Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§303 Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Title 31 › SUBTITLE I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 3 — DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY › SUBCHAPTER I — ORGANIZATION › § 303

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Bureau of Engraving and Printing inside the Department of the Treasury. The Treasury Secretary appoints a Director who must carry out the Secretary’s directions and report directly to the Secretary.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §303

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(a)The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a bureau in the Department of the Treasury.
(b)The head of the Bureau is the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Director—
(1)shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary; and
(2)reports directly to the Secretary.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30331:171.June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1(4th proviso on p. 18), 30 Stat. 18. In subsection (a), the words “a bureau in the Department of the Treasury” are added for clarity and consistency in chapter 3 of the revised title. In subsection (b), the first sentence is substituted for the words before the first comma because of the source provisions restated in section 321(c) of the revised title. Clause (1) is substituted for “subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “and be responsible” are omitted as being included in “reports directly to” and because of section 301 of the revised title.

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31 U.S.C. § 303

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102