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§ 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.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC701]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
              CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
 
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
        
    (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.
    (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 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.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 131 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 54, 28 Stat. 608; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, Secs. 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; 
Jan. 20, 1905, ch. 50, Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 610; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, 
Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Jan. 15, 1908, No. 3, Sec. 2, 35 Stat. 566; Mar. 
4, 1909, ch. 317, 35 Stat. 1067; June 25, 1910, ch. 439, 36 Stat. 868; 
Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, Secs. 6, 7, 43 Stat. 1106; June 20, 1936, ch. 
630, title IV, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1550; Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 
F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352).


      Congressional Printing and Binding Services For the House of 
                Representatives--Appropriations and Study

    Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title I, Sec. 111], Dec. 21, 2000, 
114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-110, provided that:
    ``(a) Congressional Printing and Binding For the House Through Clerk 
of House.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of title 44, 
    United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized to be 
    appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives such sums 
    as may be necessary for congressional printing and binding services 
    for the House of Representatives.
        ``(2) Preparation of estimates.--Estimated expenditures and 
    proposed appropriations for congressional printing and binding 
    services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk of the House 
    of Representatives in accordance with title 31, United States Code, 
    in the same manner as estimates and requests are prepared for other 
    legislative branch services under such title, except that such 
    requests shall be based upon the results of the study conducted 
    under subsection (b) (with respect to any fiscal year covered by 
    such study).
        ``(3) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with respect 
    to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    ``(b) Study.--
        ``(1) In general.--During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of the 
    House of Representatives shall conduct a comprehensive study of the 
    needs of the House for congressional printing and binding services 
    during fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including 
    transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and shall include in 
    the study an analysis of the most cost-effective program or programs 
    for providing printed or other media-based publications for House 
    uses.
        ``(2) Submission to committees.--The Clerk shall submit the 
    study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on House 
    Administration of the House of Representatives, who shall review the 
    study and prepare such regulations or other materials (including 
    proposals for legislation) as it considers appropriate to enable the 
    Clerk to carry out congressional printing and binding services for 
    the House in accordance with this section.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `congressional printing 
and binding services' means the following services:
        ``(1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
    distribution of congressional information in any format.
        ``(2) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the 
    Congressional Record.
        ``(3) Printing and binding of Government publications authorized 
    by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.
        ``(4) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
    publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to 
    the recipient.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 28b.



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