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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1195 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free 

printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and 

other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2017 

Mr. PORTMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register 

to Members of Congress and other officers and employees 

of the United States, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Register Print5 ing Savings Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINT2 ED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEM3 BERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOY4 EES. 

5 (a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1506 of title 44, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com8 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 

9 The Administrative Committee’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num11 ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 

12 (b), the number of copies’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE

16 PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI17 CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED

19 COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 

20 prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc21 tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 

22 provide a printed copy of the Federal Register with23 out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 

24 office of the United States during a year unless— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the Member or office requests a 

2 printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 

3 Register; or 

4 ‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre5 vious year, the Member or office requested a 

6 subscription to printed copies of the Federal 

7 Register for that year, as described in para8 graph (2). 

9 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 

10 The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 

11 (a)(4) shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 

13 offices of Members of Congress and other of14 fices of the United States of the restrictions of 

15 paragraph (1); 

16 ‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 

17 which Members and other offices may request a 

18 specific issue of the Federal Register for pur19 poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 

20 ‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 

21 which Members and other offices may request a 

22 subscription to the Federal Register for pur23 poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such 

24 regulations shall limit the period for such a 

25 subscription to not longer than 1 year.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 

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