§ 103. — Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC103]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 1--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
Sec. 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. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 4 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23,
Sec. 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 1012;
Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, Sec. 11, 40 Stat. 1270).
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.
Procurement of Services of Consultants
Pub. L. 95-94, title I, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 669, provided in
part: ``That, effective October 1, 1977, 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 [section 72a(i) of
Title 2, 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: Provided further, 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 Printing 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.''
Prior similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 94-303, title I,
June 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 616.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1914 of this title.
