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Title 44 — PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTSCHAPTER 7—CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

§708. Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress

The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall bind four sets of Senate and House of Representatives bills, joint and concurrent resolutions of each Congress, two for the Senate and two for the House, to be furnished him from the files of the Senate and House document room, the volumes when bound to be kept there for reference.

( Pub. L. 90–620 , Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1249 ; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1) , Dec. 16, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2537 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 190 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 82, 28 Stat. 622).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.