Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
345 sections across 23 chapters.
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Ch. 1— Joint Committee on Printing: membership3 sections
Ch. 3— Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment18 sections
- § 301Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment
- § 302Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment; duties
- § 303Director of the Government Publishing Office and Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office: pay
- § 304Director of the Government Publishing Office: vacancy in office
- § 305Director of the Government Publishing Office: employees; pay
- § 306Director of the Government Publishing Office: employment of skilled workmen; trial of skill
- § 307Director of the Government Publishing Office: night work
- § 308Disbursing officer; deputy disbursing officer; certifying officers and employees
- § 309Revolving fund for operation and maintenance of Government Publishing Office: capitalization; reimbursements and credits; accounting and budgeting; reports
- § 310Payments for printing, binding, blank paper, and supplies
- § 311Purchases exempt from subtitle I of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41; contract negotiation authority; small purchase threshold
- § 312Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies
- § 313Examining boards: paper; bindery materials; machinery
- § 314Inks, glues, and other supplies furnished to other Government agencies: payment
- § 315Branches of Government Publishing Office; limitations
- § 316Detail of employees of Government Publishing Office to other Government establishments
- § 317Special policemen
- § 318Transfer of surplus property; acceptance of voluntary services
Ch. 5— Government printing17 sections
- § 501Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Publishing Office
- § 502Procurement of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 503Printing in veterans’ hospitals
- § 504Direct purchase of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Government agencies
- § 505Sale of duplicate plates
- § 506Time for printing documents or reports which include illustrations or maps
- § 507Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year
- § 508Annual estimates of quantity of paper required for public printing and binding
- § 509Standards of paper; advertisements for proposals; samples
- § 510Specifications in advertisements for paper
- § 511Opening bids; bonds
- § 512Approval of paper contracts; time for performance; bonds
- § 513Comparison of paper and envelopes with standard quality
- § 514Determination of quality of paper
- § 515Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market
- § 516Liability of defaulting contractor
- § 517Purchase of paper in open market
Ch. 7— “Usual number” of documents and reports41 sections
- § 701“Usual number” of documents and reports; distribution of House and Senate documents and reports; binding; reports on private bills; number of copies printed; distribution
- § 702Extra copies of documents and reports
- § 703Printing extra copies
- § 704Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages
- § 705Duplicate orders to print
- § 706Bills and resolutions: number and distribution
- § 707Bills and resolutions: style and form
- § 708Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress
- § 709Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties
- § 710Copies of Acts furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 711Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties
- § 712Printing of postal conventions
- § 713Journals of Houses of Congress
- § 714Printing documents for Congress in two or more editions; printing of full number and allotment of full quota
- § 715Senate and House documents and reports for Department of State
- § 716Printing of documents not provided for by law
- § 717Appropriation chargeable for printing of document or report by order of Congress
- § 718Lapse of authority to print
- § 719Classification and numbering of publications ordered printed by Congress; designation of publications of departments; printing of committee hearings
- § 720Senate and House Manuals
- § 721Congressional Directory
- § 722Congressional Directory: sale
- § 723Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution
- § 724Memorial addresses: illustrations
- § 725Statement of appropriations; “usual number”
- § 726Printing for committees of Congress
- § 727Committee reports: indexing and binding
- § 728United States Statutes at Large: distribution
- § 729United States Statutes at Large: references in margins
- § 730Distribution of documents to Members of Congress
- § 731Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents
- § 732Time for distribution of documents by Members of Congress extended
- § 733Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress
- § 734Stationery and blank books for Congress
- § 735Binding for Senators
- § 736Binding at expense of Members of Congress
- § 737Binding for Senate library
- § 738Binding of publications for distribution to libraries
- § 739Senate and House document rooms; superintendents
- § 740Senate Service Department and House Publications Distribution Service; superintendents
- § 741Disposition of documents stored at Capitol
Ch. 9— Congressional Record: arrangement10 sections
- § 901Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and indexes
- § 902Congressional Record: Indexes
- § 903Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
- § 904Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations
- § 905Congressional Record: additional insertions
- § 906Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery
- § 907Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing envelopes
- § 908Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or other documents
- § 909Congressional Record: exchange for Parliamentary Hansard
- § 910Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current, individual numbers, and bound sets; postage rate
Ch. 11— Printing and binding for the President23 sections
- § 1101Printing and binding for the President
- § 1102Printing to be authorized by law and necessary to the public business, not in excess of appropriation, and on special requisition filed with the Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1103Certificate of necessity; estimate of cost
- § 1104Restrictions on use of illustrations
- § 1105Form and style of work for departments
- § 1106Inserting “compliments” forbidden
- § 1107Appropriations chargeable for printing and binding of documents or reports
- § 1108Presidential approval required for printing of periodicals; number printed; sale to public
- § 1109Printing documents in two or more editions; full number and allotment of full quota
- § 1110Daily examination of Congressional Record for immediate ordering of documents for official use; limit; bills and resolutions
- § 1111Annual reports: time for furnishing manuscript and proofs to Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1112Annual reports: type for reports of executive officers
- § 1113Annual reports: exclusion of irrelevant matter
- § 1114Annual reports: number of copies for Congress
- § 1115Annual reports: time of delivery by Director of the Government Publishing Office to Congress
- § 1116Annual reports: limitation on number of copies printed; reports of bureau chiefs
- § 1117Annual reports: discontinuance of printing of annual or special reports to keep within appropriations
- § 1118Documents beyond scope of ordinary departmental business
- § 1119Government publications as public property
- § 1120Blanks and letterheads for judges and officers of courts
- § 1121Paper and envelopes for Government agencies in the District of Columbia
- § 1122Supplies for Government establishments
- § 1123Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
Ch. 13— Agriculture3 inactive41 sections
- § 1301Agriculture, Department of: report of Secretary
- § 1302Agriculture, Department of: monthly crop report and other publications
- § 1303American Historical Association: report
- § 1304Army and Navy registers
- § 1305Attorney General: opinions
- § 1306Civil Service Commission: report
- § 1307National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: nautical products, sale and distribution
- § 1308Coast Guard: annual report of the Commandant
- § 1309Coast Guard: notices to mariners and other special publications
- § 1310Commerce Department: navigation and weather information
- § 1311Repealed. Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 123(b)(1) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3839 ]Repealed
- § 1312Director of Public Health of District of Columbia: report
- § 1313Education, Commissioner of: report
- § 1314Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
- § 1315Fish and Wildlife Service: bulletins
- § 1316Fish and Wildlife Service: report of the Director
- § 1317Foreign Relations
- § 1318Geological Survey: classes and sizes of publications; report of mineral resources; number of copies; reprints; distribution
- § 1319Geological Survey: specific appropriations required for monographs and bulletins
- § 1320Geological Survey: distribution of publications to public libraries
- § 1320AHistorical societies’ publications
- § 1321Hydrographic Surveys; foreign surveys
- § 1322Immigration and Naturalization Service: report
- § 1323Interstate Commerce Commission: report
- § 1324Labor Statistics, Bureau of: bulletins
- § 1325Labor Statistics, Bureau of: report of Commissioner
- § 1326Librarian of Congress: reports
- § 1327Mines, Bureau of: publications
- § 1328Merchant vessels of the United States
- § 1329Mint: reports of Director
- § 1330Monthly Summary Statement of Imports and Exports
- § 1331National Academy of Sciences: report
- § 1332National encampments of Veterans’ organizations; proceedings printed annually for Congress
- § 1333National high school and college debate topics
- § 1334Naval Intelligence Office: additional copies of publications
- § 1335Naval Observatory Observations
- § 1336National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: special publications
- § 1338Repealed. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(25)] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A–585]Repealed
- § 1339Printing of the President’s Message
- § 1340Director of the Government Publishing Office: annual report
- § 1341Smithsonian Institution: report
- § 1342Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title IV, § 384 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1016 ]Repealed
- § 1343Statistical Abstract of the United States
- § 1344Treasury Department: reports
Ch. 15— Custody and printing of Federal documents11 sections
- § 1501Definitions
- § 1502Custody and printing of Federal documents; appointment of Director
- § 1503Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection; transmission for printing
- § 1504“Federal Register”; printing; contents; distribution; price
- § 1505Documents to be published in Federal Register
- § 1506Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; establishment and composition; powers and duties
- § 1507Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice; citation
- § 1508Publication in Federal Register as notice of hearing
- § 1509Costs of publication, etc.
- § 1510Code of Federal Regulations
- § 1511International agreements excluded from provisions of chapter
Ch. 17— Publications for public distribution to be distributed by th22 sections
- § 1701Publications for public distribution to be distributed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office; mailing lists
- § 1702Superintendent of Documents; sale of documents
- § 1703Superintendent of Documents: assistants, blanks, printing and binding
- § 1704Superintendent of Documents: pay of employees for night, Sunday, holiday, and overtime work
- § 1705Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations
- § 1706Printing and sale of extra copies of documents
- § 1707Reprinting of documents required for sale
- § 1708Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of receipts; resale by dealers; sales agents
- § 1709Blank forms: printing and sale to public
- § 1710Index of documents: number and distribution
- § 1711Catalog of Government publications
- § 1712Documents for use of the Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1713Documents to be delivered to the Executive Mansion
- § 1714Publications for use of National Archives and Records Administration
- § 1715Publications for department or officer or for congressional committees
- § 1716Public documents for legations and consulates of United States
- § 1717Documents and reports for foreign legations
- § 1718Distribution of Government publications to the Library of Congress
- § 1719International exchange of Government publications
- § 1720Documents not needed by departments to be turned over to Superintendent of Documents
- § 1721Exchange of documents by heads of departments
- § 1722Departmental distribution of publications
Ch. 19— Definition of Government publication16 sections
- § 1901Definition of Government publication
- § 1902Availability of Government publications through Superintendent of Documents; lists of publications not ordered from Government Publishing Office
- § 1903Distribution of publications to depositories; notice to Government components; cost of printing and binding
- § 1904Classified list of Government publications for selection by depositories
- § 1905Distribution to depositories; designation of additional libraries; justification; authorization for certain designations
- § 1906Land-grant colleges constituted depositories
- § 1907Libraries of executive departments, service academies, and independent agencies constituted depositories; certifications of need; disposal of unwanted publications
- § 1908American Antiquarian Society to receive certain publications
- § 1909Requirements of depository libraries; reports on conditions; investigations; termination; replacement
- § 1910Designations of replacement depositories; limitations on numbers; conditions
- § 1911Free use of Government publications in depositories; disposal of unwanted publications
- § 1912Regional depositories; designation; functions; disposal of publications
- § 1913Appropriations for supplying depository libraries; restriction
- § 1914Implementation of depository library program by Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1915Highest State appellate court libraries as depository libraries
- § 1916Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries
Ch. 21— Officers20 sections
- § 2101Definitions
- § 2102Establishment
- § 2103Officers
- § 2104Administrative provisions
- § 2105Personnel and services
- § 2106Reports to Congress
- § 2107Acceptance of records for historical preservation
- § 2108Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records
- § 2109Preservation, arrangement, duplication, exhibition of records
- § 2110Servicing records
- § 2111Material accepted for deposit
- § 2112Presidential archival depository
- § 2113Depository for agreements between States
- § 2114Preservation of audio and visual records
- § 2115Reports; correction of violations
- § 2116Legal status of reproductions; official seal; fees for copies and reproductions
- § 2117Limitation on liability
- § 2118Records of Congress
- § 2119Cooperative agreements
- § 2120Online access of founding fathers documents
Ch. 22— Ownership of Presidential records9 sections
- § 2201Definitions
- § 2202Ownership of Presidential records
- § 2203Management and custody of Presidential records
- § 2204Restrictions on access to Presidential records
- § 2205Exceptions to restricted access
- § 2206Regulations
- § 2207Vice-Presidential records
- § 2208Claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure
- § 2209Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts
Ch. 23— Authority of the Board8 sections
- § 2301Establishment of Board; membership
- § 2302Authority of the Board; seal; services; bylaws; rules; regulations; employees
- § 2303Powers and obligations of the Board; liability of members
- § 2304Compensation of members; availability of trust funds for expenses of the Board
- § 2305Acceptance of gifts
- § 2306Investment of funds
- § 2307Trust fund account; disbursements; sales of publications and releases
- § 2308Tax exemption for gifts
Ch. 25— Creation1 inactive6 sections
- § 2501Creation; composition; appointment and tenure; meetings
- § 2502Vacancies
- § 2503Executive director, staff, transportation expenses
- § 2504Duties; authorization of grants for historical publications and records programs; authorization for appropriations
- § 2505Special advisory committees; membership; reimbursement
- § 2506Records to be kept by grantees
- § 2507Repealed. Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(12)(A) , Oct. 19, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2287 ]Repealed
Ch. 27— Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress6 sections
Ch. 29— Objectives of records management11 sections
- § 2901Definitions
- § 2902Objectives of records management
- § 2903Custody and control of property
- § 2904General responsibilities for records management
- § 2905Establishment of standards for selective retention of records; security measures
- § 2906Inspection of agency records
- § 2907Records centers and centralized microfilming or digitization services
- § 2908Regulations
- § 2909Retention of records
- § 2910Preservation of Freedmen’s Bureau records
- § 2911Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts
Ch. 31— Records management by agency heads7 sections
- § 3101Records management by agency heads; general duties
- § 3102Establishment of program of management
- § 3103Transfer of records to records centers
- § 3104Certifications and determinations on transferred records
- § 3105Safeguards
- § 3106Unlawful removal, destruction of records
- § 3107Authority of Comptroller General
Ch. 33— Definition of records2 inactive11 sections
- § 3301Definition of records
- § 3302Regulations covering lists of records for disposal, procedure for disposal, and standards for reproduction
- § 3303Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to the Archivist by head of each Government agency
- § 3303aExamination by Archivist of lists and schedules of records lacking preservation value; disposal of records
- § 3307Repealed. Pub. L. 91–287, § 2(c) , June 23, 1970 , 84 Stat. 321 ]Repealed
- § 3308Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was authorized
- § 3309Preservation of claims of Government until settled in Government Accountability Office; disposal authorized upon written approval of Comptroller General
- § 3310Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life, or property
- § 3311Destruction of records outside continental United States in time of war or when hostile action seems imminent; written report to Archivist
- § 3312Photographs or microphotographs of records considered as originals; certified reproductions admissible in evidence
- § 3313Moneys from sale of records payable into the Treasury
- § 3314Procedures for disposal of records exclusive
- § 3324Repealed. Pub. L. 113–187, § 7(a) , Nov. 26, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2011 ]Repealed
Ch. 35— Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs1 inactive42 sections
- § 3501Purposes
- § 3502Definitions
- § 3503Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- § 3504Authority and functions of Director
- § 3505Assignment of tasks and deadlines
- § 3506Federal agency responsibilities
- § 3507Public information collection activities; submission to Director; approval and delegation
- § 3508Determination of necessity for information; hearing
- § 3509Designation of central collection agency
- § 3510Cooperation of agencies in making information available
- § 3511Data inventory and Federal data catalogue
- § 3512Public protection
- § 3513Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response
- § 3514Responsiveness to Congress
- § 3515Administrative powers
- § 3516Rules and regulations
- § 3517Consultation with other agencies and the public
- § 3518Effect on existing laws and regulations
- § 3519Access to information
- § 3520Chief Data Officers
- § 3520AChief Data Officer Council
- § 3521Authorization of appropriations
- § 3549Repealed. Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(a) , Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3073 ]Repealed
- § 3551Purposes
- § 3552Definitions
- § 3553Authority and functions of the Director and the Secretary
- § 3554Federal agency responsibilities
- § 3555Annual independent evaluation
- § 3556Federal information security incident center
- § 3557National security systems
- § 3558Effect on existing law
- § 3559Federal websites required to be mobile friendly
- § 3561Definitions
- § 3562Coordination and oversight of policies
- § 3563Statistical agencies
- § 3564Effect on other laws
- § 3571Findings
- § 3572Confidential information protection
- § 3575Findings
- § 3576Designated statistical agencies
- § 3581Presumption of accessibility for statistical agencies and units
- § 3582Expanding secure access to CIPSEA data assets
- § 3583Application to access data assets for developing evidence