[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 23, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H6840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING OF AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE 23RD 
    EDITION OF THE POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
discharge the Committee on House Administration from further 
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 395 and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 395

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring),

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF 
                   COPIES OF POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES 
                   CONSTITUTION.

       Under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
     there shall be printed an additional number of copies of the 
     23rd edition of the pocket version of the United States 
     Constitution (House Document 110--51) equal to the lesser 
     of--
       (1) 550,000 copies, of which 440,000 copies shall be for 
     the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000 copies shall 
     be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies shall be for 
     the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or
       (2) such number of copies as does not exceed a total 
     production and printing cost of $180,949, with distribution 
     to be allocated in the same proportion as described in 
     paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the number of 
     copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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