Title 44Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§1333 National high school and college debate topics

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS › § 1333

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each year the Librarian of Congress must make collections of short readings, references, and other helpful materials for two debate topics: the high school topic chosen by the National University Extension Association and the college topic chosen by the American Speech Association. High school collections are printed as Senate documents and college collections as House of Representatives documents, paid from the congressional printing and binding allotment; the Joint Committee on Printing can order extra copies and decide how they are distributed.

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Title 44, §1333

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(a)The Librarian of Congress shall prepare compilations of pertinent excerpts, bibliographical references, and other appropriate materials relating to:
(1)the subject selected annually by the National University Extension Association as the national high school debate topic and
(2)the subject selected annually by the American Speech Association as the national college debate topic.
(b)The compilations on the high school debate topics shall be printed as Senate documents and the compilations on the college debate topics shall be printed as House of Representatives documents, the cost of which shall be charged to the congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Supp. III, § 170 [§ 276a] (Dec. 30, 1963, Pub. L. 88–246, §§ 1, 2, 77 Stat. 802).

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44 U.S.C. § 1333

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73