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The [[Depository Library Act of 1962]] (DLA) created the present-day FDLP as codified in Title 44, Chapter 19 of the U.S. Code. The DLA allowed two depository libraries in each [[Congressional district]], eliminated postage charges to depository libraries receiving material, provided for the distribution of non-GPO documents, permitted [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent federal agencies]] to be eligible for depository designation, and created regional depository libraries.

The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40), codified in Title 44, Chapter 41 of the U.S. Code, requires the Superintendent of Documents to maintain an electronic directory of federal electronic information, provide online access to the [[Congressional Record]], [[Federal Register]] and other select publications, and operate an electronic storage facility. The electronic service now includes over 2,200 databases and is available via the Federal Digital System, or [http://www.fdsysgovinfo.gov FDsys].

==Structure==