Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73not60
§740 Senate Service Department and House Publications Distribution Service; Superintendents
Title 44 › Chapter 7— CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING › § 740
Summary
Each chamber must have a publications office led by a superintendent appointed by the chamber’s officer, with assistants. The office folds and distributes publications unless told otherwise, and must notify each member in writing every sixty days of the number and kinds assigned.
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Title 44, §740
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There shall be a Senate Service Department and a House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service in the charge of superintendents, appointed respectively by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, together with the necessary assistants. Reports or documents to be distributed for the Senators and Representatives shall be folded and distributed from the Senate Service Department and House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service, unless otherwise ordered, and the respective superintendent shall notify each Senator and Representative in writing once every sixty days of the number and character of publications on hand and assigned to him for use and distribution.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 166 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 71, 28 Stat. 612; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397). “House of Representatives Publications Distribution Service” is substituted for “House Folding Room” because of the
Change of Name
under authority of Public Law 88–652.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Doorkeeper of the House”.
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Citation
44 U.S.C. § 740
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60