Title 44Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73not60

§704 Reprinting Bills, Laws, and Reports From Committees Not Exceeding Fifty Pages

Title 44 › Chapter 7— CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 704

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Once copies run out, the Senate Secretary and House Clerk may order up to 1,000 reprints of pending measures or committee reports of 50 pages or less without testimony/exhibits; GPO Director must require legal authority cited.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §704

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When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may order the reprinting of not more than one thousand copies of a pending bill, resolution, or public law, not exceeding fifty pages, or a report from a committee or congressional commission on pending legislation not accompanied by testimony or exhibits or other appendices and not exceeding fifty pages. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall require each requisition for reprinting to cite the specific authority of law for its execution.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 137 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 1, 34 Stat. 1012).

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. § 704

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60