44 USC § 729 - United States Statutes at Large: references in margins

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title: "44 USC § 729 - United States Statutes at Large: references in margins"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "729"
section_name: "United States Statutes at Large: references in margins"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING"
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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. 1252; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286.)"
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# § 729. United States Statutes at Large: references in margins

The Archivist of the United States shall include in the references in margins of the United States Statutes at Large the number of the bill or joint resolution (designating S. for Senate bill, H.R. for House bill, S.J. Res. for Senate joint resolution and H.J. Res. for House joint resolution, as the case may be) under which each Act was approved and became a law, the reference in the margins to be placed within brackets immediately under the date of the approval of the Act at the beginning of each Act as printed beginning with Volume 32 of the United States Statutes at Large.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1252; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 197 (, No. 20, ; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. , 15 F.R. 3178, ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

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