[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
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                      TITLE 44.--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS

            
                       Chapter 1.--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

       600  Sec. 101. Joint Committee on Printing: membership.
                The Joint Committee on Printing shall consist of the 
            chairman and four members of the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration of the Senate and the chairman and four 
            members of the Committee on House Administration of the 
            House of Representatives. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1238; Feb. 17, 1981, Pub. L. 97-4, 95 Stat. 6.)
       601  Sec. 102. Joint Committee on Printing: succession; powers 
                during recess.
                The members of the Joint Committee on Printing who are 
            reelected to the succeeding Congress shall continue as 
            members of the committee until their successors are chosen. 
            The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
            Representatives shall, on the last day of a Congress, 
            appoint members of their respective Houses who have been 
            elected to the succeeding Congress to fill vacancies which 
            may then be about to occur on the Committee, and the 
            appointees and members of the Committee who have been 
            reelected shall continue until their successors are chosen.
                When Congress is not in session, the Joint Committee may 
            exercise all its powers and duties as when Congress is in 
            session. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1238.)
       602  Sec. 103. Joint Committee on Printing: remedial powers.
                The Joint Committee on Printing may use any measures it 
            considers necessary to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, 
            or waste in the public printing and binding and the 
            distribution of Government publications. (Oct. 2, 1968, Pub. 
            L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1239.)

            
                       Chapter 3.--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

       603  Sec. 301. Public Printer: appointment.
                The President of the United States shall nominate and, 
            by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a 
            suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed 
            in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the 
            Government Printing Office. His title shall be Public 
            Printer. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1239; June 
            6, 1972, Pub. L. 92-310, Sec. 210(a) (1), (2), 86 Stat. 
            204.)
       604  Sec. 302. Deputy Public Printer: appointment; duties.
                The Public Printer shall appoint a suitable person, who 
            must be a practical printer and versed in the art of 
            bookbinding, to be the Deputy Public Printer. He shall 
            perform the duties formerly required of the chief clerk, 
            supervise the buildings occupied by the Government Printing 
            Office, and perform any other duties required of him by the 
            Public Printer. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1239.)

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       605  Sec. 303. Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer: pay.
                The annual rate of pay for the Public Printer shall be a 
            rate which is equal to the rate for level III of the 
            Executive Schedule of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 
            5. The annual rate of pay for the Deputy Public Printer 
            shall be a rate which is equal to the rate for level IV of 
            such Executive Schedule. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1239; Aug. 9, 1975, Pub. L. 94-82, Sec. 204(c)(1), 89 
            Stat. 421; Pub. L. 101-520, Title II, 5209, Nov. 5, 1990, 
            104 Stat. 2274.)
       606  Sec. 304. Public Printer: vacancy in office.
                In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness 
            of the Public Printer, the Deputy Public Printer shall 
            perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor 
            is appointed or his absence or sickness ceases; but the 
            President may direct any other officer of the Government, 
            whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the 
            advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of 
            the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the 
            sickness or absence of the Public Printer ceases. A vacancy 
            occasioned by death or resignation may not be filled 
            temporarily under this section for longer than ten days, and 
            a temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of 
            another officer may not be made except to fill a vacancy 
            happening during a recess of the Senate. (Oct. 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1240.)
       607  Sec. 305. Public Printer: employees; pay.
                (a) The Public Printer may employ journeymen, 
            apprentices, laborers, and other persons necessary for the 
            work of the Government Printing Office at rates of wages and 
            salaries, including compensation for night and overtime 
            work, he considers for the interest of the Government and 
            just to the persons employed, except as otherwise provided 
            by this section. He may not employ more persons than the 
            necessities of the public work require nor more than four 
            hundred apprentices at one time. The minimum pay of 
            journeymen printers, pressmen, and bookbinders employed in 
            the Government Printing Office shall be at the rate of 90 
            cents an hour for the time actually employed. Except as 
            provided by the preceding part of this section the rate of 
            wages, including compensation for night and overtime work, 
            for more than ten employees of the same occupation shall be 
            determined by a conference between the Public Printer and a 
            committee selected by the trades affected, and the rates and 
            compensation so agreed upon shall become effective upon 
            approval by the Joint Committee on Printing. When the Public 
            Printer and the committee representing a trade fail to agree 
            as to wages, salaries, and compensation, either party may 
            appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision 
            of the Joint Committee is final. The wages, salaries, and 
            compensation so determined are not subject to change oftener 
            than once a year.
                (b) The Public Printer may grant an employee paid on an 
            annual basis compensatory time off from duty instead of 
            overtime pay for overtime work. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1240; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91-167, 83 Stat. 
            453; July 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91-369, 84 Stat. 693.)


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               Chapter 5.--PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRINTING AND 
                                      BINDING

       608  Sec. 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work 
                to be done at Government Printing Office.
                All printing, binding, and blank-book work for Congress, 
            the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other than the Supreme 
            Court of the United States, and every executive department, 
            independent office and establishment of the Government, 
            shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except--
                        (1) classes of work the Joint Committee on 
                    Printing considers to be urgent or necessary to have 
                    done elsewhere; and
                        (2) printing in field printing plants operated 
                    by an executive department, independent office or 
                    establishment, and the procurement of printing by an 
                    executive department, independent office or 
                    establishment from allotments for contract field 
                    printing, if approved by the Joint Committee on 
                    Printing.
                Printing or binding may be done at the Government 
            Printing Office only when authorized by law. (Oct. 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1243.) (Note: See Immigration and 
            Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983; 462 U.S. 919; 103 
            S.Ct. 2764) relating to similar legislative veto provisions 
            found unconstitutional.)
       609  Sec. 502. Procurement of printing, binding, and blank-book 
                work by Public Printer.
                Printing, binding, and blank-book work authorized by 
            law, which the Public Printer is not able or equipped to do 
            at the Government Printing Office, may be produced elsewhere 
            under contracts made by him with the approval of the Joint 
            Committee on Printing. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1243.) (Note: See Immigration and Naturalization 
            Service v. Chadha (1983; 462 U.S. 919; 103 S.Ct. 2764) 
            relating to similar legislative veto provisions found 
            unconstitutional.)
       610  Sec. 506. Time for printing documents or reports which 
                include illustrations or maps.
                A document or report to be illustrated or accompanied by 
            maps may not be printed by the Public Printer until the 
            illustrations or maps designed for it are ready for 
            publication. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1244.)
       611  Sec. 507. Orders for printing to be acted upon within one 
                year.
                An order for public printing may not be acted upon by 
            the Public Printer after the expiration of one year unless 
            the entire copy and illustrations for the work have been 
            furnished within that period. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1244.)
       612  Sec. 508. Annual estimates of quantity of paper required for 
                public printing and binding.
                At the beginning of each session of Congress, the Public 
            Printer shall submit to the Joint Committee on Printing 
            estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions 
            required for the public printing and binding during the 
            ensuing year. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1244.)

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                   Chapter 7.--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

       613  Sec. 701. ``Usual number'' of documents and reports; 
                distribution of House and Senate documents and reports; 
                binding; reports on private bills; number of copies 
                printed; distribution.\1\
                (a) The order by either House of Congress to print a 
            document or report shall signify the ``usual number'' of 
            copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to 
            receive them. A greater number may not be printed unless 
            ordered by either House, or as provided by this section. 
            When a special number of a document or report is ordered 
            printed, the usual number shall also be printed, unless 
            already ordered.
                \1\The number of copies to be printed or the 
                distribution thereof as specified in sections 701, 706, 
                713, 721, 723, 726, 906, 1339, and 1718 of title 44, 
                United States Code, have been changed by the Joint 
                Committee on Printing under authority of section 103 of 
                title 44 (Senate Manual section 602), or as a result of 
                sequestrations of funds mandated by Pub. L. 99-177, the 
                Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
                1985. For current regulations, consult the Joint 
                Committee on Printing.
                (b) The ``usual number'' of documents and reports shall 
            be one thousand six hundred and eighty-two copies, which 
            shall be printed at one time and distributed as follows:
                Of the House documents and reports, unbound--to the 
            Senate document room, one hundred and fifty copies; to the 
            office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies; to the 
            House document room, not to exceed five hundred copies; to 
            the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
            twenty copies; to the Library of Congress, ten copies, as 
            provided by section 1718 of this title.
                Of the Senate documents and reports, unbound--to the 
            Senate document room, two hundred and twenty copies; office 
            of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies; to the House 
            document room, not to exceed five hundred copies; to the 
            Clerk's office of the House of Representatives, ten copies; 
            to the Library of Congress, ten copies, as provided by 
            section 1718 of this title.
                (c) Of the number printed, the Public Printer shall bind 
            a sufficient number of copies for distribution as follows:
                Of the House documents and reports, bound--to the Senate 
            library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, not to 
            exceed one hundred and fifty copies, as provided by section 
            1718 of this title; to the House of Representatives library, 
            fifteen copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, as many 
            copies as are required for distribution to the State 
            libraries and designated depositories.
                Of the Senate documents and reports, bound--to the 
            Senate library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, 
            copies as provided by sections 1718 and 1719 of this title; 
            to the House of Representatives library, fifteen copies; to 
            the Superintendent of Documents, as many copies as may be 
            required for distribution to State libraries and designated 
            depositories. In binding documents the Public Printer shall 
            give precedence to those that are to be distributed to 
            libraries and to designated depositories. But a State 
            library or designated depository entitled to documents that 
            may prefer to have its documents in unbound form, may do so 
            by notifying the Superintendent of Documents to that effect 
            prior to the convening of each Congress.
                (d) The usual number of reports on private bills, 
            concurrent or simple resolutions, may not be printed. 
            Instead there shall be printed of each

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            Senate report on a private bill, simple or concurrent 
            resolution, in addition to those required to be furnished 
            the Library of Congress, three hundred and forty-five 
            copies, which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate 
            document room, two hundred and twenty copies; to the 
            Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House 
            document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of 
            Documents, ten copies; and of each House report on a private 
            bill, simple or concurrent resolution, in addition to those 
            for the Library of Congress, two hundred and sixty copies, 
            which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate 
            document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to the 
            Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House 
            document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of 
            Documents, ten copies.
                This section does not prevent the binding of all Senate 
            and House reports in the reserve volumes bound for and 
            delivered to the Senate and House libraries, nor abridge the 
            right of the Vice President, Senators, Representatives, 
            Resident Commissioner, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of 
            the House to have bound in half morocco, or material not 
            more expensive, one copy of every public document to which 
            he may be entitled. At least twelve copies of each report on 
            bills for the payment or adjudication of claims against the 
            Government shall be kept on file in the Senate document 
            room. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1246.)

                            Cross Reference

                Distribution of Government publications to Library of 
            Congress, see section 1718 of this title (Senate Manual 
            section 667).

       614  Sec. 702. Extra copies of documents and reports.

                Copies in addition to the ``usual number'' of documents 
            and reports shall be printed promptly when ready for 
            publication, and may be bound in paper or cloth as the Joint 
            Committee on Printing directs. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1247.)

       615  Sec. 703. Printing extra copies.

                Orders for printing copies in addition to the ``usual 
            number'', otherwise than provided for by this section, shall 
            be by simple, concurrent, or joint resolution. Either House 
            may print extra copies to the amount of $1,200 by simple 
            resolution; if the cost exceeds that sum, the printing shall 
            be ordered by concurrent resolution, unless the resolution 
            is self-appropriating, when it shall be by joint resolution. 
            Resolutions, when presented to either House, shall be 
            referred to the Committee on House Administration of the 
            House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
            Administration of the Senate, who, in making their report, 
            shall give the probable cost of the proposed printing upon 
            the estimate of the Public Printer; and extra copies may not 
            be printed before the committee has reported. The printing 
            of additional copies may be performed upon orders of the 
            Joint Committee on Printing within a limit of $700 in cost 
            in any one instance. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1247.)

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       616  Sec. 704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from 
                committees not exceeding fifty pages.
                When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the 
            Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may 
            order the reprinting of not more than one thousand copies of 
            a pending bill, resolution, or public law, not exceeding 
            fifty pages, or a report from a committee or congressional 
            commission on pending legislation not accompanied by 
            testimony or exhibits or other appendices and not exceeding 
            fifty pages. The Public Printer shall require each 
            requisition for reprinting to cite the specific authority of 
            law for its execution. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1248.)
       617  Sec. 705. Duplicate orders to print.
                The Public Printer shall examine the orders of the 
            Senate and House of Representatives for printing, and in 
            case of duplication shall print under the first order 
            received. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1248.)
       618  Sec. 706. Bills and resolutions: number and distribution.\1\
                There shall be printed of each Senate and House public 
            bill and joint resolution six hundred and twenty-five 
            copies, which shall be distributed as follows:
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
                        to the Senate document room, two hundred and 
                    twenty-five copies;
                        to the office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen 
                    copies;
                        to the House document room, three hundred and 
                    eighty-five copies.
                There shall be printed of each Senate private bill, when 
            introduced, when reported, and when passed, three hundred 
            copies, which shall be distributed as follows:
                        to the Senate document room, one hundred and 
                    seventy copies;
                        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
                        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
                        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.
                There shall be printed of each House private bill, when 
            introduced, when reported, and when passed, two hundred and 
            sixty copies, which shall be distributed as follows:
                        to the Senate document room, one hundred and 
                    thirty-five copies;
                        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
                        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
                        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.
                Bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill form, 
            and, unless specially ordered by either House shall be 
            printed only when referred to a committee, when favorably 
            reported back, and after their passage by either House.
                Of concurrent and simple resolutions, when reported, and 
            after their passage by either House, only two hundred and 
            sixty copies shall be printed, except by special order, and 
            shall be distributed as follows:
                        to the Senate document room, one hundred and 
                    thirty-five copies;
                        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
                        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
                        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. 
                    (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1248.)

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       619  Sec. 707. Bills and resolutions: style and form.
                Subject to sections 205 and 206 of Title 1, the Joint 
            Committee on Printing may authorize the printing of a bill 
            or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the style and 
            form the Joint Committee on Printing considers most suitable 
            in the interest of economy and efficiency, and to so 
            continue until final enactment in both Houses of Congress. 
            The committee may also curtail the number of copies of bills 
            or resolutions, including the slip form of a public Act or 
            public resolution. (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1248.)
       620  Sec. 708. Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress.
                The Public Printer shall bind four sets of Senate and 
            House of Representatives bills, joint and concurrent 
            resolutions of each Congress, two for the Senate and two for 
            the House, to be furnished him from the files of the Senate 
            and House document room, the volumes when bound to be kept 
            there for reference. (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1249.)
       621  Sec. 709. Public and private laws, postal conventions, and 
                treaties.
                The Public Printer shall print in slip form copies of 
            public and private laws, postal conventions, and treaties, 
            to be charged to the congressional allotment for printing 
            and binding. The Joint Committee on Printing shall control 
            the number and distribution of copies. (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. 
            L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1249.)
       622  Sec. 711. Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties.
                The Public Printer, on receiving from the Archivist of 
            the United States a copy of an Act or joint resolution, or 
            from the Secretary of State, a copy of a treaty, shall print 
            an accurate copy and transmit it in duplicate to the 
            Archivist of the United States or to the Secretary of State, 
            as the case may be, for revision. On the return of one of 
            the revised duplicates, he shall make the marked corrections 
            and print the number specified by section 709 of this title. 
            (As amended Pub. L. 98-497, Title I, Sec. 107(b)(1), Oct. 
            19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286.)
       623  Sec. 713. Journals of Houses of Congress.\1\
                There shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate and 
            House of Representatives eight hundred and twenty copies, 
            which shall be distributed as follows:
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
                        to the Senate document room, ninety copies for 
                    distribution to Senators, and twenty-five additional 
                    copies;
                        to the Senate library, ten copies;
                        to the House document room, three hundred and 
                    sixty copies for distribution to Members, and 
                    twenty-five additional copies;
                        to the Department of State, four copies;
                        to the Superintendent of Documents, one hundred 
                    and forty-four copies to be distributed to three 
                    libraries in each of the States to be designated by 
                    the Superintendent of Documents; and
                        to the library of the House of Representatives, 
                    ten copies.

            The remaining number of the Journals of the Senate and House 
            of Representatives, consisting of twenty-five copies, shall 
            be furnished to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 
            the House of Representa-

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            tives, respectively, as the necessities of their respective 
            offices require, as rapidly as signatures are completed for 
            distribution. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1249; 
            Apr. 2, 1982, Pub. L. 97-164, Sec. 158, 96 Stat. 47.)

       624  Sec. 714. Printing documents for Congress in two or more 
                editions; printing of full number and allotment of full 
                quota.
                The Joint Committee on Printing shall establish rules to 
            be observed by the Public Printer, by which public documents 
            and reports printed for Congress, or either House, may be 
            printed in two or more editions, to meet the public 
            requirements. The aggregate of the editions may not exceed 
            the number of copies otherwise authorized. This section does 
            not prevent the printing of the full number of a document or 
            report, or the allotment of the full quota to Senators and 
            Representatives, as otherwise authorized, when a legitimate 
            demand for the full complement is known to exist. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1250.)

       625  Sec. 715. Senate and House documents and reports for 
                Department of State.

                The Public Printer shall print, in addition to the usual 
            number, and furnish the Department of State twenty copies of 
            each Senate and House of Representatives document and 
            report. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1250.)

                            Cross References

                For distribution of House and Senate documents and 
            reports, see sections 701, 1718, and 1719 of this title 
            (Senate Manual sections 613, 667, and 668).

       626  Sec. 716. Printing of documents not provided for by law.

                Either House may order the printing of a document not 
            already provided for by law, when accompanied by an estimate 
            from the Public Printer as to the probable cost. An 
            executive department, bureau, board, or independent office 
            of the Government submitting reports or documents in 
            response to inquiries from Congress shall include an 
            estimate of the probable cost of printing to the usual 
            number. This section does not apply to reports or documents 
            not exceeding fifty pages. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1250.)
       627  Sec. 717. Appropriation chargeable for printing of document 
                or report by order of Congress.
                The cost of the printing of a document or report printed 
            by order of Congress which, under section 1107 of this 
            title, cannot be properly charged to another appropriation 
            or allotment of appropriation already made, upon order of 
            the Joint Committee on Printing, shall be charged to the 
            allotment of appropriation for printing and binding for 
            Congress. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1250.)
       628  Sec. 718. Lapse of authority to print.
                The authority to print a document or report, or a 
            publication authorized by law to be printed, for 
            distribution by Congress, shall lapse when the whole number 
            of copies has not been ordered within two years from the 
            date of the original order, except orders for subsequent 
            editions, approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, in 
            which case the whole number may not exceed that originally 
            authorized by law. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1250.)

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       629  Sec. 719. Classification and numbering of publications 
                ordered printed by Congress; designation of publications 
                of departments; printing of committee hearings.
                Publications ordered printed by Congress, or either 
            House, shall be in four series, namely:
                        one series of reports made by the committees of 
                    the Senate, to be known as Senate reports;
                        one series of reports made by the committees of 
                    the House of Representatives, to be known as House 
                    reports;
                        one series of documents other than reports of 
                    committees, the orders for printing which originate 
                    in the Senate, to be known as Senate documents, and
                        one series of documents other than committee 
                    reports, the orders for printing which originate in 
                    the House of Representatives, to be known as House 
                    documents.
                The publications in each series shall be consecutively 
            numbered, the numbers in each series continuing in unbroken 
            sequence throughout the entire term of a Congress, but these 
            provisions do not apply to the documents printed for the use 
            of the Senate in executive session. Of the ``usual number'', 
            the copies which are intended for distribution to State 
            libraries and other designated depositories of annual or 
            serial publications originating in or prepared by an 
            executive department, bureau, office, commission, or board 
            may not be numbered in the document or report series of 
            either House of Congress, but shall be designated by title 
            and bound as provided by section 738 of this title; and the 
            departmental edition, if any, shall be printed concurrently 
            with the ``usual number''. Hearings of committees may be 
            printed as congressional documents only when specifically 
            ordered by Congress or either House. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 
            90-620, 82 Stat. 1250.)
       630  Sec. 720. Senate and House Manuals.
                Each House may order printed as many copies as it 
            desires, of the Senate Manual and of the Rules and Manual of 
            the House of Representatives, even though the cost exceed 
            $500. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1251.)
       631  Sec. 721. Congressional Directory.\1\
                (a) There shall be prepared under the direction of the 
            Joint Committee on Printing (1) a Congressional Directory, 
            which shall be printed and distributed as early as 
            practicable during the first session of each Congress and 
            (2) a supplement to each Congressional Directory, which 
            shall be printed and distributed as early as practicable 
            during the second regular session of each Congress. The 
            Joint Committee shall control the number and distribution of 
            the Congressional Directory and each supplement.
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
                (b) One copy of the Congressional Directory delivered to 
            Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
            (including Delegates and the Resident Commissioner) shall be 
            bound in cloth and imprinted on the cover with the name of 
            the Member. Copies of the Congressional Directory delivered 
            to depository libraries may be bound in cloth. All other 
            copies of the Congressional Directory shall be bound in 
            paper and names shall not be imprinted thereon, except that 
            copies printed

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            for sale under section 722 may be bound in cloth. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1251; Aug. 5, 1977, Pub. L. 
            95-94, Sec. 404, 91 Stat. 682.)
       632  Sec. 722. Congressional Directory: sale.
                The Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint 
            Committee on Printing, may print the current Congressional 
            Directory for sale at a price sufficient to reimburse the 
            expense of printing. The money derived from sales shall be 
            paid into the Treasury and accounted for in his annual 
            report to Congress, and sales may not be made on credit. 
            (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1251.)
       633  Sec. 723. Memorial addresses; preparation; distribution.\1\
                After the final adjournment of each session of Congress, 
            there shall be compiled, prepared, printed with 
            illustrations, and bound in cloth in one volume, in the 
            style, form, and manner directed by the Joint Committee on 
            Printing, without extra compensation to any employee, the 
            legislative proceedings of Congress and the exercises at the 
            general memorial services held in the House of 
            Representatives during each session relative to the death of 
            a Member of Congress or a former Member of Congress who 
            served as speaker, together with all relevant memorial 
            addresses and eulogies published in the Congressional Record 
            during the same session of Congress, and any other matter 
            the Joint Committee considers relevant; and there shall be 
            printed as many copies as needed to supply the total 
            quantity provided for by this section, of which fifty 
            copies, bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, suitably 
            lettered as may be requested, shall be delivered to the 
            family of the deceased, and the remaining copies shall be 
            distributed as follows:
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613. Title VIII 
                of Public Law 94-59, Sec. 801 July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 
                296, provides in part as follows: ``Hereafter, 
                appropriations for authorized printing and binding for 
                Congress shall not be available under the authority of 
                section 723 of title 44 of the United States Code for 
                the printing, publication, and distribution of more than 
                fifty bound eulogies to be delivered to the family of 
                the deceased, and in the case of a deceased Senator or 
                deceased Representative (including Delegates to Congress 
                and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), there 
                shall be furnished to his successor in office two 
                hundred and fifty copies.''.
                        of all eulogies on deceased Members of Congress 
                    to the Vice President and each Senator, 
                    Representative, and Resident Commissioner in 
                    Congress, one copy;
                        of the eulogies on deceased Senators there shall 
                    be furnished two hundred and fifty copies for each 
                    Senator of the State represented by the deceased and 
                    twenty copies for each Representative from that 
                    State;
                        of the eulogies on a deceased Representative and 
                    Resident Commissioner two hundred and fifty copies 
                    for his successor in office; twenty copies for each 
                    of the other Representatives, or Resident 
                    Commissioner of the State, or insular possession 
                    represented by the deceased; and twenty copies for 
                    each Senator from that State.
                The ``usual number'' of memorial addresses may not be 
            printed. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1251 Oct. 
            1, 1981, Pub. L. 97-51, Sec. 101(c), 95 Stat. 959.)

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       634  Sec. 724. Memorial addresses: illustrations.
                The illustrations to accompany bound copies of memorial 
            addresses delivered in Congress shall be made at the Bureau 
            of Engraving and Printing and paid for out of the 
            appropriation for that bureau, or, in the discretion of the 
            Joint Committee on Printing, shall be obtained elsewhere by 
            the Public Printer and charged to the allotment for printing 
            and binding for Congress. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1252.)
       635  Sec. 725. Statement of appropriations; ``usual number''.
                Of the statements of appropriations required to be 
            prepared by section 105 of Title 2, there shall be printed, 
            after the close of each regular session of Congress, the 
            usual number of copies. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1252.)
       636  Sec. 726. Printing for committees for Congress.\1\
                A Committee of Congress may not procure the printing of 
            more than one thousand copies of a hearing, or other 
            document germane thereto, for its use except by simple, 
            concurrent, or joint resolution, as provided by section 703 
            of this title. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1252.)
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
       637  Sec. 727. Committee reports: indexing and binding.
                The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
            of Representatives shall procure and file for the use of 
            their respective House copies of all reports made by 
            committees, and at the close of each session of Congress 
            shall have the reports indexed and bound, one copy to be 
            deposited in the library of each House and one copy in the 
            committee from which the report emanates. (Oct. 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1252.)
       638  Sec. 728. United States Statutes at Large: distribution.\2\
                The Public Printer, after the final adjournment of each 
            regular session of Congress, shall print and bind copies of 
            the United States Statutes at Large, to be charged to the 
            congressional allotment for printing and binding. The Joint 
            Committee on Printing shall control the number and 
            distribution of the copies.
                \2\Title X of Pub. L. 94-440, Sec. 1000, Oct. 1, 1976, 
                90 Stat. 1459, provides in part as follows: ``Hereafter, 
                notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
                appropriations for the automatic distribution to 
                Senators and Representatives (including Delegates to 
                Congress and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico) 
                of copies of the United States Statutes at Large shall 
                not be available with respect to any Senator or 
                Representative unless such Senator or Representative 
                specifically, in writing, requests that he receive 
                copies of such document.''.
                The Public Printer shall print and, after the end of 
            each calendar year, bind and deliver to the Superintendent 
            of Documents a number of copies of the United States 
            Treaties and Other International Agreements not exceeding 
            the number of copies of the United States Statutes at Large 
            required for distribution in the manner provided by law. 
            (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1252.)
       639  Sec. 730. Distribution of documents to Members of Congress.
                When, in the division among Senators, and 
            Representatives, of documents printed for the use of 
            Congress there is an apportionment to each or either House 
            in round numbers, the Public Printer may not

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            deliver the full number so accredited at the Senate Service 
            Department and House of Representatives Publications 
            Distribution Service, but only the largest multiple of the 
            number constituting the full membership of that House, 
            including the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 
            and Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House, 
            which is contained in the round numbers thus accredited to 
            that House, so that the number delivered divides evenly and 
            without remainder among the Members of the House to which 
            they are delivered; and the remainder of the documents thus 
            resulting shall be turned over to the Superintendent of 
            Documents, to be distributed by him, first, to public and 
            school libraries for the purpose of completing broken sets; 
            second, to public and school libraries that have not been 
            supplied with any portions of the sets, and, lastly, by sale 
            to other persons; the libraries to be named to him by 
            Senators and Representatives; and in this distribution the 
            Superintendent of Documents, as far as practicable, shall 
            make an equal allowance to each Senator and Representative. 
            (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1253.)
       640  Sec. 731. Allotments of public documents printed after 
                expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of 
                retiring Members to documents.
                The Congressional allotment of public documents, other 
            than the Congressional Record, printed after the expiration 
            of the term of office of the Vice President of the United 
            States, or Senator, Representative, or Resident 
            Commissioner, shall be delivered to his successor in office.
                Unless the Vice President of the United States, a 
            Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner, having 
            public documents to his credit at the expiration of his term 
            of office takes them prior to the 30th day of June next 
            following the date of expiration, he shall forfeit them to 
            his successor in office. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1253.)
       641  Sec. 732. Time for distribution of documents by Members of 
                Congress extended.
                Reelected Members may distribute public documents to 
            their credit, or the credit of their respective districts in 
            the Interior or other Departments and bureaus, and in the 
            Government Printing Office, during their successive terms 
            and until their right to frank documents ends. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1253.)
       642  Sec. 733. Documents and reports ordered by Members of 
                Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress.
                The Public Printer on order of a Member of Congress, on 
            prepayment of the cost, may reprint documents and reports of 
            committees together with the evidence papers submitted, or 
            any part ordered printed by the Congress.
                He may also furnish without cost to Members and the 
            Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, blank franks printed 
            on sheets and perforated, or singly at their option, for 
            public documents. Franks shall contain in the upper left-
            hand corner the following words: ``Public document. United 
            States Senate'' or ``House of Representatives U.S.'' and in 
            upper right-hand corner the letters ``U.S.S.'' or ``M.C.'' 
            Franks may also contain information relating to missing 
            children as provided in section 3220 of title 39. But he may 
            not print any other words except where it is desirable to 
            affix the official title of a document. Other

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            words printed on franks shall be at the personal expense of 
            the Member or Resident Commissioner ordering them.
                At the request of a Member of Congress or Resident 
            Commissioner the Public Printer may print upon franks or 
            envelopes used for mailing public documents the facsimile 
            signature of the Member or Resident Commissioner and a 
            special request for return if not called for, and the name 
            of the State or Commonwealth and county and city. The Member 
            or Resident Commissioner shall deposit with his order the 
            extra expense involved in printing these additional words.
                The Public Printer may also, at the request of a Member 
            or Resident Commissioner, print on envelopes authorized to 
            be furnished, the name of the Member or Resident 
            Commissioner, and State or Commonwealth, the date, and the 
            topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words.
                The Public Printer shall deposit moneys accruing under 
            this section in the Treasury of the United States to the 
            credit of the appropriation made for the working capital of 
            the Government Printing Office for the year in which the 
            work is done. He shall account for them in his annual report 
            to Congress. (As amended Pub. L. 93-191, Sec. 8(a), Dec. 18, 
            1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 93-255, Sec. 2(b), Mar. 27, 
            1974, 88 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 99-87, Sec. 1(c)(2), Aug. 9, 
            1958, 99 Stat. 291.)
       643  Sec. 734. Stationery and blank books for Congress.
                Upon requisition of the Secretary of the Senate and the 
            Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, the 
            Public Printer shall furnish stationery, blank books, 
            tables, forms, and other necessary papers preparatory to 
            congressional legislation, required for the official use of 
            the Senate and the House of Representatives, or their 
            committees and officers. This does not prevent the purchase 
            by the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives 
            of stationery and blank books necessary for sales to 
            Senators and Members in the stationery rooms of the two 
            Houses as provided by law. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1254.)
       644  Sec. 735. Binding for Members of Congress.\1\
                Each Member of Congress is entitled to the binding in 
            half morocco, or material not more expensive, of one copy of 
            each public document to which he is entitled, an account of 
            which shall be kept by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk 
            of the House of Representatives, respectively. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1254.)
                \1\The rebinding of clothbound books has been prohibited 
                by the Joint Committee on Printing under authority of 
                section 103 of title 44, United States Code (Senate 
                Manual section 602).
                Title VIII of Pub. L. 94-59, Sec. 801, July 25, 1975, 89 
                Stat. 296, provides in part as follows: ``Hereafter, 
                notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
                appropriations for the binding of copies of public 
                documents by Committees for distribution to Senators and 
                Representatives (including Delegates to Congress and the 
                Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico) shall not be 
                available for a Senator or Representative unless such 
                Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, 
                requests that he receive bound copies of any such 
                documents.''.
       645  Sec. 736. Binding at expense of Members of Congress.
                The Public Printer may bind at the Government Printing 
            Office books, maps, charts, or documents published by 
            authority of Congress, upon application of a Member of 
            Congress, and payment of the actual cost of binding. (Oct. 
            22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1254.)

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       646  Sec. 737. Binding for Senate library.\1\
                The Secretary of the Senate may make requisition upon 
            the Public Printer for the binding for the Senate library of 
            books he considers necessary, at a cost not to exceed $200 
            per year. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1254.)
                \1\The ceiling of $200 per year for binding for the 
                Senate library has been removed by the Joint Committee 
                on Printing under authority of section 103 of title 44, 
                United States Code (Senate Manual section 602).
       647  Sec. 738. Binding of publications for distribution to 
                libraries.
                The Public Printer shall supply the Superintendent of 
            Documents with sufficient copies of publications distributed 
            in unbound form, to be bound and distributed to the State 
            libraries and other designated depositories for their 
            permanent files. Every publication of sufficient size on any 
            one subject shall be bound separately and receive the title 
            suggested by the subject of the volume, and the others shall 
            be distributed in unbound form as soon as printed. The 
            library edition, as well as all other bound sets of 
            congressional numbered documents and reports, shall be 
            arranged in volumes and bound in the manner directed by the 
            Joint Committee on Printing. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1254.)
       648  Sec. 739. Senate and House document rooms; superintendents.
                There shall be one document room of the Senate and one 
            of the House of Representatives, to be designated, 
            respectively, the ``Senate and House document room.'' Each 
            shall be in charge of a superintendent, who shall be 
            appointed by the Secretary of the Senate and the Doorkeeper 
            of the House, respectively, together with the necessary 
            assistants. The Senate document room shall be under the 
            jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Senate. (Oct. 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1254.)
       649  Sec. 740. Senate Service Department and House Publications 
                Distribution Service; superintendents.
                There shall be a Senate Service Department and a House 
            of Representatives Publications Distribution Service in the 
            charge of superintendents, appointed respectively by the 
            Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Doorkeeper of the House, 
            together with the necessary assistants. Reports or documents 
            to be distributed for the Senators and Representatives shall 
            be folded and distributed from the Senate Service Department 
            and House of Representatives Publications Distribution 
            Service, unless otherwise ordered, and the respective 
            superintendent shall notify each Senator and Representative 
            in writing once every sixty days of the number and character 
            of publications on hand and assigned to him for use and 
            distribution. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1255.)
       650  Sec. 741. Disposition of documents stored at Capitol.
                The Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the 
            Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, at the 
            convening in regular session of each successive Congress 
            shall cause an invoice to be made of public documents stored 
            in and about the Capitol, other than those belonging to the 
            quota of Members of Congress, to the Library of Congress and 
            the Senate and House libraries and document rooms. The 
            superintendents of the Senate Service Department and House 
            of Representatives Publications Distribution Service shall 
            put the documents to the credit of Senators and 
            Representatives in quantities equal

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            in the number of volumes and as nearly as possible in value, 
            to each Member of Congress, and the documents shall be 
            distributed upon the orders of Senators and Representatives, 
            each of whom shall be supplied by the superintendents of the 
            Senate Service Department and House of Representatives 
            Publications Distribution Service with a list of the number 
            and character of the publications thus put to his credit, 
            but before apportionment is made copies of any of these 
            documents desired for the use of a committee of either House 
            shall be delivered to the chairman of the committee.
                Four copies of leather-bound documents shall be reserved 
            and carefully stored, to be used in supplying deficiencies 
            in the Senate and House libraries caused by wear or loss. 
            (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1255.)
            
                          Chapter 9.--CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

       651  Sec. 901. Congressional Record: arrangement, style, 
                contents, and indexes.
                The Joint Committee on Printing shall control the 
            arrangement and style of the Congressional Record, and while 
            providing that it shall be substantially a verbatim report 
            of proceedings, shall take all needed action for the 
            reduction of unnecessary bulk. It shall provide for the 
            publication of an index of the Congressional Record 
            semimonthly during and at the close of sessions of Congress. 
            (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1255.)
       652  Sec. 902. Congressional Record: indexes.
                The Joint Committee on Printing shall designate to the 
            Public Printer competent persons to prepare the semimonthly 
            and the session index to the Congressional Record and shall 
            fix the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for 
            that work, and direct the form and manner of its publication 
            and distribution. (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1256.)
       653  Sec. 903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms.
                The public proceedings of each House of Congress as 
            reported by the Official Reporters, shall be printed in the 
            Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form 
            during each session and shall be revised, printed, and bound 
            promptly, as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, in 
            permanent form, for distribution during and after the close 
            of each session of Congress. The daily and the permanent 
            Record shall bear the same date, which shall be that of the 
            actual day's proceedings reported. The ``usual number'' of 
            the Congressional Record may not be printed. (Oct 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1256.)
       654  Sec. 904. Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; 
                illustrations.
                Maps, diagrams, or illustrations may not be inserted in 
            the Record without the approval of the Joint Committee on 
            Printing. (Oct 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1256.)
       655  Sec. 905. Congressional Record: additional insertions.
                The Joint Committee on Printing shall provide for 
            printing in the daily Record the legislative program for the 
            day together with a list of congressional committee meetings 
            and hearings, and the place of meeting and subject matter. 
            It shall cause a brief resume of congres-

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            sional activities for the previous day to be incorporated in 
            the Record, together with an index of its contents prepared 
            under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate and the 
            Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively. (Oct 
            22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1256.)
       656  Sec. 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; 
                delivery.\1\
                The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional 
            Record only as follows:
                \1\Pub. L. 93-145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 546, provides 
                in part as follows: ``Hereafter, appropriations for 
                authorized printing and binding for Congress shall not 
                be available under the authority of the Act of October 
                22, 1968 (44 U.S.C. 906) for the printing, publication, 
                and distribution of more than one copy of the bound 
                permanent editions of the Congressional Record for the 
                Vice President and each Member of the Senate and House 
                of Representatives.''.
                    of the bound edition--
                        to the Senate Service Department five copies for 
                    the Vice President and each Senator;
                        to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the 
                    Senate, each, two copies;
                        to the Joint Committee on Printing not to exceed 
                    one hundred copies;
                        to the House of Representatives Publications 
                    Distribution Service, three copies for each 
                    Representative and Resident Commissioner in 
                    Congress; and
                        to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper 
                    of the House of Representatives, each, two copies;
                    of the daily edition--
                        to the Vice President, one hundred copies;
                        to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be 
                    transferred only to public agencies and 
                    institutions);
                        to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the 
                    Senate, each, twenty-five copies;
                        to the Secretary, for official use, not to 
                    exceed thirty-five copies; and
                        to the Sergeant at Arms for use on the floor of 
                    the Senate, not to exceed fifty copies;
                        to each Member of the House of Representatives, 
                    the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the 
                    Delegate from the District of Columbia, the Delegate 
                    from Guam, and the Delegate from the Virgin Islands, 
                    thirty-four copies (which may be transferred only to 
                    public agencies and institutions);
                        to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper 
                    of the House of Representatives, each, twenty-five 
                    copies;
                        to the Clerk, for official use, not to exceed 
                    fifty copies, and to the Doorkeeper for use on the 
                    floor of the House of Representatives, not to exceed 
                    seventy-five copies;
                        to the Vice President and each Senator, 
                    Representative, and Resident Commissioner in 
                    Congress (and not transferable) three copies of 
                    which one shall be delivered at his residence, one 
                    at his office and one at the Capitol.
                In addition to the foregoing the Congressional Record 
            shall also be furnished as follows:
                In unstitched form, and held in reserve by the Public 
            Printer, as many copies of the daily Record as may be 
            required to supply a semi-

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            monthly edition, bound in paper cover together with each 
            semimonthly index when it is issued, and then be delivered 
            promptly as follows:
                        to each committee and commission of Congress, 
                    one daily and one semimonthly copy;
                        to each joint committee and joint commission in 
                    Congress, as may be designated by the Joint 
                    Committee on Printing, two copies of the daily, one 
                    semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;
                        to the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the 
                    Senate, for office use, each, six semimonthly 
                    copies;
                        to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper 
                    of the House, for office use, each, six semimonthly 
                    copies;
                        to the Joint Committee on Printing, ten 
                    semimonthly copies;
                        to the Vice President and each Senator, 
                    Representative, and Resident Commissioner in 
                    Congress, one semimonthly copy;
                        to the President of the United States, for the 
                    use of the Executive Office, ten copies of the 
                    daily, two semimonthly copies, and one bound copy;
                        to the Chief Justice of the United States and 
                    each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court 
                    of the United States, one copy of the daily;
                        to the offices of the marshal and clerk of the 
                    Supreme Court of the United States, each, two copies 
                    of the daily and one semimonthly copy;
                        to each United States circuit and district 
                    judge, and to the chief judge and each associate 
                    judge of the United States Claims Court, the United 
                    States Court of International Trade, the Tax Court 
                    of the United States, the United States Court of 
                    Veterans Appeals, and the United States Court of 
                    Appeals for the Armed Forces, upon request to a 
                    Member of Congress and notification by the Member to 
                    the Public Printer, one copy of the daily, in 
                    addition to those authorized to be furnished to 
                    Members of Congress under the preceding provisions 
                    of this section;
                        to the offices of the Vice President and the 
                    Speaker of the House of Representatives, each, six 
                    copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy;
                        to the Sergeant at Arms, the Chaplain, the 
                    Postmaster, the superintendent and the foreman of 
                    the Senate Service Department and of the House of 
                    Representatives Publications Distribution Service, 
                    respectively; to the Secretaries to the Majority and 
                    the Minority of the Senate, and to the Doorkeeper of 
                    the House of Representatives, each, one copy of the 
                    daily;
                        to the office of the Parliamentarian of the 
                    House of Representatives, six copies of the daily, 
                    one semimonthly copy, and two bound copies;
                        to the offices of the Official Reporters of 
                    Debates of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
                    respectively, each, fifteen copies of the daily, one 
                    semimonthly copy, and three bound copies;
                        to the office of the stenographers to committees 
                    of the House of Representatives, four copies of the 
                    daily and one semimonthly copy;
                        to the office of the Congressional Record Index, 
                    ten copies of the daily and two semimonthly copies;

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                        to the offices of the superintendent of the 
                    Senate and House document rooms, each, three copies 
                    of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound 
                    copy;
                        to the offices of the superintendents of the 
                    Senate and House press galleries, each, two copies 
                    of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound 
                    copy;
                        to the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the 
                    Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, 
                    and the Architect of the Capitol, each, three copies 
                    of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound 
                    copy;
                        to the Library of Congress for official use in 
                    Washington, District of Columbia, and for 
                    international exchange, as provided by sections 1718 
                    and 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred 
                    and forty-five copies of the daily, five semimonthly 
                    copies, and one hundred and fifty bound copies;
                        to the library of the Senate, three copies of 
                    the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed 
                    fifteen bound copies;
                        to the library of the House of Representatives, 
                    five copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, 
                    and not to exceed twenty-eight bound copies, of 
                    which eight copies may be bound in the style and 
                    manner approved by the Joint Committee on Printing;
                        to the library of the Supreme Court of the 
                    United States, two copies of the daily, two 
                    semimonthly copies, and not to exceed five bound 
                    copies;
                        to the library of each United States Court of 
                    Appeals, each United States District Court, the 
                    United States Claims Court, the United States Court 
                    of International Trade, the Tax Court of the United 
                    States, the United States Court of Veterans Appeals, 
                    and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
                    Forces, upon request to the Public Printer, one copy 
                    of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound 
                    copy; 
                        to the Public Printer for official use, not to 
                    exceed seventy-five copies of the daily, ten 
                    semimonthly copies, and two bound copies;
                        to the Director of the Botanic Garden, two 
                    copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy:
                        to the Archivist of the United States, five 
                    copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and two 
                    bound copies;
                        to the library of each executive department, 
                    independent office, and establishment of the 
                    Government in the District of Columbia, except those 
                    designated as depository libraries, and to the 
                    libraries of the municipal government of the 
                    District of Columbia, the Naval Observatory, and the 
                    Smithsonian Institution, each, two copies of the 
                    daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;
                        to the offices of the Governors of Puerto Rico, 
                    Guam and the Virgin Islands, each, five copies in 
                    both daily and bound form;
                        to the office of the Governor of the Canal Zone, 
                    five copies in both daily and bound form;
                        to each ex-President and ex-Vice President of 
                    the United States, one copy of the daily;
                        to each former Senator, Representative, and 
                    Commissioner from Puerto Rico, upon request to the 
                    Public Printer, one copy of the daily;

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                        to the governor of each State, one copy in both 
                    daily and bound form;
                        to each separate establishment of the Armed 
                    Forces Retirement Home, to each of the National 
                    Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to each 
                    of the State soldiers' homes, one copy of the daily;
                        to the Superintendent of Documents, as many 
                    daily and bound copies as may be required for 
                    distribution to depository libraries;
                        to the Department of State, not to exceed one 
                    hundred and fifty copies of the daily, for 
                    distribution to each United States embassy and 
                    legation abroad, and to the principal consular 
                    offices in the discretion of the Secretary of State;
                        to each foreign legation in Washington whose 
                    government extends a like courtesy to our embassies 
                    and legations abroad, one copy of the daily, to be 
                    furnished upon requisition of and sent through the 
                    Secretary of State;
                        to each newspaper correspondent whose name 
                    appears in the Congressional Directory, and who 
                    makes application, for his personal use and that of 
                    the papers he represents, one copy of the daily and 
                    one copy of the bound, the same to be sent to the 
                    office address of the member of the press or 
                    elsewhere as he directs; not to exceed four copies 
                    in all may be furnished to members of the same press 
                    bureau.
                Copies of the daily edition, unless otherwise directed 
            by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall be supplied and 
            delivered promptly on the day after the actual day's 
            proceedings as originally published. Each order for the 
            daily Record shall begin with the current issue, if previous 
            issues of the same session are not available. The 
            apportionment specified for daily copies may not be 
            transferred for the bound form and an allotment of daily 
            copies not used by a Member during a session shall lapse 
            when the session ends. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1256; June 12, 1970, Pub. L. 91-276, 84 Stat. 303; 
            Aug. 10, 1972, Pub. L. 92-373, 86 Stat. 528; June 8, 1974, 
            Pub. L. 93-314, Sec. 1(b), 88 Stat. 239; Aug. 5, 1977, Pub. 
            L. 95-94, Sec. 407(a), 91 Stat. 683; Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 
            96-417, Title VI, Sec. 601(11), 94 Stat. 1744; Apr. 2, 1982, 
            Pub. L. 97-164, Sec. 164(2), 96 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 101-510, 
            Title XV, Secs. 1533(c)(3), 1541(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 
            Stat. 1736; Pub. L. 102-82, Sec. 6, Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
            337; Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 924(d)(1)(D), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
            Stat. 2832.)
       657  Sec. 907. Congressional Record: extracts for Members of 
                Congress; mailing envelopes.
                The Public Printer may print and deliver, upon the order 
            of a Member of Congress and payment of the cost, extracts 
            from the Congressional Record. The Public Printer may 
            furnish without cost to Members and the Resident 
            Commissioner, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional 
            Record or any part of it, or speeches, or reports in it, if 
            such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail 
            under section 3210 of title 39. Envelopes so furnished shall 
            contain in the upper left-hand corner the following words: 
            ``United States Senate'' or ``House of Representatives, U.S. 
            Part of Congressional Record'', and in the upper right-hand 
            corner the letters ``U.S.S.'' or ``M.C.'', and the Public 
            Printer may, at the request of a Member or Resident 
            Commissioner, print in addition to the foregoing, his name 
            and State or Commonwealth, the

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            date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve 
            words. He may not print any other words on envelopes, except 
            at the personal expense of the Member or Resident 
            Commissioner ordering the envelopes, except to affix the 
            official title of a document. The Public Printer shall 
            deposit moneys accruing under this section in the Treasury 
            of the United States to the credit of the appropriation made 
            for the working capital of the Government Printing Office 
            for the year in which the work is done, and accounted for in 
            his annual report to Congress. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1259; Dec. 18, 1973, Pub. L. 93-191, 
            Sec. 8(b), 87 Stat. 745; Mar. 27, 1974, Pub. L. 93-255, 
            Sec. 2(c), 88 Stat. 52.)
       658  Sec. 908. Congressional Record: payment for printing 
                extracts or other documents.
                If a Member or Resident Commissioner fails to pay the 
            cost of printing extracts from the Congressional Record or 
            other documents ordered by him to be printed, the Public 
            Printer shall certify the amount due to the Sergeant at Arms 
            of the House or the financial clerk of the Senate, as the 
            case may be, who shall deduct from any salary due the 
            delinquent the amount, or as much of it as the salary due 
            may cover, and pay the amount so obtained to the Public 
            Printer, to be applied by him to the satisfaction of the 
            indebtedness. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1260.)
       659  Sec. 910. Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of 
                current, individual numbers, and bound sets; postage 
                rate.
                (a) Under the direction of the Joint Committee, the 
            Public Printer may sell--
                        (1) subscriptions to the daily Record; and
                        (2) current, individual numbers, and bound sets 
                    of the Congressional Record.
                (b) The price of a subscription to the daily Record and 
            of current, individual numbers, and bound sets shall be 
            determined by the Public Printer based upon the cost of 
            printing and distribution. Any such price shall be paid in 
            advance. The money from any such sale shall be paid into the 
            Treasury and accounted for in the Public Printer's annual 
            report to Congress.
                (c) The Congressional Record shall be entitled to be 
            mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper 
            or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of 
            paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed. (Oct. 22, 1968, 
            Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1260; June 8, 1974, Pub. L. 93-314, 
            Sec. 1(a), 88 Stat. 239.)

            
              Chapter 11.--EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING

       660  Sec. 1104. Restrictions on use of illustrations.
                Appropriations made for printing and binding may not be 
            used for an illustration, engraving, or photograph in a 
            document or report ordered printed by Congress unless the 
            order to print expressly authorizes it, nor in a document or 
            report of an executive department, independent office or 
            establishment of the Government until the head of the 
            executive department or Government establishment certifies 
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            ting the report that the illustration, engraving, or 
            photograph is necessary and relates entirely to the 
            transaction of public business. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1261.)

            
                    Chapter 13.--PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

       661  Sec. 1301. Agriculture, Department of: report of Secretary.
                The annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
            be submitted and printed in two parts, as follows:
                        part 1, containing purely business and executive 
                    matter necessary for the Secretary to submit to the 
                    President and Congress;
                        part 2, reports from the different bureaus and 
                    divisions, and papers prepared by their special 
                    agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations as 
                    are, in the opinion of the Secretary, specially 
                    suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the 
                    country, and to include a general report of the 
                    operations of the department for their information.
                In addition to the usual number, there shall be printed 
            of part 1, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand 
            copies for the House of Representatives, and three thousand 
            copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of part 2, one 
            hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, 
            three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the 
            House of Representatives, and thirty thousand copies for the 
            use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for 
            part 2 to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
            Agriculture, and executed under the supervision of the 
            Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint 
            Committee on Printing, and the title of each of the parts 
            shall show that each part is complete in itself. (Pub. L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1265.)
     661.1  Sec. 1326. Librarian of Congress: reports.
                Five thousand copies of the annual and special reports 
            of the Librarian of Congress submitted to Congress, shall be 
            printed and bound in cloth for the Library of Congress. 
            (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1270.)
       662  Sec. 1339. Printing of the President's Message.\1\
                The message of the President without the accompanying 
            documents and reports shall be printed in pamphlet form, 
            immediately upon its receipt by Congress. In addition to the 
            usual number, fifteen thousand copies shall be printed, of 
            which five thousand shall be for the Senate, and ten 
            thousand for the House of Representatives.
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
                In addition to the usual number of the President's 
            message and accompanying documents, there shall be printed 
            one thousand copies for the Senate and two thousand for the 
            House of Representatives. The President's message shall be 
            delivered by the printer to the appropriate officers of each 
            House of Congress on or before the third Wednesday next 
            after the meeting of Congress, or as soon after as may be 
            practicable. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1272.)

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               Chapter 17.--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

       663  Sec. 1705. Printing additional copies for sale to public; 
                regulations.
                The Public Printer shall print additional copies of a 
            Government publication, not confidential in character, 
            required for sale to the public by the Superintendent of 
            Documents, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on 
            Printing and without interference with the prompt execution 
            of printing for the Government. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-
            620, 82 Stat. 1279.)
       664  Sec. 1706. Printing and sale of extra copies of documents.
                The Public Printer shall furnish to applicants giving 
            notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two 
            hundred and fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, 
            reports, and documents. The applicants shall pay in advance 
            the price of the printing. The printing of these copies for 
            private parties may not interfere with the printing for the 
            Government. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1279.)
       665  Sec. 1710. Index of documents: number and distribution.
                The Superintendent of Documents, at the close of each 
            regular session of Congress, shall prepare and publish a 
            comprehensive index of public documents, upon a plan 
            approved by the Joint Committee on Printing. The Public 
            Printer shall, immediately upon its publication, deliver to 
            him a copy of every document printed by the Government 
            Printing Office. The head of each executive department, 
            independent agency and establishment of the Government shall 
            deliver to him a copy of every document issued or published 
            by the department, bureau, or office not confidential in 
            character. He shall also prepare and print in one volume a 
            consolidated index of Congressional documents, and shall 
            index single volumes of documents as the Joint Committee on 
            Printing directs. Two thousand copies each of the 
            comprehensive index and of the consolidated index shall be 
            printed and bound in addition to the usual number, two 
            hundred for the Senate, eight hundred for the House of 
            Representatives and one thousand for distribution by the 
            Superintendent of Documents. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1280.)
       666  Sec. 1715. Publications for department or officer or for 
                congressional committees.
                When printing not bearing a congressional number, except 
            confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not 
            of a public character, is done for a department or officer 
            of the Government, or not of a confidential character, is 
            done for use of congressional committees, two copies shall 
            be sent, unless withheld by order of the committee, by the 
            Public Printer to the Senate and House of Representatives 
            libraries, respectively, and one copy each to the document 
            rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives, for 
            reference; and these copies may not be removed. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1281.)

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       667  Sec. 1718. Distribution of Government publications to the 
                Library of Congress.\1\
                There shall be printed and furnished to the Library of 
            Congress for official use in the District of Columbia not to 
            exceed twenty-five copies of:
                \1\See footnote to Senate Manual section 613.
                        House documents and reports, bound;
                        Senate documents and reports, bound;
                        Senate and House journals, bound;
                        public bills and resolutions;
                        the United States Code and supplements, bound; 
                    and
                        all other publications and maps which are 
                    printed, or otherwise reproduced, under authority of 
                    law, upon the requisition of a Congressional 
                    committee, executive department, bureau, independent 
                    office, establishment, commission, or officer of the 
                    Government.
                Confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters 
            not of a public character shall be excepted.
                In addition, there shall be delivered as printed to the 
            Library of Congress:
                        ten copies of each House document and report, 
                    unbound;
                        ten copies of each Senate document and report, 
                    unbound;
                    and
                        ten copies of each private bill and resolution 
                    and fifty copies of the laws in slip form. (Oct. 22, 
                    1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1282; Oct. 2, 1982, 
                    Pub. L. 97-276, Sec. 101(e), 96 Stat. 1189.)
       668  Sec. 1719. International exchange of Government 
                publications.
                For the purpose of more fully carrying into effect the 
            convention concluded at Brussels on March 15, 1886, and 
            proclaimed by the President of the United States on January 
            15, 1889, there shall be supplied to the Superintendent of 
            Documents not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five copies 
            each of all Government publications, including the daily and 
            bound copies of the Congressional Record, for distribution 
            to those foreign governments which agree, as indicated by 
            the Library of Congress, to send to the United States 
            similar publications of their governments for delivery to 
            the Library of Congress. Confidential matter, blank forms, 
            circular letters not of a public character, publications 
            determined by their issuing department, office, or 
            establishment to be required for official use only or for 
            strictly administrative or operational purposes which have 
            no public interest or educational value, and publications 
            classified for reasons of national security shall be 
            exempted from this requirement. The printing, binding, and 
            distribution costs of any publication distributed in 
            accordance with this section shall be charged to 
            appropriations provided to the Superintendent of Documents 
            for that purpose. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 
            1282; Oct 2, 1982, Pub. L. 97-276, Sec. 101(e), 96 Stat. 
            1189; Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(j), Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 
            1783-287, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(j), Oct. 30, 1986, 
            100 Stat. 3341-287, as amended July 1987, Pub. L. 100-71, 
            Title I, 101 Stat. 425.)


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                       Chapter 19.--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM

       669  Sec. 1901. Definition of Government publication.
                ``Government publication'' as used in this chapter, 
            means informational matter which is published as an 
            individual document at Government expense, or as required by 
            law. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1283.)
       670  Sec. 1902. Availability of Government publications through 
                Superintendent of Documents; lists of publications not 
                ordered from Government Printing Office.
                Government publications, except those determined by 
            their issuing components to be required for official use 
            only or for strictly administrative or operational purposes 
            which have no public interest or educational value and 
            publications classified for reasons of national security, 
            shall be made available to depository libraries through the 
            facilities of the Superintendent of Documents for public 
            information. Each component of the Government shall furnish 
            the Superintendent of Documents a list of such publications 
            it issued during the previous month, that were obtained from 
            sources other than the Government Printing Office. (Oct. 22, 
            1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1283.)
       671  Sec. 1903. Distribution of publications to depositories; 
                notice to Government components; cost of printing and 
                binding.
                Upon request of the Superintendent of Documents, 
            components of the Government ordering the printing of 
            publications shall either increase or decrease the number of 
            copies of publications furnished for distribution to 
            designated depository libraries and State libraries so that 
            the number of copies delivered to the Superintendent of 
            Documents is equal to the number of libraries on the list. 
            The number thus delivered may not be restricted by any 
            statutory limitation in force on August 9, 1962. Copies of 
            publications furnished the Superintendent of Documents for 
            distribution to designated depository libraries shall 
            include--
                        the journals of the Senate and House of 
                    Representatives;
                        all publications, not confidential in character, 
                    printed upon the requisition of a congressional 
                    committee;
                        Senate and House public bills and resolutions; 
                    and
                        reports on private bills, concurrent or simple 
                    resolutions;

            but not so-called cooperative publications which must 
            necessarily be sold in order to be self-sustaining.

                The Superintendent of Documents shall currently inform 
            the components of the Government ordering printing of 
            publications as to the number copies of their publications 
            required for distribution to depository libraries. The cost 
            of printing and binding those publications distributed to 
            depository libraries obtained elsewhere than from the 
            Government Printing Office, shall be borne by components of 
            the Government responsible for their issuance; those 
            requisitioned from the Government Printing Office shall be 
            charged to appropriations provided the Superintendent of 
            Documents for that purpose. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1283.)

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       672  Sec. 1904. Classified list of Government publications for 
                selection by depositories.
                The Superintendent of Documents shall currently issue a 
            classified list of Government publications in suitable form, 
            containing annotations of contents and listed by item 
            identification numbers to facilitate the selection of only 
            those publications needed by depository libraries. The 
            selected publications shall be distributed to depository 
            libraries in accordance with regulations of the 
            Superintendent of Documents, as long as they fulfill the 
            conditions provided by law. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1284.)
       673  Sec. 1905. Distribution to depositories; designation of 
                additional libraries; justification; authorization for 
                certain designations.
                The Government publications selected from lists prepared 
            by the Superintendent of Documents, and when requested from 
            him, shall be distributed to depository libraries 
            specifically designated by law and to libraries designated 
            by Senators, Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner 
            from Puerto Rico, by the Commissioner of the District of 
            Columbia, and by the Governors of Guam, American Samoa, and 
            the Virgin Islands, respectively. Additional libraries 
            within areas served by Representatives or the Resident 
            Commissioner from Puerto Rico may be designated by them to 
            receive Government publications to the extent that the total 
            number of libraries designated by them does not exceed two 
            within each area. Not more than two additional libraries 
            within a State may be designated by each Senator from the 
            State. Before an additional library within a State, 
            congressional district or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is 
            designated as a depository for Government publications, the 
            head of that library shall furnish his Senator, 
            Representative, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
            Rico, as the case may be, with justification of the 
            necessity for the additional designation. The justification, 
            which shall also include a certification as to the need for 
            the additional depository library designation, shall be 
            signed by the head of every existing depository library 
            within the congressional district or the Commonwealth of 
            Puerto Rico or by the head of the library authority of the 
            State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, within which the 
            additional depository library is to be located. The 
            justification for additional depository library designations 
            shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of Documents by 
            the Senator, Representative, or the Resident Commissioner 
            from Puerto Rico, as the case may be. The Commissioner of 
            the District of Columbia may designate two depository 
            libraries in the District of Columbia, the Governor of Guam 
            and the Governor of American Samoa may each designate one 
            depository library in Guam and American Samoa, respectively, 
            and the Governor of the Virgin Islands may designate one 
            depository library on the island of Saint Thomas and one on 
            the island of Saint Croix. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 
            82 Stat. 1284.)
       674  Sec. 1906. Land-grant colleges constituted depositories.
                Land-grant colleges are constituted depositories to 
            receive Government publications subject to the depository 
            laws. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1284.)

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       675  Sec. 1909. Requirements of depository libraries; reports on 
                conditions; investigations; termination; replacement.
                Only a library able to provide custody and service for 
            depository materials and located in an area where it can 
            best serve the public need, and within an area not already 
            adequately served by existing depository libraries may be 
            designated by Senators, Representatives, the Resident 
            Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Commissioner of the 
            District of Columbia, or the Governors of Guam, American 
            Samoa, or the Virgin Islands as a depository of Government 
            publications. The designated depository libraries shall 
            report to the Superintendent of Documents at least every two 
            years concerning their condition.
                The Superintendent of Documents shall make firsthand 
            investigation of conditions for which need is indicated and 
            include the results of investigations in his annual report. 
            When he ascertains that the number of books in a depository 
            library is below ten thousand, other than Government 
            publications, or it has ceased to be maintained so as to be 
            accessible to the public, or that the Government 
            publications which have been furnished the library have not 
            been properly maintained, he shall delete the library from 
            the list of depository libraries if the library fails to 
            correct the unsatisfactory conditions within six months. The 
            Representative or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico 
            in whose area the library is located or the Senator who made 
            the designation, or a successor of the Senator, and, in the 
            case of a library in the District of Columbia, the 
            Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and in the case of 
            a library in Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, 
            the Governor, shall be notified and shall then be authorized 
            to designate another library within the area served by him, 
            which shall meet the conditions herein required, but which 
            may not be in excess of the number of depository libraries 
            authorized by law within the State, district, territory, or 
            the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be. (Oct. 
            22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1285.)
       676  Sec. 1910. Designations of replacement depositories; 
                limitations on numbers; conditions.
                The designation of a library to replace a depository 
            library, other than a depository library specifically 
            designated by law, may be made only within the limitations 
            on total numbers specified by section 1905 of this title, 
            and only when the library to be replaced ceases to exist, or 
            when the library voluntarily relinquishes its depository 
            status, or when the Superintendent of Documents determines 
            that it no longer fulfills the conditions provided by law 
            for depository libraries. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 
            Stat. 1286.)
       677  Sec. 1912. Regional depositories; designation; functions; 
                disposal of publications.
                Not more than two depository libraries in each State and 
            the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be designated as 
            regional depositories, and shall receive from the 
            Superintendent of Documents copies of all new and revised 
            Government publications authorized for distribution to 
            depository libraries. Designation of regional depository 
            libraries may be made by a Senator or the Resident 
            Commissioner from Puerto Rico within the areas served by 
            them, after approval by the head of the library authority of 
            the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case 
            may be, who shall first ascertain from the head of the

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            library to be so designated that the library will, in 
            addition to fulfilling the requirements for depository 
            libraries, retain at least one copy of all Government 
            publications either in printed or microfacsimile form 
            (except those authorized to be discarded by the 
            Superintendent of Documents); and within the region served 
            will provide interlibrary loan, reference service, and 
            assistance for depository libraries in the disposal of 
            unwanted Government publications. The agreement to function 
            as a regional depository library shall be transmitted to the 
            Superintendent of Documents by the Senator or the Resident 
            Commissioner from Puerto Rico when the designation is made.
                The libraries designated as regional depositories may 
            permit depository libraries, within the areas served by 
            them, to dispose of Government publications which they have 
            retained for five years after first offering them to other 
            depository libraries within their area, then to other 
            libraries. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1286.)
       678  Sec. 1914. Implementation of depository library program by 
                Public Printer.
                The Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint 
            Committee on Printing, as provided by section 103 of this 
            title, may use any measures he considers necessary for the 
            economical and practical implementation of this chapter. 
            (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1287.)
     678.1  Sec. 1915. Highest State appellate court libraries as 
                depository libraries.
                Upon the request of the highest appellate court of a 
            State, the Public Printer is authorized to designate the 
            library of that court as a depository library. The 
            provisions of section 1911 of this title shall not apply to 
            any library so designated. (Aug. 10, 1972, Pub. L. 92-368, 
            Sec. 1(a), 86 Stat. 507.)
     678.2  Sec. 1916. Designation of libraries of accredited law 
                schools as depository libraries.
                (a) Upon the request of any accredited law school, the 
            Public Printer shall designate the library of such law 
            school as a depository library. The Public Printer may not 
            make such designation unless he determines that the library 
            involved meets the requirements of this chapter, other than 
            those requirements of the first undesignated paragraph of 
            section 1909 of this title which relate to the location of 
            such library.
                (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``accredited 
            law school'' means any law school which is accredited by a 
            nationally recognized accrediting agency or association 
            approved by the Commissioner of Education for such purpose 
            or accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in 
            which the law school is located. (April 17, 1978, Pub. L. 
            95-261, Sec. 1, 92 Stat. 199.)

            
              Chapter 21.--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

       679  Sec. 2112. Presidential archival depository.
                (a)(1) When the Archivist considers it to be in the 
            public interest, the Archivist may--

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                        (A)(i) accept, for and in the name of the United 
                    States, land, a facility, and equipment offered as a 
                    gift to the United States for the purpose of 
                    creating a Presidential archival depository;
                        (ii) take title to the land, facility, and 
                    equipment on behalf of the United States; and
                        (iii) maintain, operate, and protect the land, 
                    facility, and equipment as a Presidential archival 
                    depository and as part of the national archives 
                    system; * * *
                (3) Prior to accepting and taking title to any land, 
            facility, or equipment under subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
            (1), or prior to entering into any agreement under 
            subparagraph (B) of such paragraph or any other agreement to 
            accept or establish a Presidential archival depository, the 
            Archivist shall submit a written report on the proposed 
            Presidential archival depository to the President of the 
            Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 
            report shall include--
                        (A) a description of the land, facility, and 
                    equipment offered as a gift or to be made available 
                    without transfer of title;
                        (B) a statement specifying the estimated total 
                    cost of the proposed depository and the amount of 
                    the endowment for the depository required pursuant 
                    to subsection (g) of this section;
                        (C) a statement of the terms of the proposed 
                    agreement, if any;
                        (D) a general description of the types of 
                    papers, documents, or other historical materials 
                    proposed to be deposited in the depository to be 
                    created, and of the terms of the proposed deposit;
                        (E) a statement of any additional improvements 
                    and equipment associated with the development and 
                    operation of the depository, an estimate of the 
                    costs of such improvements and equipment, and a 
                    statement as to the extent to which such costs will 
                    be incurred by any Federal or State government 
                    agency;
                        (F) an estimate of the total annual cost to the 
                    United States of maintaining, operating, and 
                    protecting the depository; and
                        (G) a certification that such facility and 
                    equipment (whether offered as a gift or made 
                    available without transfer of title) comply with 
                    standards promulgated by the Archivist pursuant to 
                    paragraph (2) of this subsection.

            (Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1289, Sec. 2108; 
            Pub. L. 94-575, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2727; 
            Pub. L. 95-591, Sec. 2(b)(3), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2528; 
            renumbered Sec. 2112 and amended Pub. L. 98-497, Title I, 
            Secs. 102(a)(1), 107(a)(6), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 
            2280, 2286; Pub. L. 99-323, Sec. 3, May 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 
            495.)

     679.1  Sec. 2118. Records of Congress.
                The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
            of Representatives, acting jointly, shall obtain at the 
            close of each Congress all the noncurrent records of the 
            Congress and of each congressional committee and transfer 
            them to the National Archives and Records Administration for 
            preservation, subject to the orders of the Senate or the 
            House of Representatives, respectively. (Pub. L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1291, Sec. 2114; renumbered and 
            amended Pub. L. 98-497, Title I, Secs. 102(a)(1), 
            107(a)(10), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280, 2286.)

                            Cross Reference

                The Senate provided public access to its records 
            pursuant to S. Res. 474, Dec. 1, 1980. See Senate Manual 
            Sec. 60.


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                          Chapter 33.--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS

       680  Sec. 3303a. Examination by Archivist of lists and schedules 
                of records lacking preservation value; disposal of 
                records.
                (a) The Archivist shall examine the lists and schedules 
            submitted to him under section 3303 of this title. If the 
            Archivist determines that any of the records listed in a 
            list or schedule submitted to him do not, or will not after 
            the lapse of the period specified, have sufficient 
            administrative, legal, research, or other value to warrant 
            their continued preservation by the Government, he may, 
            after publication of notice in the Federal Register and an 
            opportunity for interested persons to submit comment 
            thereon--
                        (1) notify the agency to that effect; and
                        (2) empower the agency to dispose of those 
                    records in accordance with regulations promulgated 
                    under section 3302 of this title.
                (b) Authorizations granted under lists and schedules 
            submitted to the Archivist under section 3303 of this title, 
            and schedules promulgated by the Archivist under subsection 
            (d) of this section, shall be mandatory, subject to section 
            2909 of this title. As between an authorization granted 
            under lists and schedules submitted to the Archivist under 
            section 3303 of this title and an authorization contained in 
            a schedule promulgated under subsection (d) of this section, 
            application of the authorization providing for the shorter 
            retention period shall be required, subject to section 2909 
            of this title.
                (c) The Archivist may request advice and counsel from 
            the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and 
            the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
            Representatives with respect to the disposal of any 
            particular records under this chapter whenever he considers 
            that--
                        (1) those particular records may be of special 
                    interest to the Congress; or
                        (2) consultation with the Congress regarding the 
                    disposal of those particular records is in the 
                    public interest.

            However, this subsection does not require the Archivist to 
            request such advice and counsel as a regular procedure in 
            the general disposal of records under this chapter.

                (d) The Archivist shall promulgate schedules authorizing 
            the disposal, after the lapse of specified periods of time, 
            of records of a specified form or character common to 
            several or all agencies if such records will not, at the end 
            of the periods specified, have sufficient administrative, 
            legal, research, or other value to warrant their further 
            preservation by the United States Government. A Federal 
            agency may request changes in such schedules for its records 
            pursuant to section 2009 of this title.
                (e) The Archivist may approve and effect the disposal of 
            records that are in his legal custody, provided that records 
            that had been in the custody of another existing agency may 
            not be disposed of without the written consent of the head 
            of the agency.
                (f) The Archivist shall make an annual report to the 
            Congress concerning the disposal of records under this 
            chapter, including general descriptions of the types of 
            records disposed of and such other information as he 
            considers appropriate to keep the Congress fully informed 
            regarding the disposal of records under this chapter. (Added 
            Pub. L. 91-287,

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            Sec. 1, June 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 320, and amended Pub. L. 95-
            440, Sec. 1, Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 98-497, 
            Title I, Sec. 107(b)(24), (25)(B), Title II, Sec. 204, Oct. 
            19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290, 2294.)

            
               Chapter 35.--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

       681  Sec. 3501. Purposes.
                The purposes of this chapter are to--
                        (1) minimize the paperwork burden for 
                    individuals, small businesses, educational and 
                    nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State, 
                    local and tribal governments, and other persons 
                    resulting from the collection of information by or 
                    for the Federal Government;
                        (2) ensure the greatest possible public benefit 
                    from and maximize the utility of information 
                    created, collected, maintained, used, shared and 
                    disseminated by or for the Federal Government;
                        (3) coordinate, integrate, and to the extent 
                    practicable and appropriate, make uniform Federal 
                    information resources management policies and 
                    practices as a means to improve the productivity, 
                    efficiency, and effectiveness of Government 
                    programs, including the reduction of information 
                    collection burdens on the public and the improvement 
                    of service delivery to the public;
                        (4) improve the quality and use of Federal 
                    information to strengthen decisionmaking, 
                    accountability, and openness in Government and 
                    society;
                        (5) minimize the cost to the Federal Government 
                    of the creation, collection, maintenance, use, 
                    dissemination, and disposition of information;
                        (6) strengthen the partnership between the 
                    Federal Government and State, local, and tribal 
                    governments by minimizing the burden and maximizing 
                    the utility of information created, collected, 
                    maintained, used, disseminated, and retained by or 
                    for the Federal Government;
                        (7) provide for the dissemination of public 
                    information on a timely basis, on equitable terms, 
                    and in a manner that promotes the utility of the 
                    information to the public and makes effective use of 
                    information technology;
                        (8) ensure that the creation, collection, 
                    maintenance, use, dissemination, and disposition of 
                    information by or for the Federal Government is 
                    consistent with applicable laws, including laws 
                    relating to--

                                (A) privacy and confidentiality, 
                            including section 552a of title 5;

                                (B) security of information, including 
                            the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Public 
                            Law 100-235); and

                                (C) access to information, including 
                            section 552 of title 5;

                        (9) ensure the integrity, quality, and utility 
                    of the Federal statistical system;
                        (10) ensure that information technology is 
                    acquired, used, and managed to improve performance 
                    of agency missions, including the reduction of 
                    information collection burdens on the public; and
                        (11) improve the responsibility and 
                    accountability of the Office of Management and 
                    Budget and all other Federal agencies to Congress 
                    and to the public for implementing the information 
                    collection

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                    review process, information resources management, 
                    and related policies and guidelines established 
                    under this chapter.

            (Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2812; 
            amended Pub. L. 99-591, Title VIII, Sec. 811, Oct. 30, 1986, 
            100 Stat. 3341-335; Pub. L. 104-13; May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 
            163.)

       682  Sec. 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
                (a) There is established in the Office of Management and 
            Budget an office to be known as the Office of Information 
            and Regulatory Affairs.
                (b) There shall be at the head of the Office an 
            Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by 
            and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director 
            shall delegate to the Administrator the authority to 
            administer all functions under this chapter, except that any 
            such delegation shall not relieve the Director of 
            responsibility for the administration of such functions. The 
            Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the 
            Director on Federal information resources management policy. 
            (Added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 
            2814, and amended Pub. L. 99-500, Title I, Sec. 101(m), 
            [Title VIII, Sec. 813(a)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-
            336; Pub. L. 99--591, Title I, Sec. 101(m), [Title VIII, 
            Sec. 813(a)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-336; Pub. L. 
            104-13; May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 163.)
       683  Sec. 3505. Assignment of tasks and deadlines.
                (a) In carrying out the functions under this chapter, 
            the Director shall--
                        (1) in consultation with agency heads, set an 
                    annual Governmentwide goal for the reduction of 
                    information collection burdens by at least 10 
                    percent during each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997 
                    and 5 percent during each of fiscal years 1998, 
                    1999, 2000, and 2001, and set annual agency goals 
                    to--

                                (A) reduce information collection 
                            burdens imposed on the public that--

                                        (i) represent the maximum 
                                    practicable opportunity in each 
                                    agency; and

                                        (ii) are consistent with 
                                    improving agency management of the 
                                    process for the review of 
                                    collections of information 
                                    established under section 3506(c); 
                                    and

                                (B) improve information resources 
                            management in ways that increase the 
                            productivity, efficiency and effectiveness 
                            of Federal programs, including service 
                            delivery to the public;

                        (2) with selected agencies and non-Federal 
                    entities on a voluntary basis, conduct pilot 
                    projects to test alternative policies, practices, 
                    regulations, and procedures to fulfill the purposes 
                    of this chapter, particularly with regard to 
                    minimizing the Federal information collection 
                    burden; and
                        (3) in consultation with the Administrator of 
                    General Services, the Director of the National 
                    Institute of Standards and Technology, the Archivist 
                    of the United States, and the Director of the Office 
                    of Personnel Management, develop and maintain a 
                    Governmentwide strategic plan for information 
                    resources management, that shall include--

                                (A) a description of the objectives and 
                            the means by which the Federal Government 
                            shall apply information resources to improve 
                            agency and program performance;

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                                (B) plans for--

                                        (i) reducing information burdens 
                                    on the public, including reducing 
                                    such burdens through the elimination 
                                    of duplication and meeting shared 
                                    data needs with shared resources;

                                        (ii) enhancing public access to 
                                    and dissemination of, information, 
                                    using electronic and other formats; 
                                    and

                                        (iii) meeting the information 
                                    technology needs of the Federal 
                                    Government in accordance with the 
                                    purposes of this chapter; and

                                (C) a description of progress in 
                            applying information resources management to 
                            improve agency performance and the 
                            accomplishment of missions.

                        (b) For purposes of any pilot project conducted 
                    under subsection (a)(2), the Director may, after 
                    consultation with the agency head, waive the 
                    application of any administrative directive issued 
                    by an agency with which the project is conducted, 
                    including any directive requiring a collection of 
                    information, after giving timely notice to the 
                    public and the Congress regarding the need for such 
                    waiver.

            (Added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 
            2818; and amended Pub. L. 99-500, Title I, Sec. 101(m), 
            [Title VIII, Sec. 815], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-337; 
            Pub. L. 99-591, Title I, Sec. 101(m), [Title VIII, 
            Sec. 815], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-337; Pub. L. 104-
            13, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 170.)

       684  Sec. 3514. Responsiveness to Congress.
                (a)(1) The Director shall--
                        (A) keep the Congress and congressional 
                    committees fully and currently informed of the major 
                    activities under this chapter; and
                        (B) submit a report on such activities to the 
                    President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 
                    of Representatives annually and at such other times 
                    as the Director determines necessary.
                (2) The Director shall include in any such report a 
            description of the extent to which agencies have--
                        (A) reduced information collection burdens on 
                    the public, including--

                                        (i) a summary of accomplishments 
                                    and planned initiatives to reduce 
                                    collection of information burdens;

                                        (ii) a list of all violations of 
                                    this chapter and of any rules, 
                                    guidelines, policies, and procedures 
                                    issued pursuant to this chapter;

                                        (iii) a list of any increase in 
                                    the collection of information 
                                    burden, including the authority for 
                                    each such collection; and

                                        (iv) a list of agencies that in 
                                    the preceding year did not reduce 
                                    information collection burdens in 
                                    accordance with section 3505(a)(1), 
                                    a list of the programs and statutory 
                                    responsibilities of those agencies 
                                    that precluded that reduction, and 
                                    recommendations to assist those 
                                    agencies to reduce information 
                                    collection burdens in accordance 
                                    with that section;

                        (B) improved the quality and utility of 
                    statistical information;
                        (C) improved public access to Government 
                    information; and
                        (D) improved program performance and the 
                    accomplishment of agency missions through 
                    information resources management.

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                (b) The preparation of any report required by this 
            section shall be based on performance results reported by 
            the agencies and shall not increase the collection of 
            information burden on persons outside the Federal 
            Government.

            (Added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 
            2823, and amended Pub. L. 99-500, Title I, Sec. 101(m), 
            [Title VIII, Sec. 819], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-339; 
            Pub. L. 99-591, Title I, Sec. 101(m), [Title VIII, 
            Sec. 819], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-339; Pub. L. 104-
            13, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 181.)