44 U.S.C. § 1307 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-

Page 45 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 1307 1 See Transfer of Functions note below. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’ in last par. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries UNAVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO PRODUCE PART 2 OF ANNUAL REPORT Funds available to Department of Agriculture not to be used to produce part 2 of annual report of Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture), see title I of Pub. L. 103–111, 107 Stat. 1048, set out as a note under section 2207 of Title 7, Agriculture. § 1302. Agriculture, Department of: monthly crop report and other publications The Secretary of Agriculture may cause to be printed the number of copies of the monthly crop report, and of other reports and bulletins of not more than one hundred octavo pages, he considers necessary. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1266.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 213 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622). This section incorporates only the first clause of the second sentence of the second paragraph of former sec- tion 213. The balance of section 213 will be found in sec- tions 1102, 1116, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1336. § 1303. American Historical Association: report In addition to the usual number of the report of the American Historical Association, five thousand five hundred copies shall be printed: one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House of Representatives, one thousand five hundred for distribution by the Association and the Smithsonian Institution, and one thousand copies for the use of the Association. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1266.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 243 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 616; May 25, 1900, No. 27, 31 Stat. 717). § 1304. Army and Navy registers In addition to the usual number of the reg- isters of the Army and Navy, fifteen hundred copies of each shall be printed: five hundred for the Senate, and one thousand for the House of Representatives. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, § 82 Stat. 1266.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 245 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 616). § 1305. Attorney General: opinions The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall from time to time print an edition of one thousand copies of the opinions of the At- torney General, which shall be, as to size, qual- ity of paper, printing, and binding, of uniform style and appearance, as nearly as practicable, with volume 8 of opinions, published in the year 1868. Each volume shall contain proper head- notes, a complete and full index, and such foot- notes as the Attorney General approves. The volumes shall be distributed in the manner the Attorney General prescribes. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1266; 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., § 296a (R.S. § 383). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’. § 1306. Civil Service Commission: report In addition to the usual number of the report of the Civil Service Commission twenty-three thousand copies shall be printed: one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House of Representatives, and twenty thousand for dis- tribution by the Civil Service Commission.1 (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1266.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 248 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 614). Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission were transferred to the Di- rector of the Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified) by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employ- ees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5. § 1307. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- ministration: nautical products, sale and dis- tribution (a)(1) All nautical products created or pub- lished by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be sold at such prices as the Secretary of Commerce shall establish annu- ally, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. The Secretary shall publish annu- ally the prices at which nautical products are sold to the public. (2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the prices of nautical products may be increased over a period of not less than three years after the date of enactment of this section so as to recover all costs attributable to data base management, compilation, printing, and distribution of such products. The prices of such products may be maintained to recover all such costs thereafter. (B) The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall adjust the prices of nautical products in such manner as is necessary to avoid any adverse impact on ma- rine safety attributable to the prices specified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. (3) This section shall not be construed to re- quire the establishment of any price for a nau- Page 46 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 1307 tical product where, in the judgment of the Sec- retary, furnishing of that product to a recipient is a reasonable exchange for voluntary contribu- tion of information by the recipient to a pro- gram of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (4) Prices established under this section may not include costs attributable to the acquisition or processing of nautical data. (b) Fees collected from the sale of nautical products under this section and from any licens- ing of such products which is permitted under any other provision of law shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts fund of the United States Treasury. (c) The Secretary may distribute nautical products— (1) without charge to each foreign govern- ment or international organization with which the Secretary or a Federal department or agency has an agreement for exchange of these products without cost; and (2) at prices which the Secretary establishes, to the departments and officers of the United States requiring them for official use. (d) The fees provided for in this section are for the purpose of reimbursing the United States Government for the costs of creating, publishing or distributing nautical products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The collection of fees authorized by this section shall not alter or expand any duty or liability of the United States under existing law for the per- formance of functions for which fees are col- lected, nor shall the collection of fees constitute an express or implied undertaking by the United States to perform any activity in a certain man- ner. (e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘nautical products’’ includes all nautical charts, tide and tidal current tables, tidal current charts, coast pilots, water level products, and associated data bases which are created or pub- lished by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 99–272, title VI, § 6011(a), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 121; Pub. L. 105–362, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3282; Pub. L. 106–181, title VI, § 606(a)–(c), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 154.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 246 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 76, 28 Stat. 620; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; July 1, 1916 ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 320; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(11), 65 Stat. 708; July 9, 1956, ch. 528, 70 Stat. 512; Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–441, 78 Stat. 446). The reference to the Environmental Science Service Administration is inserted on the authority of Reorga- nization Plan No. 2 of 1965. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99–272, which was approved Apr. 7, 1986. AMENDMENTS 2000—Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(1), struck out ‘‘and aero- nautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’ in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1), (2)(A). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), struck out ‘‘and aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’ wherever ap- pearing. Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), (b), struck out ‘‘or aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’ and ‘‘aviation and’’ after ‘‘impact on’’. Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), struck out ‘‘or aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), struck out ‘‘or aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), struck out ‘‘and aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’ in introductory provi- sions. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(c), struck out ‘‘aero- nautical and’’ after ‘‘publishing or distributing’’. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–181, § 606(a)(2), struck out ‘‘and aeronautical’’ after ‘‘nautical’’ in two places. 1998—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 105–362 struck out at end ‘‘At the end of such period and every three years thereafter, the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall report to the Con- gress on the effect of imposing or maintaining such in- creased prices, including any impact on aviation and marine safety.’’ 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–272 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as fol- lows: ‘‘The charts published by the Environmental Science Service Administration shall be sold at cost of paper and printing as nearly as practicable. The price to the public shall include all expenses incurred in ac- tual reproduction of the charts after the original car- tography, such as photography, opaquing, platemaking, press time and bindery operations; the full postage rates, according to the rates for postal services used; and any additional cost factors considered appropriate by the Secretary such as overhead and administrative expenses allocable to the production of the charts and related reference materials. The costs of basic surveys and geodetic work done may not be included in the price of the charts and reference materials. The Sec- retary of Commerce shall publish the prices at which charts and reference materials are sold to the public at least once each calendar year.’’ Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–272 amended subsec. (b) gen- erally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ‘‘There may not be free distribution of charts except to the departments and officers of the United States re- quiring them for public use; and a number of copies of each sheet, not to exceed three hundred, to be pre- sented to such foreign governments, libraries, and sci- entific associations, and institutions of learning as the Secretary of Commerce directs; but on the order of Senators and Representatives not to exceed one hun- dred copies to each may be distributed through the En- vironmental Science Service Administration.’’ Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 99–272 added subsecs. (c) to (e). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 106–181 applicable only to fis- cal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 of Pub. L. 106–181, set out as a note under section 106 of Title 49, Transportation. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions of Secretary and other officers of Depart- ment of Commerce under this section that relate to the Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography to provide aeronautical charts and related products and services for safe and efficient navigation of air com- merce transferred to Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section 44721(c)(3) of Title 49, Transportation. SALE OF AERONAUTICAL CHARTS: DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS RESULTING FROM PRICE INCREASE Pub. L. 103–317, title II, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1741, provided in part: ‘‘That hereafter all receipts received Page 47 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 1310 from the sale of aeronautical charts that result from an increase in the price of individual charts above the level in effect for such charts on September 30, 1993, shall be deposited in this account [NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION and OPERATIONS, RE- SEARCH, AND FACILITIES] as an offsetting collection and shall be available for obligation.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 103–121, title II, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1170. PRICE FREEZE ON CHARTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF NOAA Pub. L. 102–567, title IV, § 405, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4292, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 1307 of title 44, United States Code, the price of nautical charts or other nautical products produced or published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion and sold after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992] shall not exceed the price of that type of chart or product on the date of enactment of this Act adjusted for inflation. This section shall not apply after September 30, 1994.’’ § 1308. Coast Guard: annual report of the Com- mandant The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may authorize the printing of the annual report of the Com- mandant of the Coast Guard in such editions as the interests of the Government and of the pub- lic require. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, § 902(d), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 213 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622; Mar. 13, 1896, No. 23, 29 Stat. 466; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 4, 43 Stat. 1106; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, 80 Stat. 931). This section incorporates only so much of the third sentence of the second paragraph of former section 213 as relates to the annual report of the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The balance will be found in sections 1102, 1116, 1302, 1309, 1310, 1336 of the revision. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–241 substituted ‘‘Secretary of the de- partment in which the Coast Guard is operating’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Department of Transportation’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 1309. Coast Guard: notices to mariners and other special publications The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may authorize the printing of notices to mariners and other special publications of the Coast Guard in such editions as the interests of the Government and of the public require. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, § 902(d), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 567.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 213 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622; Mar. 13, 1896, No. 23, 29 Stat. 466; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 4, 43 Stat. 1106; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, 80 Stat. 931). This section incorporates applicable parts of the third sentence of the second paragraph of former sec- tion 213. The balance will be found in sections 1102, 1116, 1302, 1308, 1310, 1336 of the revision. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–241 substituted ‘‘Secretary of the de- partment in which the Coast Guard is operating’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Department of Transportation’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 1310. Commerce Department: navigation and weather information The Secretary of Commerce may cause to be printed the number of copies of tide tables, coast pilots, and other special publications re- lating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Weath- er Bureau maps, charts, bulletins of not more than one hundred octavo pages, and minor re- ports of the Weather Bureau, he considers for the best interest of the Government. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1267.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 213 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 89, 28 Stat. 622; Mar. 13, 1896, No. 23, 29 Stat. 466; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 4, 43 Stat. 1106; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1234; Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318). This section incorporates only parts of former section 213 relating to Coast and Geodetic Survey and Weather Bureau. The balance will be found in sections 1102, 1116, 1302, 1308, 1309, 1336 of the revision. Executive Documents CHANGE OF NAME Weather Bureau of Department of Commerce consoli- dated with Coast and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in Department of Commerce to be known as En- vironmental Science Services Administration and of- fice of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Or-