§1710 — Title 44 Public Printing and Documents | U.S. Code

Summary

At the end of each regular session of Congress, the Superintendent of Documents must publish a complete index of public documents following a plan approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. The Government Publishing Office must send him copies of everything it prints, and department and agency heads must send copies of every nonconfidential document they issue. He must also make a one‑volume consolidated Congressional index and print 2,000 extra copies of each index in addition to the usual 200 for the Senate, 800 for the House, and 1,000 for the Superintendent's distribution.

Title 44, §1710

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The Superintendent of Documents, at the close of each regular session of Congress, shall prepare and publish a comprehensive index of public documents, upon a plan approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall, immediately upon its publication, deliver to him a copy of every document printed by the Government Publishing Office. The head of each executive department, independent agency and establishment of the Government shall deliver to him a copy of every document issued or published by the department, bureau, or office not confidential in character. He shall also prepare and print in one volume a consolidated index of Congressional documents, and shall index single volumes of documents as the Joint Committee on Printing directs. Two thousand copies each of the comprehensive index and of the consolidated index shall be printed and bound in addition to the usual number, two hundred for the Senate, eight hundred for the House of Representatives and one thousand for distribution by the Superintendent of Documents.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 76 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 62, 28 Stat. 610).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

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

§1710 Index of Documents: Number and Distribution