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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4640 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing 

of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use 

of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2010 

Mr. LEE of New York (for himself, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LANCE, Mr. BURTON

of Indiana, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. FLEMING, Mrs. SCHMIDT, 

Ms. GRANGER, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, 

Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 

POSEY, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. JORDAN

of Ohio, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 

HOEKSTRA, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. CAO, Ms. 

WATSON, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. 

MINNICK, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the 

mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of 

Representatives and Senate. 

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. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF 

2 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS BY PUBLIC PRINT3 ER FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 

4 SENATE. 

5 (a) ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING.—Sec6 tion 706 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘§ 706. Bills and resolutions 

9 ‘‘(a) NO PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.— 

10 Except as provided in subsection (b), the Public Printer 

11 shall make bills and resolutions available for the use of 

12 the House of Representatives and Senate only in an elec13 tronic format which is accessible through the Internet. 

14 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR REQUEST OF MEMBERS OR

15 COMMITTEES.—At the request of a Member (including a 

16 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) or 

17 committee (including a joint committee) of the House of 

18 Representatives or Senate, the Public Printer shall provide 

19 the Member or committee with a printed copy of a bill 

20 or resolution.’’. 

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

22 subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 

23 6-month period which begins on the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT BY JOINT COMMITTEE ON 

2 PRINTING ON IMPLEMENTATION. 

3 (a) STUDY.—The Joint Committee on Printing shall 

4 conduct a study of the effect of this Act on the rules and 

5 regulations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

6 governing the availability and distribution of bills and res7 olutions for the use of the House of Representatives and 

8 Senate. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee on 

11 Printing shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House 

12 of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the 

13 Senate on the study conducted under subsection (a), and 

14 shall include in the study such recommendations as the 

15 Joint Committee considers appropriate to promote the 

16 successful implementation of this Act, including rec17 ommendations for changes in any of the rules and regula18 tions which are the subject of the study. 

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