Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§731 Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms of Members of Congress; rights of retiring Members to documents
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 731
Summary
Public documents printed after the term of a Vice President, Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner ends (but not the Congressional Record) must be given to that person's successor. If an official still has public documents credited to them when their term ends, they must pick them up by June 30 following the end of the term or they lose them and those documents go to the successor.
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Title 44, §731
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The Congressional allotment of public documents, other than the Congressional Record, printed after the expiration of the term of office of the Vice President of the United States, or Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner, shall be delivered to his successor in office. Unless the Vice President of the United States, a Senator, Representative, or Resident Commissioner, having public documents to his credit at the expiration of his term of office takes them prior to the 30th day of June next following the date of expiration, he shall forfeit them to his successor in office.
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Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 158 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 72, 28 Stat. 612; Mar. 18, 1924, ch. 60, 43 Stat. 24; June 18, 1934, ch. 606, § 1, 48 Stat. 1017). Words “or her” deleted by authority of Title 1, sec. 1—“words importing masculine gender may be applied to females”.
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44 U.S.C. § 731
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73