. 1937-May 18, 1937, ch. 223, 50 Stat. 186. 1936-Apr. 17, 1936, ch. 233, 49 Stat. 1231. 1935-July 8, 1935, ch. 374, 49 Stat. 476. 1934-May 30, 1934, ch. 372, 48 Stat. 833.

§ 214. Appropriations to which cost of printing and binding for executive departments and bureaus to be charged.

In the printing and binding of documents or reports emanating from the executive departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, the cost of which was, on March 30, 1906, charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, or to appropriations or allotments of appropriations other than those made to the executive departments, bureaus, or independent offices of the Government, the cost of illustrations, composition. stereotyping, and other work involved in the actual preparation for printing, apart from the creation of manuscript, shall be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation for the printing and binding of the department, bureau, or independent office of the Government in which such documents or reports originate; the balance of cost shall be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, and to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the executive department, bureau, or independent office of the Government, in proportion to the number delivered to each; the cost of any copies of such documents or reports distributed otherwise than through Congress, or the executive departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, if such there be, shall be charged as otherwise provided. On or before the 1st day of December in each fiscal year each executive department, bureau, or independent office of the Government to which an appropriation or allotment of appropriation for printing and binding is made, shall obtain from the Public Printer an estimate of the probable cost of all publications of such department, bureau, or independent office required by law to be printed, and so much thereof as would, under the terms of this resolution, be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the department, bureau, or independent office of the Government in which such publications originate, shall thereupon be set aside to be applied only to the printing and binding of such documents and reports, and shall not be available for any other purpose until all of such allotment of cost on account of such documents and reports shall have been fully paid. (Mar. 30, 1906, No. 13, 34 Stat. 825.)

§ 215. Departments to order documents required; limit; bills and resolutions.

The heads of executive departments, and such executive officers as are not connected with the departments, respectively, shall cause daily examination of the Congressional Record for the purpose of noting documents, reports, and other publications