Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238, provided in part: "That the general and permanent laws relating to public printing and documents are revised, codified, and enacted as title 44, United States Code, 'Public Printing and Documents', and may be cited as '44 U.S.C. § ————'". LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE; INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS Section 2(a) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: "The legislative purpose in enacting section 1 of this Act is to restate, without substantive change, the laws replaced by those sections on the effective date of this Act. Laws effective after January 14, 1968, that are inconsistent with this Act are considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency." CROSS REFERENCES Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: "A reference to a law replaced by section 1 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act." OUTSTANDING ORDERS, RULES AND REGULATIONS Section 2(c) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: "An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act shall continue in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded." SAVINGS PROVISION Section 2(d) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: “An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act." LEGISLATIVE ConstruCTION Section 2(e) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306, provided that: "An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of its caption or catchline." SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS Section 2(f) of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306, provided that: "If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid, all valid provisions that are severable from the invalid provision remain in effect. If a provision of this Act is held invalid in one or more of its applications, the provision remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid application or applications." REPEALS Section 3 of Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306. repealed the sections or parts thereof of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large codified in this title, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before October 22, 1968, and except as provided by section 2 of Pub. L. 90-620. CROSS REFERENCES Acts and resolutions: formalities of enactment, repeals, and sealing of instruments, see section 101 et seq. of Title 1, General Provisions. Administrative procedure, public information: agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings, see section 552 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. American Printing House for the Blind, see section 101 et seq. of Title 20, Education. Cataloging and standardization, coordination of Administrator of General Services and Secretary of Defense, see section 2456 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Code of Laws of United States and Supplements, District of Columbia Code and Supplements, see section 201 et seq. of Title 1, General Provisions. Collections of Government Printing Office accessible to investigators and students, see section 91 of Title 20, Education. Congressional provisions: elections, organization, compensation, officers and employees, Library of Congress, and procedures, see generally Title 2, The Congress. Corporation for Public Broadcasting Journals, see section 396 of Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs. Crimes: printing contracts, see section 442 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure; printing obligations, securities, and postage stamps of United States and foreign countries, authorization notwithstanding counterfeiting and forgery prohibitions, see section 504 of Title 18; public officers and employees, see section 1901 et seq. of Title 18; records and reports, see section 2071 et seq. of Title 18. Employees: employment, retention and performance, see Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Executive provisions generally, see Title 3, The President. Executive reorganization, general provisions and effective date and publication of reorganization plans, see chapter 9 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Food stamp program, printing of coupons for, see section 2015 of Title 7, Agriculture. General Services Administration, see section 751 et seq. of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Hours of work, see chapter 61 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Leave: annual, sick, and other paid leave, see chapter 63 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Library of Congress, see section 131 et seq. of Title 2, The Congress. Management and disposal of Government property, see chapter 10 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Official territorial papers, see section 141 et seq. of Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States. Patent Office library, see section 8 of Title 35, Patents. Prints defined under Foreign Agents Registration Act, see section 611 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Standard reference data program, see section 200 et seq. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Walsh-Healey Act, see sections 35-45 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Chapter 1.-JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING Sec. HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 4 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 1, 34 Stat. 1012; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 11, 40 Stat. 1270). Only that portion of section 11 of the 1919 Act that precedes the proviso is included in this section. The balance is incorporated in section 501 of this revision. Changes are made in phraseology. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1914 of this title. 101. Joint Committee on Printing: membership. 102. Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess. 103. 307. 308. Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers. § 101. Joint Committee on Printing: membership. The Joint Committee on Printing shall consist of the chairman and two members of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the chairman and two members of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 1 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 1, 28 Stat. 601; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 222, 60 Stat. 838). POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE Last seven words in the statute, "who shall have the powers hereinafter stated", are omitted as unnecessary since the powers of the Committee are stated in other sections. § 102. Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers during recess. The members of the Joint Committee on Printing who are reelected to the succeeding Congress shall continue as members of the committee until their successors are chosen. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, on the last day of a Congress, appoint members of their respective Houses who have been elected to the succeeding Congress to fill vacancies which may then be about to occur on the Committee, and the appointees and members of the Committee who have been reelected shall continue until their successors are chosen. When Congress is not in session, the Joint Committee may exercise all its powers and duties as when Congress is in session. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 2 (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 962; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121). Changes are made in phraseology. § 103. Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers. The Joint Committee on Printing may use any measures it considers necessary to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, or waste in the public printing and binding and the distribution of Government publications. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.) 309. Public Printer: employment of skilled workmen; Public Printer: night work. Revolving fund for operation and maintenance of 310. Payments for printing, binding, blank paper, and supplies. § 301. Public Printer: appointment; bond. The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office. His title shall be Public Printer. He shall give bond approved by the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of $25,000 for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 31 (Jan. 12 1895, ch. 23, § 17, 28 Stat. 603; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, 31, 40 Stat. 173; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1299; May 29, 1928, ch. 909, 45 Stat. 1006). Changes are made in phraseology. § 302. Deputy Public Printer: appointment; duties. The Public Printer shall appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to be the Deputy Public Printer. He shall perform the duties formerly required of the chief clerk, supervise the buildings occupied by the Government Printing Office, and perform any other duties required of him by the Public Printer. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 39 (May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382). Phraseology is changed to conform with section 301 of this revision. § 303. Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer: compensation. The compensation of the Public Printer is at the rate of $28,750 per annum, and the compensation of the Deputy Public Printer is at the rate of $27,500 per annum. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 39a (Pub. L. 88-426, title II, § 203 (c), (d), Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 415). 1969 INCREASES IN SALARIES Salaries of the Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer increased respectively from $28,750 and $27,500 to $38,000 and $36,000 per annum, commencing on the first day of the pay period which begins after February 14, 1969, upon recommendation of the President of the United States, pursuant to Pub. L. 90-206, title II, § 225 (h), Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 644. § 304. Public Printer: vacancy in office. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Public Printer, the Deputy Public Printer shall perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor is appointed or his absence or sickness ceases; but the President may direct any other officer of the Government, whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or absence of the Public Printer ceases. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation may not be filled temporarily under this section for longer than ten days, and a temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of another officer may not be made except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 32 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 36, 28 Stat. 606; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 382.) § 305. Public Printer: employees; pay. (a) The Public Printer may employ journeymen, apprentices, laborers, and other persons necessary for the work of the Government Printing Office at rates of wages and salaries, including compensation for night and overtime work, he considers for the interest of the Government and just to the persons employed, except as otherwise provided by this section. He may not employ more persons than the necessities of the public work require nor more than four hundred apprentices at one time. The minimum pay of journeymen printers, pressmen, and bookbinders employed in the Government Printing Office shall be at the rate of 90 cents an hour for the time actually employed. Except as provided by the preceding part of this section the rate of wages, including compensation for night and overtime work, for more than ten employees of the same occupation shall be determined by a conference between the Public Printer and a committee selected by the trades affected, and the rates and compensation so agreed upon shall become effective upon approval by the Joint Committee on Printing. When the Public Printer and the committee representing the trade fail to agree as to wages, salaries, and compensation, either party may appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision of the Joint Committee is final. The wages, salaries, and compensation so determined are not subject to change oftener than once a year. (b) The Public Printer may grant an employee paid on an annual basis compensatory time off from duty instead of overtime pay for overtime work. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1240; Pub. L. 91-167, Dec. 26, 1969, 83 Stat. 453; Pub. L. 91-369, May 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 693.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 40 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §§ 39, 49, 50, 28 Stat. 607, 608; June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 643; Mar 4, 1909, ch. 299, § 1, 35 Stat. 1021, 1024; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, § 1, 37 Stat. 482; July 8, 1918, ch. 139, § 1, 40 Stat. 836; Aug. 2, 1919, ch. 30, 41 Stat. 272; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; June 7, 1924, ch. 354, § 1, 43 Stat. 658). Last sentence of this section was deleted as executed. AMENDMENTS 1970-Pub. L. 91-369 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 1969-Pub. L. 91-167 substituted "four hundred" for "two hundred" as the number of apprentices which the Public Printer may employ at one time. CROSS REFERENCES Classification of government employees and pay rates and systems, including General Schedule, see chapters 51 and 53 and section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Classification of positions, provisions inapplicable to employees of Government Printing Office with pay fixed hereunder, see section 5102 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage and maximum hours provisions, see sections 206 and 207 of Title 29, Labor. Performance rating of employees of Government Printing Office, see chapter 43 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Superintendent of Documents, additional pay of employees for night, Sunday, holiday, and overtime work as determined hereunder, see section 1704 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1704 of this title; title 5 section 5102. § 306. Public Printer: employment of skilled workmen; trial of skill. The Public Printer shall employ workmen who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1240.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 41 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 45, 28 Stat. 607). § 307. Public Printer: night work. The Public Printer shall cause the public printing in the Government Printing Office to be done at night as well as through the day, when the exigencies of the public service require it. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1240.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 42 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 47, 28 Stat. 607). § 308. Disbursing officer; continuation and settlement of accounts during vacancy in office; responsibility for accounts; disbursements for Superintendent of Documents. (a) Upon the death, resignation, or separation from office of the disbursing officer of the Government Printing Office, his accounts may be continued, and payments and collections may be made in his name, by the deputy disbursing officer or officers designated by the Public Printer, for a period of time not to extend beyond the last day of the second month following the month in which his death, resignation, or separation occurred. Accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled, and checks signed in the name of the former disbursing officer by a deputy disbursing officer shall be honored in the same manner as if the former disbursing officer had continued in office. (b) A former disbursing officer of the Government Printing Office, his estate, or the surety on his official bond, may not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official accounts or defaults of a deputy disbursing officer acting in the name or in the place of the former disbursing officer. Each deputy disbursing officer is responsible for accounts entrusted to him under subsection (a) of this section, and the deputy disbursing officer and the sureties upon his bond are liable for any default occurring during his service under subsection (a) of this section. (c) Disbursements on account of salaries or other expenses of the office of the Superintendent of Documents shall be made by the disbursing officer of the Government Printing Office, and a statement included in the Public Printer's annual report for each fiscal year. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1240.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §§ 52a, 63, 73 (part) (June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1, 36 Stat. 770; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98. 42 Stat. 1278; Pub. L. 86-31, May 26, 1959, 73 Stat. 60). The last paragraph of this section is from former section 73; the remainder of that section will be found in section 1702 of the revision. Paragraph (a) deleted as executed. § 309. Revolving fund for operation and maintenance of Government Printing Office: capitalization; reimbursements and credits; accounting and budgeting; reports. (a) The revolving fund of $1,000,000 established July 1, 1953, is available without fiscal year limitation, for the operation and maintenance of the Government Printing Office, except the Office of Superintendent of Documents, including rental of buildings; attendance at meetings not to exceed $3,000 in any fiscal year; maintenance and operation of the emergency room; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by section 5901 of Title 5; boots, coats, and gloves; repairs and minor alterations to buildings; and expenses authorized in writing by the Joint Committee on Printing for inspection of Government printing activities. In addition, the Public Printer shall provide capital for the fund by capitalizing, at fair and reasonable values as jointly determined by him and the Comptroller General, the current inventories, plant, and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, equipment, and other assets of the Government Printing Office. (b) The fund shall be: (1) reimbursed for the cost of all services and supplies furnished, including those furnished other appropriations of the Government Printing Office, at rates which include charges for overhead and related expenses, depreciation of plant and building appurtenances, except building structures and land, and equipment, and accrued leave; (2) credited with all receipts including sales of Government publications, waste, condemned, and surplus property and with payments received for losses or damage to property; and (3) charged with payment into miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of that part of the receipts from the sales of Government publications required by law. (c) An adequate system of accounts for the fund shall be maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports prepared on the basis of the accounts. The Public Printer shall prepare and submit an annual business-type budget program for the operations under this fund. The General Accounting Office shall audit the activities of the Government Printing Office and furnish an audit report annually to the Congress and the Public Printer. For these purposes the Comptroller General shall have such access to the records, files, personnel, and facilities of the Government Printing Office as he considers necessary. (d) Commencing with the fiscal year 1969, the annual business-type budget for the fund shall be considered and enacted as prescribed by section 849 of title 31. (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1241.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 63, 63a (Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 330; Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, § 101, 69 Stat. 519; June 27, 1956, ch. 453, § 101, 70 Stat. 369); § 63a (July 28, 1967, Pub. L. 90-57, § 101 (part), 81 Stat. 141). Parentheses were restored to make clear that exceptions include only building structures and land. The use of commas instead of parentheses enlarges the exceptions. The legislative provision enacted July 28, 1967, concerning the GPO revolving fund was added to this section. The last sentence in paragraph (a) was deleted as being a temporary provision which has been executed. CROSS REFERENCES Accounting and auditing, see section 65 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance. Annual report of Public Printer, printing and distribution, see section 1340 of this title. Audit and settlement of accounts, see section 71 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance. National budget and audit system, see section 1 et seq. of Title 31, Money and Finance. Receipts from sales, disposition: Documents see section 1702 of this title; Federal Register, see section 1509 of this title; Government publications, additional copies, see section 1708 of this title. |