Title 44 U.S.C. — Public Printing and Documents
356 sections
- § 101 — Joint Committee on Printing: membership
- § 102 — Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess
- § 103 — Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers
- § 301 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment
- § 302 — Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment; duties
- § 303 — Director of the Government Publishing Office and Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office: pay
- § 304 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: vacancy in office
- § 305 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: employees; pay
- § 306 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: employment of skilled workmen; trial of skill
- § 307 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: night work
- § 308 — Disbursing officer; deputy disbursing officer; certifying officers and employees
- § 309 — Revolving fund for operation and maintenance of Government Publishing Office: capitalization; reimbursements and credits; accounting and budgeting; reports
- § 310 — Payments for printing, binding, blank paper, and supplies
- § 311 — Purchases 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
- § 312 — Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies
- § 313 — Examining boards: paper; bindery materials; machinery
- § 314 — Inks, glues, and other supplies furnished to other Government agencies: payment
- § 315 — Branches of Government Publishing Office; limitations
- § 316 — Detail of employees of Government Publishing Office to other Government establishments
- § 317 — Special policemen
- § 318 — Transfer of surplus property; acceptance of voluntary services
- § 501 — Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Publishing Office
- § 502 — Procurement of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 503 — Printing in veterans’ hospitals
- § 504 — Direct purchase of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Government agencies
- § 505 — Sale of duplicate plates
- § 506 — Time for printing documents or reports which include illustrations or maps
- § 507 — Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year
- § 508 — Annual estimates of quantity of paper required for public printing and binding
- § 509 — Standards of paper; advertisements for proposals; samples
- § 510 — Specifications in advertisements for paper
- § 511 — Opening bids; bonds
- § 512 — Approval of paper contracts; time for performance; bonds
- § 513 — Comparison of paper and envelopes with standard quality
- § 514 — Determination of quality of paper
- § 515 — Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market
- § 516 — Liability of defaulting contractor
- § 517 — Purchase of paper in open market
- § 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
- § 702 — Extra copies of documents and reports
- § 703 — Printing extra copies
- § 704 — Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages
- § 705 — Duplicate orders to print
- § 706 — Bills and resolutions: number and distribution
- § 707 — Bills and resolutions: style and form
- § 708 — Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress
- § 709 — Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties
- § 710 — Copies of Acts furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 711 — Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties
- § 712 — Printing of postal conventions
- § 713 — Journals of Houses of Congress
- § 714 — Printing documents for Congress in two or more editions; printing of full number and allotment of full quota
- § 715 — Senate and House documents and reports for Department of State
- § 716 — Printing of documents not provided for by law
- § 717 — Appropriation chargeable for printing of document or report by order of Congress
- § 718 — Lapse of authority to print
- § 719 — Classification and numbering of publications ordered printed by Congress; designation of publications of departments; printing of committee hearings
- § 720 — Senate and House Manuals
- § 721 — Congressional Directory
- § 722 — Congressional Directory: sale
- § 723 — Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution
- § 724 — Memorial addresses: illustrations
- § 725 — Statement of appropriations; “usual number”
- § 726 — Printing for committees of Congress
- § 727 — Committee reports: indexing and binding
- § 728 — United States Statutes at Large: distribution
- § 729 — United States Statutes at Large: references in margins
- § 730 — Distribution of documents to Members of Congress
- § 731 — Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents
- § 732 — Time for distribution of documents by Members of Congress extended
- § 733 — Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress
- § 734 — Stationery and blank books for Congress
- § 735 — Binding for Senators
- § 736 — Binding at expense of Members of Congress
- § 737 — Binding for Senate library
- § 738 — Binding of publications for distribution to libraries
- § 739 — Senate and House document rooms; superintendents
- § 740 — Senate Service Department and House Publications Distribution Service; superintendents
- § 741 — Disposition of documents stored at Capitol
- § 901 — Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and indexes
- § 902 — Congressional Record: Indexes
- § 903 — Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
- § 904 — Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations
- § 905 — Congressional Record: additional insertions
- § 906 — Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery
- § 907 — Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing envelopes
- § 908 — Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or other documents
- § 909 — Congressional Record: exchange for Parliamentary Hansard
- § 910 — Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current, individual numbers, and bound sets; postage rate
- § 1101 — Printing and binding for the President
- § 1102 — Printing 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
- § 1103 — Certificate of necessity; estimate of cost
- § 1104 — Restrictions on use of illustrations
- § 1105 — Form and style of work for departments
- § 1106 — Inserting “compliments” forbidden
- § 1107 — Appropriations chargeable for printing and binding of documents or reports
- § 1108 — Presidential approval required for printing of periodicals; number printed; sale to public
- § 1109 — Printing documents in two or more editions; full number and allotment of full quota
- § 1110 — Daily examination of Congressional Record for immediate ordering of documents for official use; limit; bills and resolutions
- § 1111 — Annual reports: time for furnishing manuscript and proofs to Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1112 — Annual reports: type for reports of executive officers
- § 1113 — Annual reports: exclusion of irrelevant matter
- § 1114 — Annual reports: number of copies for Congress
- § 1115 — Annual reports: time of delivery by Director of the Government Publishing Office to Congress
- § 1116 — Annual reports: limitation on number of copies printed; reports of bureau chiefs
- § 1117 — Annual reports: discontinuance of printing of annual or special reports to keep within appropriations
- § 1118 — Documents beyond scope of ordinary departmental business
- § 1119 — Government publications as public property
- § 1120 — Blanks and letterheads for judges and officers of courts
- § 1121 — Paper and envelopes for Government agencies in the District of Columbia
- § 1122 — Supplies for Government establishments
- § 1123 — Binding materials; bookbinding for libraries
- § 1301 — Agriculture, Department of: report of Secretary
- § 1302 — Agriculture, Department of: monthly crop report and other publications
- § 1303 — American Historical Association: report
- § 1304 — Army and Navy registers
- § 1305 — Attorney General: opinions
- § 1306 — Civil Service Commission: report
- § 1307 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: nautical products, sale and distribution
- § 1308 — Coast Guard: annual report of the Commandant
- § 1309 — Coast Guard: notices to mariners and other special publications
- § 1310 — Commerce Department: navigation and weather information
- § 1311 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 123(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3839]
- § 1312 — Director of Public Health of District of Columbia: report
- § 1313 — Education, Commissioner of: report
- § 1314 — Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac
- § 1315 — Fish and Wildlife Service: bulletins
- § 1316 — Fish and Wildlife Service: report of the Director
- § 1317 — Foreign Relations
- § 1318 — Geological Survey: classes and sizes of publications; report of mineral resources; number of copies; reprints; distribution
- § 1319 — Geological Survey: specific appropriations required for monographs and bulletins
- § 1320 — Geological Survey: distribution of publications to public libraries
- § 1320A — Historical societies’ publications
- § 1321 — Hydrographic Surveys; foreign surveys
- § 1322 — Immigration and Naturalization Service: report
- § 1323 — Interstate Commerce Commission: report
- § 1324 — Labor Statistics, Bureau of: bulletins
- § 1325 — Labor Statistics, Bureau of: report of Commissioner
- § 1326 — Librarian of Congress: reports
- § 1327 — Mines, Bureau of: publications
- § 1328 — Merchant vessels of the United States
- § 1329 — Mint: reports of Director
- § 1330 — Monthly Summary Statement of Imports and Exports
- § 1331 — National Academy of Sciences: report
- § 1332 — National encampments of Veterans’ organizations; proceedings printed annually for Congress
- § 1333 — National high school and college debate topics
- § 1334 — Naval Intelligence Office: additional copies of publications
- § 1335 — Naval Observatory Observations
- § 1336 — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: special publications
- § 1337, — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(25)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–585]
- § 1339 — Printing of the President’s Message
- § 1340 — Director of the Government Publishing Office: annual report
- § 1341 — Smithsonian Institution: report
- § 1342 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title IV, § 384, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1016]
- § 1343 — Statistical Abstract of the United States
- § 1344 — Treasury Department: reports
- § 1501 — Definitions
- § 1502 — Custody and publishing of Federal documents; appointment of Director
- § 1503 — Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection; transmission for publishing
- § 1504 — “Federal Register”; publishing; contents; distribution; price; physical copies
- § 1505 — Documents to be published in Federal Register
- § 1506 — Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; establishment and composition; powers and duties
- § 1507 — Filing document as constructive notice; publication in Federal Register as presumption of validity; judicial notice; citation
- § 1508 — Publication in Federal Register as notice of hearing
- § 1509 — Costs of publication, etc.
- § 1510 — Code of Federal Regulations
- § 1511 — International agreements excluded from provisions of chapter
- § 1701 — Publications for public distribution to be distributed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office; mailing lists
- § 1702 — Superintendent of Documents; sale of documents
- § 1703 — Superintendent of Documents: assistants, blanks, printing and binding
- § 1704 — Superintendent of Documents: pay of employees for night, Sunday, holiday, and overtime work
- § 1705 — Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations
- § 1706 — Printing and sale of extra copies of documents
- § 1707 — Reprinting of documents required for sale
- § 1708 — Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of receipts; resale by dealers; sales agents
- § 1709 — Blank forms: printing and sale to public
- § 1710 — Index of documents: number and distribution
- § 1711 — Catalog of Government publications
- § 1712 — Documents for use of the Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1713 — Documents to be delivered to the Executive Mansion
- § 1714 — Publications for use of National Archives and Records Administration
- § 1715 — Publications for department or officer or for congressional committees
- § 1716 — Public documents for legations and consulates of United States
- § 1717 — Documents and reports for foreign legations
- § 1718 — Distribution of Government publications to the Library of Congress
- § 1719 — International exchange of Government publications
- § 1720 — Documents not needed by departments to be turned over to Superintendent of Documents
- § 1721 — Exchange of documents by heads of departments
- § 1722 — Departmental distribution of publications
- § 1901 — Definition of Government publication
- § 1902 — Availability of Government publications through Superintendent of Documents; lists of publications not ordered from Government Publishing Office
- § 1903 — Distribution of publications to depositories; notice to Government components; cost of printing and binding
- § 1904 — Classified list of Government publications for selection by depositories
- § 1905 — Distribution to depositories; designation of additional libraries; justification; authorization for certain designations
- § 1906 — Land-grant colleges constituted depositories
- § 1907 — Libraries of executive departments, service academies, and independent agencies constituted depositories; certifications of need; disposal of unwanted publications
- § 1908 — American Antiquarian Society to receive certain publications
- § 1909 — Requirements of depository libraries; reports on conditions; investigations; termination; replacement
- § 1910 — Designations of replacement depositories; limitations on numbers; conditions
- § 1911 — Free use of Government publications in depositories; disposal of unwanted publications
- § 1912 — Regional depositories; designation; functions; disposal of publications
- § 1913 — Appropriations for supplying depository libraries; restriction
- § 1914 — Implementation of depository library program by Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 1915 — Highest State appellate court libraries as depository libraries
- § 1916 — Designation of libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries
- § 2101 — Definitions
- § 2102 — Establishment
- § 2103 — Officers
- § 2104 — Administrative provisions
- § 2105 — Personnel and services
- § 2106 — Reports to Congress
- § 2107 — Acceptance of records for historical preservation
- § 2108 — Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records
- § 2109 — Preservation, arrangement, duplication, exhibition of records
- § 2110 — Servicing records
- § 2111 — Material accepted for deposit
- § 2112 — Presidential archival depository
- § 2113 — Depository for agreements between States
- § 2114 — Preservation of audio and visual records
- § 2115 — Reports; correction of violations
- § 2116 — Legal status of reproductions; official seal; fees for copies and reproductions
- § 2117 — Limitation on liability
- § 2118 — Records of Congress
- § 2119 — Cooperative agreements
- § 2120 — Online access of founding fathers documents
- § 2201 — Definitions
- § 2202 — Ownership of Presidential records
- § 2203 — Management and custody of Presidential records
- § 2204 — Restrictions on access to Presidential records
- § 2205 — Exceptions to restricted access
- § 2206 — Regulations
- § 2207 — Vice-Presidential records
- § 2208 — Claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure
- § 2209 — Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts
- § 2301 — Establishment of Board; membership
- § 2302 — Authority of the Board; seal; services; bylaws; rules; regulations; employees
- § 2303 — Powers and obligations of the Board; liability of members
- § 2304 — Compensation of members; availability of trust funds for expenses of the Board
- § 2305 — Acceptance of gifts
- § 2306 — Investment of funds
- § 2307 — Trust fund account; disbursements; sales of publications and releases
- § 2308 — Tax exemption for gifts
- § 2501 — Creation; composition; appointment and tenure; meetings
- § 2502 — Vacancies
- § 2503 — Executive director, staff, transportation expenses
- § 2504 — Duties; authorization of grants for historical publications and records programs; authorization for appropriations
- § 2505 — Special advisory committees; membership; reimbursement
- § 2506 — Records to be kept by grantees
- § 2507 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(12)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287]
- § 2701 — Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress
- § 2702 — Membership; chairman; meetings
- § 2703 — Functions of the Committee
- § 2704 — Powers of the Committee
- § 2705 — Compensation and travel expenses
- § 2706 — Administrative provisions
- § 2901 — Definitions
- § 2902 — Objectives of records management
- § 2903 — Custody and control of property
- § 2904 — General responsibilities for records management
- § 2905 — Establishment of standards for selective retention of records; security measures
- § 2906 — Inspection of agency records
- § 2907 — Records centers and centralized microfilming or digitization services
- § 2908 — Regulations
- § 2909 — Retention of records
- § 2910 — Preservation of Freedmen’s Bureau records
- § 2911 — Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts
- § 2912 — Preservation of electronic messages and other records
- § 3101 — Records management by agency heads; general duties
- § 3102 — Establishment of program of management
- § 3103 — Transfer of records to records centers
- § 3104 — Certifications and determinations on transferred records
- § 3105 — Safeguards
- § 3106 — Unlawful removal, destruction of records
- § 3107 — Authority of Comptroller General
- § 3301 — Definition of records
- § 3302 — Regulations covering lists of records for disposal, procedure for disposal, and standards for reproduction
- § 3303 — Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to the Archivist by head of each Government agency
- § 3303a — Examination by Archivist of lists and schedules of records lacking preservation value; disposal of records
- § 3304 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–287, § 2(c), June 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 321]
- § 3308 — Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was authorized
- § 3309 — Preservation of claims of Government until settled in Government Accountability Office; disposal authorized upon written approval of Comptroller General
- § 3310 — Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life, or property
- § 3311 — Destruction of records outside continental United States in time of war or when hostile action seems imminent; written report to Archivist
- § 3312 — Photographs or microphotographs of records considered as originals; certified reproductions admissible in evidence
- § 3313 — Moneys from sale of records payable into the Treasury
- § 3314 — Procedures for disposal of records exclusive
- § 3315 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–187, § 7(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2011]
- § 3501 — Purposes
- § 3502 — Definitions
- § 3503 — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- § 3504 — Authority and functions of Director
- § 3505 — Assignment of tasks and deadlines
- § 3506 — Federal agency responsibilities
- § 3507 — Public information collection activities; submission to Director; approval and delegation
- § 3508 — Determination of necessity for information; hearing
- § 3509 — Designation of central collection agency
- § 3510 — Cooperation of agencies in making information available
- § 3511 — Data inventory and Federal data catalogue
- § 3512 — Public protection
- § 3513 — Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response
- § 3514 — Responsiveness to Congress
- § 3515 — Administrative powers
- § 3516 — Rules and regulations
- § 3517 — Consultation with other agencies and the public
- § 3518 — Effect on existing laws and regulations
- § 3519 — Access to information
- § 3520 — Chief Data Officers
- § 3520A — Chief Data Officer Council
- § 3521 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 3531 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3073]
- § 3551 — Purposes
- § 3552 — Definitions
- § 3553 — Authority and functions of the Director and the Secretary
- § 3554 — Federal agency responsibilities
- § 3555 — Annual independent evaluation
- § 3556 — Federal information security incident center
- § 3557 — National security systems
- § 3558 — Effect on existing law
- § 3559 — Federal websites required to be mobile friendly
- § 3561 — Definitions
- § 3562 — Coordination and oversight of policies
- § 3563 — Statistical agencies
- § 3564 — Effect on other laws
- § 3571 — Findings
- § 3572 — Confidential information protection
- § 3575 — Findings
- § 3576 — Designated statistical agencies
- § 3581 — Presumption of accessibility for statistical agencies and units
- § 3582 — Expanding secure access to CIPSEA data assets
- § 3583 — Application to access data assets for developing evidence
- § 3601 — Definitions
- § 3602 — Office of Electronic Government
- § 3603 — Chief Information Officers Council
- § 3604 — E-Government Fund
- § 3605 — Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance electronic Government services and processes
- § 3606 — E-Government report
- § 3607 — Definitions
- § 3608 — Federal risk and authorization management program
- § 3609 — Roles and responsibilities of the General Services Administration
- § 3610 — FedRAMP Board
- § 3611 — Independent assessment
- § 3612 — Declaration of foreign interests
- § 3613 — Roles and responsibilities of agencies
- § 3614 — Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget
- § 3615 — Reports to Congress; GAO report
- § 3616 — Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee
- § 3701 — Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia
- § 3702 — Advertisements not to be published without written authority
- § 3703 — Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, and proposals
- § 3901 — Purpose and establishment of the Office of Inspector General
- § 3902 — Appointment of Inspector General; supervision; removal; pay; limits on bonuses; counsel
- § 3903 — Duties, responsibilities, authority, and reports
- § 4101 — Electronic directory; online access to publications; electronic storage facility
- § 4102 — Fees
- § 4103 — Biennial report
- § 4104 — Definition