US Code
CHAPTER 3— CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS
§ 202. Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements

(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each code new editions shall not be published oftener than once in each five years.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.