{"data":{"id":"us/44-u.s.c.-517","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 U.S.C. § 517","heading":"Purchase of paper in open market","body":"The Joint Committee on Printing may authorize the Director of the Government Publishing Office to purchase paper in open market when they consider the quantity required so small or the want so immediate as not to justify advertisement for proposals.","path":["Title 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS","CHAPTER 5—PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc44@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:41Z","sha256":"6f378bd2052b2fdcdb0df53e01a3c725e1be024df3f374e5980ecf8657c5071a","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/44-u.s.c.-516","next":"us/44-u.s.c.-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}