[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 292 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 292

   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for 
          the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2011

 Mr. Lee of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for 
          the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS BY 
              PUBLIC PRINTER FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.

    (a) Elimination of Mandatory Printing.--Section 706 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 706. Bills and resolutions
    ``(a) No Printing of Bills and Resolutions.--Except as provided in 
subsections (b) and (c), the Public Printer shall make bills and 
resolutions available for the use of the House of Representatives and 
Senate only in an electronic format which is accessible through the 
Internet.
    ``(b) Exception for Standing Request of Committee for Bills and 
Resolutions Within Jurisdiction.--If a committee (including a joint 
committee) of the House of Representatives or Senate, at any time 
during a Congress, requests the Public Printer to provide the committee 
with printed copies of each bill or resolution during the Congress that 
is within the committee's jurisdiction, the Public Printer shall 
provide the committee with printed copies of each such bill or 
resolution, except that the aggregate number of printed copies of any 
bill or resolution provided pursuant to requests under this subsection 
may not exceed 75.
    ``(c) Exception for Request of Members or Committees for Individual 
Bills or Resolutions.--At the request of a Member (including a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or committee (including a 
joint committee) of the House of Representatives or Senate, the Public 
Printer shall provide the Member or committee with such number of 
printed copies of a bill or resolution as the Member or committee may 
request.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 3-month period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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