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18 U.S.C. § 442 — Government Publishing Office

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18 U.S.C. § 442 — Government Publishing Office

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section— (1) the terms “diversified”, “employee benefit plan”, “holdings”, “mutual fund”, and “unit investment trust” have the meanings given those terms under section 2640.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; and (2) the term “printing-related interest” means an interest, direct or indirect, in— (A) the publication of any newspaper or periodical; (B) any printing, binding, engraving, or lithographing of any kind; or (C) any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing, binding, lithographing, or engraving. **(b) Offense.—** (1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Director of the Government Publishing Office, Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, nor 11 So in original. any of their assistants as determined by the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall not,1 during his or her continuance in office, have any printing-related interest. (2) **Exception for mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans.—** — It shall not be a violation of paragraph (1) for an individual who is described in such paragraph to have an interest in a diversified mutual fund, diversified unit investment trust, employee benefit plan, investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan under subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, or pension plan established or maintained by a State government or any political subdivision of a State government for its employees that has 1 or more holdings that are printing-related interests if the fund, trust, or plan does not exhibit a practice of concentrating in printing-related interests. (3) **Authority of supervising ethics office.—** — The supervising ethics offi

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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section— (1) the terms “diversified”, “employee benefit plan”, “holdings”, “mutual fund”, and “unit investment trust” have the meanings given those terms under section 2640.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; and (2) the term “printing-related interest” means an interest, direct or indirect, in— (A) the publication of any newspaper or periodical; (B) any printing, binding, engraving, or lithographing of any kind; or (C) any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing, binding, lithographing, or engraving. **(b) Offense.—** (1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Director of the Government Publishing Office, Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, nor 11 So in original. any of their assistants as determined by the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall not,1 during his or her continuance in office, have any printing-related interest. (2) **Exception for mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans.—** — It shall not be a violation of paragraph (1) for an individual who is described in such paragraph to have an interest in a diversified mutual fund, diversified unit investment trust, employee benefit plan, investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan under subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, or pension plan established or maintained by a State government or any political subdivision of a State government for its employees that has 1 or more holdings that are printing-related interests if the fund, trust, or plan does not exhibit a practice of concentrating in printing-related interests. (3) **Authority of supervising ethics office.—** — The supervising ethics office for the Government Publishing Office under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 22 See References in Text note below. shall have the authority to issue rules and promulgate regulations governing the implementation of this subsection. **(c) Penalty.—** Whoever violates subsection (b)(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.

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18 U.S.C. § 1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 218(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027]

### Statutory Notes Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684; Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–596, § 8, 98 Stat. 3138, classified offenses as a felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense. #### Effective Date of Repeal Repeal of section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such repeal, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under [section 3551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3551&num=0&edition=prelim). #### Short Title of 2026 Amendment Pub. L. 119–73, § 1, Jan. 23, 2026, 139 Stat. 2003, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 28 and 3771A of this title, amending [section 7102 of Title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7102&num=0&edition=prelim), Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and enacting provisions set out as notes under [section 28 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section28&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 10110 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section10110&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement] may be cited as the ‘Trafficking Survivors Relief Act’.” #### Short Title of 2024 Amendment Pub. L. 118–78, § 1, July 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1512, provided that: “This Act [enacting [section 1352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1352&num=0&edition=prelim) and amending [section 201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section201&num=0&edition=prelim)] may be cited as the ‘Foreign Extortion Prevention Technical Corrections Act’.” Pub. L. 118–77, § 1, July

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18 U.S.C. § 4082 — Commitment to Attorney General; residential treatment centers; extension of limits of confinement; work furlough

**(a)** The willful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement, or to return within the time prescribed to an institution or facility designated by the Attorney General, shall be deemed an escape from the custody of the Attorney General punishable as provided in chapter 35 of this title. **(b)** (1) The Attorney General shall, upon the request of the head of any law enforcement agency of a State or of a unit of local government in a State, make available as expeditiously as possible to such agency, with respect to prisoners who have been convicted of felony offenses against the United States and who are confined at a facility which is a residential community treatment center located in the geographical area in which such agency has jurisdiction, the following information maintained by the Bureau of Prisons (to the extent that the Bureau of Prisons maintains such information)— (A) the names of such prisoners; (B) the community treatment center addresses of such prisoners; (C) the dates of birth of such prisoners; (D) the Federal Bureau of Investigation numbers assigned to such prisoners; (E) photographs and fingerprints of such prisoners; and (F) the nature of the offenses against the United States of which each such prisoner has been convicted and the factual circumstances relating to such offenses. (2) Any law enforcement agency which receives information under this subsection shall not disseminate such information outside of such agency. **(c)** As used in this section—the term “facility” shall include a residential community treatment center; and the term “relative” shall mean a spouse, child (including stepchild, adopted child or child as to whom the prisoner, though not a natural parent, has acted in the plac

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5 U.S.C. § 101 — Executive departments

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18 U.S.C. § 442 — Government Publishing Office

Page 115 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 443 1 So in original. 2 See References in Text note below. form to policy followed by codifiers of 1909 Criminal Code. Changes in phraseology were also made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by substituting ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’, was executed by making the substitution for ‘‘fined not more than $5,000’’ in second par., to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 1970—Pub. L. 91–375 struck out ‘‘Post Office Depart- ment or the’’ before ‘‘Postal Service’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and published by it in the Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. § 442. Government Publishing Office (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— (1) the terms ‘‘diversified’’, ‘‘employee ben- efit plan’’, ‘‘holdings’’, ‘‘mutual fund’’, and ‘‘unit investment trust’’ have the meanings given those terms under section 2640.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; and (2) the term ‘‘printing-related interest’’ means an interest, direct or indirect, in— (A) the publication of any newspaper or pe- riodical; (B) any printing, binding, engraving, or lithographing of any kind; or (C) any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing, binding, lithographing, or engrav- ing. (b) OFFENSE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- graph (2), the Director of the

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