[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 307 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 307


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2008

    Received and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress that Members' Congressional papers 
   should be properly maintained and encouraging Members to take all 
        necessary measures to manage and preserve these papers.

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.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.