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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7592 

To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, 

efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and 

pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital 

versions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2024 

Mrs. BICE (for herself, Mr. CAREY, Mr. KILMER, and Mr. MORELLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 

Administration 

A BILL 

To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more 

cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the 

Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by 

replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. REPEAL REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL 

2 RESEARCH SERVICE TO PREPARE ANNO3 TATED CONSTITUTION AND SUPPLEMENTS IN 

4 HARDBOUND VERSION. 

5 (a) REPEAL.—The first section of Public Law 91– 

6 589 (2 U.S.C. 168) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘the Librarian of Congress’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘(a) subject to subsection (b), the Librar9 ian of Congress’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(b)(1) Upon the completion of the October 2031 

13 term of the Supreme Court and upon the completion of 

14 each tenth October term of the Supreme Court thereafter, 

15 the Librarian of Congress shall have prepared a digital 

16 decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, 

17 which shall contain annotations of all decisions theretofore 

18 rendered by the Supreme Court construing provisions of 

19 the Constitution, in place of the hardbound decennial re20 vised edition of the Constitution Annotated described in 

21 subsection (a)(3). 

22 ‘‘(2) Upon the completion of the October 2023 term 

23 of the Supreme Court and upon the completion of each 

24 subsequent October term of the Supreme Court beginning 

25 in an odd-numbered year (the final digit of which is not 

26 a 1), the Librarian shall have prepared a digital cumuVerDate Sep 11 2014 16:00 Mar 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7592.IH H7592

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1 lative pocket-part supplement to the most recent decennial 

2 revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which shall 

3 contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions ren4 dered by the Supreme Court which were not included in 

5 the most recent revised edition of the Constitution Anno6 tated, in place of the hardbound editions of the cumulative 

7 pocket-part supplement described in subsection (a)(4).’’. 

8 (b) ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF DIGITAL

9 VERSIONS.—Section 2 of Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 

10 168a) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘All hardbound’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘(a) All hardbound’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(b)(1) The digital decennial revised editions of the 

16 Constitution Annotated prepared under subsection (b)(1) 

17 of the first section of this Joint Resolution and the digital 

18 cumulative pocket-part supplements prepared under sub19 section (b)(2) of the first section of this Joint Resolution 

20 shall be available at a public website of the Library of Con21 gress. 

22 ‘‘(2) The Librarian of Congress shall ensure the con23 tinuing availability of the documents referred to in para24 graph (1) to Congress and the public.’’. 


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1 (c) REPEAL OF ADDITIONAL PRINTING REQUIRE2 MENTS.— 

3 (1) MANDATORY PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL

4 COPIES.—Section 3 of Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 

5 168b) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘There shall be printed’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘(a) There shall be printed’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

9 subsection: 

10 ‘‘(b) Subsection (a) does not apply after completion 

11 of the October 2023 term of the Supreme Court, and the 

12 Librarian of Congress shall provide the decennial revised 

13 editions of the Constitution Annotated and the cumulative 

14 pocket part supplements prepared under this Joint Reso15 lution exclusively in a digital format available at a public 

16 website of the Library of Congress.’’. 

17 (2) PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES PURSU18 ANT TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—Section 4 of 

19 Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 168c) is repealed. 

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