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44 U.S.C. § 309 — Revolving fund for operation and maintenance of Government Publishing Office: capitalization; reimbursements and credits; accounting and budgeting; reports
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**(a)** The revolving fund of $1,000,000 established July 1, 1953, is available without fiscal year limitation, for—the operation and maintenance of the Government Publishing Office (except for those programs of the Superintendent of Documents which are funded by specific appropriations), including rental of buildings; attendance at meetings; maintenance and operation of the emergency room; uniforms or uniform allowances; boots, coats, and gloves; repairs and minor alterations to buildings; and expenses authorized in writing by the Joint Committee on Printing for inspection of Government printing activities. In addition, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall provide capital for the fund by capitalizing, at fair and reasonable values as jointly determined by the Director and the Comptroller General, the current inventories, plant, and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, equipment, and other assets of the Government Publishing Office.
**(b)** The fund shall be—
(1) reimbursed for the cost of all services and supplies furnished, including those furnished other appropriations of the Government Publishing Office, at rates which include charges for overhead and related expenses, depreciation of plant and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, and equipment, and accrued leave; and
(2) credited with all receipts including sales of Government publications, waste, condemned, and surplus property and with payments received for losses or damage to property.
**(c)** An adequate system of accounts for the fund shall be maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports prepared on the basis of the accounts. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall prepare and submit an annual business-type budget p
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**(a)** The revolving fund of $1,000,000 established July 1, 1953, is available without fiscal year limitation, for—the operation and maintenance of the Government Publishing Office (except for those programs of the Superintendent of Documents which are funded by specific appropriations), including rental of buildings; attendance at meetings; maintenance and operation of the emergency room; uniforms or uniform allowances; boots, coats, and gloves; repairs and minor alterations to buildings; and expenses authorized in writing by the Joint Committee on Printing for inspection of Government printing activities. In addition, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall provide capital for the fund by capitalizing, at fair and reasonable values as jointly determined by the Director and the Comptroller General, the current inventories, plant, and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, equipment, and other assets of the Government Publishing Office.
**(b)** The fund shall be—
(1) reimbursed for the cost of all services and supplies furnished, including those furnished other appropriations of the Government Publishing Office, at rates which include charges for overhead and related expenses, depreciation of plant and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, and equipment, and accrued leave; and
(2) credited with all receipts including sales of Government publications, waste, condemned, and surplus property and with payments received for losses or damage to property.
**(c)** An adequate system of accounts for the fund shall be maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports prepared on the basis of the accounts. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall prepare and submit an annual business-type budget program for the operations under this fund. This budget program shall be considered and enacted as prescribed by [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d)** The Inspector General of the Government Publishing Office shall audit the financial and operational activities of the Government Publishing Office each year. The audits shall be conducted under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. For purposes of the audits, the Inspector General shall have such access to the records, files, personnel, and facilities of the Government Publishing Office as the Inspector General considers appropriate. The Inspector General shall furnish reports of the audits to the Congress and the Director of the Government Publishing Office.
**(e)** The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall prepare an annual financial statement meeting the requirements of [section 3515(b) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3515/b&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code. Each financial statement shall be audited in accordance with applicable generally accepted Government auditing standards—
(1) by an independent external auditor selected by the Director of the Government Publishing Office, or
(2) at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing, by the Inspector General of the Government Publishing Office.
**(f)** The Comptroller General of the United States may audit the financial statement prepared under subsection (e) at the discretion of the Comptroller General or at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing. An audit by the Comptroller General shall be in lieu of the audit otherwise required by that subsection.
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**(a)** Congress shall—
(1) consider budget programs for wholly owned Government corporations the President submits;
(2) make necessary appropriations authorized by law;
(3) make corporate financial resources available for operating and administrative expenses; and
(4) provide for repaying capital and the payment of dividends.
**(b)** This section does not—
(1) prevent a wholly owned Government corporation from carrying out or financing its activities as authorized under another law;
(2) affect section 26 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 ([16 U.S.C. 831y](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section831y&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(3) affect the authority of a wholly owned Government corporation to make a commitment without fiscal year limitation.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(a)** There is authorized to be appropriated annually to each agency of the Government of the United States, including a Government owned corporation, and of the government of the District of Columbia, on a showing of necessity or desirability, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter. The head of the agency concerned, out of funds made available by the appropriation, shall—
(1) furnish to each of these employees a uniform at a cost not to exceed $400 a year (or such higher maximum amount as the Office of Personnel Management may establish under section 5902); or
(2) pay to each of these employees an allowance for a uniform not to exceed $400 a year (or such higher maximum amount as the Office of Personnel Management may establish under section 5902).
The allowance may be paid only at the times and in the amounts authorized by the regulations prescribed under [section 5903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5903&num=0&edition=prelim). When the agency pays direct to the uniform vendor, the head of the agency may deduct a service charge of not more than 4 percent.
**(b)** When the furnishing of a uniform or the payment of a uniform allowance is authorized under another statute or regulation existing on September 1, 1954, the head of the agency concerned may continue the furnishing of the uniform or the payment of the uniform allowance under that statute or regulation, but in that event a uniform may not be furnished or allowance paid under this section.
**(c)** An allowance paid under this section is not wages within the meaning of [section 409 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section409&num=0&edition=prelim) or chapters 21 and 24 of title 26.
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The price at which additional copies of Government publications are offered for sale to the public by the Superintendent of Documents shall be based on the cost as determined by the Director of the Government Publishing Office plus 50 percent. A discount may be allowed as determined by the Superintendent of Documents, but the printing may not interfere with prompt execution of work for the Government.
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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).
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 309
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing Of-
fice’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’ wherever appearing.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(4)(A), sub-
stituted ‘‘the accounts of the disbursing officer’’ for
‘‘his accounts’’ and ‘‘the name of the disbursing offi-
cer’’ for ‘‘his name’’.
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted ‘‘Director of
the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Print-
er’’.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(4)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘the estate of the disbursing officer’’ for ‘‘his
estate’’, ‘‘to the deputy disbursing officer’’ for ‘‘to
him’’, and ‘‘the service of the deputy disbursing offi-
cer’’ for ‘‘his service’’.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(4)(C), sub-
stituted ‘‘by such officer or employee’’ for ‘‘by him’’,
‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller General’’ for ‘‘his
discretion’’, and in two places ‘‘whenever the Comp-
troller General’’ for ‘‘whenever he’’.
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted ‘‘Director of
the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Print-
er’’.
1982—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 97–258 substituted ‘‘sec-
tion 3726 of title 31’’ for ‘‘section 244 of title 31’’.
1978—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 95–473 substituted ‘‘sec-
tion 244 of title 31’’ for ‘‘section 66 of title 49’’.
1974—Pub. L. 93–459 substituted ‘‘Disbursing officer;
deputy disbursing officer; certifying officers and em-
ployees’’ for ‘‘Disbursing officer: continuation and set-
tlement of accounts during vacancy in office; responsi-
bility for accounts; disbursements for Superintendent
of Documents’’ in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–459 added subsec. (a). Former
subsec. (a)
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