§ 285b. Functions
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The functions of the Office shall be as follows:
(1)To prepare, and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary one title at a time, a complete compilation, restatement, and revision of the general and permanent laws of the United States which conforms to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enactments, with such amendments and corrections as will remove ambiguities, contradictions, and other imperfections both of substance and of form, separately stated, with a view to the enactment of each title as positive law.
(2)To examine periodically all of the public laws enacted by the Congress and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary recommendations for the repeal of obsolete, superfluous, and superseded provisions contained therein.
(3)To prepare and publish periodically a new edition of the United States Code (including those titles which are not yet enacted into positive law as well as those titles which have been so enacted), with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly enacted laws.
(4)To classify newly enacted provisions of law to their proper positions in the Code where the titles involved have not yet been enacted into positive law.
(5)To prepare and submit periodically such revisions in the titles of the Code which have been enacted into positive law as may be necessary to keep such titles current.
(6)To prepare and publish periodically new editions of the District of Columbia Code, with annual cumulative supplements reflecting newly enacted laws, through publication of the fifth annual cumulative supplement to the 1973 edition of such Code.
(7)To provide the Committee on the Judiciary with such advice and assistance as the committee may request in carrying out its functions with respect to the revision and codification of the Federal statutes.
(Pub. L. 93–554, title I, ch. III, § 101, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1777; Pub. L. 94–386, § 1, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1170.)
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- Public Law 94–386To 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
- Public Law 111–350To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, “Public Contracts”
- Public Law 111–314To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, “National and Commercial Space Programs”
- Public Law 109–304To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, “Shipping”, as positive law
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- Pub. L. 93–554, title I
- 88 Stat. 1777
- Pub. L. 94–386, § 1
- 90 Stat. 1170
- Pub. L. 93–554
- Pub. L. 94–386
- Pub. L. 94–386, § 2
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§ 285b
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–554, title I
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–386, § 1
Stat.90 Stat. 1170
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–554
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