44 USC § 1705 - Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s1705"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "44 USC § 1705 - Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "1705"
section_name: "Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 1705. Printing additional copies for sale to public; regulations

The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall print additional copies of a Government publication, not confidential in character, required for sale to the public by the Superintendent of Documents, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on Printing and without interference with the prompt execution of printing for the Government.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 72 (, ; , ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.