§ 301. Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment

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. § 301

   Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239

2. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–310 title II § 210(a)(1) · 86 Stat. 201

   Struck · 44 U.S.C. § 301

   Pub. L. 92–310 struck out “; bond” in section catchline, and provisions from text which required the Public Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 92–310 struck out “; bond” in section catchline, and provisions from text which required the Public Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The last sentence of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, relating to the bond of the Public Printer, is repealed.

3. 2014

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

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

   1. Struck · 44 U.S.C. § 301

      Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(g), struck out “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,” after “suitable person”

   2. Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 301

      Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(g), substituted “The” for “His”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(g), struck out “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,” after “suitable person” and substituted “The” for “His”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (g) Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,”; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking “His” and inserting “The”.

4. 2014

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

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

   Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 301

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

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Title 44, United States Code.— Title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “Public Printer” each place that term appears and inserting “Director of the Government Publishing Office”; and (2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 1111, 1115, 1340, 1701, 1712, and 1914, by striking “public printer” and inserting “director of the government publishing office”.

5. 2022

   Pub. L. 117–213 § 1(a) · 136 Stat. 2251

   1. Amended · 44 U.S.C. § 301

      Pub. L. 117–213 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 44 U.S.C. § 301

      Pub. L. 117–213 added subsecs. (b) and (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 117–213 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “The President”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years. “(c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).” .

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