Documents beyond scope of ordinary departmental business
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Title
44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter
CH11
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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A book or document not having to do with the ordinary business transactions of the executive departments may not be printed on the requisition of a department unless expressly authorized by Congress.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1264.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 219a (Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 1, 33 Stat. 1249).
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