H. Con. Res. 139
Agreed to June 20, 2003
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
Concurrent Resolution
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring),
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 $220,794, 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. OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 2003 revised edition of the brochure
entitled ‘‘Our American Government’’ 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 $454,160, 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. OUR FLAG.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 2003 revised edition of the publication
entitled ‘‘Our Flag’’ 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—
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(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 $198,108, 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. 4. DOCUMENT-SIZED, ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CONSTITU-
TION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 2003 edition of the document-sized, anno-
tated 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 $432,647, 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. 5. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 21st edition of the pocket version of
the United States Constitution shall be printed as a House docu-
ment 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 $126,729, with
distribution to be allocated in the same proportion as described
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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.