Title 2 › Chapter 2— ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS › § 28d
The Director of the Government Publishing Office must give out sets of the Precedents as follows: each standing or joint congressional committee that existed on October 18, 1976, or was set up after that date gets four sets; the Legislative Counsel offices for the House and the Senate get five sets each; the House library gets four sets and the Senate library gets two sets; the Supreme Court library gets nine sets; and the Official Reporters of Debates for the House and the Senate get three sets each. All sets are for official use. They must be clearly marked as U.S. Government property, stay the property of the United States, and may not be removed from the building where the listed office or library is located.
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2 U.S.C. § 28d
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 3, 2026
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