[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2917 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2917

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

                              May 22, 2018

  Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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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 Publishing Office for the total 
        costs of printing such a resolution, as determined by the 
        Government Publishing Office.
            (2) Payment from sopoea.--The reimbursement required by 
        paragraph (1) shall be paid out of the amounts available to the 
        sponsor from the Senators' Official Personnel and Office 
        Expense Account.
    (b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to a resolution that 
is sponsored by not less than two-thirds of the Senators, duly chosen 
and sworn.
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