22 USC § 3714b - Printing

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3714b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 3714b - Printing"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3714b"
section_name: "Printing"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "PANAMA CANAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "Funds and Accounts"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1306, as added Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3540, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2866; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3549, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2073.)"
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# § 3714b. Printing

**(a)** Sections 501 through 517 and 1101 through 1123 of title 44 shall not apply to direct purchase by the Commission for its use of printing, binding, and blank-book work in the Republic of Panama when the Commission determines that such direct purchase is in the best interest of the Government.

**(b)** This section shall not affect the Commission’s authority, under chapter 5 of title 44, to operate a field printing plant.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1306, as added Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3540, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2866; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3549, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2073.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1997—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Sections 501 through 517 and 1101 through 1123” for “Section 501”.