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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 190 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2007 

Received 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Authorizing printing of the brochure entitled ‘‘How Our 

Laws Are Made’’, the document-sized, annotated version 

of the United States Constitution, and the pocket version 

of the United States Constitution. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—An edition of the brochure enti5 tled ‘‘How Our Laws Are Made’’, as revised under the di6 rection of the Parliamentarian of the House of Represent7 atives in consultation with the Parliamentarian of the 


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1 Senate, shall be printed as a House document under the 

2 direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. 

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

4 number, there shall be printed the lesser of— 

5 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 

6 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of 

7 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use 

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

9 of the Joint Committee on Printing; or 

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

11 does not exceed a total production and printing cost 

12 of $479,247, with distribution to be allocated in the 

13 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), ex14 cept that in no case shall the number of copies be 

15 less than 1 per Member of Congress. 

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

17 CONSTITUTION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 2007 edition of the docu19 ment-sized, annotated version of the United States Con20 stitution shall be printed as a House document under the 

21 direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. 

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

23 number, there shall be printed the lesser of— 

24 (1) 550,000 copies of the document, of which 

25 440,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of 


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1 Representatives, 100,000 copies shall be for the use 

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

3 of 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 $535,853, with distribution to be allocated in the 

7 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), ex8 cept that in no case shall the number of copies be 

9 less than 1 per Member of Congress. 

10 SEC. 3. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CON11 STITUTION. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The 23rd edition of the pocket 

13 version of the United States Constitution shall be printed 

14 as a House document under the direction of the Joint 

15 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 

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

22 of 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 $188,462, with distribution to be allocated in the 


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1 same proportion as described in paragraph (1), ex2 cept that in no case shall the number of copies be 

3 less than 1 per Member of Congress. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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