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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1024

To improve the dissemination of information and printing procedures of

the Government.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1995

Ms. DUNN of Washington (for herself, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. KLUG,

Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DORNAN,

Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr.

HERGER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr.

METCALF, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. NETHERCUTT,

Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. PAXON, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. QUINN, Mrs.

SMITH of Washington, Mr. TALENT, Mr. TATE, Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, Mr.

WELLER, and Mr. WHITE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight

A BILL

To improve the dissemination of information and printing

procedures of the Government.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

4 (a) ABOLITION.—Chapter 1 of title 44, United States

5 Code, is repealed.

6 (b) TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Except as pro7 vided in subsection (c), all duties, authorities, responsibil-
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1 ities, and functions of the Joint Committee on Printing

2 as of the day before the effective date of this section shall

3 be performed by the Public Printer on and after such date.

4 (c) OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS.—All legislative over5 sight jurisdiction, duties, authorities, responsibilities, and

6 functions of the Joint Committee on Printing as of the

7 day before the effective date of this section shall be per8 formed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of

9 the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the

10 House of Representatives on and after such date.

11 (d) REFERENCES.—Reference in any other Federal

12 law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au13 thority, or any document of or relating to the Joint Com14 mittee on Printing shall be deemed to refer to the Commit15 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the

16 Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep17 resentatives, or the Public Printer, as appropriate.

18 SEC. 2. PUBLIC PRINTER: APPOINTMENT; DUTIES.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of title 44, United

20 States Code, is amended—

21 (1) by amending the section heading to read as

22 follows:

23 ‘‘§ 301. Public Printer; appointment; duties’’;

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the

25 first sentence; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections:

3 ‘‘(b) The Public Printer shall, with respect to the ex4 ecutive, legislative and judicial branches of the Govern5 ment—

6 ‘‘(1) use all necessary measures to remedy ne7 glect, delay, duplication, and waste in the public

8 printing and binding and the production of Govern9 ment publications, including the elimination of inter10 nal printing capacities of the Government Printing

11 Office and the reduction or elimination of internal

12 printing (including high-speed duplicating) capacities

13 of executive branch departments, agencies, and enti14 ties;

15 ‘‘(2) prescribe quality standards for printing

16 and publishing of Government publications;

17 ‘‘(3) utilize requests for proposals and similar

18 authorized purchasing methods where total or par19 tial migration to new technologies is appropriate, or

20 when requested by the user;

21 ‘‘(4) prescribe Government specifications for

22 printing paper and writing paper, which shall be

23 consistent with all environmental and other require24 ments for such products;
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1 ‘‘(5) assist with the acquisition and transfer of

2 equipment requisitioned by facilities previously au3 thorized under section 501 of this title;

4 ‘‘(6) assist with the disposal of such equipment

5 pursuant to section 312 of this title; and

6 ‘‘(7) establish policy for the acquisition of print7 ing and Government publications, which shall be for8 mulated to maximize competitive procurement from

9 the private sector.

10 ‘‘(c) The policy under subsection (b)(7) may provide

11 for use of Government in-house printing and duplicating

12 operations, subject to section 504 of this title, if they pro13 vide printing and duplicating at the lowest cost to the Gov14 ernment, taking into consideration the total expense of

15 production, materials, labor, equipment, and general and

16 administrative expense, including all levels of overhead.

17 ‘‘(d) The Public Printer shall promulgate rules and

18 regulations for the procurement of printing and Govern19 ment publications by the Government Printing Office not

20 inconsistent with this Act.’’.

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

22 for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended

23 by striking out the item relating to section 301 and insert24 ing in lieu thereof the following new item:

‘‘301. Public Printer; appointment; duties.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

2 Section 309(c) of title 44, United States Code, is

3 amended—

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(2) The annual program submitted under this sub8 section shall include a report on—

9 ‘‘(A) the printing costs of each branch of the

10 Government; and

11 ‘‘(B) with regard to Government printing and

12 publications, a cost comparison of—

13 ‘‘(i) printing and publications procured

14 through the Government Printing Office;

15 ‘‘(ii) printing and publications produced by

16 each Federal agency;

17 ‘‘(iii) printing and publications that are

18 produced by commercial sources that are not

19 Federal entities under any contract with a Fed20 eral agency (other than the Government Print21 ing Office); and

22 ‘‘(iv) printing and publications that are

23 produced by commercial sources that are not

24 Federal entities under any contract with the

25 Government Printing Office.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 44, United

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow4 ing new section:

5 ‘‘§ 318. Definitions

6 ‘‘As used in this title—

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Government publication’ means

8 any informational matter that is published at Gov9 ernment expense, or required by law;

10 ‘‘(2) the term ‘publish’ means, with respect to

11 informational matter, make available for dissemina12 tion; and

13 ‘‘(3) the term ‘printing’ includes the processes

14 of platemaking, presswork, ink jet, electrostatic or

15 other copying or duplicating, laser or variable imag16 ing, silk screen processes, production of an image on

17 paper or substrate by any means or equipment (in18 cluding printed forms, printing required as part of

19 a contract for other supplies or services and all

20 printing items whether for internal use or public dis21 semination), binding, microform, or the end items of

22 such processes, except that such term does not in23 clude desktop composition and the production of

24 camera ready copy or electronic media to be used in

25 the printing process.’’.

26 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (1) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title

2 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at

3 the end the following new item:

‘‘318. Definitions.’’.

4 (2) Section 1901 of title 44, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘as an individual

6 document’’.

7 SEC. 5. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ACCOUNTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 44, United

9 States Code, as amended by section 4, is further amended

10 by adding at the end the following new section:

11 ‘‘§ 319. Government Printing Office accounts

12 ‘‘The Public Printer shall establish and maintain the

13 following separate and distinct Government Printing Of14 fice accounts: (1) Superintendent of Documents; (2) Exec15 utive and Judicial Print Procurement; (3) Congressional

16 Services.’’.

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

18 for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, as amended

19 by section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the

20 following new item:

‘‘319. Government Printing Office accounts.’’.
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1 SEC. 6. PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND GOVERNMENT

2 PUBLICATIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINT3 ING OFFICE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of title 44, United

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘§ 501. Government printing and Government publi7 cations to be procured by the Govern8 ment Printing Office

9 ‘‘(a) All printing and Government publications for

10 Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other than

11 the Supreme Court of the United States, and every execu12 tive department, agency, independent office and establish13 ment or entity of the Government, shall be procured from

14 private sector commercial entities by the Government

15 Printing Office, except—

16 ‘‘(1) printing in field printing plants subject to

17 section 504 of this title;

18 ‘‘(2) procurement of printing or Government

19 publications, if approved by written waiver issued by

20 the Public Printer certifying that such direct pro21 curement is more economical than procurement

22 through the Government Printing Office;

23 ‘‘(3) procurement of individual printing or Gov24 ernment publication orders costing not more than

25 $1,000, if such orders are not of a continuing or re26 petitive nature and, as certified by the Public Print-
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1 er, are included in a class of work which cannot be

2 provided more economically by open, competitive

3 procurement through the Government Printing Of4 fice;

5 ‘‘(4) printing for the Central Intelligence Agen6 cy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Na7 tional Security Agency, and printing of documents

8 classified secret by the Department of Defense; and

9 ‘‘(5) production of printing or Government pub10 lications from other sources that is specifically au11 thorized by law.

12 ‘‘(b) Any Federal officer or employee who publishes

13 a Government publication or orders or contracts for an

14 individual printing order under paragraphs (1), (2), and

15 (3) of subsection (a) shall include as a term of any order

16 or contract for such publication or printing that the execu17 tive agency or department, or the commercial source that

18 provides the publication or printing shall deliver to the Su19 perintendent of Documents, in the form and manner pre20 scribed by the Superintendent, a sufficient quantity of the

21 product produced under such order or contract for inclu22 sion in the depository library program under chapter 19

23 of this title. The Public Printer shall promulgate regula24 tions to define the term ‘sufficient quantity’ for purposes

25 of this subsection.
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1 ‘‘(c) Printing and Government publications shall not

2 be produced by the Government Printing Office for Con3 gress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, or any executive

4 department, agency, independent office and establishment

5 of the Government, except that the Government Printing

6 Office may produce printing necessary to be produced in7 ternally to meet its own needs, subject to the same produc8 tion limitation placed on the executive branch by section

9 504(b)(1) of this title.

10 ‘‘(d) All directives to the Public Printer or the Gov11 ernment Printing Office, under this title or other applica12 ble laws, as in effect on the day before the effective date

13 of this section, to print or to produce printing or binding

14 shall, on and after that effective date, constitute directives

15 to procure such printing or binding, under the require16 ments of this Act.’’.

17 (b) REVOCATION OF CHARTERS.—All printing plant

18 charters authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing

19 under section 501 of title 44, United States Code, are re20 voked.

21 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

22 (1) The item relating to section 501 in the table

23 of sections for chapter 5 of title 44, United States

24 Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘501. Government printing and Government publications to be procured by the

Government Printing Office.’’.
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1 (2) Section 207 of the Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1993 (44 U.S.C. 501 note) is re3 pealed.

4 SEC. 7. COMPETITIVE PRINT PROCUREMENT.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502 of title 44, United

6 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘§ 502. Requirement for competitive procurement

8 ‘‘(a)(1) All printing and Government publications

9 procured or purchased by Congress, the Executive Office,

10 the Judiciary other than the Supreme Court of the United

11 States, and every executive department, agency, independ12 ent office and establishment or entity of the Government

13 shall be procured or purchased with open competition in

14 compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (2)

15 through (4). For printing orders and Government publica16 tions obtained by the executive and judicial branches

17 through the Government Printing Office, compliance by

18 the Government Printing Office with the provisions of this

19 subsection (a) shall relieve the executive or judicial agency

20 or entity from the requirements of this subsection (a), but

21 only for those printing orders and Government publica22 tions obtained through the Government Printing Office.

23 ‘‘(2) All printing and Government publication pro24 curements or purchases and amendments thereto, shall be

25 publicly displayed in the issuing office and on an on-line
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1 electronic commerce system for not less than 4 hours prior

2 to the time bids or quotations are due. Shorter posting

3 periods may only be used to meet emergency requirements.

4 ‘‘(3) As soon as practicable after the time by which

5 quotations or bids must be received, the issuing office shall

6 compile a schedule of quotation or bid results containing

7 the solicitation number, and the name, quotation or bid

8 price and any offered discount of each responding vendor.

9 As soon as practicable after the award of any contract for

10 printing or Government publications, the issuing office

11 shall compile an award schedule containing the solicitation

12 number, and the name, quotation or bid price and any

13 offered discount of the winning vendor. The information

14 required to be compiled under this subsection shall be pub15 licly displayed in the issuing office and on an on-line elec16 tronic commerce system for a period of not less than 24

17 hours.

18 ‘‘(4) The procuring authority may impose reasonable

19 vendor registration requirements not in violation of other

20 applicable law. All responsive quotations or bids from pri21 vate sector vendors shall be accepted and considered. Con22 tracts shall be awarded to the responsible vendor with low

23 quotation or bid.’’.
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to

2 section 502 in the table of sections for chapter 5 of title

3 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘502. Requirement for competitive procurement.’’.

4 SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING PRODUC5 TION.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of title 44, United

7 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘§ 504. Limitation on Government printing produc9 tion

10 ‘‘(a) The production of printing by Congress, the Ex11 ecutive Office, the Judiciary, other than the Supreme

12 Court of the United States and every executive depart13 ment, agency, independent office and establishment or en14 tity of the Government shall be limited as set forth in sub15 sections (b) and (c).

16 ‘‘(b)(1) No printing or duplicating facility or oper17 ation shall produce any printing or duplicating order for

18 an individual product which exceeds: 4,000 printing units

19 for a single sheet document; or 20,000 printing units for

20 a multi-paged document. A ‘‘printing unit’’ shall equal one

(1) one-sided copy of a single 81 21 ⁄2′′ by 11′′ sheet, or 93.5

22 square inches of paper or printing substrate.

23 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to printing pro24 duced by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense In25 telligence Agency, or the National Security Agency, print-
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1 ing of documents classified secret by the Department of

2 Defense, or to other printing production specifically au3 thorized by law.

4 ‘‘(c) The Government Printing Office printing pro5 duction shall terminate, pursuant to the requirements of

6 Section 501(c) of this title, except for printing necessary

7 to be produced internally to meet its own needs, which

8 shall be subject to the same production limitations im9 posed by subsection (b)(1).’’.

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to

11 section 504 in the table of sections for chapter 5 of title

12 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘504. Limitation on Government printing production.’’.

13 SEC. 9. USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1104 of title 44, United

15 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘§ 1104. Use of illustrations

17 ‘‘Appropriations made for printing and binding may

18 not be used for an illustration, engraving or photograph

19 in a document or report printed for Congress, the execu20 tive branch or the Judiciary unless specified by the order

21 for printing or copy furnished.’’.

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to

23 section 1104 in the table of sections for chapter 11 of title

24 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘1104. Use of illustrations.’’.
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1 SEC. 10. FORM AND STYLE OF WORK FOR DEPARTMENTS.

2 Section 1105 of title 44, United States Code, is

3 amended by striking out ‘‘determine’’ and inserting in lieu

4 thereof ‘‘provide advice and assistance regarding’’.

5 SEC. 11. DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICA6 TIONS.

7 Section 1722 of title 44, United States Code is

8 amended—

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the

10 first sentence; and

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 section:

13 ‘‘(b) If a department, agency, or other entity of the

14 Government publishes a Government publication, the head

15 of the department, agency, or entity shall furnish the Gov16 ernment publication to the Superintendent of Documents

17 not later than the date of release of the material to the

18 public.’’.

19 SEC. 12. AVAILABILITY, INVENTORY, DISSEMINATION AND

20 REPUBLICATION OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICA21 TIONS

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 44, United

23 States Code is amended by adding at the end the following

24 new sections:
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1 ‘‘§ 1723. Government publications to be available

2 throughout the Government

3 ‘‘All Government publications shall be available

4 throughout the Government to any department, agency,

5 or entity of the Government for use or redissemination.

6 ‘‘§ 1724. Inventory of Government publications

7 ‘‘Each department, agency, and other entity of the

8 Government shall—

9 ‘‘(1) establish and maintain a comprehensive in10 ventory of its Government publications; and

11 ‘‘(2) make such inventory available through the

12 electronic directory under chapter 41 of this title.

13 ‘‘§ 1725. Other dissemination or republication

14 ‘‘(a) In addition to any other dissemination provided

15 for by law, the Superintendent of Documents shall dis16 seminate or republish Government publications, if, as de17 termined by the Superintendent, the dissemination by the

18 department, agency, or entity of the Government is inad19 equate. The Superintendent shall have authority to carry

20 out the preceding sentence by appropriate means, includ21 ing the dissemination and republication of Government

22 publications furnished under section 1722(b) of this title,

23 with the cost of dissemination and republication to be

24 borne by the department, agency, or entity involved.

25 ‘‘(b) The cost charged to the public by the Super26 intendent of Documents under subsection (a) for any Gov-
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1 ernment publication (whether such Government publica2 tion is made available to the public by a department, agen3 cy, or entity of the Government, or by the Superintendent

4 of Documents) may include the cost of republication and

5 dissemination, but may not include any profit.’’.

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

7 for chapter 17 of title 44, United States Code, is amended

8 by adding at the end the following new items:

‘‘1723. Government publications to be available throughout the Government.

‘‘1724. Inventory of Government publications.

‘‘1725. Other dissemination or republication.’’.

9 SEC. 13. REPORT ON COSTS FOR PRINTING BY FEDERAL

10 AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT

11 PRINTING OFFICE.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 44, United

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow14 ing new section:

15 ‘‘§ 1124. Projections and report on costs for printing

16 by Federal agencies

17 ‘‘(a) Not later than 30 days after the end of each

18 fiscal year, the head of each Federal department and agen19 cy shall submit a report to the Public Printer of the cost

20 of all printing and Government publications that were

21 published by such agency during that fiscal year. Such

22 costs shall separately include: (1) Government publications

23 and printing procured through the Government Printing

24 Office under a Government Printing Office contract with
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1 a commercial source that is not a Federal entity; (2) Gov2 ernment publications and printing produced by a Federal

3 entity; and (3) Government publications and printing pro4 duced by a department or agency contract with a commer5 cial source that is not a Federal entity.

6 ‘‘(b) At the time of budget submission for each fiscal

7 year commencing in 1995, each department and agency

8 shall submit a report of planned printing and publishing

9 activity for the coming year to the Office of Management

10 and Budget, which report shall include the following: the

11 name of the publication; the mission served by the publica12 tion; estimated design cost; estimated cost of printing; es13 timated cost of dissemination, by other than electronic

14 means; estimated cost of dissemination by electronic

15 means.’’.

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—

17 The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 44,

18 United States Code, is amended by adding at the

19 end the following new item:

‘‘1124. Projections and report on costs for printing by Federal agencies.’’.

20 SEC. 14. SCORING OF SALES OF ASSETS.

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts

22 realized from the sale of an asset by the United States

23 pursuant to this Act or any amendment made by this Act

24 shall be scored with respect to the level of budget author25 ity, outlays, and revenues in the fiscal year in which that
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1 asset is sold for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act

2 of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

3 Control Act of 1985.

4 SEC. 15. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT.

5 Contracts for the procurement of goods or services

6 related to printing for the Government may be awarded

7 under title 44, United States Code, or any other law only

8 to—

9 (1) individuals who are citizens of the United

10 States; and

11 (2) other entities which are owned and con12 trolled only by individuals who are citizens of the

13 United States.

14 SEC. 16. COST CEILING FOR CERTAIN HOUSE OF REP15 RESENTATIVES AND SENATE DOCUMENTS.

16 Any measure authorizing the printing and production

17 of a House Document or a Senate Document that is in

18 the nature of a tribute or memorial shall provide for the

19 maximum production and printing cost of the document.

20 SEC. 17. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN

21 ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN UNITED STATES

22 CODE.

23 (a) TITLE 1 AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 107 of title

24 1, United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint

25 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
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1 ‘‘Public Printer in consultation with the Secretary of the

2 Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives’’.

3 (2) Section 208 of title 1, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

6 (b) TITLE 2 AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 4 of the

7 joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution to provide for

8 the printing and distribution of the Precedents of the

9 House of Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis

10 Deschler’’, approved October 18, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 28e) is

11 amended—

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘Joint

13 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

14 ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the

15 Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of

16 the House of Representatives’’; and

17 (B) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘Joint

18 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

19 ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the

20 Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of

21 the House of Representatives’’.

22 (2) Section 3 of the Joint Resolution of December

23 24, 1970 (2 U.S.C. 168b) is amended by striking out

24 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu
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1 thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the

2 House of Representatives’’.

3 (c) TITLE 4 AMENDMENT.—Section 145 of title 4,

4 United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint

5 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate

7 and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

8 Representatives’’.

9 (d) TITLE 16 AMENDMENT.—Section 312 of the Fed10 eral Water Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825k) is amended by

11 striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ each place it

12 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

13 (e) TITLE 20 AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 5(c) of the

14 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

15 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c)) is amended by striking out

16 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing of the Congress’’ and in17 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

18 (2) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the

19 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c))

20 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

22 (f) TITLE 28 AMENDMENT.—Section 411(a) of title

23 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint

24 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

25 ‘‘Public Printer’’.
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1 (g) TITLE 40 AMENDMENTS.—Section 602 of the

2 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

3 (40 U.S.C. 474) is amended—

4 (1) by striking out paragraph (18); and

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (19) through

6 (21) as paragraphs (18) through (20), respectively.

7 (h) TITLE 44 AMENDMENTS.—(1) The table of chap8 ters for title 44, United States Code, is amended by strik9 ing out the item relating to chapter 1.

10 (2) Section 305(a) of title 44, United States Code,

11 is amended—

12 (A) in the fourth sentence, by striking out

13 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu

14 thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’; and

15 (B) in the fifth sentence, by striking out ‘‘either

16 party may appeal to the Joint Committee on Print17 ing, and the decision of the Joint Committee is

18 final.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘an appeal may

19 be made under subchapter III of chapter 71 of title

20 5.’’

21 (3) Section 309(a) of title 44, United States Code,

22 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.
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1 (4) Section 312 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘, with the approval of the Joint

3 Committee on Printing’’.

4 (5) Section 502 of title 44, United States Code, is

5 amended by striking out ‘‘with the approval of the Joint

6 Committee on Printing’’.

7 (6) Section 504 of title 44, United States Code, is

8 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print9 ing may permit the Public Printer to’’ and inserting in

10 lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer may’’.

11 (7) Section 505 of title 44, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking out ‘‘, under regulations of the Joint

13 Committee on Printing’’.

14 (8) Section 508 of title 44, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Ad17 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on House

18 Oversight of the House of Representatives’’.

19 (9) Section 509 of title 44, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print22 ing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’;

23 and

24 (B) by striking out ‘‘, under their direction,’’.
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1 (10) Section 510 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing:’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

4 (11) Section 511 of title 44, United States Code, is

5 amended—

6 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘Joint

7 Committee on Printing:’’ and inserting in lieu there8 of ‘‘Public Printer’’;

9 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out

10 ‘‘The committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The

11 Public Printer’’; and

12 (C) in the third sentence, by striking out ‘‘The

13 Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Pub14 lic Printer’’.

15 (12) Section 512 of title 44, United States Code, is

16 amended—

17 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘Joint

18 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

19 ‘‘Public Printer’’; and

20 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out ‘‘the

21 Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public

22 Printer’’.

23 (13) Section 513 of title 44, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out

2 ‘‘standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Com3 mittee on Printing,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

4 ‘‘applicable fixed standard of quality’’; and

5 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out ‘‘the

6 Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public

7 Printer’’.

8 (14) Section 514 of title 44, United States Code is

9 amended—

10 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print11 ing shall determine’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

12 ‘‘Public Printer shall apply the provisions of sub13 chapter V of chapter 35 of title 31 to resolve’’; and

14 (B) by striking out ‘‘; and the decision of the

15 Committee is final as to the United States’’.

16 (15) Section 515 of title 44, United States Code, is

17 amended—

18 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘report

19 the default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and

20 under its direction,’’; and

21 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out ‘‘,

22 under the direction of the Joint Committee on Print23 ing,’’.

24 (16) Section 517 of title 44, United States Code, is

25 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print-
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1 ing may authorize the Public Printer to’’ and inserting

2 in lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer may’’.

3 (17) Section 702 of title 44, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

6 (18) Section 703 of title 44, United States Code, is

7 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Ad9 ministration of the Senate or the Committee on House

10 Oversight of the House of Representatives’’.

11 (19) Section 707 of title 44, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee on Print13 ing may authorize the printing of a bill or resolution, with

14 index and ancillaries, in the style and form the Joint Com15 mittee on Printing considers most suitable in the interest

16 of economy and efficiency, and to so continue until final

17 enactment in both Houses of Congress. The committee’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer, in con19 sultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the appro20 priate official of the House of Representatives, may print

21 a bill or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the style

22 and form the Public Printer considers most suitable in the

23 interest of economy and efficiency, and to so continue until

24 final enactment in both Houses of Congress. The Public

25 Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate
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1 and the appropriate official of the House of Representa2 tives’’.

3 (20) Section 709 of title 44, United States Code, is

4 amended in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘Joint

5 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘Public Printer’’.

7 (21) Section 714 of title 44, United States Code, is

8 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print9 ing shall establish rules to be observed by the Public Print10 er,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer, in

11 consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the ap12 propriate official of the House of Representatives, shall

13 establish rules’’.

14 (22) Section 717 of title 44, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta17 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

18 official of the House of Representatives’’.

19 (23) Section 718 of title 44, United States Code, is

20 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta22 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

23 official of the House of Representatives’’.

24 (24) Section 721(a) of title 44, United States Code,

25 is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘Joint

2 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

3 ‘‘Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary

4 of the Senate and the appropriate official of the

5 House of Representatives’’; and

6 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out

7 ‘‘The Joint Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘The Public Printer’’.

9 (25) Section 722 of title 44, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘, under the direction of the

11 Joint Committee on Printing,’’.

12 (26) Section 723 of title 44, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print15 ing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in

16 consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and

17 the appropriate official of the House of Representa18 tives’’; and

19 (B) by striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee con20 siders’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public

21 Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the

22 Senate and the appropriate official of the House of

23 Representatives, considers’’.
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1 (27) Section 724 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

4 (28) Section 728 of title 44, United States Code, is

5 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

6 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta7 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

8 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

9 (29) Section 738 of title 44, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

13 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

14 (30) Section 901 of title 44, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta17 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

18 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

19 (31) Section 902 of title 44, United States Code, is

20 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer, in con22 sultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration

23 of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of

24 the House of Representatives,’’.
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1 (32) Section 903 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta4 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

5 official of the House of Representatives’’.

6 (33) Section 905 of title 44, United States Code, is

7 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta9 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

10 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

11 (34) Section 906 of title 44, United States code, is

12 amended—

13 (A) by striking out ‘‘to the Joint Committee on

14 Printing not to exceed one hundred copies;’’ and in15 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘to the Committee on Rules

16 and Administration of the Senate and the Commit17 tee on House Oversight of the House of Representa18 tives not to exceed one hundred copies each;’’,

19 (B) by striking out ‘‘to each Joint Committee

20 and Joint Commission in Congress, as may be des21 ignated by the Joint Committee on Printing’’ and

22 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to each Joint Committee

23 and Joint Commission in Congress, as may be des24 ignated by the Committee on Rules and Administra-
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1 tion of the Senate and the Committee on House

2 Oversight of the House of Representatives’’;

3 (C) by striking out ‘‘to the Joint Committee on

4 Printing, ten semimonthly copies;’’ and inserting in

5 lieu thereof ‘‘to the Committee on Rules and Admin6 istration of the Senate and the Committee on House

7 Oversight of the House of Representatives, ten semi8 monthly copies’’;

9 (D) by striking out ‘‘of which eight copies may

10 be bound in the style and manner approved by the

11 Joint Committee on Printing;’’ and inserting in lieu

12 thereof ‘‘of which eight copies may be bound in the

13 style and manner approved by the Public Printer, in

14 consultation with the appropriate official of the

15 House of Representatives’’; and

16 (E) by striking out ‘‘Copies of the daily edition,

17 unless otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on

18 Printing, shall be supplied and delivered’’ and insert19 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Copies of the daily edition, un20 less otherwise directed by the Public Printer, shall

21 be supplied and delivered’’.

22 (35) Section 1108 of title 44, United States Code,

23 is amended by striking out ‘‘, subject to regulation by the

24 Joint Committee on Printing,’’.
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1 (36) Section 1112 of title 44, United States Code,

2 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

4 (37) Section 1121 of title 44, United States Code,

5 is amended by striking out ‘‘, under the direction of the

6 Joint Committee on Printing,’’.

7 (38) Section 1301 of title 44, United States Code,

8 is amended by striking out ‘‘, in accordance with directions

9 of the Joint Committee on Printing’’.

10 (39) Section 1320A of title 44, United States Code,

11 is amended by striking out ‘‘, and with the approval of

12 the Joint Committee on Printing’’.

13 (40) Section 1333 of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended in subsection (b) by striking out ‘‘Joint Com15 mittee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public

16 Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate

17 and the appropriate official of the House of Representa18 tives,’’.

19 (41) Section 1338 of title 44, United States Code,

20 is amended—

21 (A) in the first sentence—

22 (i) by striking out ‘‘, under limitations and

23 conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee

24 on Printing,’’; and
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1 (ii) by striking out ‘‘under limitations and

2 conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee

3 on Printing’’; and

4 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out

5 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

7 (42) Section 1705 of title 44, United States Code,

8 is amended by striking out ‘‘, subject to regulation by the

9 Joint Committee on Printing and’’.

10 (43) Section 1710 of title 44, United States Code,

11 is amended—

12 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘,

13 upon a plan approved by the Joint Committee on

14 Printing’’; and

15 (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking out ‘‘as

16 the Joint Committee on Printing directs’’.

17 (44) Section 1914 of title 44, United States Code,

18 is amended by striking out ‘‘, with the approval of the

19 Joint Committee on Printing as provided by section 103

20 of this title,’’.

21 (45) Section 5(b) of the Federal Records Manage22 ment Amendments of 1976 (44 U.S.C. 2901 note) is

23 amended by striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee on Print24 ing or’’.
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1 SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 Except as specifically provided in this Act, this Act

3 and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect

4 on the first day of the 9th month after the month in which

5 this Act is enacted.

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