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§ 906. —  Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC906]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
                     CHAPTER 9--CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
 
Sec. 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery

    The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record only as 
follows:
    of the bound edition--
        to the Senate Service Department five copies for the Vice 
    President and each Senator;
        to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two 
    copies;
        to the Joint Committee on Printing not to exceed one hundred 
    copies;
        to the House of Representatives Publications Distribution 
    Service, three copies for each Representative and Resident 
    Commissioner in Congress; and
        to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
    Representatives, each, two copies;

    of the daily edition--
        to the Vice President, one hundred copies;
        to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be transferred only to 
    public agencies and institutions);
        to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, 
    twenty-five copies;
        to the Secretary, for official use, not to exceed thirty-five 
    copies; and
        to the Sergeant at Arms for use on the floor of the Senate, not 
    to exceed fifty copies;
        to each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resident 
    Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate from the District of 
    Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the Delegate from the Virgin 
    Islands, thirty-four copies (which may be transferred only to public 
    agencies and institutions);
        to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
    Representatives, each, twenty-five copies;
        to the Clerk, for official use, not to exceed fifty copies, and 
    to the Clerk for use on the floor of the House of Representatives, 
    not to exceed seventy-five copies;
        to the Vice President and each Senator, Representative, and 
    Resident Commissioner in Congress (and not transferable) three 
    copies of which one shall be delivered at his residence, one at his 
    office, and one at the Capitol.

    In addition to the foregoing the Congressional Record shall also be 
furnished as follows:
    In unstitched form, and held in reserve by the Public Printer, as 
many copies of the daily Record as may be required to supply a 
semimonthly edition, bound in paper cover together with each semimonthly 
index when it is issued, and then be delivered promptly as follows:
        to each committee and commission of Congress, one daily and one 
    semimonthly copy;
        to each joint committee and joint commission in Congress, as may 
    be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, two copies of the 
    daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;
        to the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, for 
    office use, each, six semimonthly copies;
        to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House, for office 
    use, each, six semimonthly copies;
        to the Joint Committee on Printing, ten semimonthly copies;
        to the Vice President and each Senator, Representative, and 
    Resident Commissioner in Congress, one semimonthly copy;
        to the President of the United States, for the use of the 
    Executive Office, ten copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, 
    and one bound copy;
        to the Chief Justice of the United States and each of the 
    Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, one 
    copy of the daily;
        to the offices of the marshal and clerk of the Supreme Court of 
    the United States, each, two copies of the daily and one semimonthly 
    copy;
        to each United States circuit and district judge, and to the 
    chief judge and each associate judge of the United States Court of 
    Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, the 
    Tax Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals 
    for Veterans Claims, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 
    Armed Forces, upon request to a member of Congress and notification 
    by the Member to the Public Printer, one copy of the daily, in 
    addition to those authorized to be furnished to Members of Congress 
    under the preceding provisions of this section;
        to the offices of the Vice President and the Speaker of the 
    House of Representatives, each, six copies of the daily and one 
    semimonthly copy;
        to the Sergeant at Arms, the Chaplain, the Postmaster, the 
    superintendent and the foreman of the Senate Service Department and 
    of the House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service, 
    respectively; and to the Secretaries to the Majority and the 
    Minority of the Senate, each, one copy of the daily;
        to the office of the Parliamentarian of the House of 
    Representatives, six copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and 
    two bound copies;
        to the offices of the Official Reporters of Debates of the 
    Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, each, fifteen 
    copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and three bound copies;
        to the office of the stenographers to committees of the House of 
    Representatives, four copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy;
        to the office of the Congressional Record Index, ten copies of 
    the daily and two semimonthly copies;
        to the offices of the superintendent of the Senate and House 
    document rooms, each, three copies of the daily, one semimonthly 
    copy, and one bound copy;
        to the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and House 
    press galleries, each, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly 
    copy, and one bound copy;
        to the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and 
    House of Representatives, respectively, and the Architect of the 
    Capitol, each, three copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and 
    one bound copy;
        to the Library of Congress for official use in Washington, 
    District of Columbia, and for international exchange, as provided by 
    sections 1718 and 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred and 
    forty-five copies of the daily, five semimonthly copies, and one 
    hundred and fifty bound copies;
        to the library of the Senate, three copies of the daily, two 
    semimonthly copies, and not to exceed fifteen bound copies;
        to the library of the House of Representatives, five copies of 
    the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed twenty-eight 
    bound copies, of which eight copies may be bound in the style and 
    manner approved by the Joint Committee on Printing;
        to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, two 
    copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed five 
    bound copies;
        to the library of each United States Court of Appeals, each 
    United States District Court, the United States Court of Federal 
    Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, the Tax 
    Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for 
    Veterans Claims, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 
    Armed Forces, upon request to the Public Printer, one copy of the 
    daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;
        to the Public Printer for official use, not to exceed seventy-
    five copies of the daily, ten semimonthly copies, and two bound 
    copies;
        to the Director of the Botanic Garden, two copies of the daily 
    and one semimonthly copy;
        to the Archivist of the United States, five copies of the daily, 
    two semimonthly copies, and two bound copies;
        to the library of each executive department, independent office, 
    and establishment of the Government in the District of Columbia, 
    except those designated as depository libraries, and to the 
    libraries of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, 
    the Naval Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution, each, two 
    copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy;
        to the offices of the Governors of Puerto Rico, Guam and the 
    Virgin Islands, each, five copies in both daily and bound form;
        to the office of the Governor of the Canal Zone, five copies in 
    both daily and bound form;
        to each ex-President and ex-Vice President of the United States, 
    one copy of the daily;
        to each former Senator, Representative, and Commissioner from 
    Puerto Rico, upon request to the Public Printer, one copy of the 
    daily;
        to the Governor of each State, one copy in both daily and bound 
    form;
        to each separate establishment of the Armed Forces Retirement 
    Home, to each of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 
    and to each of the State soldiers' homes, one copy of the daily;
        to the Superintendent of Documents, as many daily and bound 
    copies as may be required for distribution to depository libraries;
        to the Department of State, not to exceed one hundred and fifty 
    copies of the daily, for distribution to each United States embassy 
    and legation abroad, and to the principal consular offices in the 
    discretion of the Secretary of State;
        to each foreign legation in Washington whose government extends 
    a like courtesy to our embassies and legations abroad, one copy of 
    the daily, to be furnished upon requisition of and sent through the 
    Secretary of State;
        to each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the 
    Congressional Directory, and who makes application, for his personal 
    use and that of the papers he represents, one copy of the daily and 
    one copy of the bound, the same to be sent to the office address of 
    the member of the press or elsewhere as he directs; not to exceed 
    four copies in all may be furnished to members of the same press 
    bureau.

    Copies of the daily edition, unless otherwise directed by the Joint 
Committee on Printing, shall be supplied and delivered promptly on the 
day after the actual day's proceedings as originally published. Each 
order for the daily Record shall begin with the current issue, if 
previous issues of the same session are not available. The apportionment 
specified for daily copies may not be transferred for the bound form and 
an allotment of daily copies not used by a Member during a session shall 
lapse when the session ends.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 91-276, June 12, 
1970, 84 Stat. 303; Pub. L. 92-373, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 528; Pub. L. 
93-314, Sec. 1(b), June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 95-94, title IV, 
Sec. 407(a), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683; Pub. L. 96-417, title VI, 
Sec. 601(11), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1744; Pub. L. 97-164, title I, 
Sec. 164(2), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title 
XV, Sec. 1533(c)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1736; Pub. L. 102-82, 
Sec. 6, Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, 
Sec. 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 924(d)(1)(D), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2832; Pub. L. 104-
186, title II, Sec. 223(7), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751; Pub. L. 105-
368, title V, Sec. 512(b)(1)(C), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3342.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 183 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 73, 28 Stat. 617; June 11, 1896, ch. 420, Sec. 1, 29 Stat. 454; 
Mar. 19, 1896, No. 31, 29 Stat. 468; Feb. 17, 1897, No. 12, 29 Stat. 
700; Mar. 26, 1900, No. 15, 31 Stat. 713; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, Secs. 1, 
2, 31 Stat. 1464; Jan. 30, 1903, ch. 338, 32 Stat. 786; Mar. 1, 1907, 
ch. 2284, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 317, 35 Stat. 1067; 
Mar. 4, 1909, No. 25, 35 Stat. 1169; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, Sec. 7, 43 
Stat. 1106; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1547; 
Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352; June 30, 
1949, ch. 288, title I, Sec. 104(a), 63 Stat. 381; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 
1049, Sec. 2(b), 64 Stat. 1038; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, 
Sec. 101, 68 Stat. 397; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, Sec. 20, 70 Stat. 911; 
June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86-70, Sec. 33, 73 Stat. 149; July 12, 1960, Pub. 
L. 86-624, Sec. 32, 74 Stat. 421; Mar. 21, 1961, Pub. L. 87-2, 75 Stat. 
5; July 11, 1961, Pub. L. 87-85, 75 Stat. 202).
    ``House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service'' is 
substituted for ``House Folding Room'' because of the change of name 
under authority of Public Law 88-652.

                       References in Text

    Provisions respecting National Homes for Disabled Volunteer 
Soldiers, referred to in text, were formerly classified to chapter 3 
(section 71 et seq.) of Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums, and were 
repealed by Pub. L. 85-857, Sec. 14, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1268-1272, 
and Pub. L. 85-56, title XXII, Sec. 2202, June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 162, 
164, 166.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-368 substituted ``Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims'' for ``Court of Veterans Appeals'' in two places.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``to the Clerk and the Sergeant at 
Arms'' for ``to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper'' in three 
places, ``to the Clerk for use on the floor'' for ``to the Doorkeeper 
for use on the floor'', and ``and to the Secretaries to the Majority and 
the Minority of the Senate'' for ``to the Secretaries to the Majority 
and the Minority of the Senate, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of 
Representatives''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``Court of Appeals for the Armed 
Forces'' for ``Court of Military Appeals'' in two places.
    1992--Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court of Federal 
Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court'' in two places.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-82 inserted ``the United States Court of Veterans 
Appeals,'' after ``the Tax Court of the United States,'' in two places.
    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 substituted ``each separate establishment of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home,'' for ``the United States Soldiers' 
Home and''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``the United States Claims Court'' 
for ``the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of 
Customs and Patent Appeals'' in two places.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-417 redesignated the United States Customs Court as 
the United States Court of International Trade.
    1977--Pub. L. 95-94 substituted ``to the Vice President, one hundred 
copies; to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be transferred only to 
public agencies and institutions);'' for ``to the Vice President and 
each Senator, one hundred copies:'' and ``to each Member of the House of 
Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the 
Delegate from the District of Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the 
Delegate from the Virgin Islands, thirty-four copies (which may be 
transferred only to public agencies and institutions);'' for ``to each 
Representative and Resident Commissioner in Congress, sixty-eight 
copies''.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-314 struck out subscriptions from section 
catchline, and struck out last paragraph which authorized the Public 
Printer to furnish the daily Record to subscribers at a price determined 
by him to be based upon the cost of printing and distribution, with the 
price to be payable in advance. See section 910 of this title.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-373 provided for the furnishing of one copy of the 
daily, one semimonthly copy of the Congressional Record to the United 
States Court of Appeals library and certain other libraries.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-276 substituted provision authorizing the Public 
Printer to furnish the daily Congressional Record to subscribers at a 
price based upon cost of printing and distribution for prior 
subscription price of $1.50 per month.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-368 effective on first day of first month 
beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. 
L. 105-368, set out as a note under section 7251 of Title 38, Veterans' 
Benefits.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, 
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-510 effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, 
see section 1541 of Pub. L. 101-510, formerly set out as an Effective 
Date note under section 401 of Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums.


                    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.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable 
with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such 
date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96-417, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 251 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Section 407(b) of Pub. L. 95-94 provided that: ``The amendment made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 
1, 1977.''

                    Abolition of Office of Postmaster

    Office of Postmaster of House of Representatives abolished by 
section 2 of House Resolution No. 423, One Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 
9, 1992.


 Limitation on Bound and Biweekly Copies to Senators and Representatives

    Pub. L. 95-391, title I, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 783, provided 
that: ``Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
appropriations for the automatic distribution to Senators and 
Representatives (including Delegates to Congress and the Resident 
Commissioner from Puerto Rico) of the bound and biweekly Congressional 
Records shall not be available with respect to any Senator or 
Representative unless such Senator or Representative specifically, in 
writing, requests that he or she receive copies of such Records.''


 Limitation on Copies of Bound Permanent Edition for Vice President and 
             Members of Senate and House of Representatives

    Pub. L. 93-145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 546, provided that: 
``Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for 
Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of 
October 22, 1968 (44 U.S.C. 906) for the printing, publication, and 
distribution of more than one copy of the bound permanent editions of 
the Congressional Record for the Vice President and each Member of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.''



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