[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 292 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 292


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of 
                               Congress.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
              FOR USE OF OFFICES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Elimination of Mandatory Printing.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
        is amended by inserting after section 706 the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of 
              offices of Members of Congress
    ``(a) No Printing Permitted.--The Public Printer shall make bills 
and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress 
only in an electronic format which is accessible through the Internet.
    ``(b) Member of Congress Defined.--In this section, a `Member of 
Congress' means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 706 of such title is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``There shall be printed'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``Subject to section 
                706A, there shall be printed''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Of concurrent and simple 
                resolutions'' and inserting ``Subject to section 706A, 
                of concurrent and simple resolutions''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 7 
        of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
        to section 706 the following new item:

``706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of 
                            offices of Members of Congress.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect upon the expiration of the 3-month period which begins on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 18, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.