                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                   CHAPTER 2--ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 28a. Compilation of the Precedents of House of 
        Representatives; date of completion; biennial update; printing 
        and availability of copies
        
    The Speaker is authorized and directed to complete the Compilation 
of the Precedents of the House of Representatives by January 1, 1977, 
and prepare an updated compilation of such precedents every two years 
thereafter. Copies of the Compilation of Precedents shall be printed in 
sufficient quantity to be available to every Member and the standing 
committees of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 93-554, title I, ch. III, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1777.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 208 of House Resolution No. 988, Ninety-
third Congress, Oct. 8, 1974, which was enacted into permanent law by 
Pub. L. 93-554.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 93-554 provided that the enactment of House Resolution No. 
988, Ninety-third Congress, into permanent law is effective Jan. 2, 
1975.
