Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102

§713 Journals of Houses of Congress

Title 44 › CHAPTER 7 — CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 713

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Summary

Print 820 copies of the Journals of the Senate and House. They must be handed out like this: 90 copies to the Senate document room for Senators plus 25 extra; 10 to the Senate library; 360 to the House document room for Members plus 25 extra; 4 to the Department of State; 144 to the Superintendent of Documents to place in three libraries in each State the Superintendent names; and 10 to the Library of the House. The final 25 copies go to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House as their offices need them, and they must be supplied as signatures are finished for distribution.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §713

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There shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives eight hundred and twenty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: to the Senate document room, ninety copies for distribution to Senators, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Senate library, ten copies; to the House document room, three hundred and sixty copies for distribution to Members, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Department of State, four copies; to the Superintendent of Documents, one hundred and forty-four copies to be distributed to three libraries in each of the States to be designated by the Superintendent of Documents; and to the Library of the House of Representatives, ten copies. The remaining number of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-five copies, shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, as the necessities of their respective offices require, as rapidly as signatures are completed for distribution.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 147 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 57, 28 Stat. 609; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, §§ 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–164 substituted “eight hundred and twenty” for “eight hundred and twenty-two” as total number of Journals printed and struck out provision that directed that two copies be distributed to the Court of Claims.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1982 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as a note under section 171 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 713

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102