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Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Chapter 3 — Government Publishing Office

§ 313. Examining boards: paper; bindery materials; machinery

Statutory text

The Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, the superintendent of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on paper delivered under contract, or by purchase or otherwise, at the Government Publishing Office.

The Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, the superintendent of binding, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board to examine and report in writing on material, except paper, for the use of the bindery.

The Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, the superintendent of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Publishing Office, with a view to condemnation.

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. § 313

    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(e)(1) · 128 Stat. 2130

    Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 313

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

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(e)(1), substituted “Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Deputy Public Printer” wherever appearing.

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

  3. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015

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

    Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 313

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

    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”.

    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 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 49 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 20, 28 Stat. 603; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382; June 7, 1924, ch. 303, § 1, 43 Stat. 509).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(e)(1), substituted “Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Deputy Public Printer” wherever appearing.

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

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), (e)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.
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(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1242; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), (e)(1), , 128 Stat. 2537.)

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