2014 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents (Sections 101 - 4104)
Chapter 3 - Government Publishing Office (Sections 301 - 318)
Sec. 304 - Director of the Government Publishing Office: vacancy in office
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 PUBLISHING OFFICE Sec. 304 - Director of the Government Publishing Office: vacancy in office |
Contains | section 304 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239; Pub. L. 113-235, div. H, title I, §1301(c), (e)(1), (i)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2538. |
Statutes at Large References | 28 Stat. 606 35 Stat. 382 82 Stat. 1239 128 Stat. 2537 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 90-620, Public Law 113-235 |
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In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office shall perform the duties of the Director of the Government Publishing Office until a successor is appointed or the Director's 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 Director of the Government Publishing Office 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; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, §1301(c), (e)(1), (i)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537, 2538.)
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.)
AMENDMENTS2014—Pub. L. 113–235, §1301(i)(1), substituted "or the Director's" for "or his".
Pub. L. 113–235, §1301(e)(1), substituted "Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office" for "Deputy Public Printer".
Pub. L. 113–235, §1301(c), substituted "Director of the Government Publishing Office" for "Public Printer" in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.
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