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Calendar No. 705 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 307 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 6, 2008 
Received and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
APRIL 22, 2008 
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Members’ Congres-
sional papers should be properly maintained and encour-
aging Members to take all necessary measures to manage 
and preserve these papers. 
Whereas Members’ Congressional papers (including papers of 
Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) 
serve as indispensable sources for the study of American 
representative democracy; 
Whereas these papers document vital national, regional, and 
local public policy issues; 
Whereas these papers are crucial to the public’s under-
standing of the role of Congress in making the Nation’s 
laws and responding to the needs of its citizens; 
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•HCON 307 RS 
Whereas because these papers serve as essential primary 
sources for the history of Congress, the study of these 
papers will illuminate the careers of individual Members; 
Whereas by custom, these papers are considered the personal 
property of the Member who receives and creates them, 
and it is therefore the Member who is responsible to de-
cide on their ultimate disposition; and 
Whereas resources are available through the Office of the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate to assist Members with the professional 
and cost-effective management and preservation of these 
papers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Members’ Congressional papers (including 
papers of Delegates and Resident Commissioners to 
the Congress) should be properly maintained; 
(2) each Member of Congress should take all 
necessary measures to manage and preserve the 
Member’s own Congressional papers; and 
(3) each Member of Congress should be encour-
aged to arrange for the deposit or donation of the 
Member’s own noncurrent Congressional papers with 
a research institution that is properly equipped to 
care for them, and to make these papers available 
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•HCON 307 RS 
for educational purposes at a time the Member con-
siders appropriate. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 705 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 307 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Members’ 
Congressional papers should be properly main-
tained and encouraging Members to take all nec-
essary measures to manage and preserve these 
papers. 
APRIL 22, 2008 
Reported without amendment 
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