Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§1119 Government Publications as Public Property
Title 44 › CHAPTER 11 — EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING › § 1119
Summary
Require that permanent government publications given by law to officers (not Members of Congress) be stamped to show they are U.S. Government property. The officers must keep those items and turn them over to their successors as part of the office's belongings.
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Title 44, §1119
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Government publications of a permanent nature furnished by authority of law to officers other than Members of Congress of the United States Government, for their official use, shall be stamped “Property of the United States Government,” and shall be preserved by them and delivered to their successors in office as a part of the property of the office.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 92 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 74, 28 Stat. 620; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title VII, § 11, 49 Stat. 1552; Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–679, § 8, 76 Stat. 355). This section incorporates only the first sentence of former section 92. The balance will be found in section 1911 of the revision.
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44 U.S.C. § 1119
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102