Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations
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/us/usc/t44/s1705
Title
44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter
CH17
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print additional copies of a Government publication, not confidential in character, required for sale to the public by the Superintendent of Documents, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on Printing and without interference with the prompt execution of printing for the Government.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 72 (May 11, 1922, ch. 189, § 1, 42 Stat. 541; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 307, 47 Stat. 409).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
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