44 USC § 515 - Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s515"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "44 USC § 515 - Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "515"
section_name: "Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market"
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. 1245; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 515. Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market

If a contractor fails to comply with his contract, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall report the default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and under its direction, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best, and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations provided by sections 509–517 of this title. During the interval that may thus occur he may, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, paper necessary for the public printing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1245; 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., § 11 (, ; , ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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