{"data":{"id":"us/44-u.s.c.-718","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 U.S.C. § 718","heading":"Lapse of authority to print","body":"The authority to print a document or report, or a publication authorized by law to be printed, for distribution by Congress, shall lapse when the whole number of copies has not been ordered within two years from the date of the original order, except orders for subsequent editions, approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, in which case the whole number may not exceed that originally authorized by law.","path":["Title 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS","CHAPTER 7—CONGRESSIONAL 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":"c93ddfe2912a8cc12add29d1f1085ae3f9f7dfe5cde33c48f5008cc6150a096a","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/44-u.s.c.-717","next":"us/44-u.s.c.-719"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}