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This title was enacted by Pub. L. 90–620, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238
  Chap. Sec. 1. Joint Committee on Printing 101 3. Government Printing Office 301 5. Production and Procurement of Printing and Binding 501 7. Congressional Printing and Binding 701 9. Congressional Record 901 11. Executive and Judiciary Printing and Binding 1101 13. Particular Reports and Documents 1301 15. Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations 1501 17. Distribution and Sale of Public Documents 1701 19. Depository Library Program 1901 21. National Archives and Records Administration 2101 22. Presidential Records 2201 23. National Archives Trust Fund Board 2301 25. National Historical Publications and Records Commission 2501 27. Advisory Committee on the Rec­ords of Congress 2701 29. Records Management by the Archivist of the United States and by the Administrator of General Services 2901 31. Records Management by Federal Agencies 3101 33. Disposal of Records 3301 35. Coordination of Federal Information Policy 3501 36. Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services 3601 37. Advertisements by Government Agencies 3701 39. Government Printing Office: Office of Inspector General 3901 41. Access to Federal Electronic Information 4101

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–347, title I, § 101(b), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2910, added item 36.
1993—Pub. L. 103–40, § 2(b), June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 113, added item 41.
1990—Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, § 1(d)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1419, added item 27.
1988—Pub. L. 100–504, title II, § 204, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2531, added item 39.
1984—Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(c)(2), 107 (b)(18)(B), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2283, 2290, substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “Archival Administration” in item 21, and inserted “the Archivist of the United States and by the” in item 29.
1980—Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(b), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2825, substituted “Information Policy” for “Reporting Services” in item 35.
1978—Pub. L. 95–591, § 2(b)(1), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2528, added item 22.
Pub. L. 95–378, § 2(b), Sept. 22, 1978, 92 Stat. 723, struck out item 27 “Federal Records Council”.
1974—Pub. L. 93–536, § 2, Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1735, substituted “National Historical Publications and Records Commission” for “National Historical Publications Commission” in item 25.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 44
Title 44 Former Sections Title 44 New Sections
1101
2102
4103
5509
6510
7511
8512
9513
10514
11515
12516
13517
14504
15, 16Rep.
31301
32304
33–35Rep.
36508
37, 38Rep.
39302
39a303
40305
41306
42307
43–46Rep.
47316
48Elim.
49313
50, 51Rep.
51aElim.
52Elim.
52a308
53T. 18 § 442
54–57Rep.
58505
59312
60Rep.
61315
62314
63309
63a309
64311
711702
721705
72a1708
73308, 1702
741703
751704
761710
771711
781720
791707
801713
811712
81a1901
81b1902
81c1914
821905
831904
841910
84a1912
851903, 1906
85a1913
861909
871907
87aRep.
881908
89Elim.
90Rep.
911717
91a1716
921119, 1911
931721
941709
951701
961722
111501
111a502
111b503
111cElim.
112, 113Rep.
1141706
115506, 507
116501, 1123
1171103
1181104
1191120
120Elim.
1211111
131701
132702
133703
134702
135705
136714
137704
138715
1391718
139a1719
140716
141718
142719
143738
144717
145Elim.
146734
147713
148720
149721
150722
151723
152724
153725
154726
155727
1561326
157730
158731
159732
160735
161736
162733
163908
164Rep.
165739
166740
167741
168737
169Elim.
1701333
181901
182902
182a903
182b904
182c905
183906
184Rep.
185907
186Rep.
187909
188910
189706
189a707
190708
191709
191a710
192711
193712
194–196Rep.
196a728
197729
2111101
212 (1st sent.)1115
212 (2d sent.)1114
213 (1st par.)1102
213 (2d par., 1st sent.)1116
213 (2d par., 2d sent., 1st cl.)1302
213 (2d par., 2d, 3d sents.)1308–1310, 1336
213 (3d par.)1116
213a1117
2141107
2151110
215a1714
2161105
2171715
2181106
2191102, 1113
219a1118
2201108
221Rep.
2221112
223Rep.
2241109
2251121
226Rep.
2271122
228, 229Elim.
230310
2411301
242Rep.
2431303
244Rep.
2451304
2461307
247Rep.
2481306
2491328
2501317
251, 252Rep.
2531313
2541314
255, 256Rep.
257Elim.
2581315
2591316
2601318
2611319
2621320
2631312
2651321
2661322
267Elim.
268Rep.
2691323
2701324
2711325
2721327
2731329
274Rep.
2751331
275aRep.
275b1332
276Rep.
276a1333
277Rep.
2781334
2791335
279aRep.
280, 280aRep.
281, 282Rep.
2831337
283aRep.
2841338
2851339
286, 287Rep.
2881340
2891341
2901342
2911343
292Elim.
293, 294Rep.
2951344
296Rep.
296a1305
2971311
2981330
300–300fRep.
300f–1Rep.
300g, 300hRep.
300h–1Rep.
300i–300kRep.
300aaRep.
300bb2301
300cc2305
300dd2306
300ee2307
300ff2303
300gg2308
300hh2302
300ii2304
300jjRep.
3011502
3021503
3031504
3041501
3051505
3061506
3071507
3081508
3091509
310, 310aRep.
3111510
311aRep.
3121511
313, 314Rep.
3213701
3223703
323Rep.
3243702
3253703
326Rep.
351–365Rep.
3663301
3673302
3683303
3693304
3703305
3713306
3723307
3733308
3743309
3753310
3763311
377Rep.
3783312
3793313
3803314
3911506, 2108, 2301, 2501, 2902
3922903
393(a)2501
393(b)2502
393(c)2503
393(d)2504
393(e)2505
393(f)2504 nt.
393(g)2506
393(h)2507
3942701
395(a)2904
395(b)2905
395(c)2906
395(d)2907
395(e)2908
395(f)2909
396(a)3101
396(b)3102
396(c)3103
396(d)3104
396(e)3105
396(f)3106
396(g)3107
396a2910
397(a)2103
397(b)2104
397(c)2105
397(d)2106
397(e)2107
397(f)2108
397(g)Rep.
397(h)2109
397(i)2110
397(j)2101
3982111
3992112
4002113
4012901
4022114
4213501
422(a)3503
422(b)3504
422(c)3505
422(d)3506
422(e)3507
4233508
4243509
4253510
4263502
4273511

Enacting Clause

Section 1 of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238, provided in part: “That the general and permanent laws relating to public printing and documents are revised, codified, and enacted as title 44, United States Code, ‘Public Printing and Documents’, and may be cited as ‘44 U.S.C. § XX’ ”.

Legislative Purpose; Inconsistent Provisions

Section 2(a) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: “The legislative purpose in enacting section 1 of this Act is to restate, without substantive change, the laws replaced by those sections on the effective date of this Act. Laws effective after January 14, 1968, that are inconsistent with this Act are considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.”

References to Other Laws

Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: “A reference to a law replaced by section 1 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.”

Outstanding Orders, Rules, and Regulations

Section 2(c) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: “An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act shall continue in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded.”

Savings Provision

Section 2(d) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, provided that: “An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.”

Legislative Construction

Section 2(e) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306, provided that: “An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of its caption or catchline.”

Separability

Section 2(f) of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306, provided that: “If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid, all valid provisions that are severable from the invalid provision remain in effect. If a provision of this Act is held invalid in one or more of its applications, the provision remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid application or applications.”

Repeals

Pub. L. 107–217, § 4, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, repealed title V of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, as added by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(d), 64 Stat. 583, which was classified to sections 392 to 401 of title 44 prior to the enactment into positive law of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, by Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238. Section 3 of Pub. L. 90–620 repealed various laws and parts of laws, including section 6 (d), but not title V.
Section 3 of Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1306, repealed the sections or parts thereof of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large codified in this title, except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before October 22, 1968, and except as provided by section 2 of Pub. L. 90–620.


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