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[CITE: 44USC706]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
              CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 706. Bills and resolutions: number and distribution

    There shall be printed of each Senate and House public bill and 
joint resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be 
distributed as follows:
        to the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies;
        to the office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies;
        to the House document room, three hundred and eighty-five 
    copies.

    There shall be printed of each Senate private bill, when introduced, 
when reported, and when passed, three hundred copies, which shall be 
distributed as follows:
        to the Senate document room, one hundred and seventy copies;
        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

    There shall be printed of each House private bill, when introduced, 
when reported, and when passed two hundred and sixty copies, which shall 
be distributed as follows:
        to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies;
        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

    Bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill form, and, unless 
specially ordered by either House shall be printed only when referred to 
a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by 
either House.
    Of concurrent and simple resolutions, when reported, and after their 
passage by either House, only two hundred and sixty copies shall be 
printed, except by special order, and shall be distributed as follows:
        to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies;
        to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
        to the House document room, one hundred copies;
        to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1248.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 189 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 55, 28 Stat. 609; Jan. 20, 1905, ch. 50, Sec. 2, 22 Stat. 611).
