2015 US Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents (Sections 101 - 4104)
Chapter 5 - Production and Procurement of Printing and Binding (Sections 501 - 517)
Sec. 505 - Sale of duplicate plates

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 5 - PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING
Sec. 505 - Sale of duplicate plates
Containssection 505
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244; Pub. L. 94-553, §105(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 113-235, div. H, title I, §1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.
Statutes at Large References28 Stat. 608
82 Stat. 1244
90 Stat. 2599
128 Stat. 2537
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 90-620, Public Law 94-553, Public Law 113-235

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44 U.S.C. § 505 (2015)
§505. Sale of duplicate plates

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.

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244; Pub. L. 94–553, §105(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, §1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §58 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §52, 28 Stat. 608).

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT

Amendment 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.

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