44 USC § 507 - Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s507"
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title: "44 USC § 507 - Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "507"
section_name: "Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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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# § 507. Orders for printing to be acted upon within one year

An order for public printing may not be acted upon by the Director of the Government Publishing Office after the expiration of one year unless the entire copy and illustrations for the work have been furnished within that period.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 115 (part) (, ).

This section incorporates only the second clause of former section 115. The balance will be found in section 506 of the revision.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.