[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H9035-H9036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF THE POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES 
                              CONSTITUTION

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of Senate Concurrent Resolution 35 and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Driehaus). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 35

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

     SECTION 1. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

       (a) In General.--The 24th edition of the pocket version of 
     the United States Constitution shall be printed as a Senate 
     document under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     Printing.
       (b) Additional Copies.--In addition to the usual number, 
     there shall be printed the lesser of--

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       (1) 551,000 copies of the document, of which 441,000 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 of the document as does not 
     exceed a total production and printing cost of $218,379, 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 concurred in.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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