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Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102

§1509 Costs of Publication, Etc.

Title 44 › CHAPTER 15 — FEDERAL REGISTER AND CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS › § 1509

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Charge the costs of printing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, and the related GPO expenses, to the revolving fund in section 309. Federal agencies must pay back those costs, and the payments are handled as described in section 309(b). Costs for other Federal Register program publications must come from the Government Publishing Office’s regular appropriations, and those appropriations can be increased when the GPO Director submits cost estimates.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §1509

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(a)The cost of publishing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, and, except as provided in subsection (b), other expenses incurred by the Government Publishing Office in carrying out the duties placed upon it by this chapter shall be charged to the revolving fund provided in section 309. Reimbursements for such costs and expenses shall be made by the Federal agencies and credited, together with all receipts, as provided in section 309(b).
(b)The cost of publishing all other publications of the Federal Register program, and other expenses incurred by the Government Publishing Office in connection with such publications, shall be borne by the appropriations to the Government Publishing Office and the appropriations are made available, and are authorized to be increased by additional sums necessary for the purposes, the increases to be based upon estimates submitted by the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 309 (
July 26, 1935, ch. 417, § 9, 49 Stat. 502). A reference to section 10 of Act
June 19, 1934 is deleted because of the repeal of that section by Act
June 30, 1949.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 118–267 substituted “publishing” for “printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and distributing” in two places. 2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”. 1977—Pub. L. 95–94 substituted “Costs of publication, etc.” for “Cost of publication; appropriations authorized; penalty mail privilege” in section catchline, added subsec. (a), designated former first paragraph as subsec. (b) and inserted provision restricting coverage to the other publications of the Federal Register program and struck out provision requiring payments for the Federal Register to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts and former second paragraph relating to penalty mail privileges for the Federal Register.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” wherever appearing in text on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1977 Amendment Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 408(b), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1977.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

44 U.S.C. § 1509

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102