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PUBLIC LAW 90-620-OCT. 22, 1968

§ 3510. Rules and regulations The Director of the Bureau of the Budget may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out sections 3501-3511 of this title. § 3511. Penalty for failure to furnish information A person failing to furnish information required by an agency shall be subject to penalties specifically prescribed by law, and no other penalty may be imposed either by way of fine or imprisonment or by the withdrawal or denial of a right, privilege, priority, allotment, or immunity, except when the right, privilege, priority, allotment, or immunity is legally conditioned on facts which would be revealed by the information requested.

CHAPTER 37—ADVERTISEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Sec.

3701. Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia. 3702. Advertisements not to be published without written authority. 3703. Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, and proposals.

§ 3701. Advertisements for contracts in District of Columbia Advertisements for contracts for the public service may not be published in any newspaper published and printed in the District of Columbia unless the supplies or labor covered by the advertisement are to be furnished or performed in the District of Columbia or in the adjoining counties of Maryland or Virginia. §3702. Advertisements not to be published without written authority Advertisements, notices, or proposals for an executive department of the Government, or for a bureau or office connected with it, may not be published in a newspaper except under written authority from the head of the department; and a bill for advertising or publication may not be paid unless there is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. §3703. Rate of payment for advertisements, notices, and proposals Advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, and all forms of advertising required by law for the several departments of the Government may be paid for at a price not to exceed the commercial rates charged to private individuals, with the usual discounts. But the heads of the several departments may secure lower terms at special rates when the public interest requires it. The rates shall include the furnishing of lawful evidence, under oath, of publication, to be made and furnished by the printer or publisher making publication. SEC. 2. (a) The legislative purpose in enacting section 1 of this Act is to restate, without substantive change, the laws replaced by those sections on the effective date of this Act. Laws effective after January 14, 1968, that are inconsistent with this Act are considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency. (b) A reference to a law replaced by section 1 of this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provision enacted by this Act. (c) An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act shall continue in effect under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded. (d) An action taken or an offense committed under a law replaced by section 1 of this Act is deemed to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this Act.

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