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PUBLIC LAW 90-620-OCT. 22, 1968

paper shall designate a reasonable time for its performance. The contractor shall give bond in an amount fixed and approved by the Committee. § 513. Comparison of paper and envelopes with standard quality The Public Printer shall compare every lot of payer and envelopes delivered by a contractor with the standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on Printing, and may not accept paper or envelopes which do not conform to it m every particular. A lot of delivered paper or envelopes which does not conform to the standard of quality may be accepted by the Committee at a discount that in its opinion is sufficient to protect the interests of the Government. § 514. Determination of quality of paper The Joint Committee on Printing shall determine differences of opinion between the Public Printer and a contractor for paper respecting the paper's quality; and the decision of the Committee is final as to the United States. § 515. Default of contractor; new contracts and purchase in open market If a contractor fails to comply with his contract, the Public Printer 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 m open market, at the lowest market price, paper necessary for the public printing. § 516. Liability of defaulting contractor 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 Public Printer 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. § 517. Purchase of paper in open market The Joint Committee on Printing may authorize the Public Printer 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. CHAPTER 7—CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING A N D BINDING Sec.

701. "Usual number" of documents and reports; distribution of House and Senate documents and reports; binding; reports on private bills; number of copies printed; distribution. 702. Extra copies of documents and reports. 703. Printing extra copies. 704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages. 705. Duplicate orders' to print. 706. Bills and resolutions: number and distribution. 707. Bills and resolutions: style and form. 708. Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress. 709. Public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties.

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