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# 44 U.S.C. § 720 - Senate and House Manuals

## Text

Each House may order printed as many copies as it desires, of the Senate Manual and of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives, even though the cost exceed $500.

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 148 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 617).