Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
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Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents is a section of U.S. federal law that governs how government publications are distributed and sold to the public, including through the Government Publishing Office and designated depository libraries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1932322 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents Context triple: [Title 44 of the United States Code, contains, Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents]
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A.
Chapter 13 – Appropriations
Chapter 13 – Appropriations is a section of Title 31 of the United States Code that sets out federal laws governing the authorization, use, and control of appropriated funds by the U.S. government.
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B.
Chapter 17 – Secrecy of certain inventions and filing applications in foreign countries
Chapter 17 – Secrecy of certain inventions and filing applications in foreign countries is a section of U.S. patent law that governs the imposition of secrecy orders on sensitive inventions and regulates the filing of patent applications in foreign countries for national security reasons.
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C.
Chapter 31 – Public Debt
Chapter 31 – Public Debt is a section of the United States Code that sets out the federal government’s legal framework for borrowing money and managing the national debt.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents Target entity description: Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents is a section of U.S. federal law that governs how government publications are distributed and sold to the public, including through the Government Publishing Office and designated depository libraries.
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A.
Chapter 13 – Appropriations
Chapter 13 – Appropriations is a section of Title 31 of the United States Code that sets out federal laws governing the authorization, use, and control of appropriated funds by the U.S. government.
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B.
Chapter 17 – Secrecy of certain inventions and filing applications in foreign countries
Chapter 17 – Secrecy of certain inventions and filing applications in foreign countries is a section of U.S. patent law that governs the imposition of secrecy orders on sensitive inventions and regulates the filing of patent applications in foreign countries for national security reasons.
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C.
Chapter 31 – Public Debt
Chapter 31 – Public Debt is a section of the United States Code that sets out the federal government’s legal framework for borrowing money and managing the national debt.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
Government in the Sunshine Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act is a U.S. federal law that requires meetings of certain government agencies to be open and accessible to the public, promoting transparency and accountability in administrative decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of the United States Code
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federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Government Printing Office
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surface form:
Government Publishing Office
federal government publications ⓘ public access to government documents ⓘ |
| authorityOver |
terms and conditions for distribution of government publications
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terms and conditions for sale of government publications ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | United States Code ⓘ |
| concerns |
distribution of government publications to libraries and the public
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handling of surplus or extra government publications ⓘ public documents produced by or for the U.S. government ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enforcedBy |
Government Printing Office
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surface form:
Government Publishing Office
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| governs |
distribution of government publications to depository libraries
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pricing of government publications ⓘ public availability of government publications ⓘ sale of government publications to the public ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
document distribution
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document sales ⓘ federal depository libraries ⓘ government publications ⓘ public documents ⓘ |
| implementedBy | regulations and policies of the Government Publishing Office ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
government information law
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public access to information ⓘ |
| objective |
to balance free distribution and sale of government documents
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to organize systematic dissemination of federal publications ⓘ |
| partOf | Title 44 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| purpose |
to authorize sale of government publications under specified conditions
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to ensure public access to government information ⓘ to establish procedures for distributing federal publications ⓘ |
| regulates |
distribution of U.S. government publications
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sale of U.S. government publications ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Federal Depository Library Program
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Government Printing Office ⓘ
surface form:
Government Publishing Office Superintendent of Documents
public information policy of the United States government ⓘ public printing and documents ⓘ |
| scope | federal executive, legislative, and some judicial publications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents Description of subject: Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents is a section of U.S. federal law that governs how government publications are distributed and sold to the public, including through the Government Publishing Office and designated depository libraries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Title 44 of the United States Code
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contains
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Chapter 17 – Distribution and Sale of Public Documents
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