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TITLE 44.-PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS

This title was enacted by Pub. L. 90-620, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238

Chapter 3.-GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Sec.

301. Public Printer; appointment.

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-310, title II, § 210(a) (3), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204, eliminated "; bond" from item 301.

§ 301. Public Printer: appointment.

The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office. His title shall be Public Printer. (As amended Pub. L. 92-310, title II, § 210(a) (1), (2), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-310 eliminated "; bond" from the section catchline, and provisions from the text of the section which required the Publc Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000.

§ 305. Public Printer: employees; pay.

REPEALS

General repealer of provisions inconsistent with Pub. L. 92-392 as not repealing or affecting this section, see section 13 of Pub. L. 92-392, Aug. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 575, set out as a note under section 5341 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 5 section 5349.

§ 308. Disbursing officer; continuation and settlement of accounts during vacancy in office; responsibility for accounts; disbursements for Superintendent of Documents.

(b) A former disbursing officer of the Government Printing Office or his estate may not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official accounts or defaults of a deputy disbursing officer acting in the name or in the place of the former disbursing officer. Each deputy disbursing officer is responsible for accounts entrusted to him under subsection (a) of this section, and the deputy disbursing officer is liable for any default occurring during his service under subsection (a) of this section.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-310, title II, § 210(b), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-310 eliminated provisions which related to sureties on official bonds.

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Chapter 5.-PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING

§ 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Printing Office. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 20 sections 954, 956; title 21 section 114c; title 22 sections 272a, 280b, 2801, 280k, 287e, 287r, 290b, 2024, 2126.

Chapter 7.-CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND

BINDING

§ 733. Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress.

He may also furnish without cost to Members and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, blank franks printed on sheets and perforated, or singly at their option, for public documents. Franks shall contain in the upper left-hand corner the following words: "Public document. Postage paid by Congress. United States Senate" or "House of Representatives U.S." and in upper right-hand corner the letters "U. S. S." or "M. C." But he may not print any other words except where it is desirable to affix the official title of a document. Other words printed on franks shall be at the personal expense of the Member or Resident Commissioner ordering them.

(As amended Pub. L. 93-191, § 8(a), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-191 substituted in second par. "Public document. Postage paid by Congress." for "Public document. Free."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93-191, set out as a note under section 3210 of Title 39, Postal Service.

SECTION REFFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 39 section 3216.

Chapter 9.-CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

§ 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery; subscriptions.

The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record only as follows:

In addition to the foregoing the Congressional Record shall also be furnished as follows:

In unstitched form, and held in reserve by the Public Printer, as many copies of the daily Record as may be required to supply a semimonthly edition,

bound in paper cover together with each semimonthly index when it is issued, and then be delivered promptly as follows:

to the library of each United States Court of Appeals, each United States District Court, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the United States Customs Court, the Tax Court of the United States, and the United States Court of Military Appeals, upon request to the Public Printer, one copy of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;

(As amended Pub. L. 92-373, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 528.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-373 provided for the furnishing of one copy of the daily, one semimonthly copy of the Congressional Record to the United States Court of Appeals library and certain other libraries.

LIMITATION ON COPIES OF BOUND PERMANENT EDITION FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Pub. L. 93-145, § 101, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 546, provided in part that: "Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of October 22, 1968 (44 U.S.C. 906) [this section] for the printing, publication, and distribution of more than one copy of the bound permanent editions of the Congressional Record for the Vice President and each Member of the Senate and House of Representatives."

§ 907. Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing envelopes.

The Public Printer may print and deliver, upon the order of a Member of Congress and payment of the cost, extracts from the Congressional Record. The Public Printer may furnish without cost to Members and the Resident Commissioner, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part of it, or speeches, or reports in it, if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner the following words: "United States Senate" or "House of Representatives, U.S. Part of Congressional Record. Postage paid by Congress", and in the upper righthand corner the letters "U.S.S." or "M.C.", and the Public Printer may, at the request of a Member or Resident Commissioner, print in addition to the foregoing, his name and State or Commonwealth, the date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words. He may not print any other words on envelopes, except at the personal expense of the Member or Resident Commissioner ordering the envelopes, except to affix the official title of a document. The Public Printer shall deposit moneys accruing under this section in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office for the year in which the work is done, and accounted for in his annual report to Congress. (As amended Pub. L. 93-191, § 8(b), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-191 inserted at end of second sentence ", if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39" and substituted in third sentence "Postage paid by Congress" for "Free", respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93-191, set out as a note under section 3210 of Title 39, Postal Service.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 39 section 3216.

Chapter 11.-EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY
PRINTING AND BINDING

§ 1108. Bureau of Budget approval required for printing of periodicals; number printed; sale to public.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Authority of the President under this section to approve the use, from the appropriations available for printing and binding, of such sums as are necessary for the printing of journals, magazines, periodicals, and similar publications delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, see section 9(7) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

§ 1114. Annual reports: number of copies for Congress.

ABOLITION OF OFFICES

Positions of Chief Signal Officer and Chief of Ordinance of Army Department were abolished, see note under section 3036 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Chapter 13.-PARTICULAR REPORTS AND

DOCUMENTS

§ 1307. Environmental Science Service Administration: charts; sale and distribution.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of the Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau [now the National Weather Service], the Coast and Geodetic Survey [now the National Ocean Survey], the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

§ 1310. Commerce Department: navigation and weather information.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

Chapter 19.-DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM

Sec.

1915. Highest State appellate court libraries as depository libraries.

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92–368, § 1(b), Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 507, added item 1915.

§ 1911. Free use of Government publications in depositories; disposal of unwanted publications.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1915 of this title.

§ 1915. Highest State appellate court libraries as depository libraries.

Upon the request of the highest appellate court of a State, the Public Printer is authorized to designate the library of that court as a depository library. The provisions of section 1911 of this title shall not apply to any library so designated. (Added Pub. L. 92-368, § 1(a), Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 507.)

Chapter 25.-NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PUBLICATIONS COMMISSION

§ 2501. Creation; composition; appointment and ten

ure.

The National Historical Publications Commission shall consist of the Archivist of the United States (or an alternate designated by him), who shall be Chairman; the Librarian of Congress (or an alternate designated by him); one Senator to be appointed, for a term of four years, by the President of the Senate; one Representative to be appointed, for a term of two years, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; one member of the judicial branch of the Government to be appointed, for a term of four years, by the Chief Justice of the United States; one representative of the Department of State to be appointed, for a term of four years, by the Secretary of State; one representative of the Department of Defense to be appointed, for a term of four years, by the Secretary of Defense; two members of the American Historical Association to be appointed for terms of four years by the council of the Association; two members of the Organization of American Historians to be appointed for terms of four years by the Executive Board of the Organization, one of whom shall be appointed for an initial term of two years, and whose successors shall each serve four years; and two other members outstanding in the fields of the social or physical sciences to be appointed for terms of four years by the President of the United States.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-546, § 1(a), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-546 provided for two additional members of the Organization of American Historians to be appointed for terms of four years by the Executive Board of the Organization, one to be appointed for a term of two years and his successors for a term of four years.

§ 2503. Executive director; editorial and clerical staff; reimbursement of members for transportation expenses; honorarium.

The Commission may appoint, without reference to chapter 51 of Title 5, an executive director and such editorial and clerical staff as it determines to

be necessary. Members of the Commission who represent a branch or agency of the Government shall serve as members of the Commission without additional compensation. All members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for transportation expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Commission, and members other than those who represent a branch or agency of the Government of the United States shall receive instead of subsistence en route to or from or at the place of service, for each day actually spent in connection with the performance of their duties as members of the Commission, a sum, not to exceed $40, as the Commission prescribes. (As amended Pub. L. 92-546, § 1(b), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-546 increased daily allowance from $25 to $40.

§ 2504. Duties; authorization of grants for collection, reproduction, and publication of documentary historical source material.

(a) The Commission shall make plans, estimates, and recommendations for historical works and collections of sources, it considers appropriate for printing or otherwise recording at the public expense. It shall also cooperate with and encourage appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental institutions, societies, and individuals in collecting and preserving and, when it considers it desirable, in editing and publishing the papers of outstanding citizens of the United States, and other documents as may be important for an understanding and appreciation of the history of the United States. The Administrator of General Services may, within the limits of available appropriated and donated funds, make allocations to Federal agencies, and grants to State and local agencies and to nonprofit organizations and institutions, for the collecting, describing, preserving and compiling, and publishing (including microfilming and other forms of reproduction) of documentary sources significant to the history of the United States. Before making allocations and grants, the Administrator should seek the advice and recommendations of the National Historical Publications Commission. The Chairman of the Commission shall transmit to the Administrator from time to time, and at least annually, plans, estimates, and recommendations approved by the Commission.

(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the General Services Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for each year for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That such appropriations shall be available until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts. (As amended Pub. L. 92-546, § 1(c), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155.)

AMENDMENTS 1972-Pub. L. 92-546 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Section 503 (f) of Act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, as added July 28, 1964, Pub. L. 88-383, 78 Stat. 335, and amended Aug. 8, 1968, Pub. L. 90-461, 82 Stat. 638 which

authorized appropriation to the General Services Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the nine succeeding fiscal years amount not exceeding $500,000 each year for the purposes of this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 92-546, § 2, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155.

§ 2505. Special advisory committees; membership; reimbursement.

TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Advisory Committees in existence on January 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the two-year period following January 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such two-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law, see sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Chapter 29.-RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES

§ 2902. Records management, surveys, and reports. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

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§ 3503. Duties of Director of the Bureau of the Budget. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 3504. Designation of central collection agency.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 3506. Determination of necessity for information; hearing.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 3507. Cooperation of agencies in making information available.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 3508. Unlawful disclosure of information; penalties; release of information to other agencies.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 3512 of this title.

§ 3509. Plans or forms for collecting information; submission to Director; approval.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

§ 3510. Rules and regulations.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in the Bureau of the Budget or the Director of the Bureau of the Budget were transferred to the President of the United States by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2, redesignated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of Management and Budget. See Change of Name note set out under this section in the main volume.

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