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Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Chapter 37 — Advertisements by Government Agencies

§ 3702. Advertisements not to be published without written authority

Statutory text

Advertisements, notices, or proposals for an executive department of the Government, or for a bureau or office connected with it, may not be published in a newspaper except under written authority from the head of the department; and a bill for advertising or publication may not be paid unless there is presented with the bill a copy of the written authority.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238

    Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 3702

    (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 324 (R.S. § 3828).

Credits

(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1305.)

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