§ 719. — Classification and numbering of publications ordered printed by Congress; designation of publications of departments; printing of committee hearings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC719]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
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.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 142 (Jan. 15, 1908, No. 3,
Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 565).
