This title was enacted by Pub. L. 90–620, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238

Chap.

Sec.

1.

Joint Committee on Printing

101

3.

Government Printing Office

301

5.

Production and Procurement of Printing and Binding

501

7.

Congressional Printing and Binding

701

9.

Congressional Record

901

11.

Executive and Judiciary Printing and Binding

1101

13.

Particular Reports and Documents

1301

15.

Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations

1501

17.

Distribution and Sale of Public Documents

1701

19.

Depository Library Program

1901

21.

National Archives and Records Administration

2101

22.

Presidential Records

2201

23.

National Archives Trust Fund Board

2301

25.

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

2501

27.

Advisory Committee on the Rec­ords of Congress

2701

29.

Records Management by the Archivist of the United States and by the Administrator of General Services

2901

31.

Records Management by Federal Agencies

3101

33.

Disposal of Records

3301

35.

Coordination of Federal Information Policy

3501

36.

Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services

3601

37.

Advertisements by Government Agencies

3701

39.

Government Printing Office: Office of Inspector General

3901

41.

Access to Federal Electronic Information

4101

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–347, title I, § 101(b), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2910, added item 36.

1993—Pub. L. 103–40, § 2(b), June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 113, added item 41.

1990—Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, § 1(d)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1419, added item 27.

1988—Pub. L. 100–504, title II, § 204, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2531, added item 39.

1984—Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(c)(2), 107 (b)(18)(B), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2283, 2290, substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “Archival Administration” in item 21, and inserted “the Archivist of the United States and by the” in item 29.

1980—Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(b), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2825, substituted “Information Policy” for “Reporting Services” in item 35.

1978—Pub. L. 95–591, § 2(b)(1), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2528, added item 22.

Pub. L. 95–378, § 2(b), Sept. 22, 1978, 92 Stat. 723, struck out item 27 “Federal Records Council”.

1974—Pub. L. 93–536, § 2, Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1735, substituted “National Historical Publications and Records Commission” for “National Historical Publications Commission” in item 25.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 44 Title 44 Former Sections Title 44 New Sections 1101 2102 4103 5509 6510 7511 8512 9513 10514 11515 12516 13517 14504 15, 16Rep. 31301 32304 33–35Rep. 36508 37, 38Rep. 39302 39a303 40305 41306 42307 43–46Rep. 47316 48Elim. 49313 50, 51Rep. 51aElim. 52Elim. 52a308 53T. 18 § 442 54–57Rep. 58505 59312 60Rep. 61315 62314 63309 63a309 64311 711702 721705 72a1708 73308, 1702 741703 751704 761710 771711 781720 791707 801713 811712 81a1901 81b1902 81c1914 821905 831904 841910 84a1912 851903, 1906 85a1913 861909 871907 87aRep. 881908 89Elim. 90Rep. 911717 91a1716 921119, 1911 931721 941709 951701 961722 111501 111a502 111b503 111cElim. 112, 113Rep. 1141706 115506, 507 116501, 1123 1171103 1181104 1191120 120Elim. 1211111 131701 132702 133703 134702 135705 136714 137704 138715 1391718 139a1719 140716 141718 142719 143738 144717 145Elim. 146734 147713 148720 149721 150722 151723 152724 153725 154726 155727 1561326 157730 158731 159732 160735 161736 162733 163908 164Rep. 165739 166740 167741 168737 169Elim. 1701333 181901 182902 182a903 182b904 182c905 183906 184Rep. 185907 186Rep. 187909 188910 189706 189a707 190708 191709 191a710 192711 193712 194–196Rep. 196a728 197729 2111101 212 (1st sent.)1115 212 (2d sent.)1114 213 (1st par.)1102 213 (2d par., 1st sent.)1116 213 (2d par., 2d sent., 1st cl.)1302 213 (2d par., 2d, 3d sents.)1308–1310, 1336 213 (3d par.)1116 213a1117 2141107 2151110 215a1714 2161105 2171715 2181106 2191102, 1113 219a1118 2201108 221Rep. 2221112 223Rep. 2241109 2251121 226Rep. 2271122 228, 229Elim. 230310 2411301 242Rep. 2431303 244Rep. 2451304 2461307 247Rep. 2481306 2491328 2501317 251, 252Rep. 2531313 2541314 255, 256Rep. 257Elim. 2581315 2591316 2601318 2611319 2621320 2631312 2651321 2661322 267Elim. 268Rep. 2691323 2701324 2711325 2721327 2731329 274Rep. 2751331 275aRep. 275b1332 276Rep. 276a1333 277Rep. 2781334 2791335 279aRep. 280, 280aRep. 281, 282Rep. 2831337 283aRep. 2841338 2851339 286, 287Rep. 2881340 2891341 2901342 2911343 292Elim. 293, 294Rep. 2951344 296Rep. 296a1305 2971311 2981330 300–300fRep. 300f–1Rep. 300g, 300hRep. 300h–1Rep. 300i–300kRep. 300aaRep. 300bb2301 300cc2305 300dd2306 300ee2307 300ff2303 300gg2308 300hh2302 300ii2304 300jjRep. 3011502 3021503 3031504 3041501 3051505 3061506 3071507 3081508 3091509 310, 310aRep. 3111510 311aRep. 3121511 313, 314Rep. 3213701 3223703 323Rep. 3243702 3253703 326Rep. 351–365Rep. 3663301 3673302 3683303 3693304 3703305 3713306 3723307 3733308 3743309 3753310 3763311 377Rep. 3783312 3793313 3803314 3911506, 2108, 2301, 2501, 2902 3922903 393(a)2501 393(b)2502 393(c)2503 393(d)2504 393(e)2505 393(f)2504 nt. 393(g)2506 393(h)2507 3942701 395(a)2904 395(b)2905 395(c)2906 395(d)2907 395(e)2908 395(f)2909 396(a)3101 396(b)3102 396(c)3103 396(d)3104 396(e)3105 396(f)3106 396(g)3107 396a2910 397(a)2103 397(b)2104 397(c)2105 397(d)2106 397(e)2107 397(f)2108 397(g)Rep. 397(h)2109 397(i)2110 397(j)2101 3982111 3992112 4002113 4012901 4022114 4213501 422(a)3503 422(b)3504 422(c)3505 422(d)3506 422(e)3507 4233508 4243509 4253510 4263502 4273511

Enacting Clause

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. § XX’ ”.

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.”

References to Other Laws

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

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

Pub. L. 107–217, § 4, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, repealed title V of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, as added by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(d), 64 Stat. 583, which was classified to sections 392 to 401 of title 44 prior to the enactment into positive law of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, by Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238. Section 3 of Pub. L. 90–620 repealed various laws and parts of laws, including section 6 (d), but not title V.

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.