A bill 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.
PL 94-386 (H.R.13121), enacted 08/14/1976

90 STAT. 1170 
PUBLIC LAW 94-386—AUG. 14, 1976 
Aug. 14, 1976 
[H.R. 13121] 
D.C. Code. 
Publication. 
2 u s e 285b note; 
D.C. Code 
49-112. 
Future editions. 
Public Law 94-386 
94th Congress 
An Act 
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 hy 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 pub-
lished 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 Com-
mittee 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.