44 USC § 312 - Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s312"
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title: "44 USC § 312 - Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "312"
section_name: "Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1242; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), (i)(8), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2539.)"
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# § 312. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other Government agencies

An officer of the Government having machinery, material, equipment, or supplies for printing, binding, and blank-book work, including lithography, photolithography, and other processes of reproduction, no longer required or authorized for the service of such officer, shall submit a detailed report of them to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. The Director of the Government Publishing Office, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, may requisition such articles as are serviceable in the Government Publishing Office, and they shall be promptly delivered to that office.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1242; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), (i)(8), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2539.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 59 (, ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—, substituted “the service of such officer” for “his service”.

, substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in text on authority of , set out as a note preceding .