Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§3714b Printing

Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part 3 — Funds and Accounts › subpart i — funds › § 3714b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Some rules don't apply when the Commission directly buys printing in Panama if it decides it's in the Government's best interest; field printing-plant authority continues.

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Title 22, §3714b

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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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1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “Sections 501 through 517 and 1101 through 1123” for “section 501”.

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22 U.S.C. § 3714b

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102