§719 Classification and Numbering of Publications Ordered Printed by Congress; Designation of Publications of Departments; Printing of Committee Hearings

Summary

When Congress orders something printed, it must go into one of four groups. Reports by Senate committees are called Senate reports. Reports by House committees are called House reports. Other documents ordered by the Senate are called Senate documents. Other documents ordered by the House are called House documents. Each group gets its own consecutive numbers that keep going for the whole Congress. That numbering rule does not apply to papers printed for the Senate’s executive sessions. Copies meant for State libraries and other official depositories of annual or serial publications from executive departments, bureaus, offices, commissions, or boards must not use the House or Senate report/document numbers. Those copies must be shown by title and bound as required by section 738, and any departmental edition must be printed at the same time. Committee hearings are printed as congressional documents only when Congress or either House orders them.