[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 4280 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4280

To amend title 44, United States Code, to establish the Joint Committee 
                on Information, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1996

  Mr. Thomas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on 
    Government Reform and Oversight, and Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to establish the Joint Committee 
                on Information, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Government 
Printing Reform Act of 1996''.
    (b) References in Act.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to that section or other provision of title 44, 
United States Code.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references in act; table of contents.
                TITLE I--JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION

Sec. 101. Replacement of Joint Committees on Printing and Library with 
                            Joint Committee on Information.
Sec. 102. Conforming amendments relating to Joint Committee on the 
                            Library.
Sec. 103. Technical and conforming amendments to title 44, United 
                            States Code.
Sec. 104. Technical and conforming amendments to other titles.
              TITLE II--PRODUCTION OF PRINTING AND BINDING

 Subtitle A--Organization and Management of Government Printing Office

Sec. 201. Service of Public Printer and deputy.
Sec. 202. Reform of personnel rules.
Sec. 203. Reform of procurement rules.
Sec. 204. Reform of budgeting and funding.
             Subtitle B--Production and Procurement Reform

Sec. 211. Reform of requirements for work done at Government Printing 
                            Office.
Sec. 212. Sale of duplicate plates.
Sec. 213. Increasing authority of public printer regarding certain 
                            requirements.
Sec. 214. Repeal of certain obsolete reporting requirements.
           TITLE III--PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS

                   Subtitle A--Congressional Printing

Sec. 301. Authorizing House and Senate to determine appropriate number 
                            and distribution of documents and reports.
Sec. 302. Reprinting congressional documents.
Sec. 303. Requirements for certain specific documents.
Sec. 304. Costs of producing and publishing documents.
Sec. 305. Classification and numbering of documents.
                    Subtitle B--Congressional Record

Sec. 311. Form of Congressional Record.
Sec. 312. Contents of Congressional Record.
Sec. 313. Distribution and sale of Congressional Record.
Sec. 314. Treatment of Congressional Record as official journal.
           Subtitle C--Executive and Judicial Branch Printing

Sec. 321. Authorizing Public Printer to execute publishing work for 
                            President.
Sec. 322. Procedures for certification and payment of publications.
Sec. 323. Distribution and sale of periodicals and other documents.
Sec. 324. Examination and distribution of Congressional Record and 
                            other congressional documents.
Sec. 325. Printing of annual reports.
Sec. 326. Repeal of certain printing and binding requirements.
    Subtitle D--Repeal Requirements to Print Particular Reports and 
                               Documents

Sec. 331. Repeal requirements to print particular reports and 
                            documents.
      Subtitle E--Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations

Sec. 341. Repeal transmittal of contents to Public Printer.
Sec. 342. Publication of Federal register by Public Printer.
Sec. 343. Establishment of separate appropriation for other 
                            publications.
Sec. 344. Clarification of authority to publish Code of Federal 
                            Regulations electronically.
          TITLE IV--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

          Subtitle A--Publication and Sale of Public Documents

Sec. 401. Permitting entities other than Public Printer to prepare and 
                            distribute public documents.
Sec. 402. Clarification of authority to publish electronically.
Sec. 403. Sale of public documents.
Sec. 404. Repeal of limit on number of extra copies furnished.
Sec. 405. Timing of republication.
Sec. 406. Use of cost-based pricing for additional copies.
Sec. 407. Index of documents.
Sec. 408. Catalog of government publications.
                Subtitle B--Distribution of Publications

Sec. 411. Distribution of publications to certain entities.
Sec. 412. Repeal of certain mandatory distribution requirements.
                  TITLE V--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM

Sec. 501. Clarification of definition of ``government publication''.
Sec. 502. Expanding authority of superintendent of documents to make 
                            government publications available.
Sec. 503. Distribution of publications to programs.
Sec. 504. Designation of depository libraries by members of congress.
Sec. 505. Disposal of publications after use.
Sec. 506. Repeal designation of specified types of institutions as 
                            depositories.
                        TITLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 601. Effective date.

                TITLE I--JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION

SEC. 101. REPLACEMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEES ON PRINTING AND LIBRARY WITH 
              JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 is amended to read as follows:

              ``CHAPTER 1--JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION

``Sec.
``101. Membership.
``102. Chair.
``103. Succession; powers during recess.
``104. Powers to combat waste, fraud, and abuse,
``Sec. 101. Membership
    ``The Joint Committee on Information shall consist of the chair and 
4 members of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the chair and 4 members of the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate.
``Sec. 102. Chair
    ``The chair of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives shall serve as the chair of the Joint Committee on 
Information during the first Congress which begins after the date of 
the enactment of the Government Printing Reform Act of 1996 and each 
second succeeding Congress, and the chair of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate shall serve as the chair of the Joint 
Committee during the second Congress which begins after such date and 
each second succeeding Congress.
``Sec. 103. Succession; powers during recess
    ``(a) Succession.--The members of the Joint Committee on 
Information who are reelected to the succeeding Congress shall continue 
as members of the committee until their successors are chosen. The 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
shall, on the last day of a Congress, appoint members of their 
respective Houses who have been elected to the succeeding Congress to 
fill vacancies which may then be about to occur on the Committee, and 
the appointees and members of the Committee who have been reelected 
shall continue until their successors are chosen.
    ``(b) Powers During Recess.--When Congress is not in session, the 
Joint Committee may exercise all its powers and duties as when Congress 
is in session.
``Sec. 104. Powers to combat waste, fraud, and abuse
    ``In addition to any other powers of the Joint Committee on 
Information under this title, the Joint Committee may take such steps 
as it considers appropriate to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the 
printing, publication, and dissemination of Federal government 
information.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters is amended by 
amending the item relating to chapter 1 to read as follows:

``1. Joint Committee on Information.........................     101''.

SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE 
              LIBRARY.

    (a) In General.--Section 223 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of August 2, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132b) is repealed.
    (b) Other Conforming Amendments.--(1) The final undesignated 
paragraph under the heading ``senate'' in section 2 of the Act of March 
3, 1883 (2 U.S.C. 133) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee of 
Congress on the Library'' each place it appears and inserting ``Joint 
Committee on Information''.
    (2) The first sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other 
purposes'', approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 154) is amended by 
striking ``Joint Committee on the Library'' and inserting ``Joint 
Committee on Information''.
    (3) The first undesignated paragraph of section 2 of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and 
for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 156) is amended 
by striking ``Joint Committee on the Library'' and inserting ``Joint 
Committee on Information''.
    (4) Section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on the 
Library'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (5) Section 801(b)(2) of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 
(40 U.S.C. 188a(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on the 
Library'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (6) The item relating to ``Administrative Provision'' under the 
heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' in chapter III of title I of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (40 U.S.C. 216b) is amended by 
striking ``Joint Committee on the Library'' and inserting ``Joint 
Committee on Information''.
    (7) Section 307E(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
the Library'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.

SEC. 103. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 44, UNITED 
              STATES CODE.

    (1) Section 305(a) is amended--
            (A) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Joint Committee 
        on Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''; 
        and
            (B) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``either party may 
        appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision of 
        the Joint Committee is final.'' and inserting ``an appeal may 
        be made under subchapter III of chapter 71 of title 5.''
    (2) Section 309(a) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (3) Section 312 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (4) Section 502 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (5) Section 504 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (6) Section 505 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (7) Section 508 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (8) Section 509 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (9) Section 510 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing:'' and inserting ``Public Printer''.
    (10) Section 511 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing:'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (11) Section 512 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (12) Section 513 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing,'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (13) Section 514 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (14) Section 515 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' each place it appears and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (15) Section 517 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (16) Section 702 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (17) Section 703 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (18) Section 707 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (19) Section 709 is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (20) Section 714 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (21) Section 717 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (22) Section 718 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (23) Section 721(a) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (24) Section 722 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (25) Section 723 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (26) Section 724 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (27) Section 728 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (28) Section 738 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (29) Section 901 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (30) Section 902 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (31) Section 903 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (32) Section 905 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (33) Section 906 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' each place it appears and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (34) Section 1108 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (35) Section 1112 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (36) Section 1121 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (37) Section 1301 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (38) Section 1320A is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (39) Section 1333(b) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (40) Section 1338 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' each place it appears and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (41) Section 1705 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (42) Section 1710 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' each place it appears and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (43) Section 1914 is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (44) Section 5(b) of the Federal Records Management Amendments of 
1976 (44 U.S.C. 2901 note) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on 
Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.

SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER TITLES.

    (a) Title 1 Amendments.--(1) Section 107 of title 1, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (2) Section 208 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``Joint 
Committee on Information''.
    (b) Title 2 Amendments.--(1) Section 4 of the joint resolution 
entitled ``Joint resolution to provide for the printing and 
distribution of the Precedents of the House of Representatives compiled 
and prepared by Lewis Deschler'', approved October 18, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 
28e) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Joint Committee on 
        Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''; 
        and
            (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``Joint Committee on 
        Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (2) Section 3 of the Joint Resolution of December 24, 1970 (2 
U.S.C. 168b) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (c) Title 4 Amendment.--Section 145 of title 4, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting 
``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (d) Title 16 Amendment.--Section 312 of the Federal Water Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 825k) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (e) Title 20 Amendments.--(1) Section 5(c) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
954(c)) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing of the 
Congress'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (2) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c)) is amended by striking 
``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (f) Title 28 Amendment.--Section 411(a) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting ``Joint Committee on Information''.
    (g) Title 40 Amendments.--Section 602 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (18); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (19) through (21) as 
        paragraphs (18) through (20).

              TITLE II--PRODUCTION OF PRINTING AND BINDING

 Subtitle A--Organization and Management of Government Printing Office

SEC. 201. SERVICE OF PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY.

    (a) Qualifications and Term of Service of Public Printer.--
            (1) In general.--Section 301 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``, who must be a practical printer 
                and versed in the art of bookbinding,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The 
                Public Printer shall serve a term of 5 years, except 
                that an individual appointed to fill a vacancy 
                occurring before the expiration of the term for which 
                the individual's predecessor was appointed shall be 
                appointed only for the remainder of that term.''.
            (2) Transition for current public printer.--The individual 
        serving as the Public Printer pursuant to section 301 of title 
        44, United States Code, as of the date of the enactment of this 
        Act may continue to serve as the Public Printer for the 6-month 
        period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
        is eligible to be appointed as the Public Printer pursuant to 
        such section (as amended by paragraph (1)) after the expiration 
        of such period.
    (b) Qualifications and Duties of Deputy Public Printer.--Section 
302 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, who must be a practical printer and 
        versed in the art of bookbinding,''; and
            (2) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: 
        ``The Deputy Public Printer shall perform any duties required 
        by the Public Printer.''.
    (c) Increasing Efficiency in Publication.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 3 is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new section:
``Sec. 318. Use of necessary measures to increase efficiency
    ``The Public Printer shall take all necessary measures to remedy 
neglect, delay, duplication, and waste in the preparation of 
publications, including the reduction and elimination of internal 
printing and high-speed duplicating capacities of departments, 
agencies, and entities of the Federal Government.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        3 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``318. Use of necessary measures to increase efficiency.''.

SEC. 202. REFORM OF PERSONNEL RULES.

    (a) In General.--Section 305 is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) The Public Printer may appoint such personnel as the Public 
Printer finds necessary to carry out the operations of the Government 
Printing Office.
    ``(b) The Public Printer shall establish the compensation and 
benefits provided to personnel of the Government Printing Office.''.
    (b) Repeal of Certain Obsolete Personnel Rules.--Chapter 3 is 
amended by striking the following sections:
            (1) Section 306 (relating to employment of skilled 
        workmen).
            (2) Section 307 (relating to night work).
            (3) Section 315 (relating to limitations on the number of 
        branches).
            (4) Section 317 (relating to special policemen).
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 3 is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 306, 307, 315, and 
317.

SEC. 203. REFORM OF PROCUREMENT RULES.

    (a) In General.--Section 308 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 308. Disbursement
    ``The Public Printer shall appoint an officer who will be 
responsible for disbursing funds of the Government Printing Office 
under the Public Printer's direction, in accordance with such practices 
and procedures as the Public Printer may specify subject to the 
approval of the Inspector General of the Government Printing Office.''.
    (b) Standard for Purchases Exempt From Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act and Purchases Made Without Advertising.--
Section 311 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Purchases'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to subsection (c), purchases'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``In addition'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to subsection (c), in addition''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) In making any purchases or awarding any contracts pursuant to 
this section, the Public Printer shall subject such purchases and 
contracts to the maximum degree of competition possible consistent with 
the interests of the Federal Government.''.
    (c) Repeal of Certain Obsolete Supply Rules.--Chapter 3 is amended 
by striking the following sections:
            (1) Section 310 (relating to special payment rules for 
        printing, binding, blank paper, and supplies).
            (2) Section 312 (relating to machinery, material, 
        equipment, or supplies of other Government agencies).
            (3) Section 313 (relating to examining boards for paper, 
        bindery materials, and machinery).
            (4) Section 314 (relating to inks, glues, and other 
        supplies furnished to other government agencies).
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections of chapter 3 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the items relating to sections 310, 312, 
        313, and 314; and
            (2) by amending the item relating to section 308 to read as 
        follows:

``308. Disbursement.''.

SEC. 204. REFORM OF BUDGETING AND FUNDING.

    (a) Requiring Authorization and Appropriation for Revolving Fund 
Expenditures.--Section 309(a) is amended by striking ``The revolving 
fund'' and all that follows through ``for--'' and inserting the 
following: ``There are authorized to be appropriated from the revolving 
fund of $1,000,000 established July 1, 1953, for fiscal year 1997 and 
each succeeding fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary for--''.
    (b) Revision of Auditing Requirements.--Section 309(d) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) The Inspector General of the Government Printing Office 
shall conduct--
            ``(A) a financial audit of the Government Printing Office 
        at least once every year; and
            ``(B) a management audit of the Government Printing Office 
        at least once every 5 years,
and shall furnish reports of such audits to the chair and ranking 
member of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the chair and ranking member of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Public Printer.
    ``(2) For purposes of conducting audits pursuant to this 
subsection, the Inspector General shall have such access to the 
records, files, personnel, and facilities of the Government Printing 
Office as the Inspector General considers necessary.
    ``(3) The Inspector General may meet the requirements of this 
subsection through contracts with private entities.''.
    (d) Protections for Inspector General of Government Printing 
Office.--Section 309 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d)(1) The Inspector General of the Government Printing Office 
shall prepare and annually submit to the Public Printer, for inclusion 
in the annual budget of the Government Printing Office, annual 
estimates of the funds necessary to carry out the activities and 
personnel requirements of the Inspector General during the year 
involved.
    ``(2) The Public Printer shall include in the annual budget request 
for the Government Printing Office submitted to the President and 
Congress the estimates submitted under paragraph (1) without revision 
as the proposed budget for the Inspector General for the year.
    ``(3) Any amounts provided for the Inspector General in the annual 
budget for the Government Printing Office for a year may be expended by 
the Inspector General without the approval or direction of the Public 
Printer.''.

             Subtitle B--Production and Procurement Reform

SEC. 211. REFORM OF REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK DONE AT GOVERNMENT PRINTING 
              OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 is amended by striking sections 501 
through 504 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 501. Performance of printing, binding, and blank-book work 
              through Government Printing Office or procurement
    ``The Public Printer may perform any printing, binding, and blank-
book work which the Public Printer is authorized to carry out at the 
Government Printing Office and shall enter into contracts with other 
entities to perform such work to the extent the Public Printer 
considers appropriate, unless entering into such a contract would 
result in an unreasonable delay in completing the work or would result 
in inefficiencies. In entering into such contracts, the Public Printer 
shall ensure the maximum possible competition consistent with the 
interests of the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 5 is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 501 through 504 and 
inserting the following:

``501. Performance of printing, binding, and blank-book work through 
                            Government Printing Office or 
                            procurement.''.

SEC. 212. SALE OF DUPLICATE PLATES.

    (a) Repeal of Control of Joint Committee.--Section 505 is amended 
by striking ``, under regulations of the Joint Committee on 
Information''.
    (b) Calculation of Sale Price.--Section 505 is amended by striking 
``not to exceed'' and all that follows through ``10 per centum'' and 
inserting ``not less than the cost to the Government of producing such 
plates''.

SEC. 213. INCREASING AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC PRINTER REGARDING CERTAIN 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Standards of Paper; Advertisements for Proposals.--Section 509 
is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: 
``Subject to oversight by the Joint Committee on Information, the 
Public Printer shall establish standards for paper for public printing 
and binding. The Public Printer shall advertise in an appropriate 
number of publications published in appropriate geographic areas for 
sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in 
the schedule to be furnished applicants by the Public Printer, setting 
forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the public 
printing. The Public Printer shall solicit and review such proposals in 
a manner which promotes the greatest degree of competition consistent 
with the interests of the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Advertisements for Paper.--Section 510, as amended by section 
103(9), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Joint Committee on Information'' and 
        inserting ``Public Printer''; and
            (2) by striking ``it'' and inserting ``Public Printer''.
    (c) Opening Bids; Bonds.--Section 511, as amended by section 
103(10), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Joint Committee on 
        Information'' and inserting ``Public Printer'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The committee'' 
        and inserting ``The Public Printer; and
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``The Committee'' 
        and inserting ``The Public Printer''.
    (d) Approval of Paper Contracts.--Section 512 is amended--
            (1) by striking the first sentence; and
            (2) by striking ``the Committee'' and inserting ``the 
        Public Printer''.
    (e) Comparison of Paper and Envelopes With Standard Quality.--
Section 513, as amended by section 103(12), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``fixed upon by the 
        Joint Committee on Information'' and inserting ``established by 
        the Public Printer''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``may be rejected 
        by the Public Printer or'' after ``quality''.
    (f) Default of Contractor.--Section 515, as amended by section 
103(14), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``report the default 
        to the Joint Committee on Information, and under its 
        direction,''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``, under the 
        direction of the Joint Committee on Information,''.
    (g) Purchase of Paper in Open Market.--Section 517 is amended by 
striking all that follows the heading and inserting the following:
    ``The Public Printer may purchase paper in open market if the 
Public Printer finds that the quantity required is so small or the want 
is so immediate as not to justify advertisement for proposals.''.

SEC. 214. REPEAL OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 is amended by striking the following 
sections:
            (1) Section 506 (relating to time for printing documents or 
        reports which include illustrations or maps).
            (2) Section 508 (relating to annual estimates of quantity 
        of paper required for public printing and binding).
            (3) Section 514 (relating to determination of quality of 
        paper).
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 5 is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 506, 508, and 514.

           TITLE III--PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS

                   Subtitle A--Congressional Printing

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZING HOUSE AND SENATE TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE NUMBER 
              AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 7 is amended by striking sections 
        701 through 703 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 701. Number and distribution of Congressional documents and 
              reports
    ``(a) The number of copies made of a report or other document of a 
House of Congress shall be determined--
            ``(1) by the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in 
        accordance with guidelines issued by the Committee on House 
        Oversight of the House of Representatives), in the case of a 
        report or document of the House of Representatives; and
            ``(2) by the Secretary of the Senate (in accordance with 
        guidelines issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration 
        of the Senate), in the case of a report or document of the 
        Senate.
    ``(b) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate shall make the reports and other documents of their 
respective Houses available to the other House through electronic or 
other means.
    ``(c) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate may enter into agreements with other entities for the 
printing and distribution of reports or other documents of their 
respective Houses, in accordance with standards established by the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate (as the case may 
be). Such standards shall provide for the maximum possible competition 
consistent with the interests of the Federal Government.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        7 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 701 
through 703 and inserting the following:

``701. Number and distribution of Congressional documents and 
                            reports.''.
    (b) Style and Form of Bills and Resolutions.--Section 707 is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Joint 
        Committee'' and all that follows through ``and efficiency,'' 
        and inserting the following: ``the Committee on House Oversight 
        of the House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or 
        resolution originating in the House of Representatives) and the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate (in the 
        case of a bill or resolution originating in the Senate) may 
        authorize the printing of a bill or resolution in the style and 
        form the Committee considers appropriate,''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Furnishing Copies of Acts to Originating House.--
            (1) In general.--Section 710 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 710. Copies of Acts and treaties furnished to originating House
    ``(a) The Archivist of the United States shall furnish a copy of 
every Act and joint resolution to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.
    ``(b) The Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of each treaty to 
the Secretary of the Senate, as soon as possible after its 
ratification.''.
            (2) Transmission for revision.--Section 711 is amended by 
        striking all that follows the heading and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) On receiving from the Archivist of the United States a copy 
of an Act or joint resolution pursuant to section 710(a), the Clerk of 
the House or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) shall 
cause to be printed an accurate copy and transmit it in duplicate to 
the Archivist of the United States for revision.
    ``(b) On receiving from the Secretary of State a copy of a treaty 
pursuant to section 710(b), the Secretary of the Senate shall cause to 
be printed an accurate copy and transmit it in duplicate to the 
Secretary of State for revision.
    ``(c) On the return of one of the revised duplicates transmitted 
under this section, the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the 
Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) shall make the marked 
corrections and print the number specified by section 709.''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        7 is amended by amending the item relating to section 710 to 
        read as follows:

``710. Copies of Acts and treaties furnished to originating House.''.
    (d) Lapse of Authority to Print.--Section 718 is amended by 
striking ``when the whole number of copies'' and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ``if the printing is not completed during the 
2-year period which begins on the date the document, report, or 
publication is authorized to be printed.''.
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 7 is amended by striking the 
        following sections:
                    (A) Section 706 (relating to number and 
                distribution of bills and resolutions).
                    (B) Section 708 (relating to binding sets of bills 
                and resolutions for Congress).
                    (C) Section 712 (relating to printing of postal 
                conventions).
                    (D) Section 713 (relating to journals of Houses of 
                Congress).
                    (E) Section 714 (relating to printing of multiple 
                editions).
                    (F) Section 715 (relating to copies for Department 
                of State).
                    (G) Section 720 (relating to Senate and House 
                Manuals).
                    (H) Sections 723 and 724 (relating to memorial 
                addresses).
                    (I) Section 725 (relating to statements of 
                appropriations).
                    (J) Section 730 (relating to distribution to 
                Members).
                    (K) Section 731 (relating to distribution of 
                documents for former Members).
                    (L) Section 732 (relating to time for distribution 
                by Members).
                    (M) Section 734 (relating to stationery and blank 
                books).
                    (N) Sections 735, 736, 737, and 738 (relating to 
                binding).
                    (O) Section 739 (relating to Senate and House 
                document rooms).
                    (P) Section 740 (relating to the Senate Service 
                Department and House Publications Distribution 
                Service).
                    (Q) Section 741 (relating to disposition of 
                documents stored at Capitol).
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        7 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 706, 
        708, 712, 713, 714, 715, 720, 723, 724, 725, 730, 731, 732, 
        734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, and 741.

SEC. 302. REPRINTING CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.

    (a) No Limit on Number of Pages of Document.--Section 704 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``not exceeding fifty pages,''; and
            (2) by striking ``not accompanied'' and all that follows 
        through ``fifty pages''.
    (b) Repeal Citation of Specific Authority.--Section 704 is amended 
by striking the second sentence.

SEC. 303. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Laws, Postal Conventions, and Treaties.--Section 709, as 
amended by section 103(19) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Public Printer 
        shall print'' and inserting ``Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives (in the case of a law originating in the House 
        of Representatives) and the Secretary of the Senate (in the 
        case of a law originating in the Senate) shall cause to be 
        printed'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``congressional 
        allotment'' and inserting ``House or Senate allotment''; and
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Joint 
        Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``The Clerk of the House 
        of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate (as the case 
        may be)''.
    (b) Documents Not Provided for by Law.--Section 716 is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``by simple resolution'' after ``may 
        order''; and
            (2) by striking ``, when accompanied'' and all that follows 
        and inserting a period.
    (c) Congressional Directory.--
            (1) In general.--Section 721 is amended by striking all 
        that follows the heading and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Subject to the direction of the Committee on House Oversight 
of the House of Representatives, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives shall prepare a directory of the House of 
Representatives, which shall be printed and distributed as early as 
practicable during the first session of each Congress. The Clerk shall 
update and maintain the information contained in the directory in an 
electronic format which shall be accessible electronically.
    ``(b) Subject to the direction of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate shall prepare 
a directory of the Senate, which shall be printed and distributed as 
early as practicable during the first session of each Congress. The 
Secretary shall update and maintain the information contained in the 
directory in an electronic format which shall be accessible 
electronically.''.
            (2) Sale by superintendent of documents.--Section 722 is 
        amended by striking ``Public Printer'' and inserting 
        ``Superintendent of Documents (described in chapter 17)''.
    (d) Committee Documents.--
            (1) In general.--Section 726 is amended by striking all 
        that follows the heading and inserting the following:
    ``The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of 
the Senate may, upon the request of a Committee of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate (as the case may be), provide for 
publication of any reports, hearing transcripts, or other documents of 
the Committee, in accordance with guidelines issued by the Committee on 
House Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate (as the case may be) pursuant to 
section 701.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Chapter 7 is amended by striking 
        section 727 (relating to indexing and binding of committee 
        reports).
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        7 is amended by striking the item relating to section 727.
    (e) Statutes at Large and Treaties.--Section 728 is amended by 
striking all that follows the heading and inserting the following:
    ``(a) The Superintendent of Documents shall provide for the 
publication through electronic means (and such other means as the 
Superintendent considers appropriate) of--
            ``(1) the United States Statutes at Large, after the final 
        adjournment of each regular session of Congress; and
            ``(2) the United States Treaties and Other International 
        Agreements, after the end of each calendar year.
    ``(b) The costs of any publication and dissemination incurred by 
the Superintendent of Documents under this section during a fiscal year 
shall be chargeable to the Superintendent's appropriation for the 
year.''.
    (f) Documents Ordered by Members; Franks and Envelopes.--Section 
733 is amended by striking all that follows the heading and inserting 
the following:
    ``(a) At the request of a member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Resident Commissioner or Delegate thereof) or a member of 
the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate (as the case may be) shall provide for the printing of 
documents for the use of the member, including envelopes and stationery 
containing the member's frank, in accordance with guidelines issued by 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
    ``(b) The guidelines issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
include requirements relating to payment of the costs incurred in 
printing documents for the use of the member.''.

SEC. 304. COSTS OF PRODUCING AND PUBLISHING DOCUMENTS.

    Section 717 is amended by striking all that follows the heading and 
inserting the following:
    ``The cost of the publishing of a document or report published by 
order of Congress which, under section 1107, cannot be properly charged 
to another appropriation or allotment of appropriation already made 
shall be charged as follows:
            ``(1) In the case of publishing by order of the Clerk of 
        the House of Representatives, to the appropriation for 
        publishing of the House of Representatives, in accordance with 
        guidelines established by the Committee on House Oversight of 
        the House of Representatives.
            ``(2) In the case of publishing by order of the Secretary 
        of the Senate, to the appropriation for publishing of the 
        Senate, in accordance with guidelines established by the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
            ``(3) In the case of publishing on behalf of the Architect 
        of the Capitol, to the appropriation for the Architect of the 
        Capitol, in accordance with guidelines established by the 
        Architect and approved by the Joint Committee on Information.
            ``(4) In the case of publishing on behalf of the 
        Comptroller General, to the appropriation for the Comptroller 
        General, in accordance with guidelines established by the 
        Comptroller General and approved by the Joint Committee on 
        Information.
            ``(5) In the case of publishing on behalf of the Librarian 
        of Congress, to the appropriation for the Library of Congress, 
        in accordance with guidelines established by the Librarian and 
        approved by the Joint Committee on Information.
            ``(6) In the case of publishing on behalf of the Public 
        Printer, to the appropriation for the Government Printing 
        Office, in accordance with guidelines established by the Public 
Printer and approved by the Joint Committee on Information.
            ``(7) In the case of publishing on the order of any other 
        entity, to the appropriation for the entity.''.

SEC. 305. CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBERING OF DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Clarification of Authority to Publish Electronically.--Section 
719 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``printed'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``published''; and
            (2) by striking ``printing'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``publication''.
    (b) Repeal Separate Numbering Requirement for Documents Distributed 
to Certain Entities.--Section 719 is amended by striking the third 
sentence.

                    Subtitle B--Congressional Record

SEC. 311. FORM OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

    (a) Timing of Publication of Index.--Section 901 is amended by 
striking ``semimonthly during and at the close of sessions of 
Congress''.
    (b) Daily and Permanent Forms.--
            (1) Clarification of authority to publish electronically.--
        Section 903 is amended by striking ``printed'' the first place 
        it appears and inserting ``published''.
            (2) Timing; number.--Section 903 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``revised, printed'' and all that 
                follows through ``during and after'' and inserting 
                ``revised in permanent form for distribution after''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 9 is amended by striking section 
        902 (relating to separate requirements for the preparation of 
        the index of the Congressional Record).
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        9 is amended by striking the item relating to section 902.

SEC. 312. CONTENTS OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

    (a) Daily Contents.--
            (1) Authority of senate and house.--Section 905, as amended 
        by section 103(32), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The Joint Committee on 
                Information'' and inserting ``The Secretary of the 
                Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
                respectively,''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``prepared 
                under'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
            (2) Clarification of authority to publish electronically.--
        Section 905 is amended by striking ``printing'' and inserting 
        ``publication''.
    (b) Prohibiting Insertion of Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations.--
Section 904 is amended by striking ``without the approval'' and all 
that follows and inserting a period.

SEC. 313. DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

    (a) Distribution of Gratuitous Copies.--
            (1) In general.--Section 906 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 906. Distribution of Congressional Record
    ``(a) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide 
copies of the Congressional Record upon request to each member of the 
House of Representatives (including the Resident Commissioner and 
Delegates), in accordance with standards established by the Clerk and 
approved by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives.
    ``(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall provide copies of the 
Congressional Record upon request to each member of the Senate, in 
accordance with standards established by the Secretary and approved by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        9 is amended by amending the item relating to section 906 to 
        read as follows:

``906. Distribution of Congressional Record.''.
    (b) Subscriptions and Sales.--
            (1) Authority of superintendent of documents.--Section 910 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Under the 
                direction of the Joint Committee, the Public Printer'' 
                and inserting ``The Superintendent of Documents'';
                    (B) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 
                striking ``Public Printer'' and inserting 
                ``Superintendent of Documents''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking the third 
                sentence.
            (2) Clarification of authority to publish electronically.--
        Section 910(c) is amended by striking ``Record'' and inserting 
        ``Record, if printed,''.
    (c) Exchange for Parliamentary Hansard.--Section 909 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``bound'' and 
        inserting ``permanent'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``, and the Public 
        Printer'' and all that follows and inserting a period; and
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``Department of 
        State'' and inserting ``Library of Congress''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 9 is amended by striking section 
        907 (relating to extracts from the Congressional Record) and 
        section 908 (relating to payment for printing extracts from the 
        Congressional Record).
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        9 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 907 and 
        908.

SEC. 314. TREATMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AS OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

    For purposes of any Federal law, the Congressional Record for a day 
in which a House of Congress is in session shall be considered the 
official journal of the House for that day.

           Subtitle C--Executive and Judicial Branch Printing

SEC. 321. AUTHORIZING PUBLIC PRINTER TO EXECUTE PUBLISHING WORK FOR 
              PRESIDENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1101 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1101. Publishing for the President
    ``The Public Printer shall execute such publishing for the 
President as the President may order and make requisition for.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1103 is amended--
            (A) by striking ``printing or binding'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``publishing''; and
            (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``printing and 
        binding'' and inserting ``publishing''.
    (2) Section 1104 is amended by striking ``printing or binding'' and 
inserting ``publishing''.
    (3) Section 1105 is amended by striking ``printing or binding'' and 
inserting ``publishing''.
    (4) Section 1107 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printing and binding'' 
        and inserting ``publishing''; and
            (B) by striking ``printing and binding'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``publishing''.
    (5) Section 1108 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printing'' and inserting 
        ``publishing'';
            (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``printing and 
        binding'' and inserting ``publishing'';
            (C) in the second sentence, by striking ``may be printed'' 
        and inserting ``may be published'';
            (D) in the third sentence, by striking ``shall print'' and 
        inserting ``shall publish''; and
            (E) in the third sentence, by striking ``printing'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``publishing''.
    (6) Section 1109 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``Printing'' and inserting 
        ``Publishing'';
            (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``printed'' and 
        inserting ``published''; and
            (C) in the second sentence, by striking ``printing'' and 
        inserting ``publishing''.
    (7) Section 1110 is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``printed'' and inserting ``published''.
    (8) Section 1111 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``printing and 
        binding'' and inserting ``publishing''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``printed'' and 
        inserting ``published''.
    (9) Section 1112 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (10) Section 1114 is amended by striking ``printed'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``published''.
    (11) Section 1116 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
        ``published''; and
            (B) by striking ``printed'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``published''.
    (12) Section 1117 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printing'' and inserting 
        ``publishing'';
            (B) by striking ``printing and binding'' and inserting 
        ``publishing''; and
            (C) by striking ``the printing'' and inserting ``the 
        publishing''.
    (13) Section 1118 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (14) Section 1120 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (15) Section 1122 is amended by striking ``printing and binding'' 
and inserting ``publishing''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 11 is 
amended as follows:
            (1) The item relating to section 1101 is amended to read as 
        follows:

``1101. Publishing for the President.''.
            (2) The item relating to section 1107 is amended by 
        striking ``printing and binding'' and inserting ``publishing''.
            (3) The item relating to section 1108 is amended by 
        striking ``printing'' and inserting ``publishing''.
            (4) The item relating to section 1109 is amended by 
        striking ``Printing'' and inserting ``Publishing''.
            (5) The item relating to section 1116 is amended by 
        striking ``printed'' and inserting ``published''.
            (6) The item relating to section 1117 is amended by 
        striking ``printing'' and inserting ``publishing''.

SEC. 322. PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF PUBLICATIONS.

    (a) Authorization Required.--Section 1102 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``printed, and the 
        Public Printer may not print'' and inserting ``published'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``authorized by law 
        and'';
            (3) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking ``Printing'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``Publishing'';
            (4) in subsection (c), by striking ``special''; and
            (5) in subsection (c), by striking ``and filed with the 
        Public Printer''.
    (b) Repeal Separate Estimate of Costs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1103 is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``; estimate of 
                cost''; and
                    (B) by striking all that follows the first 
                sentence.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to section 1103 
        in the table of sections for chapter 11 is amended by striking 
        ``; estimate of cost''.
    (c) Repeal Determination of Form and Style of Publication by Public 
Printer.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking section 
        1105.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1105.
    (d) Rules for Charging Against Appropriations for Publishing.--
Section 1107, as amended by section 321(b)(4), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``the cost'' and inserting ``The 
                cost'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``shall be charged'' after 
                ``manuscript,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``the balance of cost'' and 
                inserting ``The balance of cost shall be charged'', and
                    (B) by striking ``, to congressional publishing 
                appropriations or''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (3).
    (e) Repeal Restrictions on Publication of Multiple Editions.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking section 
        1109.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1109.

SEC. 323. DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PERIODICALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Clarification of Use of Appropriations.--The first sentence of 
section 1108 is amended by inserting ``to such department, agency, or 
establishment'' after ``available''.
    (b) Repeal of Limit on Number of Additional Copies.--Section 1108 
is amended by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Authority of Superintendent of Documents to Make Publications 
Available to Public.--The third sentence of section 1108 is amended to 
read as follows: ``Such publications shall be made available for sale 
to the public by the Superintendent of Documents.''.

SEC. 324. EXAMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND 
              OTHER CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Requiring Purchase of Publications.--The first sentence of 
section 1110 is amended by inserting ``the purchase of'' after ``the 
Public Printer for''.
    (b) Authority of Public Printer.--Section 1110 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, not to exceed'' 
        and all that follows and inserting a period; and
            (2) by striking the second and third sentences.

SEC. 325. PRINTING OF ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) Timing.--The first sentence of section 1111 is amended to read 
as follows: ``The appropriations made for publishing may not be used 
for an annual report or the accompanying documents unless the report is 
submitted to Congress on or before February 1 of the year.''.
    (b) Clarification of Authority to Publish Electronically.--The 
second sentence of section 1111 is amended by striking ``printed, made 
public,'' and inserting ``made public''.
    (c) Repeal Specified Number for Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking 1114 
        (relating to number of copies of annual reports for Congress).
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1114.
    (d) Repeal Delivery by Public Printer.--Section 1115 is amended by 
striking ``by the Public Printer''.
    (e) Repeal Limitation on Number of Copies Printed.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking section 
        1116.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1116.

SEC. 326. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PRINTING AND BINDING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Blanks and Letterheads for Judges and Officers of Courts.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking section 
        1120.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1120.
    (b) Paper and Envelopes Shared by Agencies in District of 
Columbia.--Section 1121, as amended by section 103(36), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``under direction of the Joint Committee on 
        Information,''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence.
    (c) Specified Binding Materials.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 11 is amended by striking section 
        1123.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        11 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1123.

    Subtitle D--Repeal Requirements to Print Particular Reports and 
                               Documents

SEC. 331. REPEAL REQUIREMENTS TO PRINT PARTICULAR REPORTS AND 
              DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Title 44 is amended by striking chapter 13.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for title 44 is 
amended by striking the item relating to chapter 13.

      Subtitle E--Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations

SEC. 341. REPEAL TRANSMITTAL OF CONTENTS TO PUBLIC PRINTER.

    Section 1503 is amended in the sixth sentence by striking 
``transmit immediately'' and all that follows through ``certified 
copy'' and inserting ``cause to be published a certified version''.

SEC. 342. PUBLICATION OF FEDERAL REGISTER BY PUBLIC PRINTER.

    (a) Authority of Public Printer.--The second sentence of section 
1504 is amended by striking ``make available'' and all that follows 
through ``distribution of'' and inserting ``distribute''.
    (b) Clarification of Authority to Publish Electronically.--Section 
1504 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``printed and''; and
            (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``printed'' and 
        inserting ``published''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1506 is amended by striking 
``printed,'' each place it appears in paragraphs (3) and (4) and 
inserting ``published, printed''.
    (2) Section 1509 is amended by striking ``printing,'' each place it 
appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``publishing, 
printing,''.

SEC. 343. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE APPROPRIATION FOR OTHER 
              PUBLICATIONS.

    Section 1509(b) is amended by striking ``appropriations to the 
Government Printing Office'' and inserting ``a specified appropriation 
to the Office of the Federal Register for purposes of carrying out this 
subsection,''.

SEC. 344. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PUBLISH CODE OF FEDERAL 
              REGULATIONS ELECTRONICALLY.

    Section 1510 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``printed and bound in permanent form and shall be'';
            (2) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``binding of the printed codifications into separate books'' 
        and inserting ``publication'';
            (3) in the third sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``book'' and inserting ``publication'';
            (4) in the fourth sentence of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``separately printed and bound'' and inserting ``published'';
            (5) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking 
        ``printed''; and
            (6) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by striking 
        ``book'' and inserting ``publication''.

          TITLE IV--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

          Subtitle A--Publication and Sale of Public Documents

SEC. 401. PERMITTING ENTITIES OTHER THAN PUBLIC PRINTER TO PREPARE AND 
              DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1701 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1701. Availability of Government publications for use and 
              dissemination throughout Federal Government
    ``(a) If a department, agency, or other entity of the Federal 
Government publishes a Government publication, the head of the 
department, agency, or entity shall furnish the publication to the 
Superintendent of Documents not later than the date of release of the 
material to the public.
    ``(b) If a department, agency, or entity fails to furnish a 
publication to the Superintendent of Documents under subsection (a), 
the Superintendent may obtain the publication, and (if obtained) shall 
provide for dissemination of the publication. The cost of obtaining and 
disseminating a publication under the previous sentence shall be borne 
by the department, agency, or entity involved.
    ``(c) In this chapter, the term `Government publication' means 
informational matter which is made available for dissemination or 
disseminated at Federal Government expense, or as required by law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 17 is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 1701 to read as 
follows:

``1701. Availability of Government publications for use and 
                            dissemination throughout Federal 
                            Government.''.

SEC. 402. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PUBLISH ELECTRONICALLY.

    (a) In General.--The second sentence of the third undesignated 
paragraph of section 1702 is amended by striking ``printed'' each place 
it appears and inserting ``published''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1703 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printing and binding'' 
        and inserting ``publishing''; and
            (B) by striking ``printing and binding'' and inserting 
        ``publishing''.
    (2) Section 1705 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``Printing'' and inserting 
        ``Publishing'';
            (B) by striking ``shall print'' and inserting ``shall 
        provide for publishing''; and
            (C) by striking ``printing'' and inserting ``publishing''.
    (3) Section 1706 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ````Printing'' and 
        inserting ``Publishing'';''; and
            (B) by striking ``printing'' each place it appears in the 
        second and third sentences and inserting ``publishing''.
    (4) Section 1707 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ````Reprinting'' and 
        inserting ``Republication'';''; and
                    (B) by striking ``reprinted'' and inserting 
                ``republished''.
    (5) Section 1708 is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``printing'' and inserting ``publishing''.
    (6) Section 1709 is amended--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``printing'' and inserting 
        ``providing''; and
            (B) by striking ``print'' and inserting ``provide''.
    (7) Section 1710 is amended--
            (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``printed'' and 
        inserting ``published''; and
            (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``print'' and 
        inserting ``publish''.
    (8) Section 1711 is amended by striking ``printed'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``published''.
    (9) Section 1712 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (10) Section 1713 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (11) Section 1714 is amended--
            (A) by striking ``shall print'' and inserting ``shall 
        publish'';
            (B) by striking ``, bound'' each place it appears; and
            (C) by striking ``or printed'' and inserting ``or 
        published''.
    (12) Section 1715 is amended by striking ``printing'' and inserting 
``a publication''.
    (13) Section 1717 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (14) Section 1718 is amended--
            (A) by striking ``printed'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``published'';
            (B) by striking ``, bound'' each place it appears; and
            (C) by striking ``, unbound'' each place it appears.
    (15) Section 1722 is amended by striking ``printed'' and inserting 
``published''.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 17 is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In the item relating to section 1703, by striking 
        ``printing and binding'' and inserting ``publishing''.
            (2) In the item relating to section 1705, by striking 
        ``Printing'' and inserting ``Publishing''.
            (3) In the item relating to section 1706, by striking 
        ``Printing'' and inserting ``Publishing''.
            (4) In the item relating to section 1706, by striking 
        ``Reprinting'' and inserting ``Republication''.
            (5) In the item relating to section 1709, by striking 
        ``Reprinting'' and inserting ``Republication''.

SEC. 403. SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Treatment of Funds Received From Sale.--The second undesignated 
paragraph of section 1702 is amended by striking the second sentence.
    (b) Timing of Report to Public Printer.--The first sentence of the 
third undesignated paragraph of section 1702 is amended by striking 
``monthly''.
    (c) Delivery of Certain Documents.--The second sentence of the 
third undesignated paragraph of section 1702 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, which shall be delivered to the 
        departments,''; and
            (2) by striking ``which shall be delivered to the Senate'' 
        and all that follows and inserting a period.

SEC. 404. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON NUMBER OF EXTRA COPIES FURNISHED.

    The first sentence of section 1706 is amended to read as follows: 
``The Public Printer shall furnish copies of documents to applicants 
giving notice before the matter is published.''.

SEC. 405. REPUBLICATION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Timing.--Section 1707 is amended by striking ``, from time to 
time,''.
    (b) Reimbursement to Superintendent's Appropriation.--Section 1707 
is amended by striking ``Revolving Fund'' and inserting ``appropriation 
for the Superintendent of Documents''.

SEC. 406. USE OF COST-BASED PRICING FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES.

    Section 1708 is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``as determined by 
        the Public Printer plus 50 percent''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``of not to exceed 
        25 percent''.

SEC. 407. INDEX OF DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Timing of Publication.--The first sentence of section 1710 is 
amended by striking ``, at the close of each regular session of 
Congress, shall prepare'' and inserting ``shall maintain''.
    (b) Authority of Superintendent of Documents.--Section 1710 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the second sentence;
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``the Superintendent of Documents'';
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting the following: ``, in a format prescribed by 
        the Superintendent of Documents.'';
            (4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``He'' and 
        inserting ``The Superintendent of Documents'';
            (5) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``in one volume'';
            (6) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``, and shall 
        index'' and all that follows and inserting a period; and
            (7) by striking the fifth sentence.

SEC. 408. CATALOG OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

    (a) Timing; Authority of Superintendent of Documents.--The first 
sentence of section 1711 is amended to read as follows: ``The 
Superintendent of Documents shall maintain a current catalog of 
Government publications which shall show the documents published, where 
the documents may be obtained, and the price.''.
    (b) Repeal Mandatory Pamphlet Publication.--Section 1711 is amended 
by striking the second sentence.

                Subtitle B--Distribution of Publications

SEC. 411. DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.

    (a) Congressional Research Service.--Section 1718 is amended by 
striking the matter following the heading and inserting the following:
    ``The following publications shall be delivered to the 
Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress in such 
manner and number as the Joint Committee on Information may establish:
            ``(1) Unbound copies of each House document and report.
            ``(2) Unbound copies of each Senate document and report.
            ``(3) Copies of the laws in slip form.''.
    (b) International Exchange.--
            (1) Repeal maximum number supplied.--The first sentence of 
        section 1719 is amended by striking ``not to exceed'' and all 
        that follows through ``Congressional Record'' and inserting 
        ``copies of all Government publications, including the 
Congressional Record''.
            (2) Repeal charge against superintendent.--The third 
        sentence of section 1719 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``printing, binding, and''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Superintendent of Documents'' 
                and inserting ``to the Library of Congress''.
    (c) Document Rooms of House and Senate.--Section 1715 is amended by 
striking ``and one copy'' and all that follows through the semicolon.

SEC. 412. REPEAL OF CERTAIN MANDATORY DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 17 is amended by striking the following 
sections:
            (1) Section 1712 (relating to documents for use of Public 
        Printer).
            (2) Section 1713 (relating to documents delivered to 
        Executive Mansion).
            (3) Section 1717 (relating to distribution to foreign 
        legations).
            (4) Section 1720 (relating to documents not needed by 
        departments).
            (5) Section 1721 (relating to exchange of documents by 
        heads of departments).
            (6) Section 1722 (relating to departmental distribution of 
        documents).
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 17 is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 1712, 1713, 1717, 
1720, 1721, and 1722.

                  TITLE V--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM

SEC. 501. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ``GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION''.

    Section 1901 is amended by striking ``published as an individual 
document'' and inserting ``made available for dissemination or 
disseminated''.

SEC. 502. EXPANDING AUTHORITY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS TO MAKE 
              GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE.

    Section 1902 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Government publications'' and inserting 
        ``(a) Government publications''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) The Superintendent of Documents may carry out this section by 
such means as the Superintendent considers appropriate, including the 
dissemination and republication of Government publications, with the 
cost of dissemination and republication to be borne by the entity of 
the Federal Government involved.''.

SEC. 503. DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS TO PROGRAMS.

    (a) Repeal Publication of Specific Number of Copies.--Section 1903 
is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``the printing of'' 
        and all that follows and inserting ``publications shall furnish 
        such publications for distribution to designated depository 
        libraries.'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence;
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``Copies of 
        publications'' and inserting ``Publications'';
            (4) in the third sentence, by striking ``simple 
        resolutions;'' and all that follows and inserting ``simple 
        resolutions.''; and
            (5) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences.
    (b) Repeal Issuance of Separate Classified List of Publications.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 19 is amended by striking section 
        1904.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        19 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1904.

SEC. 504. DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ``Government publications shall be disseminated 
and made available under this chapter only to institutions designated 
as depository libraries as of January 1, 1997.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Chapter 19 is amended by striking 
section 1905.
    (2) Section 1909 is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence of the first undesignated 
        paragraph, by striking ``, and within an area'' and all that 
        follows and inserting a period; and
            (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking the 
        third sentence.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 19 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 1905.

SEC. 505. DISPOSAL OF PUBLICATIONS AFTER USE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1911 is amended by striking ``after 
retention'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``only in 
accordance with regulations established by the Superintendent of 
Documents and approved by the Joint Committee on Information.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1912 is amended by striking 
``either in printed'' and all that follows through ``Documents)'' and 
inserting ``(except those authorized to be discarded in accordance with 
section 1911)''.

SEC. 506. REPEAL DESIGNATION OF SPECIFIED TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS AS 
              DEPOSITORIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 19 is amended by striking the following 
sections:
            (1) Section 1906 (relating to designation of land-grant 
        colleges as depositories).
            (2) Section 1907 (relating to designation of libraries of 
        certain entities as depositories).
            (3) Section 1908 (relating to transmittal of certain 
        publications to American Antiquarian Society).
            (4) Section 1915 (relating to designation of highest State 
        appellate court libraries as depositories).
            (5) Section 1916 (relating to designation of libraries of 
        accredited law schools as depositories).
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for chapter 19 is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 1906, 1907, 1908, 
1915, and 1916.

                        TITLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect October 1, 1997.
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