AUTHORIZATION

PUBLIC LAW 91–589, 84 STAT. 1585, 2 U.S.C. § 168

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the preparation and printing of a revised

edition of the Constitution of the United States of America—Analysis and

Interpretation, of decennial revised editions thereof, and of biennial cumulative supplements to such revised editions.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America—

Analysis and Interpretation, published in 1964 as Senate Document Numbered 39, Eighty-eighth Congress, serves a very

useful purpose by supplying essential information, not only

to the Members of Congress but also to the public at large;

Whereas such document contains annotations of cases decided

by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 22, 1964;

Whereas many cases bearing significantly upon the analysis and

interpretation of the Constitution have been decided by the

Supreme Court since June 22, 1964;

Whereas the Congress, in recognition of the usefulness of this

type of document, has in the last half century since 1913,

ordered the preparation and printing of revised editions of

such a document on six occasions at intervals of from ten

to fourteen years; and

Whereas the continuing usefulness and importance of such a document will be greatly enhanced by revision at shorter intervals on a regular schedule and thus made more readily available to Members and Committees by means of pocket-part

supplements: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Congress shall have prepared—

(1) a hardbound revised edition of the Constitution of the United

States of America—Analysis and Interpretation, published

as Senate Document Numbered 39, Eighty-eighth Congress

(referred to hereinafter as the “Constitution Annotated”), which

shall contain annotations of decisions of the Supreme Court

of the United States through the end of the October 1971

term of the Supreme Court, construing provisions of the Constitution;

(2) upon the completion of each of the October 1973, October

1975, October 1977, and October 1979 terms of the SuV
preme Court, a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the

hardbound revised edition of the Constitution Annotated prepared pursuant to clause (1), which shall contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions rendered by the Supreme Court after the end of the October 1971 term;

(3) upon the completion of the October 1981 term of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each tenth October term of the Supreme Court thereafter, a hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which

shall contain annotations of all decisions theretofore rendered by the Supreme Court construing provisions of the Constitution; and

(4) upon the completion of the October 1983 term of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each subsequent

October term of the Supreme Court beginning in an oddnumbered year (the final digit of which is not a 1), a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the most recent hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated,

which shall contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions rendered by the Supreme Court which were not included in that hardbound decennial revised edition of the

Constitution Annotated.

Sec. 2. All hardbound revised editions and all cumulative pocketpart supplements shall be printed as Senate documents.

Sec. 3. There shall be printed four thousand eight hundred and

seventy additional copies of the hardbound revised editions

prepared pursuant to clause (1) of the first section and of

all cumulative pocket-part supplements thereto, of which two

thousands six hundred and thirty-four copies shall be for

the use of the House of Representatives, one thousand two

hundred and thirty-six copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Joint

Committee on Printing. All Members of the Congress, Vice

Presidents of the United States, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners, newly elected subsequent to the issuance of the hardbound revised edition prepared pursuant to

such clause and prior to the first hardbound decennial revised edition, who did not receive a copy of the edition prepared pursuant to such clause, shall, upon timely request,

receive one copy of such edition and the then current cumulative pocket-part supplement and any further supplements

thereto. All Members of the Congress, Vice Presidents of the

United States, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners,

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no longer serving after the issuance of the hardbound revised edition prepared pursuant to such clause and who received such edition, may receive one copy of each cumulative pocket-part supplement thereto upon timely request.

Sec. 4. Additional copies of each hardbound decennial revised

edition and of the cumulative pocket-part supplements thereto

shall be printed and distributed in accordance with the provisions of any concurrent resolution hereafter adopted with

respect thereto.

Sec. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, to

remain available until expended, as may be necessary to carry

out the provisions of this joint resolution.

Approved December 24, 1970.

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