[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3519 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 501
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3519

To require sponsoring Senators to pay the printing costs of ceremonial 
                 and commemorative Senate resolutions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2012

    Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Corker, Mr. Johnson of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Lee, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Paul, Mr. Risch, Mr. Sessions, 
and Mr. Toomey) introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                           September 10, 2012

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
To require sponsoring Senators to pay the printing costs of ceremonial 
                 and commemorative Senate resolutions.

    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 ``Pay for Printing Act''.

SEC. 2. SENATORS REQUIREMENT TO PAY.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
        sponsor of a ceremonial or commemorative Senate resolution 
        shall reimburse the Government Printing Office for the total 
        costs of printing such a resolution as determined by the 
        Government Printing Office.
            (2) Payment from mra.--The reimbursement required by 
        paragraph (1) shall be paid out of the sponsor's Members' 
        Representative Allowance.
    (b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to a resolution 
sponsored by at least two-thirds of Senators, duly chosen and sworn.
                                                       Calendar No. 501

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3519

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require sponsoring Senators to pay the printing costs of ceremonial 
                 and commemorative Senate resolutions.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 10, 2012

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar