2015 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents (Sections 101 - 4104)
Chapter 13 - Particular Reports and Documents (Sections 1301 - 1344)
Sec. 1317 - Foreign Relations
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS CHAPTER 13 - PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS Sec. 1317 - Foreign Relations |
| Contains | section 1317 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1268. |
| Statutes at Large References | 28 Stat. 613 82 Stat. 1268 89 Stat. 296 92 Stat. 970 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 90-620, Public Law 94-59, Public Law 95-426 |
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In addition to the usual number of Foreign Relations, three thousand copies of each shall be printed: one thousand for the Senate and two thousand for the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1268.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §250 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §73, 28 Stat. 613).
PUBLICATION OF "FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES" AT CONTINUING HIGH STANDARD OF DOCUMENTATIONPub. L. 95–426, title I, §120, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 970, provided that:
"(a) The Congress finds that the Department of State publication 'Foreign Relations of the United States' plays an important role in making the documentary record of United States foreign relations available to the Congress and the American public.
"(b) The Secretary of State shall therefore insure that publication of the 'Foreign Relations of the United States' volumes is continued in such a manner as will maintain the high standard of comprehensive documentation already established by past volumes."
WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTSPub. L. 94–59, title VIII, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 296, provided that: "Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, appropriations for the automatic distribution to Senators and Representatives (including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico) of copies of the Foreign Relations of the United States, the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, the District of Columbia Code and Supplements, and more than one bound set of the United States Code and Supplements shall not be available with respect to any Senator or Representative unless such Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, requests that he receive copies of such documents."
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