§ 28c. — Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC28c]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 2--ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS
Sec. 28c. Distribution of Precedents by Public Printer
(a) Delivery to Members of Ninety-fifth Congress; marking of volumes
The Public Printer shall deliver one set of the Precedents to each
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,
the Ninety-fifth Congress. The name of the Member to whom the set is
delivered shall be legibly stamped on the front cover of each volume of
the set.
(b) Members of Congress following Ninety-fifth Congress not already
having sets of Precedents; necessity of written request to
Superintendent of Documents for set
Each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, each Congress following the Ninety-fifth Congress who
has not theretofore received a set of the Precedents shall be entitled
to receive one set of the Precedents, upon transmitting a written
request for such set to the Superintendent of Documents.
(c) Additional distribution of sets
The Public Printer shall make the following distribution of sets of
the Precedents:
(1) to the office of the Vice President, to the office of the
speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the office of the
President pro tempore of the Senate, each, five sets;
(2) to the office of the majority leader of the House of
Representatives and to the office of the minority leader of the
House of Representatives, each, three sets;
(3) to the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives,
sixty sets;
(4) to the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets;
(5) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each \1\ two sets;
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
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(6) to the Secretary of the Senate and to the Sergeant at Arms
of the Senate, each, two sets;
(7) to the superintendent of the House document room, two sets;
(8) to the superintendent of the Senate document room, two sets;
(9) to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and
for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred
and fifty sets;
(10) to the National Archives, three sets;
(11) to the government of the District of Columbia, twelve sets;
(12) to the Smithsonian Institute, two sets;
(13) to the library of each legislative branch of each State,
territory, and possession of the United States, one set; and
(14) to the Superintendent of Documents, eight hundred and
sixteen sets for distribution to the depository library system.
(Pub. L. 94-551, Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 104-186,
title II, Sec. 202(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1724.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 202(3)(A), substituted
``Representatives, each'' for ``Representives, each''.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 202(3)(B), substituted ``and
to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets''
for ``, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to
the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 28b, 28e of this title.
