[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 307 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.307
                                                 Agreed to June 20, 2008

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Members' Congressional papers (including papers of Delegates 
  and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) serve as indispensable 
  sources for the study of American representative democracy;

Whereas these papers document vital national, regional, and local 
  public policy issues;

Whereas these papers are crucial to the public's understanding of the 
  role of Congress in making the Nation's laws and responding to the 
  needs of its citizens;

Whereas because these papers serve as essential primary sources for the 
  history of Congress, the study of these papers will illuminate the 
  careers of individual Members;

Whereas by custom, these papers are considered the personal property of 
  the Member who receives and creates them, and it is therefore the 
  Member who is responsible to decide on their ultimate disposition; 
  and

Whereas resources are available through the Office of the Clerk of the 
  House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to assist 
  Members with the professional and cost-effective management and 
  preservation of these papers: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
        (1) Members' Congressional papers (including papers of 
    Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) should be 
    properly maintained;
        (2) each Member of Congress should take all necessary measures 
    to manage and preserve the Member's own Congressional papers; and
        (3) each Member of Congress should be encouraged to arrange for 
    the deposit or donation of the Member's own noncurrent 
    Congressional papers with a research institution that is properly 
    equipped to care for them, and to make these papers available for 
    educational purposes at a time the Member considers appropriate.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.