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[CITE: 44USC718]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
              CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 718. Lapse of authority to print

    The authority to print a document or report, or a publication 
authorized by law to be printed, for distribution by Congress, shall 
lapse when the whole number of copies has not been ordered within two 
years from the date of the original order, except orders for subsequent 
editions, approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, in which case the 
whole number may not exceed that originally authorized by law.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1250.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 141 (Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, 
Sec. 5, 34 Stat. 1014).
