§910 — Title 44 Public Printing and Documents | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director of the Government Publishing Office may sell subscriptions to the daily Record and may sell current single issues and bound sets of the Congressional Record. The Director sets prices to cover printing and mailing costs, and buyers must pay in advance. The money goes into the Treasury and is reported in the Public Printer’s annual report to Congress. The Congressional Record can be mailed at the same postage rates as newspapers or other periodicals with paid subscriber lists.

Title 44, §910

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(a)Under the direction of the Joint Committee, the Director of the Government Publishing Office may sell—

(1)subscriptions to the daily Record; and

(2)current, individual numbers, and bound sets of the Congressional Record.

(b)The price of a subscription to the daily Record and of current, individual numbers, and bound sets shall be determined by the Director of the Government Publishing Office based upon the cost of printing and distribution. Any such price shall be paid in advance. The money from any such sale shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted for in the Public Printer’s 11 So in original. Probably should be “Director of the Government Publishing Office’s”. annual report to Congress.

(c)The Congressional Record shall be entitled to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 188 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 40, 28 Stat. 607).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”. 1974—Pub. L. 93–314 included subscriptions and postage rate in section catchline, and inserted provisions in text authorizing sale of subscriptions, requiring price for subscriptions to be paid in advance, and directing that the Congressional Record shall be entitled to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.

§910 Congressional Record: Subscriptions; Sale of Current, Individual Numbers, and Bound Sets; Postage Rate