Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-44/chapter-7/section-716.md

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+---
+type: "LegalText"
+title: "44 U.S.C. § 716"
+description: "Printing of documents not provided for by law"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 44
+title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
+chapter_number: "7"
+chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING"
+section: "716"
+citation: "44 U.S.C. § 716"
+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/s716"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-44/usc44.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 44 U.S.C. § 716 - Printing of documents not provided for by law
+
+## Text
+
+Either House may order the printing of a document not already provided for by law, when accompanied by an estimate from the Director of the Government Publishing Office as to the probable cost. An executive department, bureau, board, or independent office of the Government submitting reports or documents in response to inquiries from Congress shall include an estimate of the probable cost of printing to the usual number. This section does not apply to reports or documents not exceeding fifty pages.
+
+(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1250; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 140 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 1, 34 Stat. 1013).
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.