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44 U.S.C. § 733 — Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress
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The Director of the Government Publishing Office on order of a Member of Congress, on prepayment of the cost, may reprint documents and reports of committees together with the evidence papers submitted, or any part ordered printed by the Congress.
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The Resident Commissioner shall receive a salary payable monthly by the United States. He shall be allowed the same sum for stationery and for the pay of necessary clerk hire as is allowed Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. He shall be allowed the franking privilege granted Members of Congress.
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**(a)**
(1) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, after consultation with appropriate public and private agencies, shall prescribe general guidelines under which penalty mail may be used to assist in the location and recovery of missing children. The guidelines shall provide information relating to—
(A) the form and manner in which materials and information relating to missing children (such as biographical data and pictures, sketches, or other likenesses) may be included in penalty mail;
(B) appropriate sources from which such materials and information may be obtained;
(C) the procedures by which such materials and information may be obtained; and
(D) any other matter which the Office considers appropriate.
(2) Each executive department and independent establishment of the Government of the United States shall prescribe regulations under which penalty mail sent by such department or establishment may be used in conformance with the guidelines prescribed under paragraph (1).
**(b)** The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Communications Standards Commission shall prescribe for their respective Houses rules and regulations, and shall take such other action as the Committee or Commission considers necessary and proper, in order that purposes similar to those of subsection (a) may, in the discretion of the congressional official or office concerned, be carried out by the use of franked mail sent by such official or office.
**(c)** As used in this section, “Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention” and “Office” each means the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice, as established by section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 197
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**(a)**
(1) It is the policy of the Congress that the privilege of sending mail as franked mail shall be established under this section in order to assist and expedite the conduct of the official business, activities, and duties of the Congress of the United States.
(2) It is the intent of the Congress that such official business, activities, and duties cover all matters which directly or indirectly pertain to the legislative process or to any congressional representative functions generally, or to the functioning, working, or operating of the Congress and the performance of official duties in connection therewith, and shall include, but not be limited to, the conveying of information to the public, and the requesting of the views of the public, or the views and information of other authority of government, as a guide or a means of assistance in the performance of those functions.
(3) It is the intent of the Congress that mail matter which is frankable specifically includes, but is not limited to—
(A) mail matter to any person and to all agencies and officials of Federal, State, and local governments regarding programs, decisions, and other related matters of public concern or public service, including any matter relating to actions of a past or current Congress;
(B) the usual and customary congressional newsletter or press release which may deal with such matters as the impact of laws and decisions on State and local governments and individual citizens; reports on public and official actions taken by Members of Congress; and discussions of proposed or pending legislation or governmental actions and the positions of the Members of Congress on, and arguments for or against, such matters;
(C) the usual and customary congressional questionnaire seeking public o
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**(a)** The President of the United States shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person to take charge of and manage the Government Publishing Office. The title shall be Director of the Government Publishing Office.
**(b)** The Director shall be appointed for a term of 10 years.
**(c)** An individual appointed to the position of Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be reappointed to that position in accordance with subsections (a) and (b).
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 731
sets, and, lastly, by sale to other persons; the li-
braries to be named to him by Senators and
Representatives; and in this distribution the Su-
perintendent of Documents, as far as prac-
ticable, shall make an equal allowance to each
Senator and Representative.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1253; Pub.
L. 104–186, title II, § 223(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat.
1751; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1),
Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 157 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch.
23, § 68, 28 Stat. 612; Apr. 6, 1904, ch. 862, 33 Stat. 159;
July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397).
‘‘House of Representatives Publications Distribution
Service’’ is substituted for ‘‘House Folding Room’’ be-
cause of the change of name under authority of Public
Law 88–652.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the
Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’.
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘and Sergeant at
Arms’’ for ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’.
§ 731. Allotments of public documents printed
after expiration of terms of Members of Con-
gress; rights of retiring Members to docu-
ments
The Congressional allotment of public docu-
ments, other than the Congressional Record,
printed after the expiration of the term of office
of the Vice President of the United States, or
Senator, Representative, or Resident Commis-
sioner, shall be delivered to his successor in of-
fice.
Unless the Vice President of the United
States, a Senator, Representative, or Resident
Commissioner, having public documents to his
credit at the expiration of his term of office
takes them prior to the 30th day of Ju
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