[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 24 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 24

Requiring the appropriate committees of the House to report legislation 
 to transfer certain functions of the Government Printing Office, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Klug submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requiring the appropriate committees of the House to report legislation 
 to transfer certain functions of the Government Printing Office, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR THE REPORTING OF LEGISLATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than the end of the first session of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, the appropriate committees of the House of 
Representatives shall report to the House legislation to accomplish the 
purposes specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Purposes Specified.--The purposes referred to in subsection (a) 
are--
            (1) transfer of executive branch printing from the 
        Government Printing Office to the General Services 
        Administration;
            (2) transfer of the functions now carried out by the 
        Superintendent of Documents to the Librarian of Congress, who 
        shall be responsible for the dissemination of all Government 
        information, with the on-line networks of the Library of 
        Congress to be used for Government information not requiring a 
        printed format;
            (3) abolition of the Joint Committee on Printing and the 
        Joint Committee on the Library;
            (4) reduction of the in-house printing capacity of the 
        Government Printing Office to the minimum level necessary;
            (5) procurement of other congressional printing whenever 
        possible from the private sector through a competitive bid 
        process, with the procurement to be administered by the Public 
        Printer;
            (6) reduction in the work force at the Government Printing 
        Office to 800 positions, with the reduction to be accomplished 
        gradually, but not later than the end of the second fiscal year 
        after the fiscal year in which this resolution is agreed to;
            (7) submission to the Congress by the Public Printer of an 
        annual report on the standards applicable to, and the 
        efficiency of, the Government Printing Office; and
            (8) submission to the Congress of triennial General 
        Accounting Office audits of the functions of the Government 
        Printing Office.
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