[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
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[Pages 1082-1118]
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                      TITLE 44.--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS

            
                       Chapter 1.--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

      1600  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1238; Pub.L. 97-4, Feb. 17, 1981, 95 Stat. 6; Pub.L. 104-
            186, Title II, Sec. 223(1), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
      1601  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1238.)
      1602  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.)

            
                       Chapter 3.--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

      1603  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239; 
            Pub.L. 92-310, Sec. 210(a) (1), (2), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 
            204.)
      1604  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1239.)
      1605  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 II of the 
            Executive Schedule under 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 
            III of such Executive Schedule. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1239; Pub.L. 94-82, Sec. 204(c)(1), Aug. 9, 
            1975, 89 Stat. 421; Pub.L. 101-520, Title II, Sec. 209, Nov. 
            5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2274; Pub.L. 108-83, Title I, Sec. 1301, 
            Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1033.)
      1606  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1239.)
      1607  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1240; Pub.L. 91-167, Dec. 26, 1969, 83 Stat. 
            453; Pub.L. 91-369, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 693.)

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

      1608  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 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.)
      1609  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 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.)
      1610  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244.)
      1611  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 
            82 Stat. 1244.)
      1612  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1244.)

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                   Chapter 7.--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

      1613  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 1602), 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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1246.)
            Cross Reference
                Distribution of Government publications to Library of 
            Congress, see section 1718 of this title (Senate Manual 
            section 1668).
      1614  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1247.)
      1615  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1247; 
            Pub.L. 104-186, Title II, Sec. 223(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 
            Stat. 1751.)
      1616  Sec. 704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from 
                committees not exceeding fifty pages.
                When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the 
            Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may 
            order the reprinting of not

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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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1248.)
      1617  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1248.)
      1618  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 1613.
                            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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
                        1248.)
      1619  Sec. 707. Bills and resolutions: style and form.
                Subject to sections 205 and 206 of Title 1, the Joint 
            Committee on Printing may authorize the printing of a bill 
            or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the style and 
            form the Joint Committee on Printing

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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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1248.)
      1620  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1249.)
      1621  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct 
            22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249.)
      1622  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub.L. 98-497, 
            Title I, Sec. 107(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2286.)
      1623  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 1613.
                            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. (Pub.L. 90-
            620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1249; Pub.L. 97-164, Sec. 158, 
            Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 47.)

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      1624  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. (Pub.L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1250.)
      1625  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 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 1613, 1668, and 1669).
      1626  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1250.)
      1627  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1250.)
      1628  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1250.)

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      1629  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 
            22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1250.)
      1630  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251.)
      1631  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 1613.
                (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. (Pub.L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251; Pub.L. 95-94, 
            Sec. 404, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 682.)
      1632  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251.)
      1633  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 1613. 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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251; 
            Pub.L. 97-51, Sec. 101(c), Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 959.)

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      1634  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1252.)
      1635  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1252.)
      1636  Sec. 726. Printing for committees of 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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1252.)
                \1\ See footnote to Senate Manual section 1613.
      1637  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1252.)
      1638  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1252.)
      1639  Sec. 730. Distribution of documents to Members of Congress.
                When, in the division among Senators, and 
            Representatives, of documents printed for the use of 
            Congress there is an apportionment to each or either House 
            in round numbers, the Public Printer may not

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            deliver the full number so accredited at the Senate Service 
            Department and House of Representatives Publications 
            Distribution Service, but only the largest multiple of the 
            number constituting the full membership of that House, 
            including the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 
            and Clerk 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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1253; Pub.L. 104-
            186, Title II, Sec. 223(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
      1640  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1253.)
      1641  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. (Pub.L. 90-
            620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1253.)
      1642  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, 1985, 99 
            Stat. 291.)
      1643  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1254.)
      1644  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 
            22, 1968, 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 1602).
                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.''.
      1645  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1254.)
      1646  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 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 1602).
      1647  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 
            82 Stat. 1254.)
      1648  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1254; Pub.L. 104-186, Title II, 
            Sec. 223(5), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
      1649  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. (Pub.L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1255; Pub.L. 104-186, Title 
            II, Sec. 223(6), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751.)
      1650  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1255.)
            
                          Chapter 9.--CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

      1651  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1255.)
      1652  Sec. 902. Congressional Record: indexes.
                The Public Printer shall prepare the semimonthly and the 
            session index to the Congressional Record. The Joint 
            Committee on Printing shall direct the form and manner of 
            its publication and distribution. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1256; Pub.L. 108-102, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 29, 
            2003, 117 Stat. 1198.)
      1653  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)
      1654  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)

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      1655  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)
      1656  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1256; Pub.L. 91-276, June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 303; 
            Pub.L. 92-373, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 528; Pub.L. 93-314, 
            Sec. 1(b), June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 239; Pub.L. 95-94, 
            Sec. 407(a), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683; Pub.L. 96-417, 
            Title VI, Sec. 601(11), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1744; Pub.L. 
            97-164, Sec. 164(2), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 50; Pub.L. 101-
            510, Title XV, Sec. Sec. 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), 
            Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3342.)
      1657  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. (Pub.L. 90-
            620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1259; Pub.L. 93-191, Sec. 8(b), 
            Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub.L. 93-255, Sec. 2(c), Mar. 
            27, 1974, 88 Stat. 52.)
      1658  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub.L. 104-186, Title II, 
            Sec. 223(8), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752.)
      1659  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, 
            Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub.L. 93-314, Sec. 1(a), June 
            8, 1974, 88 Stat. 239.)


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              Chapter 11.--EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING

      1660  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 
            22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1261.)

            
                    Chapter 13.--PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

      1661  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.)
      1662  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1270.)
      1663  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 1613.
                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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1272.)
            
               Chapter 17.--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

      1664  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1279.)
      1665  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1279.)
      1666  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 
            82 Stat. 1280.)
      1667  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 
            1968, 82 Stat. 1281.)
      1668  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 1613.
                            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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
                        1282; Pub.L. 97-276, Sec. 101(e), Oct. 2, 1982, 
                        96 Stat. 1189.)
      1669  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
            1282; Pub.L. 97-276, Sec. 101(e), Oct. 2, 1982, 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 11, 1987, Pub.L. 100-71, 
            Title I, 101 Stat. 425.)

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                       Chapter 19.--DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM

      1670  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1283.)
      1671  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. (Pub.L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1283.)
      1672  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 
            82 Stat. 1283.)

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      1673  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 
            82 Stat. 1284.)
      1674  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1284.)
      1675  Sec. 1906. Land-grant colleges constituted depositories.
                Land-grant colleges are constituted depositories to 
            receive Government publications subject to the depository 
            laws. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1284.)

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      1676  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. (Pub.L. 
            90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1285.)
      1677  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 
            Stat. 1286.)
      1678  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. (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1286.)
      1679  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. 
            (Pub.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1287.)
      1680  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. (Pub.L. 92-368, Aug. 10, 1972, 
            Sec. 1(a), 86 Stat. 507.)
      1681  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. (Pub.L. 95-261, Sec. 1, 
            April 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 199.)

            
              Chapter 21.--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

      1682  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.
                (4) Prior to accepting any gift under subparagraph (C) 
            of paragraph (1) for the purpose of making any physical or 
            material change or addition to a Presidential archival 
            depository, or prior to implementing any provision of law 
            requiring the making of such a change or addition, the 
            Archivist shall submit a report in writing on the proposed 
            change or addition to the President of the Senate and the 
            Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report shall 
            include--
                            (A) a description of such gift;
                            (B) a statement specifying the estimated 
                        total cost of the proposed physical or material 
                        change or addition and the amount of the deposit 
                        in an endowment for the depository required 
                        pursuant to subsection (g) of this section in 
                        order to meet the cost of such change or 
                        addition;
                            (C) a statement of the purpose of the 
                        proposed change or addition and a general 
                        description of any papers, documents, or 
                        historical materials proposed to be deposited in 
                        the depository as a result of such change or 
                        addition;

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                            (D) a statement of any additional 
                        improvements or equipment for the depository 
                        associated with such change or addition;
                            (E) an estimate of the increase in the total 
                        annual cost to the United States of maintaining, 
                        operating, and protecting the depository that 
                        will result from such change or addition; and
                            (F) a certification that the depository, and 
                        the equipment therein will, after such change or 
                        addition, comply with the standards promulgated 
                        by the Archivist pursuant to paragraph (2) of 
                        this subsection.
                (5) The Archivist may not--
                            (A) accept or take title to land, a 
                        facility, or equipment under subparagraph (A) of 
                        paragraph (1) for the purpose of creating a 
                        Presidential archival depository;
                            (B) enter into any agreement under 
                        subparagraph (B) of such paragraph or any other 
                        agreement to accept or establish a Presidential 
                        archival depository; or
                            (C) accept any gift under subparagraph (C) 
                        of such paragraph for the purpose of making any 
                        physical or material change to a Presidential 
                        archival depository, until the expiration of a 
                        period of 60 days of continuous session of 
                        Congress beginning on the date on which the 
                        Archivist transmits the report required under 
                        paragraph (3) of this subsection with respect to 
                        such Presidential archival depository or the 
                        report required under paragraph (4) of this 
                        subsection with respect to such change or 
                        addition, as the case may be.
                (b) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public 
            interest, he may deposit in a Presidential archival 
            depository papers, documents, or other historical materials 
            accepted under section 2111 of this title, or Federal 
            records appropriate for preservation.
                (c) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public 
            interest, he may exercise, with respect to papers, 
            documents, or other historical materials deposited under 
            this section, or otherwise, in a Presidential archival 
            depository, all the functions and responsibilities otherwise 
            vested in him pertaining to Federal records or other 
            documentary materials in his custody or under his control. 
            The Archivist, in negotiating for the deposit of 
            Presidential historical materials, shall take steps to 
            secure to the Government, as far as possible, the right to 
            have continuous and permanent possession of the materials. 
            Papers, documents, or other historical materials accepted 
            and deposited under section 2111 of this title and this 
            section are subject to restrictions as to their availability 
            and use stated in writing by the donors or depositors, 
            including the restriction that they shall be kept in a 
            Presidential archival depository. The restrictions shall be 
            respected for the period stated, or until revoked or 
            terminated by the donors or depositors or by persons legally 
            qualified to act on their behalf. Subject to the 
            restrictions, the Archivist may dispose by sale, exchange, 
            or otherwise, of papers, documents, or other materials which 
            the Archivist determines to have no permanent value or 
            historical interest or to be surplus to the needs of a 
            Presidential archival depository. Only the first two 
            sentences of this subsection shall apply to Presidential 
            records as defined in section 2201(2) of this title.
                (d) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public 
            interest, he may cooperate with and assist a university, 
            institution of higher learning, institute, foundation, or 
            other organization or qualified individual

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            to further or to conduct study or research in historical 
            materials deposited in a Presidential archival depository.
                (e) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public 
            interest, he may charge and collect reasonable fees for the 
            privilege of visiting and viewing exhibit rooms or museum 
            space or for the occasional, non-official use of rooms and 
            spaces (and services related to such use), in a Presidential 
            archival depository.
                (f) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public 
            interest, he may provide reasonable office space in a 
            Presidential archival depository for the personal use of a 
            former President of the United States.
                (g)(1) When the Archivist considers it to be in the 
            public interest, the Archivist may solicit and accept gifts 
            or bequests of money or other property for the purpose of 
            maintaining, operating, protecting, or improving a 
            Presidential archival depository. The proceeds of gifts or 
            bequests, together with the proceeds from fees or from sales 
            of historical materials, copies or reproductions, catalogs, 
            or other items, having to do with a Presidential archival 
            depository, shall be paid into an account in the National 
            Archives Trust Fund and shall be held, administered, and 
            expended for the benefit and in the interest of the 
            Presidential archival depository in connection with which 
            they were received, and for the same purposes and objects, 
            including custodial and administrative services for which 
            appropriations for the maintenance, operation, protection, 
            or improvement of Presidential archival depositories might 
            be expended.
                (2) The Archivist shall provide for the establishment in 
            such Trust Fund of separate endowments for the maintenance 
            of the land, facility, and equipment of each Presidential 
            archival depository, to which shall be credited any gifts or 
            bequests received under paragraph (1) that are offered for 
            that purpose. Income to each such endowment shall be 
            available to cover the cost of facility operations, but 
            shall not be available for the performance of archival 
            functions under this title.
                (3) The Archivist shall not accept or take title to any 
            land, facility, or equipment under subparagraph (A) of 
            subsection (a)(1), or enter into any agreement to use any 
            land, facility, or equipment under subparagraph (B) of such 
            subsection for the purpose of creating a Presidential 
            archival depository, unless the Archivist determines that 
            there is available, by gift or bequest for deposit under 
            paragraph (2) of this subsection in an endowment with 
            respect to such depository, an amount for the purpose of 
            maintaining such land, facility, and equipment equal to--
                            (A) the product of--

                                (i) the total cost of acquiring or 
                            constructing such facility and of acquiring 
                            and installing such equipment, multiplied by

                                (ii) 20 percent; plus

                            (B)(i) if title to the land is to be vested 
                        in the United States, the product of--

                                (I) the total cost of acquiring the land 
                            upon which such facility is located, or such 
                            other measure of the value of such land as 
                            is mutually agreed upon by the Archivist and 
                            the donor, multiplied by

                                (II) 20 percent; or

                            (ii) if title to the land is not to be 
                        vested in the United States, the product of--

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                                (I) the total cost to the donor of any 
                            improvements to the land upon which such 
                            facility is located (other than such 
                            facility and equipment), multiplied by

                                (II) 20 percent; plus

                            (C) if the Presidential archival depository 
                        will exceed 70,000 square feet in area, an 
                        amount equal to the product of--

                                (i) the sum of--

                                        (I) the total cost described in 
                                    clause (i) of subparagraph (A); plus

                                        (II) the total cost described in 
                                    subclause (I) or (II) of 
                                    subparagraph (B)(i), as the case may 
                                    be, multiplied by

                                (ii) the percentage obtained by dividing 
                            the number of square feet by which such 
                            depository will exceed 70,000 square feet by 
                            70,000.

                (4) If a proposed physical or material change or 
            addition to a Presidential archival depository would result 
            in an increase in the costs of facility operations, the 
            Archivist may not accept any gift under subparagraph (C) of 
            paragraph (1) for the purpose of making such a change or 
            addition, or may not implement any provision of law 
            requiring the making of such a change or addition, unless 
            the Archivist determines that there is available, by gift or 
            bequest for deposit under paragraph (2) of this subsection 
            in an endowment with respect to such depository, an amount 
            for the purpose of maintaining the land, facility, and 
            equipment of such depository equal to the difference 
            between--
                            (A) the amount which, pursuant to paragraph 
                        (3) of this subsection, would have been required 
                        to have been available for deposit in such 
                        endowment with respect to such depository if 
                        such change or addition had been included in 
                        such depository on--

                                (i) the date on which the Archivist took 
                            title to the land, facility, and equipment 
                            for such depository under subparagraph (A) 
                            of subsection (a)(1); or

                                (ii) the date on which the Archivist 
                            entered into an agreement for the creation 
                            of such depository under subparagraph (B) of 
                            such paragraph, as the case may be; minus

                            (B) the amount which, pursuant to paragraph 
                        (3) of this subsection, was required to be 
                        available for deposit in such endowment with 
                        respect to such depository on the date the 
                        Archivist took such title or entered into such 
                        agreement, as the case may be.
                (5)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4) (to the 
            extent that such paragraphs are inconsistent with this 
            paragraph), this subsection shall be administered in 
            accordance with this paragraph with respect to any 
            Presidential archival depository created as a depository for 
            the papers, documents, and other historical materials and 
            Presidential records pertaining to any President who takes 
            the oath of office as President for the first time on or 
            after July 1, 2002.
                (B) For purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii), (B)(i)(II), 
            and (B)(ii)(II) of paragraph (3) the percentage of 40 
            percent shall apply instead of 20 percent.
                (C)(i) In this subparagraph, the term ``base endowment 
            amount'' means the amount of the endowment required under 
            paragraph (3).
                (ii)(I) The Archivist may give credits against the base 
            endowment amount if the Archivist determines that the 
            proposed Presidential archival depository will have 
            construction features or equipment that are

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            expected to result in quantifiable long-term savings to the 
            Government with respect to the cost of facility operations.
                (II) The features and equipment described under 
            subclause (I) shall comply with the standards promulgated by 
            the Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
                (III) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to be 
            used in calculating the dollar amount of any credit to be 
            given, and shall consult with all donors of the endowment 
            before giving any credits. The total dollar amount of 
            credits given under this paragraph may not exceed 20 percent 
            of the base endowment amount.
                (D)(i) In calculating the additional endowment amount 
            required under paragraph (4), the Archivist shall take into 
            account credits given under subparagraph (C), and may also 
            give credits against the additional endowment amount 
            required under paragraph (4), if the Archivist determines 
            that construction features or equipment used in making or 
            equipping the physical or material change or addition are 
            expected to result in quantifiable long-term savings to the 
            Government with respect to the cost of facility operations.
                (ii) The features and equipment described under clause 
            (i) shall comply with the standards promulgated by the 
            Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
                (iii) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to be 
            used in calculating the dollar amount of any credit to be 
            given, and shall consult with all donors of the endowment 
            before giving any credits. The total dollar amount of 
            credits given under this paragraph may not exceed 20 percent 
            of the additional endowment amount required under paragraph 
            (4). (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, Sec. Sec. 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; Pub.L. 108-7, Div. J, Title V, Sec. 513, Feb. 20, 2003, 
            117 Stat. 462; Pub.L. 108-383, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 
            Stat. 2218.)
      1683  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, Sec. Sec. 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 135.

            
                          Chapter 33.--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS

      1684  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

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            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.
                (e) The Archivist may approve and effect the disposal of 
            records that are in his legal custody, provided that records 
            that had been in the custody of another existing agency may 
            not be disposed of without the written consent of the head 
            of the agency.
                (f) The Archivist shall make an annual report to the 
            Congress concerning the disposal of records under this 
            chapter, including general descriptions of the types of 
            records disposed of and such other information as he 
            considers appropriate to keep the Congress fully informed 
            regarding the disposal of records under this chapter. (Added 
            Pub.L. 91-287, 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; 
            Pub.L. 108-383, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2218.)


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               Chapter 35.--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

            
                      Subchapter I.--Federal Information Policy

      1685  Sec. 3501. Purposes.
                The purposes of this subchapter 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 
                            section 11332 of title 40; and

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

                            (9) ensure the integrity, quality, and 
                        utility of the Federal statistical system;
                            (10) ensure that information technology is 
                        acquired, used, and managed to improve 
                        performance of agency missions, including the 
                        reduction of information collection burdens on 
                        the public; and
                            (11) improve the responsibility and 
                        accountability of the Office of Management and 
                        Budget and all other Federal agencies to 
                        Congress and to the public for implementing the 
                        information collection review process, 
                        information resources management, and related 
                        policies and guidelines established under this 
                        subchapter. (Pub.L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 
                        1980, 94 Stat. 2812; Pub.L. 99-591, Title VIII,

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                        Sec. 811, Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-335; 
                        Pub.L. 104-13; May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 163; 
                        Pub.L. 106-398, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654A-
                        275; Pub.L. 107-217, Sec. 3(l)(3), Aug. 21, 
                        2002, 116 Stat. 1301.)
      1686  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 subchapter, 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; Pub.L. 106-398, Oct. 30, 
            2000, 114 Stat. 1654A-275.)
      1687  Sec. 3505. Assignment of tasks and deadlines.
                (a) In carrying out the functions under this subchapter, 
            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 subchapter, 
                        particularly with regard to minimizing the 
                        Federal information collection burden; and
                            (3) in consultation with the Administrator 
                        of General Services, the Director of the 
                        National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
                        the Archivist of the United States, and the 
                        Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
                        develop and maintain a Governmentwide strategic 
                        plan for information resources management, that 
                        shall include--

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

                                (B) plans for--

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                                        (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 subchapter; 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.
                (c) Inventory of Major Information Systems.--(1) The 
            head of each agency shall develop and maintain an inventory 
            of major information systems (including major national 
            security systems) operated by or under the control of such 
            agency;
                (2) The identification of information systems in an 
            inventory under this subsection shall include an 
            identification of the interfaces between each such system 
            and all other systems or networks, including those not 
            operated by or under the control of the agency;
                (3) Such inventory shall be--
                            (A) updated at least annually;
                            (B) made available to the Comptroller 
                        General; and
                            (C) used to support information resources 
                        management, including--

                                (i) preparation and maintenance of the 
                            inventory of information resources under 
                            section 3506(b)(4);

                                (ii) information technology planning, 
                            budgeting, acquisition, and management under 
                            section 3506(h), subtitle III of title 40, 
                            and related laws and guidance;

                                (iii) monitoring, testing, and 
                            evaluation of information security controls 
                            under subchapter II;

                                (iv) preparation of the index of major 
                            information systems required under section 
                            552(g) of title 5, United States Code; and

                                (v) preparation of information system 
                            inventories required for records management 
                            under chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33.

                (4) The Director shall issue guidance for and oversee 
            the implementation of the requirements of this subsection. 
            (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; Pub.L. 106-398, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 
            Stat. 1654A-275; Pub.L. 107-296, Sec. 1005(c)(2), Nov. 25, 
            2002, 116 Stat. 2272; Pub.L. 107-347, Sec. 305(c)(2), Dec. 
            17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2961.)

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      1688  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 subchapter; 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 
                            subchapter and of any rules, guidelines, 
                            policies, and procedures issued pursuant to 
                            this subchapter;

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

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

                            (B) improved the quality and utility of 
                        statistical information;
                            (C) improved public access to Government 
                        information; and
                            (D) improved program performance and the 
                        accomplishment of agency missions through 
                        information resources management.
                (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; Pub.L. 106-398, Oct. 
            30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654A-275.)