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Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102

§1314 Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac

Title 44 › CHAPTER 13 — PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS › § 1314

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Print 2,500 copies of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac to match the Navy’s editions: 500 copies for the Senate, 1,000 for the House of Representatives, and 1,000 for the Navy to distribute or sell. The Secretary of the Navy may print 1,500 extra copies of the supplemental papers (100 for the Senate, 400 for the House, and 1,000 for the Navy). The Secretary may also print extra Nautical Almanacs from the Ephemeris for public use and sale. Money from those sales must go into the Treasury and be credited to the general fund for public printing.

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Title 44, §1314

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The “usual number” of copies of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac may not be printed. Instead, there shall be printed and bound two thousand five hundred copies, uniform with the editions printed for the Department of the Navy, five hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate, one thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand for distribution or sale by the Department of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy may cause to be published of the papers supplementary to the Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, one thousand five hundred copies in addition to the usual number, one hundred copies for the Senate, four hundred for the House of Representatives, and one thousand for distribution or sale by the Department of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy may cause additional copies of the Nautical Almanacs extracted from the Ephemeris, to be printed for the public service and for sale to navigators and others. Moneys received from sales of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical Almanacs shall be deposited in the Treasury and placed to the credit of the general fund for public printing.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 254 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 613;
May 13, 1902, No. 20, 32 Stat. 740;
July 1, 1902, ch. 1368, 32 Stat. 678).

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 1314

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102