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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1234 
To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, 
efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and 
pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital 
versions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2025 
Mrs. BICE (for herself, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CAREY, and Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more 
cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the 
Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by 
replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REPEAL REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE TO PREPARE ANNO-
TATED CONSTITUTION AND SUPPLEMENTS IN 
HARDBOUND VERSION. 
(a) REPEAL.—The first section of Public Law 91– 
589 (2 U.S.C. 168) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Librarian of Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) subject to subsection (b), the Librar-
ian of Congress’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) Upon the completion of the October 2031 
term of the Supreme Court and upon the completion of 
each tenth October term of the Supreme Court thereafter, 
the Librarian of Congress shall have prepared a digital 
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, in place of the hardbound decennial re-
vised edition of the Constitution Annotated described in 
subsection (a)(3). 
‘‘(2) Upon the completion of the October 2025 term 
of the Supreme Court and upon the completion of each 
subsequent October term of the Supreme Court beginning 
in an odd-numbered year (the final digit of which is not 
a 1), the Librarian shall have prepared a digital cumu-
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lative pocket-part supplement to the most recent decennial 
revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which shall 
contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions ren-
dered by the Supreme Court which were not included in 
the most recent revised edition of the Constitution Anno-
tated, in place of the hardbound editions of the cumulative 
pocket-part supplement described in subsection (a)(4).’’. 
(b) 
ENSURING
AVAILABILITY
OF
DIGITAL 
VERSIONS.—Section 2 of Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 
168a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘All hardbound’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) All hardbound’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) The digital decennial revised editions of the 
Constitution Annotated prepared under subsection (b)(1) 
of the first section of this Joint Resolution and the digital 
cumulative pocket-part supplements prepared under sub-
section (b)(2) of the first section of this Joint Resolution 
shall be available at a public website of the Library of Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) The Librarian of Congress shall ensure the con-
tinuing availability of the documents referred to in para-
graph (1) to Congress and the public.’’. 
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(c) REPEAL OF ADDITIONAL PRINTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) MANDATORY
PRINTING
OF
ADDITIONAL 
COPIES.—Section 3 of Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 
168b) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There shall be printed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) There shall be printed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) does not apply after completion 
of the October 2025 term of the Supreme Court, and the 
Librarian of Congress shall provide the decennial revised 
editions of the Constitution Annotated and the cumulative 
pocket part supplements prepared under this Joint Reso-
lution exclusively in a digital format available at a public 
website of the Library of Congress.’’. 
(2) PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES PURSU-
ANT TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—Section 4 of 
Public Law 91–589 (2 U.S.C. 168c)) is repealed. 
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