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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1947 

To rename the Government Printing Office the Government Publishing Office, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 16, 2014 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. CHAMBLISS) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

A BILL 

To rename the Government Printing Office the Government 

Publishing Office, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Pub5 lishing Office Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OF7 FICE TO GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Government Printing Office 

9 is hereby redesignated the Government Publishing Office. 


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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Government 

2 Printing Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di3 rective, instruction, or other official paper in force on the 

4 date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer 

5 and apply to the Government Publishing Office. 

6 SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF PUBLIC PRINTER TO DIREC7 TOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OF8 FICE. 

9 (a) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

10 United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Public Printer’’ each place that 

12 term appears and inserting ‘‘Director of the Govern13 ment Publishing Office’’; and 

14 (2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 

15 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 

16 1111, 1115, 1340, 1701, 1712, and 1914, by strik17 ing ‘‘PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR

18 OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

19 (b) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

20 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 

21 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi22 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

23 to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply 

24 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. 


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1 SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER TO 

2 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT 

3 PUBLISHING OFFICE. 

4 (a) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Deputy Public Printer’’ each 

7 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Di8 rector of the Government Publishing Office’’; and 

9 (2) in the heading for each of sections 302 and 

10 303, by striking ‘‘DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERN12 MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

13 (b) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

14 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 

15 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi16 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

17 to the Deputy Public Printer shall be considered to refer 

18 and apply to the Deputy Director of the Government Pub19 lishing Office. 

20 SEC. 5. DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS. 

21 Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who 

24 must be a practical printer and versed in the art of 

25 bookbinding,’’; and 


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1 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘His’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

3 SEC. 6. DEPUTY DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS. 

4 Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who 

7 must be a practical printer and versed in the art of 

8 bookbinding,’’; and 

9 (2) in the second sentence— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

11 Deputy Director of the Government Publishing 

12 Office’’; 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘perform the duties for14 merly required of the chief clerk,’’; 

15 (C) by striking ‘‘, and perform’’ and in16 serting ‘‘and perform’’; and 

17 (D) by striking ‘‘of him’’. 

18 SEC. 7. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

19 Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in the first sentence of section 304, by 

22 striking ‘‘or his’’ and inserting ‘‘or the Director’s’’; 

23 (2) in section 305(a)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘the Director considers’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘He may not’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘The Director of the Government Pub3 lishing Office may not’’; 

4 (3) in section 306, by striking ‘‘his direction’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘the direction of the Director’’; 

6 (4) in section 308— 

7 (A) in subsection (b)(1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘his accounts’’ and in9 serting ‘‘the accounts of the disbursing of10 ficer’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘his name’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘the name of the disbursing officer’’; 

13 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘his estate’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘the estate of the disbursing officer’’; 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘to the deputy disbursing officer’’; and 

18 (iii) by striking ‘‘his service’’ and in19 serting ‘‘the service of the deputy dis20 bursing officer’’; and 

21 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘by such officer or employee’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller 

3 General’’; and 

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘whenever he’’ each 

5 place that terms appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘whenever the Comptroller General’’; 

7 (5) in section 309— 

8 (A) in the second sentence of subsection 

9 (a), by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting ‘‘by the 

10 Director’’; and 

11 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘his or 

12 her discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the discretion of 

13 the Comptroller General’’; 

14 (6) in section 310, by striking ‘‘his written re15 quest’’ and inserting ‘‘the written request of the Di16 rector’’; 

17 (7) in section 311(b), by striking ‘‘he justifies’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘the Director justifies’’; 

19 (8) in section 312, by striking ‘‘his service’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘the service of such officer’’; and 

21 (9) in section 317, by striking ‘‘his delegate’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘a delegate of the Director’’. 

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