44 USC § 731 - Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents

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title: "44 USC § 731 - Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "731"
section_name: "Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1253.)"
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# § 731. Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents

The Congressional allotment of public documents, other than the Congressional Record, printed after the expiration of the term of office of the Vice President of the United States, or Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner, shall be delivered to his successor in office.

Unless the Vice President of the United States, a Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner, having public documents to his credit at the expiration of his term of office takes them prior to the 30th day of June next following the date of expiration, he shall forfeit them to his successor in office.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1253.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 158 (, ; , ; , ).

Words “or her” deleted by authority of Title 1, sec. 1—“words importing masculine gender may be applied to females”.