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Calendar No. 357 

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 

APRIL 10, 2014 

Reported by Mr. SCHUMER, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OF2 FICE TO GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE. 

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

4 is hereby redesignated the Government Publishing Office. 

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

6 Printing Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di7 rective, instruction, or other official paper in force on the 

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

9 and apply to the Government Publishing Office. 

10 SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF PUBLIC PRINTER TO DIREC11 TOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OF12 FICE. 

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

14 United States Code, is amended— 

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

16 term appears and inserting ‘‘Director of the Govern17 ment Publishing Office’’; and 

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

19 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 

20 1111, 1115, 1340, 1701, 1712, and 1914, by strik21 ing ‘‘PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR

22 OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

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

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

25 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi26 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 


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

2 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. 

3 SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER TO 

4 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT 

5 PUBLISHING OFFICE. 

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

7 United States Code, is amended— 

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

9 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Di10 rector of the Government Publishing Office’’; and 

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

12 303, by striking ‘‘DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERN14 MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

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

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

17 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi18 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

19 to the Deputy Public Printer shall be considered to refer 

20 and apply to the Deputy Director of the Government Pub21 lishing Office. 

22 SEC. 5. DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS. 

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

24 amended— 


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

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

3 bookbinding,’’; and 

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

5 and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

6 SEC. 6. DEPUTY DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS. 

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

8 amended— 

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

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

11 bookbinding,’’; and 

12 (2) in the second sentence— 

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

14 Deputy Director of the Government Publishing 

15 Office’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘perform the duties for17 merly required of the chief clerk,’’; 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘, and perform’’ and in19 serting ‘‘and perform’’; and 

20 (D) by striking ‘‘of him’’. 

21 SEC. 7. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

22 Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amend23 ed— 

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

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


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1 (2) in section 305(a)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘the Director considers’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘He may not’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘The Director of the Government Pub6 lishing Office may not’’; 

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

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

9 (4) in section 308— 

10 (A) in subsection (b)(1)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘his accounts’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the accounts of the disbursing of13 ficer’’; and 

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

16 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘his estate’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘the estate of the disbursing officer’’; 

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

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

21 (iii) by striking ‘‘his service’’ and in22 serting ‘‘the service of the deputy dis23 bursing officer’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 


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

2 ‘‘by such officer or employee’’; 

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

4 inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller 

5 General’’; and 

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

7 place that terms appears and inserting 

8 ‘‘whenever the Comptroller General’’; 

9 (5) in section 309— 

10 (A) in the second sentence of subsection 

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

12 Director’’; and 

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

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

15 the Comptroller General’’; 

16 (6) in section 310, by striking ‘‘his written re17 quest’’ and inserting ‘‘the written request of the Di18 rector’’; 

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

20 and inserting ‘‘the Director justifies’’; 

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

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

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

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


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Calendar No. 357 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1947 

A BILL 

To rename the Government Printing Office the 

poses. Government Publishing Office, and for other purAPRIL 10, 2014 

Reported without amendment 


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