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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "40 U.S.C. § 557"
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description: "Donation of books to Free Public Library"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 40
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title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
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chapter_number: "5"
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chapter_name: "PROPERTY MANAGEMENT"
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section: "557"
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citation: "40 U.S.C. § 557"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc40@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s557"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 40 U.S.C. § 557 - Donation of books to Free Public Library
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## Text
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Subject to regulations under this subtitle, a book that is no longer needed by an executive department, bureau, or commission of the Federal Government, and that is not an advisable addition to the Library of Congress, shall be turned over to the Free Public Library of the District of Columbia for general use if the book is appropriate for the Free Public Library.
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(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1102.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55740:484–1.Feb. 25, 1903, ch. 755, § 1 (7th par. on p. 865), 32 Stat. 865; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2(1), 65 Stat. 706.
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