[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 139 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 139

   Authorizing printing of the brochures entitled ``How Our Laws Are 
 Made'' and ``Our American Government'' the publication entitled ``Our 
  Flag'', the document-sized, annotated version of the United States 
Constitution, and the pocket version of the United States Constitution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2003

   Mr. Ney (for himself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Authorizing printing of the brochures entitled ``How Our Laws Are 
Made'' and ``Our American Government'', the publication entitled ``Our 
  Flag'', the document-sized, annotated version of the United States 
Constitution, and the pocket version of the United States Constitution.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE.

    (a) In General.--An edition of the brochure entitled ``How Our Laws 
Are Made'', as revised under the direction of the Parliamentarian of 
the House of Representatives in consultation with the Parliamentarian 
of the Senate, shall be printed as a House document under the direction 
of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, there 
shall be printed the lesser of--
            (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 
        copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
            (2) such number of copies of the document as does not 
        exceed a total production and printing cost of $220,794, with 
        distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as 
        described in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the 
        number of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 2. OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

    (a) In General.--The 2003 revised edition of the brochure entitled 
``Our American Government'' shall be printed as a House document under 
the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, there 
shall be printed the lesser of--
            (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 
        copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
            (2) such number of copies of the document as does not 
        exceed a total production and printing cost of $454,160, with 
        distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as 
        described in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the 
        number of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 3. OUR FLAG.

    (a) In General.--The 2003 revised edition of the publication 
entitled ``Our Flag'' shall be printed as a House document under the 
direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, there 
shall be printed the lesser of--
            (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 
        copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
            (2) such number of copies of the document as does not 
        exceed a total production and printing cost of $198,108, with 
        distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as 
        described in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the 
        number of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 4. DOCUMENT-SIZED, ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

    (a) In General.--The 2003 edition of the document-sized, annotated 
version of the United States Constitution shall be printed as a House 
document under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, there 
shall be printed the lesser of--
            (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 
        copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
            (2) such number of copies of the document as does not 
        exceed a total production and printing cost of $432,647, with 
        distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as 
        described in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the 
        number of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 5. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

    (a) In General.--The 21st edition of the pocket version of the 
United States Constitution shall be printed as a House document under 
the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, there 
shall be printed the lesser of--
            (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 
        copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies 
        shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
            (2) such number of copies of the document as does not 
        exceed a total production and printing cost of $126,729, with 
        distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as 
        described in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the 
        number of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.
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