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legal/us/code/title-44/chapter-5/section-503.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "44 U.S.C. § 503"
+description: "Printing in veterans’ hospitals"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 44
+title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
+chapter_number: "5"
+chapter_name: "PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND BINDING"
+section: "503"
+citation: "44 U.S.C. § 503"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc44@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s503"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 44 U.S.C. § 503 - Printing in veterans’ hospitals
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Notwithstanding section 501 of this title, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use the equipment described in subsection (b) for printing and binding that the Secretary finds advisable for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
+
+(b) The equipment referred to in subsection (a) is the printing and binding equipment that the various hospitals and homes of the Department of Veterans Affairs use for occupational therapy.
+
+(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1243; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(r), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 111b (June 16, 1933, ch. 101, § 1, 48 Stat. 302; Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, § 1, 49 Stat. 18; Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, § 1, 49 Stat. 1182).
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1991—Pub. L. 102–54 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Notwithstanding section 501 of this title, the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs may utilize the printing and binding equipment that the various hospitals and homes of the Veterans’ Administration use for occupational therapy, for printing and binding which he finds advisable for the use of the Veterans’ Administration.”