Printing, binding, and blank-book work authorized by law, which the Director of the Government Publishing Office is not able or equipped to do at the Government Publishing Office, may be produced elsewhere under contracts made by him with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing.
Pub. L. 90–62082 Stat. 1243Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b)128 Stat. 2537(, , ; , (c), , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367, § 145 Stat. 1400Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 111a (, ).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)2014—, substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in section catchline and text.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235section 301 of this title“Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in text on authority of , set out as a note preceding .
Contract Goal for Disadvantaged Small Businesses in Printing-Related Services
Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VIII, § 843102 Stat. 2026Pub. L. 101–574, title IV, § 401104 Stat. 2832Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII106 Stat. 2445, , , as amended by , , ; , §§ 801(h)(6), 806, , , 2448, required the Public Printer to establish and carry out a test program for increasing its award of contracts to small and disadvantaged businesses for the printing, binding, and related services needed by the Department of Defense for solicitations issued before .