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[CITE: 44USC1102]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
        CHAPTER 11--EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 1102. Printing to be authorized by law and necessary to the 
        public business, not in excess of appropriation, and on special 
        requisition filed with the Public Printer
        
    (a) A head of an executive department, or of an independent agency 
or establishment of the Government may not cause to be printed, and the 
Public Printer may not print, a document or matter unless it is 
authorized by law and necessary to the public business.
    (b) Printing may not be done for an executive department, 
independent agency or establishment in a fiscal year in excess of the 
amount of the appropriation.
    (c) Printing may not be done without a special requisition signed by 
the chief of the department, independent agency or establishment and 
filed with the Public Printer.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1261.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Secs. 213, 219 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 
23, Sec. 89, 94, 28 Stat. 622).
    This section incorporates the first paragraph of former section 213 
and the first clause of former section 219. The balance of former 
section 213 will be found in sections 1116, 1302, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1336 
of the revision; that of former section 219 in section 1113 of the 
revision.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 section 3714b; title 35 
section 2.
