§ 723. — Memorial addresses: preparation; 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: 44USC723]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
Sec. 723. Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution
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:
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.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964, ed., Sec. 151 (Aug. 23, 1894, ch. 307,
28 Stat. 447; Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, Sec. 73, 28 Stat. 616; June 20,
1936, ch. 630, title I, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1545).
Codification
The 1981 amendment by Pub. L. 97-51 is based on section 4 of House
Resolution 23, Ninety-seventh Congress, Mar. 10, 1981, as enacted into
permanent law by H.R. 4120, as reported July 9, 1981, and incorporated
by reference in section 101(c) of Pub. L. 97-51, to be effective as if
enacted into law.
Amendments
1981--Pub. L. 97-51 inserted ``or a former Member of Congress who
served as Speaker'' after ``relative to the death of a Member of
Congress''.
Restriction on Number of Bound Eulogies
Pub. L. 94-59, title VIII, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 296, provided
that: ``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.''
