CHAPTER 1-RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

§ 1. Words denoting number, gender, and so forth

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 10 section 101; title 28 section 3701; title 30 sections 1511, 1531; title 31 section 5312; title 32 section 101; title 37 section 101; title 39 section 5215; title 49 section 10102.

CHAPTER 2-ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS

§ 106. Printing bills and joint resolutions

PRINTED ENROLLMENTS PREPARED AFTER ENACTMENT

Pub. L. 102-387, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1519, provided: "That the provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any appropriation bill of the One Hundred Second Congress hereafter to be presented to the President. Such an enrollment shall be in such form as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment. As used in this resolution, the term 'appropriation bill' means a bill or joint resolution making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993."

Pub. L. 102-260, Mar. 20, 1992, 106 Stat. 85, provided that:

"SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING.

"The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of H.R. 4210 of the 102d Congress [H.R. 4210 was vetoed by the President on Mar. 20, 1992).

"SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.

"The enrollment of H.R. 4210 of the 102d Congress shall be in such form as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment."

Pub. L. 101-497, Oct. 31, 1990, 104 Stat. 1205, provid

ed that:

"SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING OF ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN MEASURES.

(a) WAIVER.-The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the en

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rollment of S. 2830 [Pub. L. 101-624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3359].

"(b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.-The enrollment of S. 2830 shall be in such form as the Secretary of the Senate certifies to be a true enrollment.

"SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT. "(a) PREPARATION.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.-If S. 2830 is presented to the President in the form of a hand enrollment pursuant to the authority of section 1, then upon the enactment of that bill the Secretary of the Senate shall prepare a printed enrollment of the bill as in the case of a bill to which sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, apply.

"(2) TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS.-A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in order to conform to customary style for printed laws, include corrections in indentation, type face, and type size and may include notations (in the margins or as otherwise appropriate) of obvious errors in spelling or punctuation in the hand enrollment. "(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.-A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a), after being certified by the Secretary of the Senate to be a correct printing of the hand enrollment, shall be signed by the presiding officer of each House of Congress and transmitted to the President.

"(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; PRESERVATION IN ARCHIVES.-Upon certification by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection (b) is a correct printing of the hand enrollment, such printed enrollment shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve it with the hand enrollment.

"(d) PUBLICATION OF LAW.-In preparing the bill or joint resolution for publication in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall use the printed enrollment certified by the President under subsection (c) in lieu of the hand enrollment.

"SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

"As used in this resolution:

"(1) [sic] HAND ENROLLMENT.-The term 'hand enrollment' means the enrollment, as authorized by section 1, of a bill or joint resolution for presentment to the President in a form other than the printed form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code."

Pub. L. 101-466, Oct. 27, 1990, 104 Stat. 1084, provided that:

"SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING OF ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN MEASURES.

"(a) WAIVER.-The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution of the One Hundred First Congress presented to the President after the enactment of this joint resolution [Oct. 27, 1990].

"(b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.-The enrollment of any such bill or joint resolution shall be in such form as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives certifies to be a true enrollment. "SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT. "(a) PREPARATION.

"(1) IN GENERAL.-If a reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution is presented to the President in the form of a hand enrollment pursuant to the authority of section 1, then upon the enactment of that bill or joint resolution the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare a printed enrollment of the bill or joint resolution as in the case of a bill or joint resolution to which sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code, apply.

"(2) TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS.—A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) may, in order to conform to customary style for printed laws, include corrections in indentation, type face, and type size and may include notations (in the margins or as otherwise appropriate) of obvious errors in spelling or punctuation in the hand enrollment. "(b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT.-A printed enrollment prepared pursuant to subsection (a), after being certified by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives to be a correct printing of the hand enrollment, shall be signed by the presiding officer of each House of Congress and transmitted to the President.

"(c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; PRESERVATION IN ARCHIVES.-Upon certification by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection (b) is a correct printing of the hand enrollment, such printed enrollment shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the United States, who shall preserve it with the hand enrollment.

"(d) PUBLICATION OF LAW.-In preparing the bill or joint resolution for publication in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall use the printed enrollment certified by the President under subsection (c) in lieu of the hand enrollment.

"SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

"As used in this resolution:

"(1) RECONCILIATION BILL.-The term 'reconciliation bill' means a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1991.

“(2) APPROPRIATION BILL.-The term 'appropriation bill' means a general appropriation bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991.

"(3) CONTINuing resoluTION.-The term 'continuing resolution' means a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991.

"(4) HAND ENROLLMENT.-The term 'hand enrollment' means the enrollment, as authorized by section 1, of a bill or joint resolution for presentment to the President in a form other than the printed form required by sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States Code."

CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC LAWS

Memorandum of the President of the United States, Jan. 10, 1991, 56 F.R. 1481, provided:

Memorandum for the Archivist of the United States By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby authorize you to ascertain whether the printed enrollment of H.R. 5835, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), approved on November 5, 1990, is a correct printing of the hand enrollment and if so to make on my behalf the certification specified in Section 2(c) of H.J. Res. 682 (Public Law 101-466) [set out as a note above].

Attached is the printed enrollment that was received at the White House on January 7, 1991.

This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.

GEORGE BUSH.

CHAPTER 3-CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS

§ 204. Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements

UNITED STATES CODE TITLES AS POSITIVE LAW

The following titles of the United States Code were enacted into positive law by the acts enumerated below:

Title 1, General Provisions-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, § 1, 61 Stat. 633.

Title 3, The President-Act June 25, 1948, ch. 644, § 1, 62 Stat. 672.

Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 389, § 1, 61 Stat. 641.

Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesPub. L. 89-554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

Title 6, Surety Bonds-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 390, § 1, 61 Stat. 646, as amended June 6, 1972, Pub. L. 92-310, title II, § 203(4), 86 Stat. 202, and repealed Sept. 13, 1982, Pub. L. 97-258, § 5(b), 96 Stat. 1068, 1085. See, now, Title 31, Money and Finance.

Title 9, Arbitration-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 392, § 1, 61 Stat. 669.

Title 10, Armed Forces-Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 1.

Title 11, Bankruptcy-Pub. L. 95-598, title I, § 101, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2549.

Title 13, Census-Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1012.

Title 14, Coast Guard-Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1, 63 Stat. 495.

Title 17, Copyrights-Act July 30, 1947, ch. 391, § 1, 61 Stat. 652, as amended Oct. 19, 1976, Pub. L. 94-553, title I, § 101, 90 Stat. 2541.

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure-Act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 683.

Title 23, Highways-Pub. L. 85-767, § 1, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 885.

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure-Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869.

Title 31, Money and Finance-Pub. L. 97-258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Title 32, National Guard-Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 2, 70A Stat. 596.

Title 34, Navy-See Title 10, Armed Forces.

Title 35, Patents-Act July 19, 1952, ch. 950, § 1, 66 Stat. 792.

Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services-Pub. L. 87-649, § 1, Sept. 7, 1962. 76 Stat. 451.

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits-Pub. L. 85-857, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1105.

Title 39, Postal Service-Pub. L. 86-682, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 578, as revised Pub. L. 91-375, § 2, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719.

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents-Pub. L. 90-620, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.

Title 46, Shipping-Pub. L. 98–89, § 1, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 99-509, title V, subtitle B, § 5101, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1913; Pub. L. 100-710, title I, § 102, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4739.

Title 49, Transportation-Pub. L. 95-473, § 1, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 97-449, § 1, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2413.