44 USC § 709 - Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s709"
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title: "44 USC § 709 - Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "709"
section_name: "Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 709. Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties

The Director of the Government Publishing Office 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 Joint Committee on Printing shall control the number and distribution of copies.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 191 (, ; , ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.