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16 U.S.C. § 8574 (CONSERVATION)
§ 8574. Savings provision
No additional Federal funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act and the activities authorized by this Act are subject to the availability of appropriations made in advance for such purposes.
(Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 355, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2917.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 118–234, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2836, known as the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act and also as the EXPLORE Act, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and repealed numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8401 of this title and Tables.
1 U.S.C. § 5 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 5. “Company” or “association” as including successors and assigns
The word “company” or “association”, when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words “successors and assigns of such company or association”, in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633.)
1 U.S.C. § 6 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 6. Limitation of term “products of American fisheries”
Wherever, in the statutes of the United States or in the rulings, regulations, or interpretations of various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States there appears or may appear the term “products of American fisheries” said term shall not include fresh or frozen fish fillets, fresh or frozen fish steaks, or fresh or frozen slices of fish substantially free of bone (including any of the foregoing divided into sections), produced in a foreign country or its territorial waters, in whole or in part with the use of the labor of persons who are not residents of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.)
1 U.S.C. § 7 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 7. Definition of “marriage” and “spouse”
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
(Added Pub. L. 104–199, § 3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419.)
1 U.S.C. § 8 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 8. “Person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual” as including born-alive infant
(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the words “person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual”, shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development.
(b) As used in this section, the term “born alive”, with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of that member, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any point prior to being “born alive” as defined in this section.
(Added Pub. L. 107–207, § 2(a), Aug. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 926.)
1 U.S.C. § 105 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 105. Title of appropriation Acts
The style and title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of Government shall be as follows: “An Act making appropriations (here insert the object) for the year ending September 30 (here insert the calendar year).”
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 93–344, title V, § 506(a), July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 322.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1974—Pub. L. 93–344 substituted “September 30” for “June 30”.
heading: Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 93–344, title V, § 506(b), July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 322, which provided that the amendment of this section by Pub. L. 93–344 was effective with respect to Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government for any fiscal year commencing on or after Oct. 1, 1976, was omitted in the complete revision of title V of Pub. L. 93–344 by Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13201(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–609.
1 U.S.C. § 106a (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 106a. Promulgation of laws
Whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote of the Senate and House of Representatives, having been approved by the President, or not having been returned by him with his objections, becomes a law or takes effect, it shall forthwith be received by the Archivist of the United States from the President; and whenever a bill, order, resolution, or vote is returned by the President with his objections, and, on being reconsidered, is agreed to be passed, and is approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, and thereby becomes a law or takes effect, it shall be received by the Archivist of the United States from the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives in whichsoever House it shall last have been so approved, and he shall carefully preserve the originals.
(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2(b), 65 Stat. 710; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services” in two places.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
heading: Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel
text: Similar provisions were contained in R.S. § 204; act Dec. 28, 1874, ch. 9, § 2, 18 Stat. 294; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272, which with the exception of the reorganization plan, were repealed by section 56(h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (l) of that section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or liabilities existing under those statutes on the effective date of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions under the repealed statutes, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1 U.S.C. § 106b (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 106b. Amendments to Constitution
Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and Records Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.
(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2(b), 65 Stat. 710; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” and “Archivist of the United States” for “General Services Administration” and “Administrator of General Services”, respectively.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
heading: Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel
text: Similar provisions were contained in R.S. § 205; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272. R.S. § 205 was repealed by section 56(h) of act Oct. 31, 1951. Subsec. (l) of section 56 provided that the repeal should not affect any rights or liabilities existing under the repealed statute on the effective date of the repeal (Oct. 31, 1951). For delegation of functions under the repealed statute, and transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds, see sections 3 and 4 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1 U.S.C. § 109 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 109. Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities
The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The expiration of a temporary statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the temporary statute shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
1 U.S.C. § 110 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 110. Saving clause of Revised Statutes
All acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes and proceedings, or to the prosecution of offenses, or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures, embraced in the Revised Statutes and covered by the repeal contained therein, shall not be affected thereby, but all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising, or acts done or committed prior to said repeal, may be commenced and prosecuted within the same time as if said repeal had not been made.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
1 U.S.C. § 111 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 111. Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness
No inference shall be raised by the enactment of the Act of March 3, 1933 (ch. 202, 47 Stat. 1431), that the sections of the Revised Statutes repealed by such Act were in force or effect at the time of such enactment: Provided, however, That any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed sections shall not be affected by their repeal.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
heading: References in Text
text: Act of March 3, 1933, referred to in text, was repealed by section 2 of act July 30, 1947, section 1 of which enacted this title.
1 U.S.C. § 113 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 113. “Little and Brown’s” edition of laws and treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Acts Series; admissibility in evidence
The edition of the laws and treaties of the United States, published by Little and Brown, and the publications in slip or pamphlet form of the laws of the United States issued under the authority of the Archivist of the United States, and the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence of the several public and private Acts of Congress, and of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636; Pub. L. 89–497, § 1, July 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.
1966—Pub. L. 89–497 made slip laws and the Treaties and Other International Acts Series competent legal evidence of the several acts of Congress and the treaties and other international agreements contained therein.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
1 U.S.C. § 114 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 114. Sealing of instruments
In all cases where a seal is necessary by law to any commission, process, or other instrument provided for by the laws of Congress, it shall be lawful to affix the proper seal by making an impression therewith directly on the paper to which such seal is necessary; which shall be as valid as if made on wax or other adhesive substance.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 636.)
1 U.S.C. § 201 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 201. Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements
In order to avoid duplication and waste—
(a) Publishing in slip or pamphlet form or in Statutes at Large.—
Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives so directs the Archivist of the United States;
(b) Curtailing number of copies published.—
Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 203 of this title may be directed by such committee, except that the Public Printer shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale; and
(c) Dispensing with publication of more than one Supplement for each Congress.—
Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least one supplement to each such code, containing the legislation of such Congress.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 1, 68 Stat. 1226; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.
1954—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”.
heading: Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
1 U.S.C. § 202 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 202. Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements
There shall be prepared and published under the supervision of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives—
(a) Cumulative Supplements to Code of Laws of United States for each session of Congress.—
A supplement for each session of the Congress to the then current edition of the Code of Laws of the United States, cumulatively embracing the legislation of the then current supplement, and correcting errors in such edition and supplement;
(b) Cumulative Supplement to District of Columbia Code for each session of Congress.—
A supplement for each session of the Congress to the then current edition of the Code of the District of Columbia, cumulatively embracing the legislation of the then current supplement, and correcting errors in such edition and supplement;
(c) New editions of Codes and Supplements.—
New editions of the Code of Laws of the United States and of the Code of the District of Columbia, correcting errors and incorporating the then current supplement. In the case of each code new editions shall not be published oftener than once in each five years. Copies of each such edition shall be distributed in the same manner as provided in the case of supplements to the code of which it is a new edition. Supplements published after any new edition shall not contain the legislation of supplements published before such new edition.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 637.)
heading: Cross References
text: Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of Pub. L. 94–386, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under section 285b of Title 2, The Congress.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting preparation, revision, publication, etc., see section 285b of Title 2.
1 U.S.C. § 203 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 203. District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements
The Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives is authorized to print bills to codify, revise, and reenact the general and permanent laws relating to the District of Columbia and cumulative supplements thereto, similar in style, respectively, to the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, and to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of the Congress of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 638.)
heading: Commission on Revision of the Criminal Laws of the District of Columbia
text: Pub. L. 90–226, title X, Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 742, provided for creation and operation of a commission to study and make recommendations with reference to a revised code of criminal law and procedure for the District of Columbia, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–358, title VI, § 601, July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 667, as amended by Pub. L. 91–530, § 2(b)(1), Dec. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 1390.
heading: Cross References
text: Council of the District of Columbia, functions respecting, see section 2 of Pub. L. 94–386, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170, set out as a note under section 285b of Title 2, The Congress.
Office of the Law Revision Counsel, functions respecting, see section 285b of Title 2.
1 U.S.C. § 205 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 205. Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries
The publications provided for in sections 202, 203 of this title shall be printed at the Government Printing Office and shall be in such form and style and with such ancillaries as may be prescribed by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. The Librarian of Congress is directed to cooperate with such committee in the preparation of such ancillaries. Such publications shall be furnished with such thumb insets and other devices to distinguish parts, with such facilities for the insertion of additional matter, and with such explanatory and advertising slips, and shall be printed on such paper and bound in such material, as may be prescribed by such committee.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.)
1 U.S.C. § 206 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 206. Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies
All bills and resolutions relating to the revision of the laws referred to or reported by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives shall be printed in such form and style, and with such ancillaries, as such committee may prescribe as being economical and suitable, to so continue until final enactment thereof in both Houses of Congress; and such committee may also curtail the number of copies of such bills to be printed in the various parliamentary stages in the House of Representatives.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.)
1 U.S.C. § 207 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 207. Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives
The Public Printer is directed to print, in addition to the number provided by existing law, and, as soon as printed, to distribute in such manner as the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives shall determine, twenty copies in slip form of each public Act and joint resolution.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.)
1 U.S.C. § 208 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 208. Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, and so forth, under direction of Joint Committee on Printing
The functions vested by sections 201, 202, 204–207 of this title in the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives may from time to time be vested in such other agency as the Congress may by concurrent resolution provide: Provided, That the printing, binding, and distribution of the volumes and publications enumerated in sections 202, 203 of this title shall be done under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639.)
1 U.S.C. § 209 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 209. Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original
Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia and copies of the supplements provided for by sections 202 and 203 of this title printed at the Government Printing Office and bearing its imprint, shall be conclusive evidence of the original of such code and supplements in the custody of the Administrator of General Services.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 639; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 2, 68 Stat. 1226.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1954—Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Secretary of State”.
1 U.S.C. § 210 (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
§ 210. Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies
Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and of the supplements provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title shall be distributed by the Superintendent of Documents in the same manner as bound volumes of the Statutes at Large: Provided, That no slip or pamphlet copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia, and of the supplements provided for by sections 202, 203 of this title need be printed or distributed.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 640.)
heading: Cross References
text: Distribution of Statutes at Large, see section 728 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.