To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Eliminates the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for the use of Congress. Requires the Public Printer to make bills and resolutions available for the use of Congress only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.

Requires the Public Printer, at the request of a Member or a congressional committee (including a joint committee), to provide the Member or committee with a printed copy of a bill or resolution.

Directs the Joint Committee on Printing to study and report to Congress on the effect of this Act on the rules and regulations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4640 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4640

   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for 
          the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 22, 2010

Mr. Lee of New York (for himself, Mr. Schock, Mr. Lance, Mr. Burton of 
  Indiana, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Fleming, Mrs. Schmidt, Ms. 
   Granger, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Akin, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
    Marchant, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Lamborn, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Posey, Mr. 
   Hensarling, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. 
   Bilbray, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
 Garrett of New Jersey, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Cao, Ms. Watson, Mr. Ehlers, 
  Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Polis of Colorado, Mr. Minnick, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
 Smith of Washington, and Mr. Pomeroy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for 
          the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
              BY PUBLIC PRINTER FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 
              SENATE.

    (a) Elimination of Mandatory Printing.--Section 706 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 706. Bills and resolutions
    ``(a) No Printing of Bills and Resolutions.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the Public Printer shall make bills and resolutions 
available for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate only 
in an electronic format which is accessible through the Internet.
    ``(b) Exception for Request of Members or Committees.--At the 
request of a Member (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
the Congress) or committee (including a joint committee) of the House 
of Representatives or Senate, the Public Printer shall provide the 
Member or committee with a printed copy of a bill or resolution.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 6-month period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT BY JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING ON 
              IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Study.--The Joint Committee on Printing shall conduct a study 
of the effect of this Act on the rules and regulations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate governing the availability and distribution 
of bills and resolutions for the use of the House of Representatives 
and Senate.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Joint Committee on Printing shall submit a report to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
Tempore of the Senate on the study conducted under subsection (a), and 
shall include in the study such recommendations as the Joint Committee 
considers appropriate to promote the successful implementation of this 
Act, including recommendations for changes in any of the rules and 
regulations which are the subject of the study.
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