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Code · U.S. Code · Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · CHAPTER 17— DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS · § 1702

§ 1702. Superintendent of Documents; sale of documents

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The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall appoint a competent person to act as Superintendent of Documents who shall be under the control of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.
When an officer of the Government having in his charge documents published for sale desires to be relieved of them, he may turn them over to the Superintendent of Documents, who shall receive and sell them under this section. Moneys received from the sale of documents shall be returned to the Director of the Government Publishing Office on the first day of each month and be covered into the Treasury monthly.
The Superintendent of Documents shall also report monthly to the Director of the Government Publishing Office the number of documents received by him and the disposition made of them. He shall have general supervision of the distribution of all public documents, and to his custody shall be committed all documents subject to distribution, excepting those printed for the special official use of the executive departments, which shall be delivered to the departments, and those printed for the use of the two Houses of Congress, which shall be delivered to the Senate Service Department and House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service and distributed or delivered ready for distribution to Members upon their order by the superintendents of the Senate Service Department and House Publications Distribution Service, respectively.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §§ 71, 73
(part)(Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 61, 28 Stat. 610; June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1, 36 Stat. 770; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(62), 60 Stat. 871).
This section incorporates only part of former section 73. The balance will be found in section 308 of the revision.
“House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service” is substituted for “House Folding Room” because of the change of name under authority of Public Law 88–652.
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  • Pub. L. 90–620
  • 82 Stat. 1279
  • 128 Stat. 2537
  • Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 61
  • 28 Stat. 610
  • June 25, 1910, ch. 384, § 1
  • 36 Stat. 770
  • Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1(62)
  • 60 Stat. 871
  • Public Law 88–652
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Superintendent of Documents; sale of documents
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–620
Stat.82 Stat. 1279
Stat.128 Stat. 2537
ActJan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 61
Stat.28 Stat. 610
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