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# 44 U.S.C. § 901 - Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and indexes
## Text
The Joint Committee on Printing shall control the arrangement and style of the Congressional Record, and while providing that it shall be substantially a verbatim report of proceedings, shall take all needed action for the reduction of unnecessary bulk. It shall provide for the publication of an index of the Congressional Record semimonthly during and at the close of sessions of Congress.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1255.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 181 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 13, 28 Stat. 603).
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# 44 U.S.C. § 902 - Congressional Record: Indexes
## Text
The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall prepare the semimonthly and the session index to the Congressional Record. The Joint Committee on Printing shall direct the form and manner of its publication and distribution.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 108102, § 1(a), Oct. 29, 2003, 117 Stat. 1198; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, 28 Stat. 603; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”. 2003—Pub. L. 108102 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Joint Committee on Printing shall designate to the Public Printer competent persons to prepare the semimonthly and the session index to the Congressional Record and shall fix the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for that work, and direct the form and manner of its publication and distribution.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2003 AmendmentPub. L. 108102, § 2, Oct. 29, 2003, 117 Stat. 1198, provided that: “This Act [amending this section and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section] and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 2003 (or, if later, the first day of the first month which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 2003]).”
Transition Rule for Transferred Employees of Congressional Record Index OfficePub. L. 108102, § 1(b), Oct. 29, 2003, 117 Stat. 1198, transferred employees of the Congressional Record Index Office to the Government Printing Office as of the effective date of Pub. L. 108102 (see Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note above) and transferred and made available accrued annual and sick leave of such employees to the individuals as an employee of the Government Printing Office.
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# 44 U.S.C. § 903 - Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
## Text
The public proceedings of each House of Congress as reported by the Official Reporters, shall be printed in the Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form during each session and shall be revised, printed, and bound promptly, as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, in permanent form, for distribution during and after the close of each session of Congress. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date, which shall be that of the actual days proceedings reported. The “usual number” of the Congressional Record may not be printed.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182a (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546).
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# 44 U.S.C. § 904 - Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations
## Text
Maps, diagrams, or illustrations may not be inserted in the Record without the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182b (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546).
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# 44 U.S.C. § 905 - Congressional Record: additional insertions
## Text
The Joint Committee on Printing shall provide for printing in the daily Record the legislative program for the day together with a list of congressional committee meetings and hearings, and the place of meeting and subject matter. It shall cause a brief resume of congressional activities for the previous day to be incorporated in the Record, together with an index of its contents prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182c (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 221, 60 Stat. 837).
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# 44 U.S.C. § 907 - Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing envelopes
## Text
The Director of the Government Publishing Office may print and deliver, upon the order of a Member of Congress and payment of the cost, extracts from the Congressional Record. The Director of the Government Publishing Office may furnish without cost to Members and the Resident Commissioner, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part of it, or speeches, or reports in it, if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner the following words: “United States Senate” or “House of Representatives, U.S. Part of Congressional Record.”, and in the upper right-hand corner the letters “U.S.S.” or “M.C.”, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office may, at the request of a Member or Resident Commissioner, print in addition to the foregoing, his name and State or Commonwealth, the date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words. He may not print any other words on envelopes, except at the personal expense of the Member or Resident Commissioner ordering the envelopes, except to affix the official title of a document. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall deposit moneys accruing under this section in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Publishing Office for the year in which the work is done, and accounted for in his annual report to Congress.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1259; Pub. L. 93191, § 8(b), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 93255, § 2(c), Mar. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 185 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 37, 28 Stat. 606; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 961; Jan. 30, 1904, ch. 39, 33 Stat. 9; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, 43 Stat. 1300).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” wherever appearing. 1974—Pub. L. 93255 struck out “Postage paid by Congress” after “Part of Congressional Record.”. 1973—Pub. L. 93191 inserted at end of second sentence “, if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39” and substituted in third sentence “Postage paid by Congress” for “Free”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name “Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Government Printing Office” in text on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113235, set out as a note preceding section 301 of this title.
Effective Date of 1973 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14, of Pub. L. 93191, set out as a note under section 3210 of Title 39, Postal Service.
Archivist of the United StatesReferences to Archivist of the United States deemed to refer to Archivist appointed under section 2103 of this title with respect to functions transferred by Pub. L. 98497 or an amendment made by Pub. L. 98497 and exercised after Apr. 1, 1985, see sections 106 and 108 of Pub. L. 98497, set out as notes under section 2102 of this title.
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# 44 U.S.C. § 908 - Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or other documents
## Text
If a Member or Resident Commissioner fails to pay the cost of printing extracts from the Congressional Record or other documents ordered by him to be printed, the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall certify the amount due to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives or the financial clerk of the Senate, as the case may be, who shall deduct from any salary due the delinquent the amount, or as much of it as the salary due may cover, and pay the amount so obtained to the Director of the Government Publishing Office, to be applied by him to the satisfaction of the indebtedness.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 104186, title II, § 223(8), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 163 (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1446).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in two places. 1996—Pub. L. 104186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Sergeant at Arms of the House”.
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# 44 U.S.C. § 909 - Congressional Record: exchange for Parliamentary Hansard
## Text
The Librarian of Congress may furnish a copy of the daily and bound Congressional Record to the Undersecretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall honor the requisition of the Librarian of Congress for it. The Parliamentary Hansard so received shall be the property of the Department of State.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 187 (Apr. 10, 1912, No. 14, 37 Stat. 632).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Pub. L. 113235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
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# 44 U.S.C. § 910 - Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current, individual numbers, and bound sets; postage rate
## Text
(a) Under the direction of the Joint Committee, the Director of the Government Publishing Office may sell—
(1) subscriptions to the daily Record; and
(2) current, individual numbers, and bound sets of the Congressional Record.
(b) The price of a subscription to the daily Record and of current, individual numbers, and bound sets shall be determined by the Director of the Government Publishing Office based upon the cost of printing and distribution. Any such price shall be paid in advance. The money from any such sale shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted for in the Public Printers 11 So in original. Probably should be “Director of the Government Publishing Offices”. annual report to Congress.
(c) The Congressional Record shall be entitled to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.
(Pub. L. 90620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 93314, § 1(a), June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 113235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 188 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 40, 28 Stat. 607).
Editorial Notes
Amendments2014—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 113235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”. 1974—Pub. L. 93314 included subscriptions and postage rate in section catchline, and inserted provisions in text authorizing sale of subscriptions, requiring price for subscriptions to be paid in advance, and directing that the Congressional Record shall be entitled to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.