PRINTING.

SEC. 3540. PRINTING. Title I is amended in chapter 3 (22 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) by adding at the end of subchapter I the following new section: “printing “Sec. 1306. (a) Section 501 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to direct purchase by the Commission for its use of printing, binding, and blank-book work in the Republic of Panama when the Commission determines that such direct purchase is in the best interest of the Government. “(b) This section shall not affect the Commission’s authority, under chapter 5 of title 44, United States Code, to operate a field printing plant.”.