Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 17 — Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
§ 1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of receipts; resale by dealers; sales agents
Statutory text
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.
The Superintendent of Documents may prescribe terms and conditions under which he authorizes the resale of Government publications by book dealers, and he may designate any Government officer his agent for the sale of Government publications under regulations agreed upon by the Superintendent of Documents and the head of the respective department or establishment of the Government.
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.
Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 1708
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1280
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1280Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978
Pub. L. 95–94 title IV § 409(a) · 91 Stat. 1254
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1708
Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer,” for “Surplus receipts from sales”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer,” for “Surplus receipts from sales”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) The last sentence of the first paragraph of section 1708 of title 44. United States Code, is amended by striking out “Surplus receipts from sales” and inserting in lieu thereof “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the. Public Printer,”.Pub. L. 103–69 title II § 207(b) · 107 Stat. 692
Struck · 44 U.S.C. § 1708
Pub. L. 103–69, in first par., struck out at end “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–69, in first par., struck out at end “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the third sentence.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–69 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 207(c) of Pub. L. 103–69, set out as a note under section 309 of this title.Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–447 div. G title I § 1301 · 118 Stat. 2809
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1708
Pub. L. 108–447, in first par., substituted “may be allowed as determined by the Superintendent of Documents” for “of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and quantity purchasers”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 108–447, in first par., substituted “may be allowed as determined by the Superintendent of Documents” for “of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and quantity purchasers”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1301. Discounts for Sales Copies. Section 1708 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking “of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and quantity purchasers”, and inserting the following: “may be allowed as determined by the Superintendent of Documents”.Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 div. H title I § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1708
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in first par
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in first par.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 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 72a (June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 307, 47 Stat. 409).
Editorial Notes
Amendments1977–2014 · 4 rounds
2014
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in first par.
2004
Pub. L. 108–447, in first par., substituted “may be allowed as determined by the Superintendent of Documents” for “of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and quantity purchasers”.
1993
Pub. L. 103–69, in first par., struck out at end “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.”
1977
Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Receipts from general sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as determined by the Public Printer,” for “Surplus receipts from sales”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–69 effective , see section 207(c) of Pub. L. 103–69, set out as a note under section 309 of this title.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 409(b), , 91 Stat. 683, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on .”