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This title was enacted by act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1012 Chap. Sec. 1. Administration 1 3. Collection and Publication of Statistics 41 5. Censuses 131 7. Offenses and Penalties 211 9. Collection and Publication of Foreign Trade Statistics ^[1] 301 10. Exchange of census ^[2] information ^[2] 401 So in original. Does not conform to chapter heading. So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 13
Title 13 Former Sections	Title 13 New Sections
1	2
2	21
3, 4	Rep.
5	22
6	22
7–9	Rep.
21–41	Rep.
41a	Rep.
42–55	Rep.
61–69	Rep.
71	41
72	42
72a	42
73	9, 214
74	43, 224, 241
75	44
76	45
77	Rep.
81	61
82	5
83	9, 214
84	224, 241
85	62
86	63
91–98	Rep.
101	T. 42 § 244a
106	Rep.
106 note	Rep.
107	Rep.
111	5, 24, 101, 102, 103, 225
112	Rep.
113	101
114	Rep.
121	131, 181
122	6, 9, 24, 25, 211, 212, 213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
123	5, 132
201	141
202	143
203	23, 24
204	5, 144
205	25
206	145
207	211
208	9, 212, 213
209	221, 222, 223
210	224
211	9
212	Rep.
213	7
214	10
215	6
216	5, 23, 146
217	Rep.
218	8
219, 220	Rep.
251	5, 161, 163
252	6, 9, 24, 162, 211, 212, 213, 214
253	Rep.

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–533, § 5(b)(1),Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2348, added item for chapter 10.

1962—Pub. L. 87–826, § 1,Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 951, added item for chapter 9.

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 1,68 Stat. 1012, which provided in part “That title 13 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Census’ is revised, codified and enacted into law and may , be cited as ‘Title 13, United States Code, section—’.”

References to Census Office

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 3,68 Stat. 1025, provided that: “Whenever reference is made in any other law or in any regulation or order to the Census Office, such reference shall be held and considered to mean the Bureau of the Census referred to in section 2 of Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act. This section shall not be construed as affecting historical references to the Census Office which could have no present or future application to the Bureau of the Census.”

Separability

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 4,68 Stat. 1025, provided that: “If any part of Title 13, United States Code, as set in section 1 of this Act, is held invalid, the remainder of such title shall not be affected thereby.”

Legislative Construction

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 5,68 Stat. 1025, provided that: “No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by reason of the chapter in Title 13, United States Code, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any section is placed, nor by reason of the captions or catchlines used in such title.”

Effective Date

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 6,68 Stat. 1025, provided that: “The provisions of this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1955.”

Repeals

Act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, § 7,68 Stat. 1025, provided that: “The sections of the Acts, and the Acts or parts of Acts, enumerated in the following schedule, are hereby repealed. Any rights or liabilities now existing under such statutes or parts thereof, and any proceedings instituted under, or growing out of, any of such statutes or parts thereof, shall not be affected by this repeal.”

Footnotes
[1] So in original. Does not conform to chapter heading.

[2] So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

The table below lists the classification updates, since Jan. 3, 2012, for the contained sections. If there are multiple sections, they are presented in section number order (original document order).

The most recent Classification Table update that we have noticed was Wednesday, December 26, 2012

An empty table indicates that we see no relevant changes listed in the classification tables. If you suspect that our system may be missing something, please double-check with the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.

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The Session Year indicates which session of Congress was responsible for the changes classified. The Congress number forms the first part of the Public Law number; each Congress has two sessions.

Abbreviations used in the Description of Change column:

An empty field implies a standard amendment.
"new" means a new section or new note, or all new text of an existing section or note.
"nt" means note.
"nt [tbl]" means note [table].
"prec" means preceding.
"fr" means a transfer from another section.
"to" means a transfer to another section.
"omitted" means the section is omitted.
"repealed" means the section is repealed.
"nt ed change" and "ed change" - See the Editorial Classification Change Table [pdf].

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New Sections for this Title

13 USC	Description of Change	Session Year	Public Law	Statutes at Large
§ 21	nt new	2012	112-166 [Sec.] 6(b)	126 Stat. 1295
§ 21	nt new	2012	112-166 [Sec.] 3(b)	126 Stat. 1291
§ 21	nt new	2012	112-166 [Sec.] 3(c)	126 Stat. 1291
§ 21	gen amd	2012	112-166 [Sec.] 3(a)	126 Stat. 1291

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