Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-110

§1333 National High School and College Debate Topics

Title 44 › CHAPTER 13 — PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS › § 1333

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Librarian of Congress must make collections of excerpts, reference lists, and other helpful materials about the national debate topics chosen each year. One collection is for the high school topic picked by the National University Extension Association. The other is for the college topic picked by the American Speech Association. The collections must show both sides fairly. High school collections are printed as Senate documents. College collections are printed as House documents. Congress pays the printing and binding costs. The Joint Committee on Printing may order extra copies and decide how to distribute them.

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Title 44, §1333

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(a)The Librarian of Congress shall prepare compilations of pertinent excerpts, bibliographical references, and other appropriate materials relating to:
(1)the subject selected annually by the National University Extension Association as the national high school debate topic and
(2)the subject selected annually by the American Speech Association as the national college debate topic.
In preparing the compilations the Librarian shall include materials which in his judgment are representative of, and give equal emphasis to, the opposing points of view on the respective topics.
(b)The compilations on the high school debate topics shall be printed as Senate documents and the compilations on the college debate topics shall be printed as House of Representatives documents, the cost of which shall be charged to the congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Supp. III, § 170 [§ 276a] (Dec. 30, 1963, Pub. L. 88–246, §§ 1, 2, 77 Stat. 802).

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44 U.S.C. § 1333

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110