44 U.S.C. § 301

Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment

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(a) The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and manage the Government Publishing Office. The title shall be Director of the Government Publishing Office.(b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.(c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 210(a)(1), (2), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c), (g), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2538; Pub. L. 117–213, § 1(a), Oct. 17, 2022, 136 Stat. 2251.)Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 31 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 17, 28 Stat. 603; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 173; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1299; May 29, 1928, ch. 909, 45 Stat. 1006).

Changes are made in phraseology.

Editorial NotesAmendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–213 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(g), struck out “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,” after “suitable person” and substituted “The” for “His”.

Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text.

1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out “; bond” in section catchline, and provisions from text which required the Public Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesChange of Name

Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, provided that: “Any reference in any law other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2014] to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Government Publishing Office.”

Application of 2022 Amendment to Incumbent

Pub. L. 117–213, § 1(b), Oct. 17, 2022, 136 Stat. 2251, provided that: “If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2022]—“(1) the amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and“(2) the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 21 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1941–2026 · leading case: Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986).

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Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986). · cites it 2× “§ 162 , and the Public Printer, 44 U. S. C. § 301 . [10] See Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v.”

Doe v. McMillan, 412 U.S. 306 (1973). · cites it 2× “44 U. S. C. § 301 . "Printing or binding may be done at the Government Printing Office only when authorized by law.”

United States v. Sotomayor Vazquez, 69 F. Supp. 2d 286 (D.P.R. 1999). “§ 162 ; and the Public Printer, 44 U.S.C. § 301 ). Furthermore, the Court, relying upon the authority of district courts to appoint interim United States Attorneys, has expressed the view that “courts are especially well qualified to appoint prosecutors,” Morrison, 487 U.”

Hentoff v. Ichord, 318 F. Supp. 1175 (D.D.C. 1970). “While the Public Printer is appointed by the President, 44 U.S.C. § 301 , he is a legislative employee.”

Hall v. Env't Chem. Corp., 64 F. Supp. 2d 638 (S.D. Tex. 1999). “”); 44 U.S.C. § 301 (Sec.l05(a) (“The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear challenges to the legal or constitutional validity of this title or of any regulation issued under the authority granted by this title.”

Fredrick v. Bensen Aircraft Corp., 436 S.W.2d 765 (Mo. Ct. App. 1968). “; 44 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.; 49 U.S.C.A. § 1301 et seq.”

Miyuki Okihara v. Clark, 71 F. Supp. 319 (D. Haw. 1947). “500 , 44 U.S.C.A. §§ 301 , 307. When vested, therefore, for all of the reasons above recited, the property belonged to Tanezo Okihara, an alien enemy and national of a designated enemy country, and plaintiff has no standing to recover it.”

Toledo, P. & W. R. R. v. Stover, 60 F. Supp. 587 (S.D. Ill. 1945). “, 44 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. 44 U.S.C.A. § 302 , provides in part: “The original and two duplicate originals or certified copies of any document required or authorized to be published under section 305 of this chapter shall be filed with the Division * * *.”

N. States Power Co. v. Rural Electrification Admin., 248 F. Supp. 616 (D. Minnesota 1965). · cites it 2× “Bulletin 111-3 appears in 29 Federal Register No. 40, pp. 2765-66. No indication appears in the Bulletin itself, or anywhere else, that it was meant to be anything but a statement of R.”

Hall v. Chaltis, 31 A.2d 699 (D.C. 1943). “See Federal Register Act, passed July 26, 1935, 44 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. Note: For an informative discussion of the use of the Federal Register, see Wig-more, The Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, 29 A.”

Ameron, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 787 F.2d 875 (3rd Cir. 1986). “§ 136 (1982), the Public Printer, 44 U.S.C. § 301 (1982), and the Architect of the Capitol, 40 U.”

United States v. Consol. Mines & Smelting Co., 455 F.2d 432 (9th Cir. 1971). “The Federal Register Act, 44 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. was not enacted until July 26, 1935.”

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