Title 2 of the U.S. Code § 164 - Index and digest of State legislation; preparation
Full text of § 164 from Title 2 of the United States Code.
§ 164. Index and digest of State legislation; preparation
The Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to prepare biennially an index to the legislation of the States of the United States enacted during the biennium, together with a supplemental digest of the more important legislation of the period.
(Feb. 10, 1927, ch. 99, §1, 44 Stat. 1066; Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367, §1, 45 Stat. 1398.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1929—Act Feb. 28, 1929, repealed provision that the Librarian of Congress report biennially to Congress an index and digest of State legislation.
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