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title: "44 U.S.C. § 3702"
description: "Advertisements not to be published without written authority"
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title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
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chapter_name: "ADVERTISEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES"
section: "3702"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 3702"
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# 44 U.S.C. § 3702 - Advertisements not to be published without written authority

## Text

Advertisements, notices, or proposals for an executive department of the Government, or for a bureau or office connected with it, may not be published in a newspaper except under written authority from the head of the department; and a bill for advertising or publication may not be paid unless there is presented with the bill a copy of the written authority.

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 324 (R.S. § 3828).