44 U.S.C. § 501 : US Code - Section 501: Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Printing Office

Search 44 U.S.C. § 501 : US Code - Section 501: Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be done at Government Printing Office

All printing, binding, and blank-book work for Congress, the
Executive Office, the Judiciary, other than the Supreme Court of
the United States, and every executive department, independent
office and establishment of the Government, shall be done at the
Government Printing Office, except -
(1) classes of work the Joint Committee on Printing considers
to be urgent or necessary to have done elsewhere; and
(2) printing in field printing plants operated by an executive
department, independent office or establishment, and the
procurement of printing by an executive department, independent
office or establishment from allotments for contract field
printing, if approved by the Joint Committee on Printing.
Printing or binding may be done at the Government Printing Office
only when authorized by law.