2012 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 3 - GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (§§ 301 - 318)
Section 304 - Public Printer: vacancy in office
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS CHAPTER 3 - GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Sec. 304 - Public Printer: vacancy in office |
| Contains | section 304 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239. |
| Statutes at Large References | 28 Stat. 606 35 Stat. 382 82 Stat. 1239 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 90-620 |
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In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Public Printer, the Deputy Public Printer shall perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor is appointed or his absence or sickness ceases; but the President may direct any other officer of the Government, whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or absence of the Public Printer ceases. A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation may not be filled temporarily under this section for longer than ten days, and a temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of another officer may not be made except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §32 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §36, 28 Stat. 606; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, §1, 35 Stat. 382.)
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