A joint resolution to provide for the printing and distribution of the Precedents of the House of Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis Deschler.
PL 94-551 (H.J.Res.1107), enacted 10/18/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-551—OCT. 18, 1976 
90 STAT. 2537 
Public Law 94-551 
94th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
To provide for the printing and distribution of the Precedents of the House of 
Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis Deschler. 
Oct. 18. 1976 
[HJ. Res. 1107] 
Precedents of the 
House of 
Representatives. 
Printing and 
distribution. 
2 use 28b. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there shall be 
printed and bound as a public document two thousand sets of the Prec-
edents of the House of Kepresentatives compiled and prepared by 
Lewis Deschler (hereinafter in this joint resolution referred to as the 
"Precedents") in accordance with the provisions of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (Public Law 89-90; 79 Stat. 265). 
(b) The number of sets authorized to be printed and bound by or 
pursuant to this joint resolution shall be in lieu of the usual number 
of copies for binding and distribution required by section 701 of title 
44, United States Code. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Public Printer shall deliver one set of the Prece- 2 USC 28c 
dents to each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Ninety-fifth Congress. The name of the Member 
to whom the set is delivered shall be legibly stamped on the front cover 
of each volume of the set. 
(b) Each Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, each Congress following the Ninety-fifth Congress 
who has not theretofore received a set of the Precedents shall be 
entitled to receive one set of the Precedents, upon transmitting a writ-
ten request for such set to the Superintendent of Documents. 
(c) The Public Printer shall make the following distribution of 
sets of the Precedents: 
(1) to the office of the Vice President, to the ofiice of the 
speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the office of the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, each, five sets; 
(2) to the office of the majority leader of the House of Repre-
sentatives and to the office of the minority leader of the House of 
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Representives, each, three sets; 
(3) to the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, 
sixty sets; 
(4) to the Parliamentarian of the Senate, five sets; 
(5) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, to the Ser-
geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and to the Door-
keeper of the House of Representatives, each, two sets; 
(6) to the Secretary of the Senate and to the Sergeant at Arms 
of the Senate, each, two sets; 
(7) to the superintendent of the House document room, two 
sets; 
(8) to the superintendent of the Senate document room, two 
sets; 
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(9) to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and 
for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred 
and fifty sets; 
QO^ to the National Archives, three sets; 
(11) to the government of the District of Columbia, twelve 
sets; 
(12) to the Smithsonian Institute, two sets; 
(13) to the library of each legislative branch of each State, 
territory, and possession of the United States, one set; and 
(14) to the Superintendent of Documents, eight hundred and 
sixteen sets for distribution to the depository library system. 
2 use 28d. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Public Printer shall make the following distribu-
tion of sets of the Precedents; 
(1) to each standing or joint committee of the Congress which 
is in existence on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution 
or which is established after such date of enactment, four sets; 
(2) to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of 
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Representatives, five sets; 
(3) to the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, five 
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s e t s ; 
(4) to the library of the House of Representatives, four sets; 
(5) to the library of the Senate, two sets; 
(6) to the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, 
nine sets; 
(7) to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the House 
of Representatives, three sets; and 
(8) to the office of the Official Reporter of Debates of the Sen-
ate, three sets. 
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(b) Each set of Precedents distributed by the Public Printer under 
subsection (a) of this section shall be for official use. Each such set 
shall be legibly stamped on the front cover "Property of the United 
States Government." Each such set, upon delivery, shall become and 
remain the property of tlie United States, and may not be removed 
from the building in which is located the designated library or office, 
as the case may be. 
2 use 28e. 
SKC. 4. (a) Any set of the Precedents printed and bound pursuant 
to subsection (a) of the first section of this joint resolution, not needed 
to carry out the distributions required by this joint resolution, shall 
be distributed under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-551—OCT. 18, 1976 
90 STAT. 2539 
(b) The Joint Committee on Printing may from time to time 
authorize and direct that additional sets of the Precedents, be printed, 
bound, and distributed in such manner as the Joint Committee deter-
mines will best carry out the purposes of this joint resolution. 
Approved October 18, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1730 (Comm. on House Administration). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122(1976): 
Sept. 30, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.