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Code · U.S. Code · Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · CHAPTER 5— PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING · § 509

§ 509. Standards of paper; advertisements for proposals; samples

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The Joint Committee on Printing shall fix upon standards of paper for the different descriptions of public printing and binding, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office, under their direction, shall advertise in six newspapers or trade journals, published in different cities, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished applicants by the Director of the Government Publishing Office, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the public printing. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall furnish samples of the standard of papers fixed upon to applicants who desire to bid.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
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Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 5 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 3, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 1, 43 Stat. 1105).
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  • Pub. L. 90–620
  • 82 Stat. 1244
  • 128 Stat. 2537
  • Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 3
  • 28 Stat. 601
  • Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 1
  • 43 Stat. 1105
  • Pub. L. 101–423
  • 104 Stat. 912
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Standards of paper; advertisements for proposals; samples
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