Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§708 Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 708
Summary
The Director of the Government Publishing Office must bind four complete sets of the bills and the joint and concurrent resolutions from each Congress. Two sets go to the Senate and two go to the House, taken from the Senate and House document rooms and kept there for reference.
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Title 44, §708
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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”.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 708
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73