Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§1705 Printing Additional Copies for Sale to Public; Regulations
Title 44 › CHAPTER 17 — DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS › § 1705
Summary
The head of the Government Publishing Office must print extra copies of any non-confidential government publication that the Superintendent of Documents needs to sell to the public. The Joint Committee on Printing can make rules for this printing, and the extra work must not slow down the Office’s other government printing tasks.
Full Legal Text
Title 44, §1705
Public Printing and Documents, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print additional copies of a Government publication, not confidential in character, required for sale to the public by the Superintendent of Documents, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on Printing and without interference with the prompt execution of printing for the Government.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 72 (
May 11, 1922, ch. 189, § 1, 42 Stat. 541;
June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 307, 47 Stat. 409).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
Reference
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 1705
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102