Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§739 Senate and House document rooms; superintendents
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 739
Summary
Create a Senate document room and a House document room, each run by a superintendent appointed by the Senate Secretary or the House Clerk, with the Senate room under the Senate Secretary.
Full Legal Text
Title 44, §739
Public Printing and Documents — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
There shall be one document room of the Senate and one of the House of Representatives, to be designated, respectively, the “Senate and House document room.” Each shall be in charge of a superintendent, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, respectively, together with the necessary assistants. The Senate document room shall be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Senate.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 165 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 60, 28 Stat. 610; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 962).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Clerk” for “Doorkeeper”.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
44 U.S.C. § 739
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73