---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 512"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "512"
heading: "Approval of paper contracts; time for performance; bonds"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/512"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Production and Procurement of Printing and Binding"
---

# §512. Approval of paper contracts; time for performance; bonds


A contract for furnishing paper is not valid until approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. The award of a contract for furnishing paper shall designate a reasonable time for its performance. The contractor shall give bond in an amount fixed and approved by the Committee.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 8 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 6, 28 Stat. 602; Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 163, § 6, 39 Stat. 1121).