    [United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 106-1]
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                          TITLE 44.--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS

                           Chapter 1.--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

           600
           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 Oversight 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; Pub. L. 104-
                186, Title II, Sec. 223(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
           601
           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
           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
           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
           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

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                Office, and perform any other duties required of him by the
                Public Printer. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82 Stat.
                1239.)
           605
           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
           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. 1239.)
           607
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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 Oversight 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;
                Pub. L. 104-186; Title II, Sec. 223(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110
                Stat. 1751.)
           616
           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
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                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
           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
           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.)
           619
           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
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                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
           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
           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
           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
           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 Representatives, 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.)

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           624
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
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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 and Sergeant at Arms 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; Pub. L. 104-
                186, Title II, Sec. 223(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
           640
           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
           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
           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

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                where it is desirable to affix the official title of a
                document. Other 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
           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
           644  Sec. 735. Binding for Senators.\1\
                    Each Senator 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. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub.
                L. 90-620, 82 Stat. 1254; Pub. L. 104-186, Title II,
                Sec. 223(4)(A), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
                    \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
           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

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                application of a Member of Congress, and payment of the
                actual cost of binding. (Oct. 22, 1968, Pub. L. 90-620, 82
                Stat. 1254.)
           646
           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
           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
           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 Clerk 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; Pub. L. 104-186, Title II,
                Sec. 223(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
           649
           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 Chief Administrative
                Officer of the House of Representatives, 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; Pub. L. 104-186, Title
                II, Sec. 223(6), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
           650
           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

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                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 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
           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
           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
           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
           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.)

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           655
           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 congressional 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
           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 and Sergeant at Arms 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 and Sergeant at Arms of the
                            House of Representatives, each, twenty-five
                            copies;
                                to the Clerk, for official use, not to
                            exceed fifty copies, and to the Clerk 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

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                            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 semimonthly 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 and Sergeant at Arms 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 Court of Federal
                            Claims, the United States Court of International
                            Trade, the Tax Court of the United States, the
                            United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
                            Claims, 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; and to the
                            Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority of
                            the Senate, 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;

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                                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;
                                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 Court of Federal Claims, the
                            United States Court of International Trade, the
                            Tax Court of the United States, the United
                            States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 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;

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                                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;
                                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; Pub. L. 104-186, Title II, Sec. 223(7), Aug. 20, 1996,
                110 Stat. 1751; Pub. L. 105-368, Sec. 512(b)(1)(C), 112
                Stat. 3342.)
           657
           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

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                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 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
           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 Chief
                Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 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; Pub. L. 104-186, Title II,
                Sec. 223(8), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752.)
           659
           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.)

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                  Chapter 11.--EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING

           660
           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
                in a letter transmitting 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
           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
         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
           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

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                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.)

                   Chapter 17.--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

           663
           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
           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
           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
           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
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                tively, 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.)
           667
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
           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
         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
         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
           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
         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
                section 60.

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                              Chapter 33.--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS

           680
           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 Oversight 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.

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                91-287, 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; Pub. L. 104-
                186, Title II, Sec. 223(10), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752.)

                   Chapter 35.--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

           681
           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
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                            gress and to the public for implementing the
                            information collection 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
           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. 166.)
           683
           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--

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

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                                (D) improved program performance and the
                            accomplishment of agency missions through
                            information resources management.
                    (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.)