[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
[NOTE: June 20, 2008 -  [H.Con.Res.307]   CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS--
MANAGING AND PRESERVING

Whereas Members' Congressional papers (including papers of Delegates and
Resident Commissioners to the Congress) serve as indispensable
sources for the study of American representative democracy;

Whereas these papers document vital national, regional, and local public
policy issues;


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Whereas these papers are crucial to the public's understanding of the
role of Congress in making the Nation's laws and responding to the
needs of its citizens;

Whereas because these papers serve as essential primary sources for the
history of Congress, the study of these papers will illuminate the
careers of individual Members;

Whereas by custom, these papers are considered the personal property of
the Member who receives and creates them, and it is therefore the
Member who is responsible to decide on their ultimate disposition;
and

Whereas resources are available through the Office of the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to assist
Members with the professional and cost-effective management and
preservation of these papers: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That it is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Members' Congressional papers (including papers of
Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) should be
properly maintained;
(2) each Member of Congress should take all necessary
measures to manage and preserve the Member's own Congressional
papers; and
(3) each Member of Congress should be encouraged to arrange
for the deposit or donation of the Member's own noncurrent
Congressional papers with a research institution that is
properly equipped to care for them, and to make these papers
available for educational purposes at a time the Member
considers appropriate.

Agreed to June 20, 2008.