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Code · U.S. Code · Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · CHAPTER 5— PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING · § 501

§ 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Publishing Office

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All printing, binding, and blank-book work for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other than the Supreme Court of the United States, and every executive department, independent office and establishment of the Government, shall be done at the Government Publishing Office, except—
(1)classes of work the Joint Committee on Printing considers to be urgent or necessary to have done elsewhere; and
(2)printing in field printing plants operated by an executive department, independent office or establishment, and the procurement of printing by an executive department, independent office or establishment from allotments for contract field printing, if approved by the Joint Committee on Printing.
Printing or binding may be done at the Government Publishing Office only when authorized by law.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1243; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 111 and 116
(part)(Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §§ 86, 87, 28 Stat. 662; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 11, 40 Stat. 1270; July 5, 1949, ch. 296, 63 Stat. 405).
This section incorporates only the first sentence of former section 116. The balance will be found in section 1123 of the revision.
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  • 128 Stat. 2537
  • Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23
  • 28 Stat. 662
  • Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 11
  • 40 Stat. 1270
  • July 5, 1949, ch. 296
  • 63 Stat. 405
  • Pub. L. 103–348
  • 108 Stat. 3133
  • Pub. L. 102–392, title II, § 207(a)
  • 106 Stat. 1719
  • Pub. L. 103–283, title II, § 207
  • 108 Stat. 1440
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, § 1112(e)(1)
  • 110 Stat. 2683
  • Pub. L. 110–417
  • 122 Stat. 4575
  • Pub. L. 101–520, title II, § 206
  • 104 Stat. 2274
  • Pub. L. 102–392, title II, § 207(b)
  • 106 Stat. 1720
  • Pub. L. 101–163, title III, § 308
  • 103 Stat. 1065
  • Pub. L. 100–458, title III, § 309
  • 102 Stat. 2184
  • Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title III, § 309]
  • 101 Stat. 1329–310
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§ 501
Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Publishing Office
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