Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§704 Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 704
Summary
When copies run out, the Senate Secretary and the House Clerk may order up to 1,000 reprints of pending legislation or committee/commission reports (no testimony, exhibits, or appendices; 50 pages). The GPO Director must require each request to cite the law that authorizes it.
Full Legal Text
Title 44, §704
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When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may order the reprinting of not more than one thousand copies of a pending bill, resolution, or public law, not exceeding fifty pages, or a report from a committee or congressional commission on pending legislation not accompanied by testimony or exhibits or other appendices and not exceeding fifty pages. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall require each requisition for reprinting to cite the specific authority of law for its execution.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 137 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 1, 34 Stat. 1012).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 704
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73