§ 502. — Procurement of printing, binding, and blankbook work by Public Printer.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC502]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 5--PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING
Sec. 502. Procurement of printing, binding, and blank-book work
by Public Printer
Printing, binding, and blank-book work authorized by law, which the
Public Printer is not able or equipped to do at the Government Printing
Office, may be produced elsewhere under contracts made by him with the
approval of the Joint Committee on Printing.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1243.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 111a (Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 367,
Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1400).
Contract Goal for Disadvantaged Small Businesses in Printing-Related
Services
Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 843, Sept. 29, 1988, 102
Stat. 2026, as amended by Pub. L. 101-574, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 15,
1990, 104 Stat. 2832; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title VIII,
Secs. 801(h)(6), 806, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2445, 2448, provided
that:
``(a) Test Program.--The Public Printer shall establish and carry
out a test program for increasing its award of contracts to small and
disadvantaged businesses for the printing, binding, and related services
needed by the Department of Defense. The program shall have a goal of
procuring in each such fiscal year from such businesses printing,
binding, and related services equivalent to not more than 5 percent of
the value of the printing, binding, and related services which were
procured in the preceding fiscal year by the Government Printing Office
from non-Government sources for the Department of Defense. The Public
Printer may use such procurement procedures as he considers necessary to
facilitate achievement of such goal.
``(b) Covered Entities.--In this section, the term `small and
disadvantaged businesses' means the small business concerns,
historically Black colleges and universities, and minority institutions
described in section 2323(a) of title 10, United States Code.
``(c) Enforcement.--Any person who, for the purpose of securing a
contract under subsection (a), misrepresents the status of any concern
or person as a small business concern referred to in subsection (b), is
subject to the penalties set forth in section 2323(f) of title 10,
United States Code.
``(d) Department of Defense Goals.--For the purpose of determining
whether the Department of Defense has attained the goals set forth in
section 2323 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense
may count any procurements by the Public Printer in the program
established under subsection (a).
``(e) Duration of Test.--The test program established by subsection
(a) shall not apply to solicitations issued on or after October 1,
2000.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 22 section 3714b; title 35
section 2; title 50 App. section 460.
