2021 U.S. Code
Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 5 - Production and Procurement of Printing and Binding
Sec. 516 - Liability of defaulting contractor
| 44 U.S.C. § 516 (2021) |
| §516. Liability of defaulting contractor |
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Upon failure to furnish paper, a contractor and his sureties shall be responsible for any increase of cost to the Government in procuring a supply of the paper consequent upon his default. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall report every default, with a full statement of all the facts in the case, to the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting contractor and his sureties upon their bond in the district court of the United States in the district in which the defaulting contractor resides. |
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(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.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §12 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, §10, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §291, 36 Stat. 1167; May 10, 1934, ch. 277, §512(b), 48 Stat. 759). EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted "Director of the Government Publishing Office" for "Public Printer". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS |
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| Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS CHAPTER 5 - PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING Sec. 516 - Liability of defaulting contractor |
| section 516 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 28 Stat. 602 36 Stat. 1167 48 Stat. 759 82 Stat. 1245 128 Stat. 2537 |
| Public Law 90-620, Public Law 113-235 |
