2019 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 11 - Executive and Judiciary Printing and Binding
Sec. 1123 - Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries

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Citation 44 U.S.C. § 1123 (2019)
Section Name §1123. Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
Section Text

Binding for the departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a department. The libraries of the several departments, the Library of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon General's Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of these libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(b)(24)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–585.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §116 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §86, 28 Stat. 622).

This section incorporates all but the first sentence of former section 116. The balance will be found in section 501 of the revision.

AMENDMENTS

1999—Pub. L. 106–113 struck out "the Patent Office," after "the Surgeon General's Office,".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 11 - EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING
Sec. 1123 - Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
Contains section 1123
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 28 Stat. 622
82 Stat. 1264
113 Stat. 1536
Public Law References Public Law 90-620, Public Law 106-113
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