TITLE 44-PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 1—JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING (sections 101 to 103)
CHAPTER 3—GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE (sections 301 to 318)
- § 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
CHAPTER 5—PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING (sections 501 to 517)
- § 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
CHAPTER 7—CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING (sections 701 to 741)
- § 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
CHAPTER 9—CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (sections 901 to 910)
- § 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
CHAPTER 11—EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING (sections 1101 to 1123)
- § 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
CHAPTER 13—PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS (sections 1301 to 1344)
- § 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
CHAPTER 15—FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (sections 1501 to 1511)
- § 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
CHAPTER 17—DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS (sections 1701 to 1722)
- § 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
CHAPTER 19—DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM (sections 1901 to 1916)
- § 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
CHAPTER 21—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (sections 2101 to 2120)
- § 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
CHAPTER 22—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS (sections 2201 to 2209)
- § 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
CHAPTER 23—NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND BOARD (sections 2301 to 2308)
- § 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
CHAPTER 25—NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION (sections 2501 to 2507)
- § 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 ]
CHAPTER 27—ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE RECORDS OF CONGRESS (sections 2701 to 2706)
CHAPTER 29—RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES (sections 2901 to 2912)
- § 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
CHAPTER 31—RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES (sections 3101 to 3107)
- § 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
CHAPTER 33—DISPOSAL OF RECORDS (sections 3301 to 3315)
- § 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 ]
CHAPTER 35—COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY (sections 3501 to 3583)
SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY (sections 3501 to 3531)
- § 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 ]
SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION SECURITY (sections 3551 to 3559)
- § 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
SUBCHAPTER III—CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY (sections 3561 to 3583)
Part A—General (sections 3561 to 3564)
Part B—Confidential Information Protection (sections 3571 to 3572)
Part C—Statistical Efficiency (sections 3575 to 3576)
Part D—Access to Data for Evidence (sections 3581 to 3583)
CHAPTER 36—MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES (sections 3601 to 3616)
- § 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