---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 710"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "710"
heading: "Copies of Acts furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/710"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Congressional Printing and Binding"
---

# §710. Copies of Acts furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office


The [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12) of the United States shall furnish to the Director of the Government Publishing Office a copy of every Act and joint resolution, as soon as possible after its approval by the President, or after it has become a law under the Constitution without his approval.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 191a (R.S. § 210; June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 88; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 20, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950; 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1272).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text.

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

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 this title.