1 USC § 106a - Promulgation of laws

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title: "1 USC § 106a - Promulgation of laws"
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title_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
section_number: "106a"
section_name: "Promulgation of laws"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS"
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source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 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 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 two-thirds 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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984— substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services” in two places.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , 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; , ; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. , 15 F.R. 3178, , which with the exception of the reorganization plan, were repealed by section 56(h) of act . Subsec. () 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 (). 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.