H. Con. Res. 221 Agreed to January 31, 2000

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,

the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand

Concurrent Resolution

SECTION 1. OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The 1999 revised edition of the brochure

entitled ‘‘Our American Government’’ shall be printed as a House

document under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

(b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual number, there

shall be printed the lesser of—

(1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies

shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000

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

shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or

(2) such number of copies of the document as does not

exceed a total production and printing cost of $412,873, with

distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as described

in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the number

of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

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

(a) IN GENERAL.—The 1999 edition of the document-sized, annotated version of the United States Constitution shall be printed

as a House document under the direction of the Joint Committee

on Printing.

(b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual number, there

shall be printed the lesser of—

(1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies

shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000

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

shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or

(2) such number of copies of the document as does not

exceed a total production and printing cost of $393,316, with

distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as described

in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the number

of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 3. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE.

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

Our Laws Are Made’’, as revised under the direction of the

Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives in consultation

with the Parliamentarian of the Senate, shall be printed as a

House document under the direction of the Joint Committee on

Printing.

(b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual number, there

shall be printed the lesser of—
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(1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies

shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000

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

shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or

(2) such number of copies of the document as does not exceed a total production and printing cost of $200,722, with

distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as described

in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the number

of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

SEC. 4. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

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

the United States Constitution shall be printed as a House document under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

(b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual number, there

shall be printed the lesser of—

(1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 440,000 copies

shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 100,000

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

shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing; or

(2) such number of copies of the document as does not

exceed a total production and printing cost of $115,208, with

distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as described

in paragraph (1), except that in no case shall the number

of copies be less than 1 per Member of Congress.

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

MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS, 1853–1861.

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

the book entitled ‘‘Capitol Builder: The Shorthand Journals of Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, 1853–1861’’, prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, in consultation with the Clerk

of the House of Representatives and the Architect of the Capitol.

(b) SPECIFICATIONS.—The Senate document described in subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in the style,

form, manner, and binding as directed by the Joint Committee

on Printing after consultation with the Secretary of the Senate.

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

copies, there shall be printed with suitable binding the lesser of—

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

Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol, to be allocated

as determined by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk

of the House of Representatives; or

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

and printing cost of more than $31,500.

SEC. 6. THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: A CHRONICLE OF CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, AND POLITICS.

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

the book entitled ‘‘The United States Capitol: A Chronicle of

Construction, Design, and Politics’’, prepared by the Architect of

the Capitol.

(b) SPECIFICATIONS.—The Senate document described in subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in the style,

form, manner, and binding as directed by the Joint Committee

on Printing after consultation with the Secretary of the Senate.

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

copies, there shall be printed with suitable binding the lesser of—
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(1) 6,500 copies for the use of the Senate, the House of

Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol, to be allocated

as determined by the Secretary of the Senate; or

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

and printing cost of more than $143,000.

Attest:

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate.