44 U.S.C. § 906 — Congressional Record: gratuitous copies;

Page 34 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 903 § 903. Congressional Record: daily and perma- nent forms The public proceedings of each House of Con- gress as reported by the Official Reporters, shall be printed in the Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form during each session and shall be revised, printed, and bound prompt- ly, as directed by the Joint Committee on Print- ing, in permanent form, for distribution during and after the close of each session of Congress. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date, which shall be that of the actual day’s proceedings reported. The ‘‘usual number’’ of the Congressional Record may not be printed. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182a (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546). § 904. Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; il- lustrations Maps, diagrams, or illustrations may not be inserted in the Record without the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182b (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546). § 905. Congressional Record: additional inser- tions The Joint Committee on Printing shall pro- vide for printing in the daily Record the legisla- tive program for the day together with a list of congressional committee meetings and hearings, and the place of meeting and subject matter. It shall cause a brief resume of congressional ac- tivities for the previous day to be incorporated in the Record, together with an index of its con- tents prepared under the supervision of the Sec- retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 182c (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 221, 60 Stat. 837). § 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall furnish the Congressional Record only as follows: of the bound edition— to the Senate Service Department five cop- ies for the Vice President and each Senator; to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two copies; to the Joint Committee on Printing not to exceed one hundred copies; to the House of Representatives Publica- tions Distribution Service, three copies for each Representative and Resident Commis- sioner in Congress; and to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each, two copies; of the daily edition— to the Vice President, one hundred copies; to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be transferred only to public agencies and insti- tutions); to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, twenty-five copies; to the Secretary, for official use, not to ex- ceed thirty-five copies; and to the Sergeant at Arms for use on the floor of the Senate, not to exceed fifty copies; to each Member of the House of Representa- tives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate from the District of Colum- bia, the Delegate from Guam, and the Dele- gate from the Virgin Islands, thirty-four cop- ies (which may be transferred only to public agencies and institutions); to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, each, twenty-five copies; to the Clerk, for official use, not to exceed fifty copies, and to the Clerk for use on the floor of the House of Representatives, not to exceed seventy-five copies; to the Vice President and each Senator, Rep- resentative, and Resident Commissioner in Congress (and not transferable) three copies of which one shall be delivered at his residence, one at his office, and one at the Capitol. In addition to the foregoing the Congressional Record shall also be furnished as follows: In unstitched form, and held in reserve by the Director of the Government Publishing Office, as many copies of the daily Record as may be re- quired to supply a semimonthly edition, bound in paper cover together with each semimonthly index when it is issued, and then be delivered promptly as follows: to each committee and commission of Con- gress, one daily and one semimonthly copy; to each joint committee and joint commis- sion in Congress, as may be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy; to the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, for office use, each, six semi- monthly copies; to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms of the House, for office use, each, six semimonthly copies; to the Joint Committee on Printing, ten semimonthly copies; to the Vice President and each Senator, Rep- resentative, and Resident Commissioner in Congress, one semimonthly copy; to the President of the United States, for the use of the Executive Office, ten copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and one bound copy; to the Chief Justice of the United States and each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, one copy of the daily; to the offices of the marshal and clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, each, two copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy; to each United States circuit and district judge, and to the chief judge and each asso- ciate judge of the United States Court of Fed- Page 35 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 906 eral Claims, the United States Court of Inter- national Trade, the Tax Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, upon request to a member of Congress and notification by the Member to the Director of the Govern- ment Publishing Office, one copy of the daily, in addition to those authorized to be furnished to Members of Congress under the preceding provisions of this section; to the offices of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each, six copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy; to the Sergeant at Arms, the Chaplain, the Postmaster, the superintendent and the fore- man of the Senate Service Department and of the House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service, respectively; and to the Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority of the Senate, each, one copy of the daily; to the office of the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, six copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and two bound copies; to the offices of the Official Reporters of De- bates of the Senate and House of Representa- tives, respectively, each, fifteen copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and three bound copies; to the office of the stenographers to commit- tees of the House of Representatives, four cop- ies of the daily and one semimonthly copy; to the office of the Congressional Record Index, ten copies of the daily and two semi- monthly copies; to the offices of the superintendent of the Senate and House document rooms, each, three copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy; to the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and House press galleries, each, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy; to the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and House of Representatives, re- spectively, and the Architect of the Capitol, each, three copies of the daily, one semi- monthly copy, and one bound copy; to the Library of Congress for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, and for international exchange, as provided by sec- tions 1718 and 1719 of this title, not to exceed one hundred and forty-five copies of the daily, five semimonthly copies, and one hundred and fifty bound copies; to the library of the Senate, three copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed fifteen bound copies; to the library of the House of Representa- tives, five copies of the daily, two semi- monthly copies, and not to exceed twenty- eight bound copies, of which eight copies may be bound in the style and manner approved by the Joint Committee on Printing; to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, two copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed five bound copies; to the library of each United States Court of Appeals, each United States District Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, the Tax Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, upon request to the Director of the Government Publishing Office, one copy of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy; to the Director of the Government Pub- lishing Office for official use, not to exceed seventy-five copies of the daily, ten semi- monthly copies, and two bound copies; to the Director of the Botanic Garden, two copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy; to the Archivist of the United States, five copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and two bound copies; to the library of each executive department, independent office, and establishment of the Government in the District of Columbia, ex- cept those designated as depository libraries, and to the libraries of the municipal govern- ment of the District of Columbia, the Naval Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution, each, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy; to the offices of the Governors of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands, each, five copies in both daily and bound form; to the office of the Governor of the Canal Zone, five copies in both daily and bound form; to each ex-President and ex-Vice President of the United States, one copy of the daily; to each former Senator, Representative, and Commissioner from Puerto Rico, upon request to the Director of the Government Publishing Office, one copy of the daily; to the Governor of each State, one copy in both daily and bound form; to each separate establishment of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, to each of the Na- tional Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to each of the State soldiers’ homes, one copy of the daily; to the Superintendent of Documents, as many daily and bound copies as may be re- quired for distribution to depository libraries; to the Department of State, not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of the daily, for distribution to each United States embassy and legation abroad, and to the principal con- sular offices in the discretion of the Secretary of State; to each foreign legation in Washington whose government extends a like courtesy to our embassies and legations abroad, one copy of the daily, to be furnished upon requisition of and sent through the Secretary of State; to each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the Congressional Directory, and who makes application, for his personal use and that of the papers he represents, one copy of the daily and one copy of the bound, the same to be sent to the office address of the member of the press or elsewhere as he di- rects; not to exceed four copies in all may be furnished to members of the same press bu- reau. Copies of the daily edition, unless otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, Page 36 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 906 shall be supplied and delivered promptly on the day after the actual day’s proceedings as origi- nally published. Each order for the daily Record shall begin with the current issue, if previous issues of the same session are not available. The apportionment specified for daily copies may not be transferred for the bound form and an al- lotment of daily copies not used by a Member during a session shall lapse when the session ends. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 91–276, June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 303; Pub. L. 92–373, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 528; Pub. L. 93–314, § 1(b), June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 239; Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 407(a), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683; Pub. L. 96–417, title VI, § 601(11), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1744; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 164(2), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 50; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XV, § 1533(c)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1736; Pub. L. 102–82, § 6, Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(1)(D), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2832; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 223(7), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1751; Pub. L. 105–368, title V, § 512(b)(1)(C), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3342; 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., § 183 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 617; June 11, 1896, ch. 420, § 1, 29 Stat. 454; Mar. 19, 1896, No. 31, 29 Stat. 468; Feb. 17, 1897, No. 12, 29 Stat. 700; Mar. 26, 1900, No. 15, 31 Stat. 713; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, §§ 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; Jan. 30, 1903, ch. 338, 32 Stat. 786; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 317, 35 Stat. 1067; Mar. 4, 1909, No. 25, 35 Stat. 1169; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 7, 43 Stat. 1106; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 3, 49 Stat. 1547; Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 104(a), 63 Stat. 381; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2(b), 64 Stat. 1038; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 20, 70 Stat. 911; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86–70, § 33, 73 Stat. 149; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–624, § 32, 74 Stat. 421; Mar. 21, 1961, Pub. L. 87–2, 75 Stat. 5; July 11, 1961, Pub. L. 87–85, 75 Stat. 202). ‘‘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 REFERENCES IN TEXT Provisions respecting National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, referred to in text, were formerly classified to chapter 3 (section 71 et seq.) of Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums, and were repealed by Pub. L. 85–857, § 14, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1268–1272, and Pub. L. 85–56, title XXII, § 2202, June 17, 1957, 71 Stat. 162, 164, 166. AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’ wherever appearing. 1998—Pub. L. 105–368 substituted ‘‘Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’’ for ‘‘Court of Veterans Appeals’’ in two places. 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted ‘‘to the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms’’ for ‘‘to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ in three places, ‘‘to the Clerk for use on the floor’’ for ‘‘to the Doorkeeper for use on the floor’’, and ‘‘and to the Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority of the Senate’’ for ‘‘to the Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority of the Senate, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives’’. 1994—Pub. L. 103–337 substituted ‘‘Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces’’ for ‘‘Court of Military Appeals’’ in two places. 1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted ‘‘United States Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United States Claims Court’’ in two places. 1991—Pub. L. 102–82 inserted ‘‘the United States Court of Veterans Appeals,’’ after ‘‘the Tax Court of the United States,’’ in two places. 1990—Pub. L. 101–510 substituted ‘‘each separate es- tablishment of the Armed Forces Retirement Home,’’ for ‘‘the United States Soldiers’ Home and’’. 1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted ‘‘the United States Claims Court’’ for ‘‘the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Ap- peals’’ in two places. 1980—Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the United States Customs Court as the United States Court of Inter- national Trade. 1977—Pub. L. 95–94 substituted ‘‘to the Vice Presi- dent, one hundred copies; to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be transferred only to public agencies and institutions);’’ for ‘‘to the Vice President and each Sen- ator, one hundred copies:’’ and ‘‘to each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate from the District of Co- lumbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the Delegate from the Virgin Islands, thirty-four copies (which may be transferred only to public agencies and institu- tions);’’ for ‘‘to each Representative and Resident Com- missioner in Congress, sixty-eight copies’’. 1974—Pub. L. 93–314 struck out subscriptions from section catchline, and struck out last paragraph which authorized the Public Printer to furnish the daily Record to subscribers at a price determined by him to be based upon the cost of printing and distribution, with the price to be payable in advance. See section 910 of this title. 1972—Pub. L. 92–373 provided for the furnishing of one copy of the daily, one semimonthly copy of the Con- gressional Record to the United States Court of Ap- peals library and certain other libraries. 1970—Pub. L. 91–276 substituted provision authorizing the Public Printer to furnish the daily Congressional Record to subscribers at a price based upon cost of printing and distribution for prior subscription price of $1.50 per month. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105–368 effective on first day of first month beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. L. 105–368, set out as a note under section 7251 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 101–510 effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, see section 1541 of Pub. L. 101–510, for- merly set out as an Effective Date note under section 401 of Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Proce- dure. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) Page 37 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 908 of Pub. L. 96–417, as amended, set out as a note under section 251 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Proce- dure. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 95–94, title IV, § 407(b), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 683, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by sub- section (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1977.’’ ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF POSTMASTER Office of Postmaster of House of Representatives abolished by section 2 of House Resolution No. 423, One Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 9, 1992. LIMITATION ON BOUND AND BIWEEKLY COPIES TO SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES Pub. L. 95–391, title I, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 783, pro- vided that: ‘‘Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro- vision of law, appropriations for the automatic dis- tribution to Senators and Representatives (including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico) of the bound and biweekly Congres- sional Records shall not be available with respect to any Senator or Representative unless such Senator or Representative specifically, in writing, requests that he or she receive copies of such Records.’’ LIMITATION ON COPIES OF BOUND PERMANENT EDITION FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pub. L. 93–145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 546, provided that: ‘‘Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of October 22, 1968 (44 U.S.C. 906) for the printing, publication, and distribution of more than one copy of the bound permanent editions of the Congressional Record for the Vice President and each Member of the Senate and House of Representatives.’’ § 907. Congressional Record: extracts for Mem- bers of Congress; mailing envelopes The Director of the Government Publishing Office may print and deliver, upon the order of a Member of Congress and payment of the cost, extracts from the Congressional Record. The Di- rector of the Government Publishing Office may furnish without cost to Members and the Resi- dent Commissioner, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part of it, or speeches, or reports in it, if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner the following words: ‘‘United States Senate’’ or ‘‘House of Representatives, U.S. Part of Congres- sional Record.’’, and in the upper right-hand cor- ner the letters ‘‘U.S.S.’’ or ‘‘M.C.’’, and the Di- rector of the Government Publishing Office may, at the request of a Member or Resident Commissioner, print in addition to the fore- going, his name and State or Commonwealth, the date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words. He may not print any other words on envelopes, except at the personal expense of the Member or Resident Commis- sioner ordering the envelopes, except to affix the official title of a document. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall deposit moneys accruing under this section in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Publishing Office for the year in which the work is done, and accounted for in his annual report to Congress. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1259; Pub. L. 93–191, § 8(b), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 93–255, § 2(c), Mar. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 185 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 37, 28 Stat. 606; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 961; Jan. 30, 1904, ch. 39, 33 Stat. 9; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, 43 Stat. 1300). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2014—Pub. L. 113–235, § 1301(c)(1), substituted ‘‘Direc- tor of the Government Publishing Office’’ for ‘‘Public Printer’’ wherever appearing. 1974—Pub. L. 93–255 struck out ‘‘Postage paid by Con- gress’’ after ‘‘Part of Congressional Record.’’. 1973—Pub. L. 93–191 inserted at end of second sentence ‘‘, if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of title 39’’ and sub- stituted in third sentence ‘‘Postage paid by Congress’’ for ‘‘Free’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Government Publishing Office’’ substituted for ‘‘Government Printing Office’’ in text on authority of section 1301(b) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note pre- ceding section 301 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93–191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14, of Pub. L. 93–191, set out as a note under section 3210 of Title 39, Postal Service. ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES References to Archivist of the United States deemed to refer to Archivist appointed under section 2103 of this title with respect to functions transferred by Pub. L. 98–497 or an amendment made by Pub. L. 98–497 and exercised after Apr. 1, 1985, see sections 106 and 108 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as notes under section 2102 of this title. § 908. Congressional Record: payment for print- ing extracts or other documents If a Member or Resident Commissioner fails to pay the cost of printing extracts from the Con- gressional Record or other documents ordered by him to be printed, the Director of the Gov- ernment Publishing Office shall certify the amount due to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives or the financial clerk of the Senate, as the case may be, who shall deduct from any salary due the delinquent the amount, or as much of it as the salary due may cover, and pay the amount so obtained to the Director of the Government Publishing Of- fice, to be applied by him to the satisfaction of the indebtedness. (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 223(8), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752; 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., § 163 (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1446).