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44 U.S.C. § 505

Sale of duplicate plates

United States · Title 44 — PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · Status: effective

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44 U.S.C. § 505, Sale of duplicate plates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486703
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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

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 94-553(S. 22)1976-10-19
    An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-235(H.R. 83)2014-12-16
    Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
    House: 219–206Senate: no recorded tally