[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20228]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF CERTAIN PUBLICATIONS

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 190) 
authorizing printing of the brochure entitled ``How Our Laws Are 
Made'', the document-sized, annotated version of the United States 
Constitution, and the pocket version of the United States Constitution, 
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?

                              {time}  1030

  Mr. EHLERS. Madam Speaker, reserving the right to object, will the 
gentleman explain the resolution, please.
  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, this concurrent resolution 
provides for printing additional copies of three congressional 
publications that our constituents frequently request from us and of 
which supplies are nearly exhausted. Two of the publications are about 
the U.S. Constitution. With Constitution Day, September 17, approaching 
fast, we need to replenish our supplies so that Members can fulfill the 
requests from schools, civic organizations and others.
  Madam Speaker, I know of no controversy and urge an ``aye'' vote.
  Mr. EHLERS. Madam Speaker, under my reservation, I would simply 
comment that these are remarkably good documents. We make great use of 
them in the United States. Frankly, I would like to see the dollar 
limit removed, because these are very valuable documents for students 
in the schools. I know we receive many, many requests for them, 
frequently more than we can handle.
  Madam Speaker, I strongly support the resolution with the one 
reservation that I wish we could increase the allocation; however, I 
don't want to stop the flow of democracy here.
  Madam Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 190

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

     SECTION 1. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE.

       (a) In General.--An edition of the brochure entitled ``How 
     Our Laws Are Made'', as revised under the direction of the 
     Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives in 
     consultation with the Parliamentarian of the Senate, shall be 
     printed as a House 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--
       (1) 550,000 copies of the document, 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 of the document as does not 
     exceed a total production and printing cost of $479,247, 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.

     SEC. 2. DOCUMENT-SIZED, ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

       (a) In General.--The 2007 edition of the document-sized, 
     annotated version of the United States Constitution shall be 
     printed as a House 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--
       (1) 550,000 copies of the document, 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 of the document as does not 
     exceed a total production and printing cost of $535,853, 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.

     SEC. 3. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

       (a) In General.--The 23rd edition of the pocket version of 
     the United States Constitution shall be printed as a House 
     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--
       (1) 550,000 copies of the document, 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 of the document as does not 
     exceed a total production and printing cost of $188,462, 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 current resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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