I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5384 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2016 
Mr. RUSSELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 restrict the dis-
tribution 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Register Print-
ing Savings Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINT-
ED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEM-
BERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1506 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 
The Administrative Committee’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num-
ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 
(b), the number of copies’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS
ON DISTRIBUTION
OF FREE 
PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI-
CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED 
COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 
prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 
provide a printed copy of the Federal Register with-
out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 
office of the United States during a year unless— 
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‘‘(A) the Member or office requests a 
printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 
Register; or 
‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre-
vious year, the Member or office requested a 
subscription to printed copies of the Federal 
Register for that year, as described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION
OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 
The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 
(a)(4) shall include— 
‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 
offices of Members of Congress and other of-
fices of the United States of the restrictions of 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
specific issue of the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
subscription to the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such 
regulations shall limit the period for such a 
subscription to not longer than one year.’’. 
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