44 USC § 1706 - Printing and sale of extra copies of documents

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s1706"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "44 USC § 1706 - Printing and sale of extra copies of documents"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "1706"
section_name: "Printing and sale of extra copies of documents"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS"
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. 1279; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 1706. Printing and sale of extra copies of documents

The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall furnish to applicants giving notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two hundred and fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, reports, and documents. The applicants shall pay in advance the price of the printing. The printing of these copies for private parties may not interfere with the printing for the Government.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279; 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., § 114 (, ; , ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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