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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2673 

To limit the printing of the Congressional Record and the Senate Calendars, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 16, 2018 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To limit the printing of the Congressional Record and the 

Senate Calendars, 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 ‘‘Preventing Additional 

5 Printing of Electronic Records Act of 2018’’ or the 

6 ‘‘PAPER Act of 2018’’. 

7 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PRINTING OF CONGRESSIONAL 

8 RECORD. 

9 Section 906 of title 44, United States Code, is 

10 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; de2 livery 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Government 

4 Publishing Office shall furnish the Congressional Record 

5 to an entity named in subsection (b) during a session of 

6 Congress only— 

7 ‘‘(1) after the entity makes a request to receive 

8 copies during that session; and 

9 ‘‘(2) in accordance with the limitations de10 scribed in subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON COPIES.—After an entity 

12 makes a request under subsection (a)(1), the Director of 

13 the Government Publishing Office shall provide copies of 

14 the Congressional Record to the entity as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) Of the bound edition— 

16 ‘‘(A) to the Senate Service Department, 

17 not more than 5 copies for the Vice President 

18 and each Senator; 

19 ‘‘(B) to the Secretary and Sergeant at 

20 Arms of the Senate, each, not more than 2 cop21 ies; 

22 ‘‘(C) to the Joint Committee on Printing, 

23 not more than 100 copies; 

24 ‘‘(D) to the House of Representatives Pub25 lications Distribution Service, not more than 3 


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1 copies for each Representative and Resident 

2 Commissioner in Congress; and 

3 ‘‘(E) to the Clerk and the Sergeant at 

4 Arms of the House of Representatives, each, 

5 not more than 2 copies. 

6 ‘‘(2) Of the daily edition— 

7 ‘‘(A) to the Vice President, not more than 

8 100 copies; 

9 ‘‘(B) to each Senator, not more than 50 

10 copies (which may be transferred only to public 

11 agencies and institutions); 

12 ‘‘(C) to the Secretary and Sergeant at 

13 Arms of the Senate, each, not more than 25 

14 copies; 

15 ‘‘(D) to the Secretary, for official use, not 

16 more than 35 copies; 

17 ‘‘(E) to the Sergeant at Arms for use on 

18 the floor of the Senate, not more than 50 cop19 ies; 

20 ‘‘(F) to each Member of the House of Rep21 resentatives, the Resident Commissioner from 

22 Puerto Rico, the Delegate from the District of 

23 Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the 

24 Delegate from the Virgin Islands, not more 


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1 than 34 copies (which may be transferred only 

2 to public agencies and institutions); 

3 ‘‘(G) to the Clerk and the Sergeant at 

4 Arms of the House of Representatives, each, 

5 not more than 25 copies; 

6 ‘‘(H) to the Clerk, for official use, not 

7 more than 50 copies, and to the Clerk for use 

8 on the floor of the House of Representatives, 

9 not more than 75 copies; and 

10 ‘‘(I) to the Vice President and each Sen11 ator, Representative, and Resident Commis12 sioner in Congress (and not transferable), not 

13 more than 3 copies of which one may be deliv14 ered at his or her residence, one at his or her 

15 office, and one at the Capitol. 

16 ‘‘(3) In unstitched form, and held in reserve by 

17 the Director of the Government Publishing Office, as 

18 many copies of the daily Record as may be required 

19 to supply a semimonthly edition, bound in paper 

20 cover together with each semimonthly index when it 

21 is issued, and then delivered promptly upon request 

22 as follows: 

23 ‘‘(A) To each committee and commission 

24 of Congress, not more than 1 daily and 1 semi25 monthly copy. 


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1 ‘‘(B) To each joint committee and joint 

2 commission in Congress, as may be designated 

3 by the Joint Committee on Printing, not more 

4 than 2 copies of the daily, 1 semimonthly copy, 

5 and 1 bound copy. 

6 ‘‘(C) To the Secretary and the Sergeant at 

7 Arms of the Senate, for office use, each, not 

8 more than 6 semimonthly copies. 

9 ‘‘(D) To the Clerk and the Sergeant at 

10 Arms of the House, for office use, each, not 

11 more than 6 semimonthly copies. 

12 ‘‘(E) To the Joint Committee on Printing, 

13 not more than 10 semimonthly copies. 

14 ‘‘(F) To the Vice President and each Sen15 ator, Representative, and Resident Commis16 sioner in Congress, not more than 1 semi17 monthly copy. 

18 ‘‘(G) To the President of the United 

19 States, for the use of the Executive Office, not 

20 more than 10 copies of the daily, 2 semi21 monthly copies, and 1 bound copy. 

22 ‘‘(H) To the Chief Justice of the United 

23 States and each of the Associate Justices of the 

24 Supreme Court of the United States, not more 

25 than 1 copy of the daily. 


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1 ‘‘(I) To the offices of the marshal and 

2 clerk of the Supreme Court of the United 

3 States, each, not more than 2 copies of the 

4 daily and 1 semimonthly copy. 

5 ‘‘(J) To each United States circuit and 

6 district judge, and to the chief judge and each 

7 associate judge of the United States Court of 

8 Federal Claims, the United States Court of 

9 International Trade, the Tax Court of the 

10 United States, the United States Court of Ap11 peals for Veterans Claims, and the United 

12 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

13 upon request to a member of Congress and no14 tification by the Member to the Director of the 

15 Government Publishing Office, not more than 1 

16 copy of the daily, in addition to those author17 ized to be furnished to Members of Congress 

18 under the preceding provisions of this section. 

19 ‘‘(K) To the offices of the Vice President 

20 and the Speaker of the House of Representa21 tives, each, not more than 6 copies of the daily 

22 and 1 semimonthly copy. 

23 ‘‘(L) To the Sergeant at Arms, the Chap24 lain, the Postmaster, the superintendent and 

25 the foreman of the Senate Service Department 


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1 and of the House of Representatives Publica2 tions Distribution Service, respectively; and to 

3 the Secretaries to the Majority and the Minor4 ity of the Senate, each, not more than 1 copy 

5 of the daily. 

6 ‘‘(M) To the office of the Parliamentarian 

7 of the House of Representatives, not more than 

8 6 copies of the daily, 1 semimonthly copy, and 

9 2 bound copies. 

10 ‘‘(N) To the offices of the Official Report11 ers of Debates of the Senate and House of Rep12 resentatives, respectively, each, not more than 

13 15 copies of the daily, 1 semimonthly copy, and 

14 3 bound copies. 

15 ‘‘(O) To the office of the stenographers to 

16 committees of the House of Representatives, 

17 not more than 4 copies of the daily and 1 semi18 monthly copy. 

19 ‘‘(P) To the office of the Congressional 

20 Record Index, not more than 10 copies of the 

21 daily and 2 semimonthly copies. 

22 ‘‘(Q) To the offices of the superintendent 

23 of the Senate and House document rooms, 

24 each, not more than 3 copies of the daily, 1 

25 semimonthly copy, and 1 bound copy. 


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1 ‘‘(R) To the offices of the superintendents 

2 of the Senate and House press galleries, each, 

3 not more than 2 copies of the daily, 1 semi4 monthly copy, and 1 bound copy. 

5 ‘‘(S) To the offices of the Legislative 

6 Counsel of the Senate and House of Represent7 atives, respectively, and the Architect of the 

8 Capitol, each, not more than 3 copies of the 

9 daily, 1 semimonthly copy, and 1 bound copy. 

10 ‘‘(T) To the Library of Congress for offi11 cial use in Washington, District of Columbia, 

12 and for international exchange, as provided by 

13 section 1718 and 1719 of this title, not more 

14 than 145 copies of the daily, 5 semimonthly 

15 copies, and 150 bound copies. 

16 ‘‘(U) To the library of the Senate, not 

17 more than 3 copies of the daily, 2 semimonthly 

18 copies, and 15 bound copies. 

19 ‘‘(V) To the library of the House of Rep20 resentatives, not more than 5 copies of the 

21 daily, 2 semimonthly copies, and 28 bound cop22 ies, of which 8 copies may be bound in the style 

23 and manner approved by the Joint Committee 

24 on Printing. 


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1 ‘‘(W) To the library of the Supreme Court 

2 of the United States, not more than 2 copies of 

3 the daily, 2 semimonthly copies, and 5 bound 

4 copies. 

5 ‘‘(X) To the library of each United States 

6 Court of Appeals, each United States District 

7 Court, the United States Court of Federal 

8 Claims, the United States Court of Inter9 national Trade, the Tax Court of the United 

10 States, the United States Court of Appeals for 

11 Veterans Claims, and the United States Court 

12 of Appeals for the Armed Forces, upon request 

13 to the Director of the Government Publishing 

14 Office, not more than 1 copy of the daily, 1 

15 semimonthly copy, and 1 bound copy. 

16 ‘‘(Y) To the Director of the Government 

17 Publishing Office for official use, not more than 

18 75 copies of the daily, 10 semimonthly copies, 

19 and 2 bound copies. 

20 ‘‘(Z) To the Director of the Botanic Gar21 den, not more than 2 copies of the daily and 1 

22 semimonthly copy. 

23 ‘‘(AA) To the Archivist of the United 

24 States, not more than 5 copies of the daily, 2 

25 semimonthly copies, and 2 bound copies. 


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1 ‘‘(BB) To the library of each executive de2 partment, independent office, and establishment 

3 of the Government in the District of Columbia, 

4 except those designated as depository libraries, 

5 and to the libraries of the municipal govern6 ment of the District of Columbia, the Naval 

7 Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution, 

8 each, not more than 2 copies of the daily, 1 

9 semimonthly copy, and 1 bound copy. 

10 ‘‘(CC) To the offices of the Governors of 

11 Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, 

12 each, not more than 5 copies in both daily and 

13 bound form. 

14 ‘‘(DD) To the office of the Governor of the 

15 Canal Zone, not more than 5 copies in both 

16 daily and bound form. 

17 ‘‘(EE) To each ex-President and ex-Vice 

18 President of the United States, not more than 

19 1 copy of the daily. 

20 ‘‘(FF) To each former Senator, Represent21 ative, and Commissioner from Puerto Rico, 

22 upon request to the Director of the Government 

23 Publishing Office, not more than 1 copy of the 

24 daily. 


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1 ‘‘(GG) To the Governor of each State, not 

2 more than 1 copy in both daily and bound form. 

3 ‘‘(HH) To each separate establishment of 

4 the Armed Forces Retirement Home, to each of 

5 the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Sol6 diers, and to each of the State soldiers’ homes, 

7 not more than 1 copy of the daily. 

8 ‘‘(II) To the Department of State, not 

9 more than 150 copies of the daily, for distribu10 tion to each United States embassy and lega11 tion abroad, and to the principal consular of12 fices in the discretion of the Secretary of State. 

13 ‘‘(JJ) To each foreign legation in Wash14 ington whose government extends a like cour15 tesy to our embassies and legations abroad, not 

16 more than 1 copy of the daily, to be furnished 

17 upon requisition of and sent through the Sec18 retary of State. 

19 ‘‘(KK) To each newspaper correspondent 

20 whose name appears in the Congressional Di21 rectory, and who makes application, for his or 

22 her personal use and that of the papers he or 

23 she represents, not more than 1 copy of the 

24 daily and 1 copy of the bound, the same to be 

25 sent to the office address of the member of the 


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1 press or elsewhere as he or she directs, and not 

2 more than 4 copies in all may be furnished to 

3 members of the same press bureau. 

4 ‘‘(c) DAILY EDITION.—Copies of the daily edition, 

5 unless otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on 

6 Printing, shall be supplied and delivered promptly on the 

7 day after the actual day’s proceedings as originally pub8 lished. Each order for the daily Record shall begin with 

9 the current issue, if previous issues of the same session 

10 are not available. The apportionment specified for daily 

11 copies may not be transferred for the bound form.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. OPT-IN TO RECEIVE SENATE CALENDARS. 

13 The Secretary of the Senate shall not provide to the 

14 office of a Senator or a committee or subcommittee of the 

15 Senate printed copies of the Senate Calendar of Business 

16 or the Senate Executive Calendar, unless requested by the 

17 office of the Senator or committee or subcommittee. 

18 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

19 This Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall 

20 take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of 

21 enactment of this Act. 

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