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Government Publishing Office Act of 2014

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.

Official summary

Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Apr 10, 2014

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Government Publishing Office Act of 2014 - Redesignates the Government Printing Office (GPO) as the Government Publishing Office and the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer as the Director of the Government Publishing Office and the Deputy Director of the Government Publishing Office, respectively. Eliminates as a requirement for such positions that such officers be practical printers and versed in the art of bookbinding. 

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Who introduced it

Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D–MN

Committees

  • Rules and Administration Committee
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  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.

  2. Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.

  3. Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer without amendment. Without written report.

  4. Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

  6. Introduced in Senate

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