Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 17 — Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
§ 1722. Departmental distribution of publications
Statutory text
Government publications printed for or received by the executive departments, whether for official use or for distribution, except those required by section 1701 of this title to be distributed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall be distributed by a competent person detailed to this duty in each department by the head of the department. He shall prevent duplication and make detailed report to the head of the department.
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. § 1722
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1282Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 div. H title I § 1301(c)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 1722
Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 113–235 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
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 96 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 92, 28 Stat. 623; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(2), 45 Stat. 986).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
Credits
1968–2014 · 2 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282
- 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.)