Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102
§505 Sale of Duplicate Plates
Title 44 › CHAPTER 5 — PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING › § 505
Summary
The GPO Director must sell extra stereotype/electrotype plates for Government publications to applicants under Joint Committee rules; price = Government composition+metal+making cost +10%, paid when order is filed.
Full Legal Text
Title 44, §505
Public Printing and Documents, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall sell, under regulations of the Joint Committee on Printing to persons who may apply, additional or duplicate stereotype or electrotype plates from which a Government publication is printed, at a price not to exceed the cost of composition, the metal, and making to the Government, plus 10 per centum, and the full amount of the price shall be paid when the order is filed.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 58 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 52, 28 Stat. 608).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”. 1976—Pub. L. 94–553 struck out provision that a publication could not be copyrighted if it was reprinted from additional or duplicate plates purchased from the Government from which Government publications had been printed or if it was reprinted from other Government publications.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94–553, set out as an
Effective Date
note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
44 U.S.C. § 505
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102