In the Senate of the United States,

November 19, 1999.

Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 221) entitled ‘‘Concurrent resolution authorizing printing of the brochures entitled ‘‘How Our

Laws Are Made’’ and ‘‘Our American Government’’, the

pocket version of the United States Constitution, and the

document-sized, annotated version of the United States Constitution.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 1999 revised edition of the bro3 chure entitled ‘‘Our American Government’’ shall be print4 ed as a House document under the direction of the Joint

5 Committee on Printing.

6 (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual

7 number, there shall be printed the lesser of—

8 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which

9 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of
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1 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use of

2 the Senate, and 10,000 copies shall be for the use of

3 the Joint Committee on Printing; or

4 (2) such number of copies of the document as

5 does not exceed a total production and printing cost

6 of $412,873, with distribution to be allocated in the

7 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), except

8 that in no case shall the number of copies be less than

9 1 per Member of Congress.

10 SEC. 2. DOCUMENT-SIZED, ANNOTATED UNITED STATES

11 CONSTITUTION.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 1999 edition of the document13 sized, annotated version of the United States Constitution

14 shall be printed as a House document under the direction

15 of the Joint Committee on Printing.

16 (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual

17 number, there shall be printed the lesser of—

18 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which

19 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of

20 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use of

21 the Senate, and 10,000 copies shall be for the use of

22 the Joint Committee on Printing; or

23 (2) such number of copies of the document as

24 does not exceed a total production and printing cost

25 of $393,316, with distribution to be allocated in the
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1 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), except

2 that in no case shall the number of copies be less than

3 1 per Member of Congress.

4 SEC. 3. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—An edition of the brochure entitled

6 ‘‘How Our Laws Are Made’’, as revised under the direction

7 of the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives in

8 consultation with the Parliamentarian of the Senate, shall

9 be printed as a House document under the direction of the

10 Joint Committee on Printing.

11 (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual

12 number, there shall be printed the lesser of—

13 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which

14 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of

15 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use of

16 the Senate, and 10,000 copies shall be for the use of

17 the Joint Committee on Printing; or

18 (2) such number of copies of the document as

19 does not exceed a total production and printing cost

20 of $200,722, with distribution to be allocated in the

21 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), except

22 that in no case shall the number of copies be less than

23 1 per Member of Congress.
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1 SEC. 4. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CON2 STITUTION.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 20th edition of the pocket

4 version of the United States Constitution shall be printed

5 as a House document under the direction of the Joint Com6 mittee on Printing.

7 (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual

8 number, there shall be printed the lesser of—

9 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which

10 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of

11 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use of

12 the Senate, and 10,000 copies shall be for the use of

13 the Joint Committee on Printing; or

14 (2) such number of copies of the document as

15 does not exceed a total production and printing cost

16 of $115,208, with distribution to be allocated in the

17 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), except

18 that in no case shall the number of copies be less than

19 1 per Member of Congress.

20 SEC. 5. CAPITOL BUILDER: THE SHORTHAND JOURNALS OF

21 CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS, 1853–1861.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be printed as a Senate

23 document the book entitled ‘‘Capitol Builder: The Short24 hand Journals of Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, 1853–

25 1861’’, prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the
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1 Senate, in consultation with the Clerk of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Architect of the Capitol.

3 (b) SPECIFICATIONS.—The Senate document described

4 in subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in

5 the style, form, manner, and binding as directed by the

6 Joint Committee on Printing after consultation with the

7 Secretary of the Senate.

8 (c) NUMBER OF COPIES.—In addition to the usual

9 number of copies, there shall be printed with suitable bind10 ing the lesser of—

11 (1) 1,500 copies for the use of the Senate, the

12 House of Representatives, and the Architect of the

13 Capitol, to be allocated as determined by the Sec14 retary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of

15 Representatives; or

16 (2) a number of copies that does not have a total

17 production and printing cost of more than $31,500.

18 SEC. 6. THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: A CHRONICLE OF

19 CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, AND POLITICS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be printed as a Senate

21 document the book entitled ‘‘The United States Capitol: A

22 Chronicle of Construction, Design, and Politics’’, prepared

23 by the Architect of the Capitol.

24 (b) SPECIFICATIONS.—The Senate document described

25 in subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in
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1 the style, form, manner, and binding as directed by the

2 Joint Committee on Printing after consultation with the

3 Secretary of the Senate.

4 (c) NUMBER OF COPIES.—In addition to the usual

5 number of copies, there shall be printed with suitable bind6 ing the lesser of—

7 (1) 6,500 copies for the use of the Senate, the

8 House of Representatives, and the Architect of the

9 Capitol, to be allocated as determined by the Sec10 retary of the Senate; or

11 (2) a number of copies that does not have a total

12 production and printing cost of more than $143,000.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 221

AMENDMENT