44 USC § 711 - Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s711"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "44 USC § 711 - Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "711"
section_name: "Printing Acts, joint resolutions, 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. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 711. Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties

section 709 of this title

The Director of the Government Publishing Office, on receiving from the Archivist of the United States a copy of an Act or joint resolution, or from the Secretary of State, a copy of a treaty, shall print an accurate copy and transmit it in duplicate to the Archivist of the United States or to the Secretary of State, as the case may be, for revision. On the return of one of the revised duplicates, he shall make the marked corrections and print the number specified by .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286; 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., § 192 (R.S. § 3805; , ; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. , 15 F.R. 3178, ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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

1984— substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .