2020 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 19 - Depository Library Program
Sec. 1916 - Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries

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Citation 44 U.S.C. § 1916 (2020)
Section Name §1916. Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries
Section Text

(a) Upon the request of any accredited law school, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall designate the library of such law school as a depository library. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may not make such designation unless he determines that the library involved meets the requirements of this chapter, other than those requirements of the first undesignated paragraph of section 1909 of this title which relate to the location of such library.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "accredited law school" means any law school which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the Commissioner of Education for such purpose or accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in which the law school is located.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 95–261, §1, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199; amended Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, §1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted "Director of the Government Publishing Office" for "Public Printer" in two places.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE

Pub. L. 95–261, §3, Apr. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199, provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1978."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of Commissioner of Education transferred to Secretary of Education pursuant to section 3441(a)(1) of Title 20, Education.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 19 - DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM
Sec. 1916 - Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries
Contains section 1916
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 92 Stat. 199
128 Stat. 2537
Public Law References Public Law 95-261, Public Law 113-235
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