§ 713. — Journals of Houses of Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC713]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
Sec. 713. Journals of Houses of Congress
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:
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, title I,
Sec. 158, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 47.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 147 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23,
Sec. 57, 28 Stat. 609; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, Secs. 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464).
Amendments
1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``eight hundred and twenty'' for
``eight hundred and twenty-two'' as total number of Journals printed and
struck out provision that directed that two copies be distributed to the
Court of Claims.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
