H. Con. Res. 190 Agreed to July 25, 2007 

One Hundred Tenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 

Concurrent Resolution 

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 

SECTION 1. 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— 

(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 $479,247, 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 2007 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 $535,853, 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. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The 23rd 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. 
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(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 $188,462, 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. 

Attest: 

Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

Secretary of the Senate.