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. 515 - Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market

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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. 515 - Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market
Containssection 515
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1245; Pub. L. 113-235, div. H, title I, §1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.
Statutes at Large References28 Stat. 602
39 Stat. 1121
82 Stat. 1245
128 Stat. 2537
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 90-620, Public Law 113-235

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44 U.S.C. § 515 (2015)
§515. Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market

If a contractor fails to comply with his contract, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall report the default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and under its direction, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best, and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations provided by sections 509–517 of this title. During the interval that may thus occur he may, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, paper necessary for the public printing.

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1245; 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., §11 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §9, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, §6, 39 Stat. 1121).

AMENDMENTS

2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted "Director of the Government Publishing Office" for "Public Printer".

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