Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73
§146 Deposit of Journals of Senate and House
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 146
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Twenty-five copies of the Senate and House journals must be kept in the government library and given to Members during session or to authorized persons on request with a receipt.
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Title 2, §146
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Twenty-five copies of the public Journals of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, shall be deposited in the Library of the United States, at the seat of government, to be delivered to Members of Congress during any session, and to all other persons authorized by law to use the books in the Library, upon their application to the Librarian, and giving their responsible receipts for the same, in like manner as for other books.
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Codification R.S. § 98 derived from Res. Dec. 27, 1813, No. 1, 3 Stat. 140; Res. July 20, 1840, No. 5, 5 Stat. 409.
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2 U.S.C. § 146
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 6, 2026
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