Files
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

54 lines
4.0 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "44 U.S.C. § 301"
description: "Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
chapter_number: "3"
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE"
section: "301"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 301"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc44@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s301"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-44/usc44.xml"
source_hash: "38e7916bf41762a5ae790470ded850e27d24af33a3342418992f658e96e9ff27"
raw_snapshot_hash: "2d7109056b4815718203e8d99c9ee6fe3ab744f578883b59654fe3adb211b4a0"
text_hash: "7223acf50487eb4fa9b561427bab8922406c1602f98f995554ce90d7719b5e00"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 44 U.S.C. § 301 - Director of the Government Publishing Office: appointment
## Text
(a) The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and manage the Government Publishing Office. The title shall be Director of the Government Publishing Office.
(b) The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
(c) An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239; Pub. L. 92310, title II, § 210(a)(1), (2), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 204; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c), (g), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2538; Pub. L. 117213, § 1(a), Oct. 17, 2022, 136 Stat. 2251.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 31 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 17, 28 Stat. 603; June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 173; Feb. 20, 1923, ch. 98, 42 Stat. 1278; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1299; May 29, 1928, ch. 909, 45 Stat. 1006). Changes are made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2022—Pub. L. 117213 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c). 2014—Pub. L. 113235, § 1301(g), struck out “, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,” after “suitable person” and substituted “The” for “His”. Pub. L. 113235, § 1301(c), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text. 1972—Pub. L. 92310 struck out “; bond” in section catchline, and provisions from text which required the Public Printer to give a bond in the sum of $25,000.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, provided that: “Any reference in any law other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2014] to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Government Publishing Office.”
Application of 2022 Amendment to IncumbentPub. L. 117213, § 1(b), Oct. 17, 2022, 136 Stat. 2251, provided that: “If there is an individual serving in the position of Director of the Government Publishing Office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2022]— “(1) the amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to the appointment of such individual; and “(2) the term of the individual for purposes of subsection (b) of section 301 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be considered to have started on the date on which the individual assumed the office of Director of the Government Publishing Office.”