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2 U.S.C. §§ 28b–28e

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§28b. Printing and binding as public document of Precedents of House of Representatives; number of sets authorized

2 U.S.C. § 28b

(a)
There shall be printed and bound as a public document two thousand sets of the Prec­edents of the House of Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis Deschler (hereinafter in sections 28b to 28e of this title referred to as the “Precedents”) in accordance with the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (Public Law 89–90; 79 Stat. 265).
(b)
The number of sets authorized to be printed and bound by or pursuant to sections 28b to 28e of this title shall be in lieu of the usual number of copies for binding and distribution required by section 701 of title 44.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

(Pub. L. 94–551, § 1, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89–90, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 265. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

§28c. Distribution of Precedents by Director of the Government Publishing Office

2 U.S.C. § 28c

(a)
Delivery to Members of Ninety-fifth Congress; marking of volumes— The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall deliver one set of the Precedents to each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Ninety-fifth Congress. The name of the Member to whom the set is delivered shall be legibly stamped on the front cover of each volume of the set.
(b)
Members of Congress following Ninety-fifth Congress not already having sets of Precedents; necessity of written request to Superintendent of Documents for set— Each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, each Congress following the Ninety-fifth Congress who has not theretofore received a set of the Precedents shall be entitled to receive one set of the Precedents, upon transmitting a written request for such set to the Superintendent of Documents.
(c)
Additional distribution of sets— The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall make the following distribution of sets of the Precedents:
(1)
to the office of the Vice President, to the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the office of the President pro tempore of the Senate, each, five sets;
(2)
to the office of the majority leader of the House of Representatives and to the office of the minority leader of the House of Representatives, each, three sets;
(3)
to the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, sixty sets;
(4)
to the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets;
(5)
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each1 two sets;
(6)
to the Secretary of the Senate and to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two sets;
(7)
to the superintendent of the House document room, two sets;
(8)
to the superintendent of the Senate document room, two sets;
(9)
to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred and fifty sets;
(10)
to the National Archives, three sets;
(11)
to the government of the District of Columbia, twelve sets;
(12)
to the Smithsonian Institute, two sets;
(13)
to the library of each legislative branch of each State, territory, and possession of the United States, one set; and
(14)
to the Superintendent of Documents, eight hundred and sixteen sets for distribution to the depository library system.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

(Pub. L. 94–551, § 2, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 202(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1724; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(A), substituted “Representatives, each” for “Representives, each”.

Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 104–186, § 202(3)(B), substituted “and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each two sets” for “, to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in subsecs. (a) and (c) on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Substitution was also made in section catchline that had been supplied editorially.

§28d. Distribution of Precedents by Director of the Government Publishing Office for official use; particular distribution; marking and ownership of sets

2 U.S.C. § 28d

(a)
The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall make the following distribution of sets of the Precedents;
(1)
to each standing or joint committee of the Congress which is in existence on October 18, 1976, or which is established after October 18, 1976, four sets;
(2)
to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives, five sets;
(3)
to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, five sets;
(4)
to the library of the House of Representatives, four sets;
(5)
to the library of the Senate, two sets;
(6)
to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, nine sets;
(7)
to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the House of Representatives, three sets; and
(8)
to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the Senate, three sets.
(b)
Each set of Precedents distributed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office under subsection (a) of this section shall be for official use. Each such set shall be legibly stamped on the front cover “Property of the United States Government.” Each such set, upon delivery, shall become and remain the property of the United States, and may not be removed from the building in which is located the designated library or office, as the case may be.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

(Pub. L. 94–551, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2538; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in text on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Substitution was also made in section catchline that had been supplied editorially.

§28e. Distribution of Precedents by Joint Committee on Printing of surplus sets; additional printing, etc., of sets under authority of Joint Committee

2 U.S.C. § 28e

(a)
Any set of the Precedents printed and bound pursuant to subsection (a) of section 28b of this title, not needed to carry out the distributions required by sections 28b to 28e of this title, shall be distributed under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.
(b)
The Joint Committee on Printing may from time to time authorize and direct that additional sets of the Precedents, be printed, bound, and distributed in such manner as the Joint Committee determines will best carry out the purposes of sections 28b to 28e of this title.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

(Pub. L. 94–551, § 4, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2538.)