Title 44Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§510 Specifications in advertisements for paper

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING › § 510

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Ads asking for bids on paper must say the smallest amount of each grade of paper needed for a time period the Joint Committee on Printing chooses: three months, six months, or one year. If that minimum amount would be more than 1,000 reams, the ad must say bids will be taken for 1,000 reams or more.

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Title 44, §510

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The advertisements for proposals shall specify the minimum portion of each quality of paper required for either three months, six months, or one year, as the Joint Committee on Printing determines; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds, in any case, one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams or more.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1954 ed., § 6 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 4, 28 Stat. 601).

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44 U.S.C. § 510

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73