IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 195 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 18, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Register Print3 ing Savings Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINT5 ED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEM6 BERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOY7 EES. 

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

9 States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com11 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 

12 The Administrative Committee’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num14 ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 

15 (b), the number of copies’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 section: 

18 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE

19 PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI20 CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED

22 COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 

23 prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc24 tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 

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1 out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 

2 office of the United States during a year unless— 

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

4 printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 

5 Register; or 

6 ‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre7 vious year, the Member or office requested a 

8 subscription to printed copies of the Federal 

9 Register for that year, as described in para10 graph (2). 

11 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 

12 The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 

13 (a)(4) shall include— 

14 ‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 

15 offices of Members of Congress and other of16 fices of the United States of the restrictions of 

17 paragraph (1); 

18 ‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 

19 which Members and other offices may request a 

20 specific issue of the Federal Register for pur21 poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 

22 ‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 

23 which Members and other offices may request a 

24 subscription to the Federal Register for pur25 poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such 


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1 regulations shall limit the period for such a 

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

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

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

Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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