90 STAT. 1170
PUBLIC LAW 94-386—AUG. 14, 1976
Public Law 94-386 94th Congress An Act Aug. 14, 1976 [H.R. 13121]
D.C. Code. Publication.
2 USC 285b note; D.C. Code 49-112.
Future editions.
To direct the Law Revision Counsel to prepare and publish the District of Columbia Code through publication of supplement V to the 1973 edition, with the Council of the District of Columbia to be responsible for preparation and publication of such Code thereafter.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gmigress assembled. That paragraph (6) of section 205(c) of H. Kes. 988, Ninety-third Congress (2 U.S.C. 285b(6)), as made permanent law by the first paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provisions in chapter III of title I of the Act of December 27, 1974 (Public Law 93-554; 88 Stat. 1777), is amended by striking out "until such time as the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act becomes effective" and inserting in lieu thereof "through publication of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of such Code". SEC. 2. (a) After publication by the Law Revision Counsel of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of the District of Columbia Code, new editions of the District of Columbia Code (and annual cumulative supplements thereto) shall be prepared and published under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia and shall set forth the general and permanent laws relating to or in force in the District of Columbia, whether enacted by the Congress or by the Council of the District of Columbia, except such laws as are of application in the District of Columbia by reason of being laws of the United States general and permanent in nature. (b) After completion of the printing of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of the District of Columbia Code, the Public Printer shall, as the Council of the District of Columbia may request, either— (1) furnish to the Council of the District of Columbia, on such terms as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate, the type used in preparing the 1973 edition of the District of Columbia Code and the fifth annual cumulative supplement to such edition; or (2) make such arrangements with the Council of the District of Columbia as the Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint Committee on Printing) deems appropriate for the printing by the Government Printing Office of future editions of the District of Columbia Code, and annual cumulative supplements thereto, prepared under the direction of the Council of the District of Columbia. Approved August 14, 1976.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1096 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). SENATE REPORT No. 94-1059 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): May 24, considered and passed House. Aug. 5, considered and passed Senate.
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