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Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Chapter 3 — Government Publishing Office

§ 312. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies

Statutory text

An officer of the Government having machinery, material, equipment, or supplies for printing, binding, and blank-book work, including lithography, photolithography, and other processes of reproduction, no longer required or authorized for the service of such officer, shall submit a detailed report of them to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. The Director of the Government Publishing Office, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, may requisition such articles as are serviceable in the Government Publishing Office, and they shall be promptly delivered to that office.

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. Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238

    Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 312

    Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1242

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1242

  2. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

    Pub. L. 113–235 § 1301(i)(8) · 128 Stat. 2130

    Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 312

    Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(8), substituted “the service of such officer” for “his service”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(8), substituted “the service of such officer” for “his service”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (8) in section 312, by striking “his service” and inserting “the service of such officer”; and

  3. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

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

    Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 312

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

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

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

    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

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 59 (July 19, 1919, ch. 24, § 3, 41 Stat. 233).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(i)(8), substituted “the service of such officer” for “his service”.

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

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in text on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of this title.

Credits

1968–2014 · 2 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1242
  2. 2014Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), (i)(8), , 128 Stat. 2537, 2539.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1242; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), (i)(8), , 128 Stat. 2537, 2539.)

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