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[CITE: 44USC721]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
              CHAPTER 7--CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
 
Sec. 721. Congressional Directory

    (a) There shall be prepared under the direction of the Joint 
Committee on Printing (1) a Congressional Directory, which shall be 
printed and distributed as early as practicable during the first session 
of each Congress and (2) a supplement to each Congressional Directory, 
which shall be printed and distributed as early as practicable during 
the second regular session of each Congress. The Joint Committee shall 
control the number and distribution of the Congressional Directory and 
each supplement.
    (b) One copy of the Congressional Directory delivered to Members of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives (including Delegates and the 
Resident Commissioner) shall be bound in cloth and imprinted on the 
cover with the name of the Member. Copies of the Congressional Directory 
delivered to depository libraries may be bound in cloth. All other 
copies of the Congressional Directory shall be bound in paper and names 
shall not be imprinted thereon, except that copies printed for sale 
under section 722 may be bound in cloth.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1251; Pub. L. 95-94, title IV, 
Sec. 404, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 682.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 149 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, 
Sec. 73, 28 Stat. 617; July 1, 1902, ch. 1351, 32 Stat. 583).


                               Amendments

    1977--Pub. L. 95-94 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted provisions relating to distribution of initial and 
supplementary Directories for provisions requiring preparation of three 
editions of the Directory during the first session of each Congress and 
two editions during each second regular session of Congress, struck out 
provisions relating to distribution of the first edition and provisions 
relating to cloth binding for copies delivered to Senators and 
Representatives, and added subsec. (b).
