Federal

Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

356 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 313 — Examining boards: paper; bindery materials; machinery
• § 314 — Inks, glues, and other supplies furnished to other Government agencies: payment
• § 315 — Branches of Government Publishing Office; limitations
• § 316 — Detail of employees of Government Publishing Office to other Government establishments
• § 317 — Special policemen
• § 318 — Transfer of surplus property; acceptance of voluntary services
• § 3301 — Definition of records
• § 3302 — Regulations covering lists of records for disposal, procedure for disposal, and standards for reproduction
• § 3303 — Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to the Archivist by head of each Government agency
• § 3303a — Examination by Archivist of lists and schedules of records lacking preservation value; disposal of records
• § 3304 to 3307 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–287, § 2(c) , June 23, 1970 , 84 Stat. 321 ]
• § 3308 — Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was authorized
• § 3309 — Preservation of claims of Government until settled in Government Accountability Office; disposal authorized upon written approval of Comptroller General
• § 3310 — Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life, or property
• § 3311 — Destruction of records outside continental United States in time of war or when hostile action seems imminent; written report to Archivist
• § 3312 — Photographs or microphotographs of records considered as originals; certified reproductions admissible in evidence
• § 3313 — Moneys from sale of records payable into the Treasury
• § 3314 — Procedures for disposal of records exclusive
• § 3315 to 3324 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–187, § 7(a) , Nov. 26, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2011 ]
• § 3501 — Purposes
• § 3502 — Definitions
• § 3503 — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• § 3504 — Authority and functions of Director
• § 3505 — Assignment of tasks and deadlines
• § 3506 — Federal agency responsibilities
• § 3507 — Public information collection activities; submission to Director; approval and delegation
• § 3508 — Determination of necessity for information; hearing
• § 3509 — Designation of central collection agency
• § 3510 — Cooperation of agencies in making information available
• § 3511 — Data inventory and Federal data catalogue
• § 3512 — Public protection
• § 3513 — Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response
• § 3514 — Responsiveness to Congress
• § 3515 — Administrative powers
• § 3516 — Rules and regulations
• § 3517 — Consultation with other agencies and the public
• § 3518 — Effect on existing laws and regulations
• § 3519 — Access to information
• § 3520 — Chief Data Officers
• § 3520A — Chief Data Officer Council
• § 3521 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 3531 to 3549 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(a) , Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3073 ]
• § 3551 — Purposes
• § 3552 — Definitions
• § 3553 — Authority and functions of the Director and the Secretary
• § 3554 — Federal agency responsibilities
• § 3555 — Annual independent evaluation
• § 3556 — Federal information security incident center
• § 3557 — National security systems
• § 3558 — Effect on existing law
• § 3559 — Federal websites required to be mobile friendly
• § 3561 — Definitions
• § 3562 — Coordination and oversight of policies
• § 3563 — Statistical agencies
• § 3564 — Effect on other laws
• § 3571 — Findings
• § 3572 — Confidential information protection
• § 3575 — Findings
• § 3576 — Designated statistical agencies
• § 3581 — Presumption of accessibility for statistical agencies and units
• § 3582 — Expanding secure access to CIPSEA data assets
• § 3583 — Application to access data assets for developing evidence
• § 3601 — Definitions
• § 3602 — Office of Electronic Government
• § 3603 — Chief Information Officers Council
• § 3604 — E-Government Fund
• § 3605 — Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance electronic Government services and processes
• § 3606 — E-Government report
• § 3607 — Definitions
• § 3608 — Federal risk and authorization management program
• § 3609 — Roles and responsibilities of the General Services Administration
• § 3610 — FedRAMP Board
• § 3611 — Independent assessment
• § 3612 — Declaration of foreign interests
• § 3613 — Roles and responsibilities of agencies
• § 3614 — Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget
• § 3615 — Reports to Congress; GAO report
• § 3616 — Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee
• § 3701 — Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia
• § 3702 — Advertisements not to be published without written authority
• § 3703 — Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, and proposals
• § 3901 — Purpose and establishment of the Office of Inspector General
• § 3902 — Appointment of Inspector General; supervision; removal; pay; limits on bonuses; counsel
• § 3903 — Duties, responsibilities, authority, and reports
• § 4101 — Electronic directory; online access to publications; electronic storage facility
• § 4102 — Fees
• § 4103 — Biennial report
• § 4104 — Definition
• § 501 — Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Publishing Office
• § 502 — Procurement of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Director of the Government Publishing Office
• § 503 — Printing in veterans’ hospitals
• § 504 — Direct purchase of printing, binding, and blank-book work by Government agencies
• § 505 — Sale of duplicate plates
• § 506 — Time for printing documents or reports which include illustrations or maps
• § 507 — Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year
• § 508 — Annual estimates of quantity of paper required for public printing and binding
• § 509 — Standards of paper; advertisements for proposals; samples
• § 510 — Specifications in advertisements for paper
• § 511 — Opening bids; bonds
• § 512 — Approval of paper contracts; time for performance; bonds
• § 513 — Comparison of paper and envelopes with standard quality
• § 514 — Determination of quality of paper
• § 515 — Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market
• § 516 — Liability of defaulting contractor
• § 517 — Purchase of paper in open market
• § 701 — “Usual number” of documents and reports; distribution of House and Senate documents and reports; binding; reports on private bills; number of copies printed; distribution
• § 702 — Extra copies of documents and reports
• § 703 — Printing extra copies
• § 704 — Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages
• § 705 — Duplicate orders to print
• § 706 — Bills and resolutions: number and distribution
• § 707 — Bills and resolutions: style and form
• § 708 — Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress
• § 709 — Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties
• § 710 — Copies of Acts furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office
• § 711 — Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties
• § 712 — Printing of postal conventions
• § 713 — Journals of Houses of Congress
• § 714 — Printing documents for Congress in two or more editions; printing of full number and allotment of full quota
• § 715 — Senate and House documents and reports for Department of State
• § 716 — Printing of documents not provided for by law
• § 717 — Appropriation chargeable for printing of document or report by order of Congress
• § 718 — Lapse of authority to print
• § 719 — Classification and numbering of publications ordered printed by Congress; designation of publications of departments; printing of committee hearings
• § 720 — Senate and House Manuals
• § 721 — Congressional Directory
• § 722 — Congressional Directory: sale
• § 723 — Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution
• § 724 — Memorial addresses: illustrations
• § 725 — Statement of appropriations; “usual number”
• § 726 — Printing for committees of Congress
• § 727 — Committee reports: indexing and binding
• § 728 — United States Statutes at Large: distribution
• § 729 — United States Statutes at Large: references in margins
• § 730 — Distribution of documents to Members of Congress
• § 731 — Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents
• § 732 — Time for distribution of documents by Members of Congress extended
• § 733 — Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress
• § 734 — Stationery and blank books for Congress
• § 735 — Binding for Senators
• § 736 — Binding at expense of Members of Congress
• § 737 — Binding for Senate library
• § 738 — Binding of publications for distribution to libraries
• § 739 — Senate and House document rooms; superintendents
• § 740 — Senate Service Department and House Publications Distribution Service; superintendents
• § 741 — Disposition of documents stored at Capitol
• § 901 — Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and indexes
• § 902 — Congressional Record: Indexes
• § 903 — Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
• § 904 — Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations
• § 905 — Congressional Record: additional insertions
• § 906 — Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery
• § 907 — Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing envelopes
• § 908 — Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or other documents
• § 909 — Congressional Record: exchange for Parliamentary Hansard
• § 910 — Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current, individual numbers, and bound sets; postage rate