§ 1509. Costs of publication, etc.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238

   Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

   Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1277

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1277

2. 1977

   Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978

   Pub. L. 95–94 title IV § 408(a)(1) · 91 Stat. 1254

   1. Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

      Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Costs of publication, etc.” for “Cost of publication; appropriations authorized; penalty mail privilege” in section catchline

   2. Added · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

      Pub. L. 95–94 added subsec. (a)

   3. Amended · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

      Pub. L. 95–94 designated former first paragraph as subsec. (b)

   4. Inserted · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

      Pub. L. 95–94 inserted provision restricting coverage to the other publications of the Federal Register program

   5. Struck · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

      Pub. L. 95–94 struck out provision requiring payments for the Federal Register to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts and former second paragraph relating to penalty mail privileges for the Federal Register

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Costs of publication, etc.” for “Cost of publication; appropriations authorized; penalty mail privilege” in section catchline, added subsec. (a), designated former first paragraph as subsec. (b) and inserted provision restricting coverage to the other publications of the Federal Register program and struck out provision requiring payments for the Federal Register to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts and former second paragraph relating to penalty mail privileges for the Federal Register.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 1509 of title 44, United States Code, is Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations. amended to read as follows: “§ 1509. Costs of publication, etc. “(a) The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, and, except as provided in subsection (b), other expenses incurred by the Government Printing Office in carrying out the duties placed upon it by this chapter shall be charged to the revolving fund provided in section 309. Reimbursements for such costs and expenses shall be made by the Federal agencies and credited, together with all receipts, as provided in section 309(b). “(b) The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing all other publications of the Federal Register program, and other expenses incurred by the Government Printing Office in connection with such publications, shall be borne by the appropriations to the Government Printing Office and the appropriations are made available, and are authorized to be increased by additional sums necessary for the purposes, the increases to be based upon estimates submitted by the Public Printer.”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 408(b), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1977.”

3. 2014

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

   Pub. L. 113–235 § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130

   Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1509(b)

   Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking “Public Printer” each place that term appears and inserting “Director of the Government Publishing Office”; and

4. 2025

   Pub. L. 118–267 § 2(a)(3) · 138 Stat. 2983

   Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1509

   Pub. L. 118–267 substituted “publishing” for “printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing” in two places

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–267 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 118–267 substituted “publishing” for “printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing” in two places.

6 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved