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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 1706
§ 1702. Superintendent of Documents; sale of doc-
uments
The Director of the Government Publishing
Office shall appoint a competent person to act
as Superintendent of Documents who shall be
under the control of the Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office.
When an officer of the Government having in
his charge documents published for sale desires
to be relieved of them, he may turn them over
to the Superintendent of Documents, who shall
receive and sell them under this section. Moneys
received from the sale of documents shall be re-
turned to the Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office on the first day of each month and
be covered into the Treasury monthly.
The Superintendent of Documents shall also
report monthly to the Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office the number of docu-
ments received by him and the disposition made
of them. He shall have general supervision of the
distribution of all public documents, and to his
custody shall be committed all documents sub-
ject to distribution, excepting those printed for
the special official use of the executive depart-
ments, which shall be delivered to the depart-
ments, and those printed for the use of the two
Houses of Congress, which shall be delivered to
the Senate Service Department and House of
Representatives Publications Distribution Serv-
ice and distributed or delivered ready for dis-
tribution to Members upon their order by the
superintendents of the Senate Service Depart-
ment and House Publications Distribution Serv-
ice, respectively.
(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.)
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 1706
§ 1702. Superintendent of Documents; sale of doc-
uments
The Director of the Government Publishing
Office shall appoint a competent person to act
as Superintendent of Documents who shall be
under the control of the Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office.
When an officer of the Government having in
his charge documents published for sale desires
to be relieved of them, he may turn them over
to the Superintendent of Documents, who shall
receive and sell them under this section. Moneys
received from the sale of documents shall be re-
turned to the Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office on the first day of each month and
be covered into the Treasury monthly.
The Superintendent of Documents shall also
report monthly to the Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office the number of docu-
ments received by him and the disposition made
of them. He shall have general supervision of the
distribution of all public documents, and to his
custody shall be committed all documents sub-
ject to distribution, excepting those printed for
the special official use of the executive depart-
ments, which shall be delivered to the depart-
ments, and those printed for the use of the two
Houses of Congress, which shall be delivered to
the Senate Service Department and House of
Representatives Publications Distribution Serv-
ice and distributed or delivered ready for dis-
tribution to Members upon their order by the
superintendents of the Senate Service Depart-
ment and House Publications Distribution Serv-
ice, respectively.
(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 NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §§ 71, 73 (part) (Jan. 12,
1895, ch. 23, § 61, 28 Stat. 610; June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1,
36 Stat. 770; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(62), 60 Stat. 871).
This section incorporates only part of former section
73. The balance will be found in section 308 of the revi-
sion.
‘‘House of Representatives Publications Distribution
Service’’ is substituted for ‘‘House Folding Room’’ be-
cause of the change of name under authority of Public
Law 88–652.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the
Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’
wherever appearing.
§ 1703. Superintendent of Documents: assistants,
blanks, printing and binding
The Director of the Government Publishing
Office, upon the requisition of the Super-
intendent of Documents, shall appoint necessary
assistants, furnish blanks, and do the printing
and binding required by his office. The Director
of the Government Publishing Office shall pro-
vide convenient office, storage, and distributing
rooms for the use of the Superintendent of Doc-
uments.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub.
L. 101–520, title II, § 208, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
2274; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1),
Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 74 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch.
23, § 66, 28 Stat. 611).
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the
Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’ in
two places.
1990—Pub. L. 101–520 struck out before period at end
of first sentence ‘‘, the cost to be charged against the
appropriation for printing and binding for Congress’’.
§ 1704. Superintendent of Documents: pay of em-
ployees for night, Sunday, holiday, and over-
time work
Employees in the office of the Superintendent
of Documents may be paid for night, Sunday,
holiday, and overtime work at rates not in ex-
cess of the rates of additional pay for this work
allowed other employees of the Government
Publishing Office under section 305 of this title.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub.
L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014,
128 Stat. 2537.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 75 (Mar. 4, 1925, ch.
549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1300; May 13, 1926, ch. 294, § 1, 44 Stat.
552; Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 166, 44 Stat. 1160).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Government Publishing Office’’ substituted for
‘‘Government Printing Office’’ in text on authority of
section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note pre-
ceding section 301 of this title.
§ 1705. Printing additional copies for sale to pub-
lic; regulations
The Director of the Government Publishing
Office shall print additional copies of a Govern-
ment publication, not confidential in character,
required for sale to the public by the Super-
intendent of Documents, subject to regulation
by the Joint Committee on Printing and with-
out 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 NOTES
Based 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
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the
Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’.
§ 1706. Printing and sale of extra copies of docu-
ments
The Director of the Government Publishing
Office shall furnish to applicants giving notice
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Employees in the office of the Superintendent of Documents may be paid for night, Sunday, holiday, and overtime work at rates not in excess of the rates of additional pay for this work allowed other employees of the Government Publishing Office under [section 305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section305&num=0&edition=prelim).
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