US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

44 U.S.C. § 103

Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers

The Joint Committee on Printing may use any measures it considers necessary to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, or waste in the public printing and binding and the distribution of Government publications.

Pub. L. 90–62082 Stat. 1239(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 228 Stat. 601Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 134 Stat. 1012Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 1140 Stat. 1270Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 4 (, ; , ; , ).

Only that portion of section 11 of the 1919 Act that precedes the proviso is included in this section. The balance is incorporated in section 501 of this revision.

Changes are made in phraseology.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Procurement of Services of Consultants

Pub. L. 95–94, title I91 Stat. 669Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b)128 Stat. 2537

section 4301(i) of Title 2Provided further“That, effective , the Joint Committee is authorized (1) to procure the temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions as a standing committee of the Senate may procure such services under subsection (i) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended [, The Congress], and (2) with the prior consent of the agency concerned, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel, information, and facilities of any such agency: , That, prior to the employment of any consultants or the procurement of services by contract relative to any review and analysis of the operation of the Government Publishing Office, the Joint Committee shall consult with the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittees of the House and Senate; and that periodic reports on the progress of any such review and analysis be submitted to the Joint Committee on Printing and the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittees of the House and Senate.”
, , , as amended by , , , provided in part:

Pub. L. 94–303, title I90 Stat. 616Prior similar provisions were contained in , , .