Title 44Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§706 Bills and resolutions: number and distribution

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 706

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Print and distribute set numbers of copies for bills and resolutions. Print 625 copies of every Senate or House public bill and joint resolution. Send 225 to the Senate document room, 15 to the Secretary of the Senate, and 385 to the House document room. Print 300 copies of each Senate private bill at three stages (introduced, reported, passed): 170 to the Senate document room, 15 to the Secretary, 100 to the House document room, and 10 to the Superintendent of Documents. Print 260 copies of each House private bill at those same stages: 135 to the Senate document room, 15 to the Secretary, 100 to the House document room, and 10 to the Superintendent. Bills and resolutions must be printed in bill form and, unless either House orders otherwise, are printed only when sent to a committee, when favorably reported, and after passage. Concurrent and simple resolutions get 260 copies when reported and after passage, with the same distribution as the House private bills unless specially ordered.

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Title 44, §706

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There shall be printed of each Senate and House public bill and joint resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies; to the office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, three hundred and eighty-five copies. There shall be printed of each Senate private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed, three hundred copies, which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate document room, one hundred and seventy copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. There shall be printed of each House private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed two hundred and sixty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies. Bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill form, and, unless specially ordered by either House shall be printed only when referred to a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by either House. Of concurrent and simple resolutions, when reported, and after their passage by either House, only two hundred and sixty copies shall be printed, except by special order, and shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies; to the House document room, one hundred copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

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Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 189 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 55, 28 Stat. 609; Jan. 20, 1905, ch. 50, § 2, 33 Stat. 611).

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44 U.S.C. § 706

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73