[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2288 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2288
To provide for the reform and continuing legislative oversight of the
production, procurement, dissemination, and permanent public access of
the Government's publications, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 10, 1998
Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
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A BILL
To provide for the reform and continuing legislative oversight of the
production, procurement, dissemination, and permanent public access of
the Government's publications, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Senator Wendell H. Ford of Kentucky, who has served
four terms in the U.S. Senate beginning in 1974 and has
announced his retirement at the end of the 105th Congress, has
been a staunch advocate of the right of the American public to
have free and open access to the publications of their Federal
Government.
(2) Senator Ford has been a supporter and friend to
libraries and education all of his political life.
(3) Senator Ford has become a trusted and effective Member
of the U.S. Senate as evidenced by his election by his peers to
be Assistant Democratic Leader of the Senate on two different
occasions.
(4) As Governor of Kentucky, Wendell Ford completely
restructured and streamlined State government to make it more
responsive to the people and more effective in providing
services.
(5) As Governor of Kentucky, Wendell Ford moved the
Division of Archives and Records from the Department for
Finance and Administration to the Department of Libraries to
merge the State's two primary information agencies into one
department.
(6) As Governor of Kentucky, Wendell Ford dramatically
increased funding to all levels of education, and as a U.S.
Senator has always supported full funding for Library Services
and Construction Act and Library Services and Technology Act
programs.
(7) Senator Ford shaped and sponsored the National Voter
Registration Act to make it easier for citizens to participate
in their government by choosing their leaders.
(8) Senator Ford, as a member of the Senate Commerce
Committee, was instrumental in ensuring that the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 included a provision that
allows generous discounts for schools and libraries to connect with the
Internet.
(9) Senator Ford has been a major proponent of making
Federal information accessible to the people through the
Federal Depository Library Program.
(10) Senator Ford has been a determined supporter of the
Government Printing Office and its information dissemination
programs, frequently safeguarding the resources needed for the
Federal Depository Library Program.
(11) Senator Ford cosponsored and supported S.J. Res. 57,
the National Policy on Permanent Paper, to promote the use of
permanent papers in printing Federal Government publications of
enduring value to the people.
(12) Senator Ford, through his leadership role on the
Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Joint
Committee on Printing, improved the people's access to Federal
Government information by holding hearings on the issue of
``fugitive documents'' in 1991.
(13) Senator Ford, through his leadership role on the
Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Joint
Committee on Printing, was a prime mover in the passage of the
``Government Printing Office Electronic Information Enhancement
Act of 1993,'' enabling GPO to move onto the electronic
information highway and to create an electronic storage
facility for electronic government information.
(14) Senator Ford, in recognition of his active support for
greater public access to Federal Government information
resources, received the James Madison Award from the Coalition
of Government Information in 1993.
(15) Senator Ford, in recognition of his lifelong support
of libraries and library programs, his dedication to the
principle of public access to Federal Government information
throughout his congressional career, and in honor of his
retirement from the U.S. Senate after twenty-four years of
distinguished service to his country and the people of the
United States, was awarded Honorary Membership in the American
Library Association on June 27, 1998.
(16) It is altogether fitting and proper that this Act, the
most comprehensive and far reaching proposal to ensure
permanent public access to the Government's publications,
regardless of form or format, to come before the Congress of
the United States during the tenure of Senator Ford, be named
in his honor.
(b) Short Title.--This Act shall be cited as the ``Wendell H. Ford
Government Publications Reform Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I--TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
Sec. 101. Purpose.
Sec. 102. Repeal of provisions establishing the Joint Committee on
Printing.
Sec. 103. Legislative oversight functions.
Sec. 104. Repeal of waivers.
Sec. 105. References.
Sec. 106. Effective date.
TITLE II--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
Sec. 201. Government Publications Office.
TITLE III--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE; PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTION PROCUREMENT SERVICES
Sec. 301. Government Publications Office; publications production and
production procurement services.
Sec. 302. Production of publications and procurement of publication
services by Congress and legislative
agencies.
Sec. 303. Congressional Record.
Sec. 304. Production of publications and procurement of publication
services; legislative oversight.
Sec. 305. Particular Government publications.
Sec. 306. Costs of producing regulatory publications.
Sec. 307. Publications of the Supreme Court.
Sec. 308. Repeal of provisions exempting statutory publication
production and production procurement
requirements.
Sec. 309. Additional technical and conforming amendments relating to
congressional publications.
TITLE IV--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ACCESS PROGRAMS
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Federal Publications Access Programs.
Sec. 403. Distribution and sale of Government publications by
Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
Sec. 404. Technical and conforming amendments relating to the
Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
TITLE V--ADMINISTRATIVE AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Continuation of employment terms and conditions.
Sec. 502. Proceedings not affected.
Sec. 503. Suits not affected.
Sec. 504. Nonabatement of actions.
Sec. 505. Separability.
Sec. 506. Transfer of certain functions of the Joint Committee on
Printing.
Sec. 507. Additional technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 508. Implementation actions.
Sec. 509. Effective date.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) in a democracy, public access to Government
publications is fundamental to fostering an informed citizenry
in order to promote meaningful participation in the democratic
process;
(2) easy and equitable access to Federal Government
publications contributes to economic development in many
sectors of the Nation's economy;
(3) permanent public access to Federal Government
publications through a diversity of sources, including a system
of Federal publications access libraries, should be guaranteed;
(4) the Federal Government should seek the most effective
and efficient means of producing, disseminating, and providing
permanent public access to its publications, and these means
should not be placed at risk due to jurisdictional disputes
between the branches of the Federal Government;
(5) duplicative in-house agency publications production is
costly and inefficient and should be phased out and replaced
with--
(A) procurement through the Government Publications
Office, consistent with this Act; or
(B) as appropriate, from competitively selected
private sector commercial sources;
(6) recent practices by Federal agencies of privatizing
Government publications have resulted in a significant loss of
publications that should have been made available to the public
through the Federal publications access program;
(7) technological developments provide opportunities for
increasing efficiencies in the production and dissemination of
Government publications, but also pose challenges for ensuring
broad-based, permanent public access to Government publications
in new forms and format;
(8) the establishment of a mechanism for contemporaneous
monitoring and evaluation of such developments is essential in
order to maintain a continuous flow of timely, useful, and
permanently accessible Government publications to the public;
and
(9) the dissemination and permanent public access of
Government publications must be guaranteed through a mechanism
with sufficient independence and authority to ensure agency
compliance with their obligation to provide material for the
Federal publications access program.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) reform the oversight and management of the production,
dissemination, and permanent public access to the Federal
Government's publications;
(2) guarantee permanent public access to publications
produced by the Federal Government, regardless of form or
format; and
(3) facilitate the efficient and economical production,
dissemination, and permanent public access to Government
publications.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the term--
(1) ``Government Publication'' has the meaning given such
term under section 1902(3) of title 44, United States Code, as
amended by this Act;
(2) ``agency'' has the meaning given such term under
section 1902(1) of title 44, United States Code (as amended by
this Act); and
(3) ``House of Representatives'' shall include the Resident
Commissioner.
TITLE I--TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
SEC. 101. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to provide for the orderly transfer of
functions of the Joint Committee on Printing, as appropriate, to--
(1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate;
(2) the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives; and
(3) the Government Publications Office, and as appropriate,
to--
(A) the Administrator;
(B) the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services; and
(C) the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
SEC. 102. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON
PRINTING.
Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is repealed, and the
table of chapters for title 44, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to chapter 1.
SEC. 103. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS.
(a) In General.--All legislative oversight functions (including all
oversight jurisdiction, duties, authorities, and responsibilities) of
the Joint Committee on Printing on the day before the effective date of
this Act shall be performed by the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives on and after such date.
(b) Regulation.--Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the
Administrator shall cause to remain in effect as appropriate the
Government Printing and Binding Regulations No. 26, effective February
1990, as contained in Senate Publication, S.Pub. 101-9, in effect until
the Administrator of the Government Publications Office publishes final
regulations in accordance with section 301 of title 44, United States
Code (as amended by this Act).
SEC. 104. REPEAL OF WAIVERS.
All waivers granted and other provisions required of executive and
judicial branch agencies and independent establishments by the Joint
Committee on Printing under the Government Printing and Binding
Regulations before the date of enactment of this Act shall be void 120
days following such date of enactment.
SEC. 105. REFERENCES.
Reference in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or
delegation of authority, or any document of or relating to the Joint
Committee on Printing shall be deemed to refer to the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, or the Government
Publications Office, as appropriate.
SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title shall take effect on January 1, 1999.
TITLE II--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
SEC. 201. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 3, title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 3--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
``Sec.
``301. Administrator; Government Publications Office: appointment;
duties; and pay.
``302. Government Publications Office; Deputy Administrator:
appointment; duties; and pay.
``303. Government Publications Office; employee pay.
``304. Government Publications Office; night work.
``305. Disbursing officer, deputy disbursing officer, certifying
officers and employees.
``306. Revolving Fund for operation of Government Publications Office.
``307. Payments for printing, binding, blank paper, supplies, and
publications production services.
``308. Procurement authority.
``309. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other
Government agencies.
``310. Inks, glues, and other supplies furnished to other Government
agencies: payment.
``311. Branches of Government Publications Office: limitations.
``312. Detail of employees of Government Publications Office to other
Government establishments.
``313. Government Publications Office security.
``314. Transfer of surplus property.
``315. Sales of reproducibles.
``316. Use of Federal advisory committees.
``Sec. 301. Administrator; Government Publications Office: appointment;
duties; and pay
``(a) The President of the United States shall appoint, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, the Administrator who shall take
charge of and manage the Government Publications Office.
``(b) The Administrator may use any measures the Administrator
considers necessary to carry out the duties and powers of the office
and to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, or waste in the production,
procurement, and dissemination of the Federal Government's
publications, and to enhance and expand the dissemination of, and
maintenance of permanent public access to, the Federal Government's
publications.
``(c)(1) After notice and comment, and in consultation with the
Office of Management and Budget, the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, the Administrator may issue regulations consistent
with this title to carry out the purposes of this title.
``(2) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with
the requirements of section 553 and section 556 of title 5, United
States Code, and the requirements of chapter 7, United States Code.
``(3) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, and notwithstanding section
804(2), all such regulations promulgated shall be treated as a ``major
rule.''
``(d) The annual rate of pay for the Administrator shall be a rate
equal to the rate payable for a position at level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.
``Sec. 302. Government Publications Office; Deputy Administrator:
appointment; duties; and pay
``(a) The Administrator shall appoint a suitable person to be the
Deputy Administrator.
``(b)(1) The Deputy Administrator shall perform--
``(A) all duties and responsibilities assigned by the
Administrator; and
``(B) the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator
in the event of--
``(i) a vacancy in the office of the Administrator;
or
``(ii) incapacity of the Administrator.
``(2) In the event of a vacancy or incapacity under paragraph
(1)(B), the Deputy Administrator shall serve until a successor
Administrator is appointed, but for no longer than 1 year after a
vacancy or incapacity occurs.
``(c) The annual rate of pay for the Deputy Administrator shall be
a rate equal to the rate payable for a position at level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.
``Sec. 303. Government Publications Office; employee pay
``(a)(1) The Administrator may employ persons necessary for the
work of the Government Publications Office at rates of wages and
salaries, including compensation for night and overtime work, the
Administrator considers for the interest of the Government and just to
the persons employed, except as otherwise provided by this section.
``(2) The Administrator may not employ more persons than the
necessities of public work require.
``(b) The rate of wages, including compensation for night and
overtime work, for more than 10 employees of the same occupation shall
be determined by a conference between the Administrator and a committee
selected by the trades affected.
``(c)(1) Wages affecting the employees of the Government
Publications Office shall be negotiated between the Administrator and
bargaining representatives of the employees of the Government
Publications Office.
``(2) If the Administrator and the bargaining representatives of
the employees fail to agree to wages, salaries, and compensation, the
dispute shall be referred to an arbitrator chosen from a panel of 3
arbitrators.
``(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Administrator and the
bargaining representatives of the employees shall enter into an
agreement that governs--
``(A) the selection of arbitrators for the panel; and
``(B) the procedures applicable to the panel.
``(4) The costs of the proceedings of the panel, including
transcripts, shall be paid as follows:
``(A) 50 percent of such costs shall be paid by the
Government Publications Office.
``(B) 50 percent of such costs shall be paid by the
bargaining representatives of the employees.
``(5) A decision by the arbitrator shall be final and binding on
all parties.
``(d) The wages, salaries, and compensation so determined are not
subject to change more than once a year.
``(e) The Administrator may grant an employee paid on an annual
basis compensatory time off from work duty instead of overtime pay for
overtime work.
``Sec. 304. Government Publications Office; night work
``The Administrator shall cause the work of the Government
Publications Office to be done at night as well as through the day,
when the exigencies of the public service require it.
``Sec. 305. Disbursing officer; deputy disbursing officer; certifying
officers and employees
``(a) The Administrator shall appoint from time to time a
disbursing officer of the Government Publications Office who shall be
under the direction of the Administrator. The disbursing officer shall
(1) disburse moneys of the Government Publications Office only upon,
and in strict accordance with, vouchers certified by the Administrator
or by an officer or employee of the Government Publications Office
authorized in writing by the Administrator to certify such vouchers,
(2) make such examination of vouchers as may be necessary to ascertain
whether they are in proper form, certified, and approved, and (3) be
held accountable accordingly. However, the disbursing officer shall not
be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or
incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading
certificate, the responsibility for which, under subsection (c) of this
section, is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of the
Government Publications Office.
``(b)(1) Upon the death, resignation, or separation from office of
the disbursing officer, his accounts may be continued, and payments and
collection may be made in his name, by any individual designated as a
deputy disbursing officer by the Administrator, for a period of time
not to extend beyond the last day of the second month following the
month in which the death, resignation, or separation occurred. Accounts
and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled, and checks signed
in the name of the former disbursing officer by a deputy disbursing
officer shall be honored in the same manner as if the former disbursing
officer had continued in office.
``(2) A former disbursing officer of the Government Publications
Office or his estate may not be subject to any legal liability or
penalty for the official accounts or defaults of the deputy disbursing
officer acting in the name or in the place of the former disbursing
officer. Each deputy disbursing officer is responsible for accounts
entrusted to him under paragraph (1) of this subsection, and the deputy
disbursing officer is liable for any default occurring during his
service under such paragraph.
``(c)(1) The Administrator may designate in writing officers and
employees of the Government Publications Office to certify vouchers for
payment from appropriations and funds. Such officers and employees
shall (A) be responsible for the existence and correctness of the facts
recited in the certificate or other voucher or its supporting papers
and for the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or
fund involved, (B) be responsible and accountable for the correctness
of the computations of certified vouchers, and (C) be accountable for,
and required to make restitution to, the United States for the amount
of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any
false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by him, as well as
for any payment prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal
obligation under the appropriation or fund involved. However, the
Comptroller General of the United States, may, at his discretion,
relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for any
payment otherwise proper whenever he finds that (i) the certification
was based on the official records and that such certifying officer or
employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could
not have ascertained, the actual facts, or (ii) when the obligation was
incurred in good faith, the payment was not contrary to any statutory
provision specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved,
and the United States has received value for such payment. The
Comptroller General shall relieve such certifying officer or employee
of liability for an overpayment for transportation services made to any
common carrier covered by section 3726 of title 31, whenever he finds
that the overpayment occurred solely because the administrative
examination made prior to payment of the transportation bill did not
include a verification of transportation rates, freight
classifications, or land grant deductions.
``(2) The liability of such certifying officers or employees shall
be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by
law with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and
other accountable officers. Such certifying officers and employees
shall have the right to apply for and obtain a decision by the
Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment on any
vouchers presented to them for certification.
``Sec. 306. Revolving Fund for operation of Government Publications
Office
``(a) The revolving fund established July 1, 1953, hereafter
referred to as the `Revolving Fund', is available without fiscal year
limitation for the operation and maintenance of the Government
Publications Office, including--
``(1) rental of buildings; attendance at meetings;
maintenance and operation of the emergency room; employee
training; uniforms or uniform allowances; and, repairs and
minor alterations to buildings;
``(2) any costs associated with audits performed in
accordance with this Act;
``(3) all expenses incurred by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs for the production of,
or procurement for the production of, Government publications
found to be in violation of requirements of chapter 19, as
authorized by that chapter; and
``(4) all receipts received through a transfer by the
Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with chapter 19 and
credited to the accounts of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs.
``(b) The Revolving Fund shall be reimbursed for the cost of all
services and supplies furnished the Government Publications Office and
credited with all receipts including sales of printing, print
procurement and related publications production services, waste,
condemned and surplus property, with payments received for losses or
damage to property, and with receipts received through a transfer by
the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with chapter 19.
``(c) The Administrator shall segregate the Revolving Fund into
separate accounts under the authority of the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services and the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs and all
expenses and reimbursements of costs of the respective Superintendents
shall be accounted for within the Revolving Fund. The Administrator
shall ensure that the accounts are kept separate and that, to the
greatest extent possible, net receipts of the respective
Superintendent's programs shall be used for the benefit and enhancement
of those programs, respectively.
``(d)(1) An adequate system of accounts for the Revolving Fund
shall be maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports
prepared on the basis of accepted accounting standards. The
Administrator shall prepare and submit an annual business-type budget
for this fund which shall include the programs and activities of the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services and the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs. This budget program shall be considered and enacted as
prescribed by section 9104 of title 31.
``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for the purposes of section
8147 of title 5, United States Code, the Government Publications Office
is not considered an agency which is required by statute to submit an
annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chapter 91 of title 31.
``(e)(1) The Administrator shall prepare annual financial
statements meeting the requirements of section 3515(b) of title 31. The
financial statements shall be audited each year in accordance with
applicable generally accepted Government auditing standards by an
independent external auditor selected by the Administrator, with the
concurrence of the Inspector General of the Government Publications
Office, or by the Inspector General of the Government Publications
Office.
``(2) For purposes of the audits, the Inspector General shall have
such access to the records, files, personnel, and facilities of the
Government Publications Office as the Inspector General considers
appropriate. The Inspector General shall furnish reports of the audits
to Congress and the Administrator.
``(3) The Comptroller General of the United States may audit the
financial statements at his or her discretion or at the request of
Congress. An audit by the Comptroller General shall be in lieu of the
audit required under subsection (d).
``(4) The costs associated with the performance of an audit
conducted in accordance with this section shall be paid from receipts
in the Revolving Fund credited to the accounts of the Administrator.
``Sec. 307. Payments for printing, binding, blank paper, supplies, and
publications production services
``(a) An agency of the Federal Government ordering printing,
binding, blank paper, supplies, or other publications production
services from the Government Publications Office shall pay promptly by
the most efficient means available, including electronic funds
transfer, to the Administrator or the Administrator's designee, upon
his written request, either in advance or upon completion of the work,
all or part of the estimated or actual cost, as the case may be. Bills
rendered by the Administrator, or the Administrator's designee, are not
subject to audit or certification in advance of payment. Adjustments on
the basis of the actual cost of delivered work paid for in advance
shall be made monthly or quarterly and as may be agreed by the
Administrator and the agency concerned.
``(b)(1) The Administrator shall present a bill or advice of
payment to an agency for which the Government Publications Office has
performed work no later than 90 days after work has been completed.
``(2) The agency shall pay the Government Publications Office with
funds obligated during the fiscal year in which the order was placed.
``(3) For congressional orders which are in process 90 days before
Congress adjourns, the Administrator will consult with the appropriate
office to determine whether the work will be completed before Congress
adjourns. The Administrator will bill for the cost of work completed
for all jobs that are still in process on the date that Congress
adjourns within 45 days after adjournment. The succeeding Congress must
submit requisitions to the Government Publications Office to authorize
completion of any job ordered by the prior Congress.
``Sec. 308. Procurement authority
``(a) Purchases may be made by the Administrator without reference
to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
concerning purchases for the Federal Government.
``(b)(1) Publications production regulations administered by the
Government Publications Office shall govern the procurement of
publications production services at the Government Publications Office.
``(2) Any agency that intends to procure publications production
services through the Government Publications Office or for that agency
under a delegation of authority granted by the Administrator, shall
post a notice of such intent on a centralized notification system
maintained by the Superintendent of Government Publications Production
and Procurement Services that is electronically accessible.
``(c) The Administrator may prescribe such regulations, policies,
and directives, not inconsistent with the provisions of this section,
to carry out this section relating to the Government Publications
Office.
``(d)(1) The Administrator may delegate and authorize successive
redelegation of any procurement authority vested in the Administrator
to any official in the Government Publications Office, or any official
in any agency seeking authority for the procurement of services unless
the Administrator determines the Government Publications Office is not
able or suitably equipped to execute or as may be more economically or
in the better interest of Government executed elsewhere. Such
delegation or redelegation of procurement authority shall be in
accordance with this chapter and chapter 19.
``(2)(A) No delegation, or redelegation, of authority under this
section shall be granted by the Administrator until final regulations
providing for the requirements of any such delegation, or redelegation,
of authority are issued.
``(B) Regulations under subparagraph (A) shall require that--
``(i) an agency may not contract for production of services
with another agency or a private sector commercial source
unless that entity has been certified by the Administrator as
having met the requirements of this title, including the notice
requirement of chapters 5 and 19, and remains certified during
the course of the procurement contract;
``(ii) the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs be a signatory to the procurement contract, or that
the Superintendent otherwise certifies that a memorandum of
understanding has been agreed to by the procuring agency
establishing the requirements to be met for the Federal
publications access program; and
``(iii) the requirements of subsection (b) shall be met.
``(3) All delegations of authority for the procurement of printing,
publications services, and the manufacture of Government publications
regardless of form or format shall be done in conformance to this
chapter and chapters 5 and 19.
``(e)(1) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) and except
in the case of procurement procedures otherwise expressly authorized by
statute, the Administrator, in conducting a procurement for property or
services--
``(A) shall obtain full and open competition through the
use of competitive procedures in accordance with the
requirements of this section; and
``(B) shall use the competitive procedure or combination of
competitive procedures that is best suited under the
circumstances of the procurement.
``(2) In determining the competitive procedures appropriate under
the circumstances, the Administrator--
``(A) shall solicit sealed bids if--
``(i) time permits the solicitation, submission,
and evaluation of sealed bids;
``(ii) the award will be made on the basis of price
and other price-related factors;
``(iii) it is not necessary to conduct discussions
with the responding sources about their bids; and
``(iv) there is a reasonable expectation of
receiving more than 1 sealed bid; and
``(B) shall request competitive proposals if sealed bids
are inappropriate under subparagraph (A).
``(f) In addition to the authority otherwise provided by law, the
Administrator may use procedures other than competitive procedures only
if--
``(1) the property or services needed by the Government are
available from only 1 responsible source and no other type of
property or services will satisfy the needs of the Government;
``(2) the Government's need for the property or services is
of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government
would be seriously injured unless the Administrator is
permitted to limit the number of sources from which the
Government Publications Office solicits bids or proposals;
``(3) a statute expressly authorizes a specified source;
and
``(4) the Administrator determines that it is necessary in
the public interest to use procedures other than competitive
procedures in the particular procurement concerned.
``(g)(1) In order to promote efficiency and economy in contracting
and to avoid unnecessary burdens for the Government and contractors,
the regulations issued, in accordance with this section, shall provide
for special simplified procedures for small purchases of property and
services.
``(2) For the purposes of this section, a small purchase is a
purchase or contract for an amount which does not exceed the small
purchase threshold.
``(3) A proposed purchase or contract for an amount greater than
the small purchase threshold may not be divided into several purchases
or contracts for lesser amounts in order to use the small purchase
procedures required under paragraph (1).
``(4) In using small purchase procedures, the Administrator shall
promote competition to the maximum extent practicable.
``(5) In this subsection, the term `small purchase threshold' has
the meaning given such term by regulations issued by the Administrator
under subsection (c).
``Sec. 309. Machinery, material, equipment, or supplies from other
Government agencies
``Agencies having machinery, material, equipment, or supplies for
printing, binding, and blank-book work, including lithography,
photolithography, xerography, and other processes of reproduction, no
longer required or authorized for service, shall submit a detailed
report of such material, equipment, or supplies to the Administrator.
The Administrator may requisition such articles as are serviceable in
the Government Publications Office, and such articles shall be promptly
delivered to the Government Publications Office.
``Sec. 310. Inks, glues, and other supplies furnished to other
Government agencies: payment
``Inks, glues, and other supplies manufactured by the Government
Publications Office in connection with its work may be furnished to
departments and other establishments of the Government upon
requisition, and payment made from appropriations available.
``Sec. 311. Branches of Government Publications Office: limitations
``Money appropriated by any Act may not be used for maintaining
more than 1 branch of the Government Publications Office in any 1
building occupied by an executive department of the Government, and a
branch of the Government Publications Office may not be established
unless specifically authorized by law.
``Sec. 312. Detail of employees of Government Publications Office to
other Government establishments
``An employee of the Government Publications Office may not be
detailed to duties not pertaining to the work of the Government
Publications Office in an executive department or other Government
establishment unless expressly authorized by law.
``Sec. 313. Government Publications Office security
``(a) The Administrator, or delegate appointed by the
Administrator, may designate employees of the Government Publications
Office to serve as special policemen to protect persons and property in
premises and adjacent areas occupied by or under the control of the
Government Publications Office.
``(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Administrator,
employees designated as special policemen are authorized to bear and
use arms in the performance of their duties, make arrest for violations
of laws of the United States, the several States, and the District of
Columbia, and enforce the regulations of the Administrator, including
the removal from Government Publications Office premises of individuals
who violate such regulations.
``(c) The jurisdiction of special policemen in premises occupied by
or under the control of the Government Publications Office and adjacent
areas shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the respective law
enforcement agencies where the premises are located.
``Sec. 314. Transfer of surplus property
``Notwithstanding title II of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et seq.), the
Administrator may transfer or donate surplus and condemned Government
Publications Office machinery, material, equipment, and supplies, and
surplus Government publications to--
``(1) other Federal entities;
``(2) any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under
section 501(a) of such Code; or
``(3) State or local governments.
``Sec. 315. Sales of reproducibles
``The Administrator shall sell to persons who may apply,
publication production reproducibles, regardless of form or format,
from which a Government publication is produced at a price not to
exceed the cost to the Government, as determined by the Administrator.
``Sec. 316. Use of Federal advisory committees
``(a) The Administrator may establish such advisory committees as
the Administrator determines appropriate.
``(b)(1) All meetings of such advisory committee(s) shall be open
to the public, except when the Administrator determines that the
meeting or any portion of the meeting shall be closed to the public
consistent with the provisions of section 552(b) of title 5 and only
after a \2/3\ vote of the advisory committee(s).
``(2) All meetings of any advisory committee established by the
Administrator shall be preceded by timely public notice in the Federal
Register of the time, place, and subject of the meeting.
``(3) Minutes of each meeting shall be kept and shall contain a
record of the people present and a description of the discussion that
occurred. The minutes and records of all such meetings and other
documents that were made available to or prepared for an advisory
committee established by the Administrator shall be made publicly
accessible, unless the Administrator determines that a record or any
portion of such record, shall not be publicly disclosed, consistent
with the provisions of section 552(b) of title 5 and only after a \2/3\
vote of the advisory committee.''.
(b)(1) Government Printing Office; Abolished.--The Government
Printing Office is hereby abolished and the authorities,
responsibilities, and functions of the Government Printing Office on
the day before the effective day of title II are hereby transferred to
the Government Publications Office.
(2) The Government Publications Office is hereby established as an
independent establishment in the Federal government.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the effective
date of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives on--
(1) the status of the Government Publications Office
established under chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code;
(2) the expected developments in the Office; and
(3) specific recommendations for legislative proposals, as
appropriate.
(d) Transfer.--All duties, authorities, responsibilities, and
functions of the Public Printer of the Government Printing Office on
the day before the effective date of this title shall be performed by
the Administrator of the Government Publications Office, on and after
such date.
(e) References.--References in any other Federal law, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of
or relating to--
(1) the Government Printing Office shall be deemed to refer
to the Government Publications Office;
(2) the Public Printer shall be deemed to refer to the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services or the Administrator, as appropriate;
(3) the Office of the Public Printer shall be deemed to
refer to the Office of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services, or the Office
of the Administrator, as appropriate;
(4) the Superintendent of Production Services shall be
deemed a reference to the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services; and
(5) the Superintendent of Access Programs shall be deemed a
reference to the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
(f) Transition.--
(1) Incumbent.--
(A) In general.--The individual serving as the
Public Printer on the effective date of this title may
serve as Administrator, Government Publications Office,
until the President appoints by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, a successor Administrator.
(B) Administrator.--The individual serving as the
Administrator pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall
perform all duties and responsibilities of the
Administrator, until the President appoints a successor
Administrator in accordance with section 301 of title
44, United States Code, as amended by this Act.
(2) Appointment.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
effective date of this title, the President shall
appoint an Administrator of the Government Publications
Office in accordance with section 301 of title 44,
United States Code (as added by this Act).
(3) Assets and property.--Assets and real property under
the control of, in use by, or assigned to the Public Printer on
the day before the effective date of this Act shall be under
the control of the Administrator on the effective date of this
Act for the use of the Administrator and the Acting
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs for
purposes of implementing this Act.
(4) Personnel.--Personnel under the supervision of or
assigned to the Public Printer on the day before the effective
date of this Act shall be under the supervision or assigned to
the Administrator or the acting Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs, pursuant to subsection (g) of
Title IV, on the effective date of this Act for purposes of
implementing this Act.
(g) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to chapter 3 and inserting the following:
``3. Government Publications Office......................... 301''.
TITLE III--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE; PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTION PROCUREMENT SERVICES
SEC. 301. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE; PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 5--GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE; PUBLICATIONS PRODUCTION
AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES
``Sec.
``501. Government Publications produced by or procured through the
Government Publications Office.
``502. Government Publications Office; Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement
Services: appointment; duties; and pay.
``503. Printing in veterans' hospitals.
``504. Regulations for procurement of Government publications
production services.
``505. Time for printing documents or reports which include
illustrations or maps.
``506. Orders for printing and publications production services to be
acted upon within 1 year.
``507. Standards for papers used in Government publications.
``508. Annual plans for Government publications.
``Sec. 501. Government Publications produced by or procured through the
Government Publications Office
``(a)(1) The Government Publications Office is authorized to
produce or procure the production of Government publications,
regardless of form or format, including Government publications created
for or transmitted through an electronic communications system or
network, as requisitioned by Congress, Federal agencies and the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs.
``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to
subsection (b), the Government Publications Office shall be the only
authorized agency of the Federal Government to provide for Congress,
the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary (other than the
Supreme Court of the United States) and every Executive department and
independent establishment of the Government, publications production
and procurement services except--
``(A) those publications created only for dissemination
through an electronic communications system or network,
provided that the requirements of chapter 19 are satisfied;
``(B) individual production orders by the executive branch
costing not more than $1,000, if the work is not of a
continuing or repetitive nature, and as certified by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services if the work is included in a class of work
which cannot be provided more economically through the
Government Publications Office, if the requirements of chapter
19 are satisfied; and
``(C) publications production for the Central Intelligence
Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National
Security Agency.
``(b)(1) Under delegation of authority from the Administrator in
accordance with section 308, an agency of the executive or judicial
branch may procure publications production and procurement services for
that agency, if the agency certifies to the Administrator or the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services that the agency is in full compliance with the requirements of
this chapter, chapter 19, and the publications production and
procurement services regulations administered by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services.
``(2) The Administrator shall promptly notify the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services and the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs of any
decision to delegate authority under this section.
``(3) A delegation of authority to an agency under this section
shall not be granted unless and until the Department of the Treasury
has established a designated budget account for the agency in
accordance with section 1906(a).
``(4) In determining a delegation of authority under this section,
the Administrator shall take into account any prior determinations of
noncompliance issued against an agency under section 1906.
``(c) No agency shall procure publications production services for
another agency, except for those publications created only for
dissemination through an electronic communications system or network,
unless expressly authorized by law enacted after the effective date of
the Government Publications Reform Act of 1998.
``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency may
participate in a partnership or alliance, public or private, to produce
Government publications, or enter into a contract or cooperative
agreement or similar contractual arrangement for the production,
procurement, or dissemination of a Government publication, regardless
of form or format, unless such action complies with chapter 19 and is
approved in advance by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
``Sec. 502. Government Publications Office; Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services: appointment; duties; and pay
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services (who may also be referred to as the
`Superintendent of Production Services') shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term
of 5 years.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall be appointed without regard to political
affiliation, and solely on the basis of professional qualifications to
perform the duties and responsibilities of the office.
``(c) An individual may be appointed to more than 1 term as
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Service.
``(d)(1) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production
and Procurement Services, under the direction of the Administrator,
shall take all steps considered necessary to carry out the duties and
powers of the office and to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, or
waste in the provision and procurement of services required to produce
the Federal Government's publications, regardless of form or format.
``(2) To the greatest extent feasible, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services shall
operate the production and procurement services program on a self-
sustaining basis.
``(3) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall promptly notify the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs of any contract for the
production or procurement of production services of any Government
publication so that the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs may meet the requirements of chapter 19.
``(e) The Administrator shall transfer to the authority of the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services, such personnel within the Government Publications Office as
the Administrator shall determine are required by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services to perform
the duties of this chapter.
``(f) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall be paid an annual rate of pay equal to the
rate payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5.
``(g)(1) There shall be a Deputy Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services, who shall be
appointed by the Superintendent of Government Publications Production
and Procurement Services.
``(2) The Deputy Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall perform--
``(A) all duties and responsibilities assigned by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services; and
``(B) the duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent
of Government Publications Production and Procurement Services
in the event of--
``(i) a vacancy in the office of the Superintendent
of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services; or
``(ii) incapacity of the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services.
``(3) In the event of a vacancy under paragraph (2), the Deputy
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services shall serve until a successor Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services is appointed and
qualifies, but for no longer than 1 year after a vacancy occurs.
``(4) The Deputy Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall be paid at an annual rate of
pay equal to the rate payable for a position on the Senior Executive
Service under section 5316 of title 5.
``(h)(1) There shall be established within the Revolving Fund of
the Government Publications Office under section 306 an account, or
accounts, under the authority of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services to be available
without fiscal year limitation for the operation of the Government
Publications Office Publications Production and Procurement Services
programs, including--
``(A) rental of buildings;
``(B) attendance at meetings;
``(C) employee training;
``(D) purchase, maintenance, and operation of required
equipment, supplies, and contracts; and
``(E) salaries and expenses of program employees.
``(2) The Revolving Fund shall be reimbursed and the account, or
accounts, of the Superintendent of Production Services shall be
credited for the cost of all services and supplies furnished, including
those furnished by other appropriations of the Government Publications
Office Publications Production and Procurement Services programs, and
credited with all receipts, including the provision of production and
publication production procurement services, waste, condemned and
surplus property, and with payments received for losses or damage to
property.
``(3)(A) An adequate system of accounts for the Revolving Fund
shall be maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports
prepared on the basis of accepted accounting standards in accordance
with section 306. The Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall prepare and submit to the Administrator an annual
business-type budget for the accounts under the Superintendent's
authority within the Revolving Fund. The budget program shall be as
prescribed by section 9104 of title 31.
``(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for purposes of section
8147 of title 5, the activities of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs are not considered activities that are
required by statute to submit an annual budget pursuant to or as
provided by chapter 91 of title 31.
``Sec. 503. Printing in veterans' hospitals
``(a) Notwithstanding section 501, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may use the equipment described in subsection (b) for printing
and binding that the Secretary finds advisable for the use of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
``(b) The equipment referred to in subsection (a) is the printing
and binding equipment that the various hospitals and homes of the
Department of Veterans Affairs use for occupational therapy.
``Sec. 504. Regulations for procurement of Government publications
production services
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall promulgate and administer regulations
governing the procurement of publications production services through
the Government Publications Office in accordance with chapters 3 and
19.
``(b)(1) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance
with the requirements of section 553 and section 556 of title 5, United
States Code, and the requirements of chapter 7, United States Code.
``(2) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, and notwithstanding section
804(2), all such regulations promulgated shall be treated as a `major
rule'.
``Sec. 505. Time for printing documents or reports which include
illustrations or maps
``A document or report to be illustrated or accompanied by maps may
not be printed by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services until the illustrations or maps
designed for it are ready for publication.
``Sec. 506. Orders for printing and publications production services to
be acted upon within 1 year
``An order for production or procurement of publications services
may not be acted upon by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services after the expiration of 1 year
unless the entire copy and illustrations for the work have been
furnished within that period.
``Sec. 507. Standards for papers used in Government publications
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall establish appropriate standards for printing
and writing papers to be used in all Government publications and may
procure said papers under procedures established pursuant to section
308. Such standards are to detail the Government's minimum needs for
each type and grade of paper in such a way as to allow the use of as
many existing commercially available papers as practical, and to
provide maximum economy to the public. These standards shall be
published periodically and shall be known as the `Government Paper
Specification Standards'.
``Sec. 508. Annual plans for Government publications
``(a) On the date that the head of each agency that intends to
produce or procure the production of Government publications submits an
appropriation request under section 1108 of title 31 for the
preparation of the budget, the head of such agency shall submit a plan
on the creation, management, dissemination, security, and accessibility
of the Government publications of the agency.
``(b) A plan submitted under subsection (a) shall enumerate--
``(1) the number of publications that the agency intends to
produce or procure in the fiscal year, and the quantity of each
publication;
``(2) the intention of the agency to--
``(A) produce the publication itself; or
``(B) procure the publication's production either--
``(i) on its own, pursuant to a delegation
of authority granted under section 501; or
``(ii) through the Government Publications
Office;
``(3) the intended means by which each publication will be
disseminated and made permanently accessible to the public,
including the agency's intentions to comply with chapter 19;
and
``(4) the anticipated cost, including materials and
personnel, required for the production, procurement,
dissemination, security, and permanent accessibility of each
publication.
``(c) Plans required under this section shall be submitted as
follows:
``(1) Agencies of the executive branch and independent
establishments shall submit such plans and reports to the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives, and the
Administrator of the Government Publications Office.
``(2) Agencies of the legislative branch shall submit such
plans and reports to the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, and the Administrator of the Government
Publications Office.
``(3) Agencies of the judicial branch, except the Supreme
Court, shall submit such plans and reports to the Director of
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
and the Administrator of the Government Publications Office.''.
(b) Transition.--
(1) Superintendent of government production and procurement
services.--The individual serving as Administrator pursuant to
subsection (f) of title II of this Act shall perform all duties
and responsibilities of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Service as provided in
chapter 5, title 44, United States Code, as amended by this
Act, until a Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services is appointed by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate under Sec. 502.
(2) Appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the
effective date of this Act, the President shall appoint a
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services in accordance with Sec. 502, title 44,
United States Code, as amended by this Act.
(c) Report and 5-Year Plan.--
(1) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the effective date
of this title, each agency shall submit a report that contains
a plan, to be implemented during the 5-year period following
such effective date, that--
(A) reduces the publications production capacity,
if any, of the agency;
(B) sets dates, during such 5-year period, on which
incremental stages of such reduction will be
implemented; and
(C) provides for publications production performed
by the agency to be performed by non-Federal entities
pursuant to contracts, with appropriate protections to
ensure compliance with requirements of chapter 19 of
title 44, United States Code, regarding dissemination
and permanent accessibility of Government publications.
(2) Compliance.--On October 1 of each of the 5 fiscal years
following the submission date of reports under paragraph (1),
each agency shall submit a report on the compliance of the
agency with the plan submitted under paragraph (1).
(3) Submission.--Reports under this subsection shall be
submitted in accordance with section 508 of title 44, United
States Code (as amended by this section).
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to chapter 5 and inserting the following:
``5. Government Publications Office; Publications Production 501''.
and Procurement Services.
SEC. 302. PRODUCTION OF PUBLICATIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF PUBLICATIONS
SERVICES BY CONGRESS AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 7--PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF PUBLICATIONS SERVICES BY
CONGRESS AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES
``Sec.
``701. `Usual number' of bills, resolutions, documents, and reports;
distribution of the House of
Representatives and the Senate documents
and reports; reports on private bills;
number of copies printed; distribution.
``702. Style, form, and manner of publication.
``703. Printing extra copies.
``704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees.
``705. Duplicate orders to print.
``706. Bills and resolutions: style and form.
``707. Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress.
``708. Public and private laws and treaties.
``709. Copies of Acts furnished to the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement
Services.
``710. Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties.
``711. Journals of the Houses of Congress.
``712. Printing documents for Congress in 2 or more editions.
``713. Printing of documents not provided by law.
``714. Appropriation chargeable for printing of document or report by
order of Congress.
``715. Lapse of authority to print.
``716. Classification and numbering of publications ordered printed by
Congress; designation of publications of
departments; printing of committee
hearings.
``717. Senate and House Manuals.
``718. Congressional Directory.
``719. Congressional Directory: sale.
``720. Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution.
``721. Statement of appropriations: `usual number'.
``722. Printing for committees of Congress.
``723. Committee reports: indexing and binding.
``724. United States Statutes at Large: distribution.
``725. United States Statutes at Large: references in margins.
``726. Distribution of documents to Members of Congress.
``727. Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of terms
of Members of Congress: rights of reelected
and retiring Members to documents.
``728. Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress: franks and
envelopes for Members of Congress.
``729. Stationery and blank books for Congress.
``730. Binding for Members of Congress.
``731. Binding at expense of Members of Congress.
``732. Binding for Senate library and House of Representatives library.
``733. Distribution of Senate and House documents to Members.
``734. Publications stored at Capitol.
``735. Congressional printing and binding appropriations;
authorization.
``Sec. 701. `Usual number' of bills, resolutions, documents, and
reports; distribution of the House of Representatives and
the Senate documents and reports; reports on private
bills; number of copies printed; distribution
``(a) The order by either House of Congress to print a bill,
resolution, document, or report shall signify the `usual number' of
copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive
them. A greater number may not be printed unless ordered by either
House, or as provided by this section. When a special number of a
document or report is ordered printed, the usual number shall also be
printed, unless already ordered.
``(b) At the beginning of each Congress, the `usual number' shall
be jointly established by the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, but in no case shall the usual number be less than 1
and the `usual number' shall be sufficient to provide copies for
binding and distribution as follows:
``(1) Of the House of Representatives bills, resolutions,
documents, and reports, unbound--
``(A) to the Senate document room for distribution
to each Senator, committees, and for other purposes;
``(B) to the office of the Secretary of the Senate;
``(C) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives
for distribution to each Member of the House of
Representatives, committees, and for other purposes;
and
``(D) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law.
``(2) Of the Senate bills, resolutions, documents, and
reports, unbound--
``(A) to the Senate document room for distribution
to each Senator, committees, and for other purposes;
``(B) to the office of the Secretary of the Senate;
``(C) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives
for distribution to each Member of the House of
Representatives, committees, and for other purposes;
and
``(D) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law.
``(c) Of the number printed, the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services shall bind a
sufficient number of copies for distributions as follows:
``(1) Of the House of Representatives bills, resolutions,
documents, and reports, bound--
``(A) to the Senate Library;
``(B) to the library of the House of
Representatives; and
``(C) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law, except those designated
Federal publications access libraries which may prefer
to have documents in unbound form, and have so notified
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs in writing prior to the convening of each
Congress.
``(2) Of the Senate bills, resolutions, documents, and
reports, bound--
``(A) to the Senate library;
``(B) to the library of the House of
Representatives; and
``(C) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law, except those designated
Federal publications access libraries entitled to
documents that may prefer to have documents in unbound
form, and have so notified the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs in writing
prior to the convening of each Congress.
``(d) Of Senate reports on private bills, concurrent or simple
resolutions there shall be printed sufficient numbers of copies for
distribution--
``(1) to the Senate document room for distribution to each
Senator, committees, and for other purposes;
``(2) to the office of the Secretary of the Senate;
``(3) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for
distribution to each Member of the House of Representatives,
committees, and for other purposes; and
``(4) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law.
``(e) Of House of Representatives reports on private bills,
concurrent or simple resolutions there shall be printed sufficient
numbers of copies for distribution--
``(1) to the Senate document room for distribution to each
Senator, committees, and for other purposes;
``(2) to the office of the Secretary of the Senate;
``(3) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives for
distribution to each Member of the House of Representatives,
committees, and for other purposes; and
``(4) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law.
``(f) Until the `usual number' is established for a Congress under
this section, the `usual number' of publications, as established in the
immediately preceding Congress, shall remain in effect.
``(g) This section does not prevent the binding of all Senate and
House of Representatives reports in the reserve volumes bound for and
delivered to the Senate and House of Representatives libraries, nor
abridge the right of the Vice President, Senators, Representatives,
Resident Commissioner, Delegates, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of
the House of Representatives to have bound in half morocco, or a
durable material not more expensive, 1 copy of every public document to
which he may be entitled. Copies of each report on bills for payment or
adjudication of claims against the Government shall be kept on file in
the Senate document room.
``(h) Each private bill of the Senate and each private bill of the
House of Representatives shall be printed when introduced, when
reported, and when passed. Bills and resolutions shall be printed in
bill form, and, unless specially ordered by either House shall be
printed only when referred to a committee, when favorably reported
back, and after their passage by either House.
``(i) Reports of committees shall be produced by requisition on the
order of the originating committee, and the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services shall
provide to the committee a voucher for the cost of the order.
``Sec. 702. Style, form, and manner of publication
``(a)(1) Publications for Single House.--At the beginning of each
Congress, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall
determine the style, form, and manner of printing for any publication
authorized by simple resolution under this title for their respective
Houses.
``(2) Joint Publications.--At the beginning of each Congress, the
style, form, and manner of printing for any publication authorized by
joint or concurrent resolution under this title shall be determined
jointly by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.
``(3) Congressional Record.--At the beginning of each Congress, the
style, form, and manner of printing for the Congressional Record, all
bills and other congressional publications shall be determined by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.
``(b) Continuation of Style, Form, and Manner.--Until the style,
form, and manner of printing publications is established for a Congress
under this section, the style, form, and manner of printing
publications as established in the immediate previous Congress shall
remain in effect.
``Sec. 703. Printing extra copies
``(a) Orders for printing copies in addition to the `usual number'
otherwise provided for by this section shall be by simple, concurrent,
or joint resolution. Either House may print no more than 300 extra
copies by simple resolution.
``(b) If the number exceeds that amount, the printing shall be
ordered by concurrent resolution, unless the resolution is self-
appropriating, when it shall be by joint resolution.
``(c) Resolutions, when presented to either House, shall be
referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, who,
in making their report, shall require of the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services the
estimate of cost. Extra copies may not be printed before the committee
has reported. The Superintendent of Government Publications Production
and Procurement Services shall provide the committees a voucher for the
total cost of the order.
``Sec. 704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees
``When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the Senate, under
the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, under the
direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives may order the reprinting of not more than 300 copies of
a pending bill, resolution, or public law, or a report from a committee
or congressional commission on pending legislation not accompanied by
testimony or exhibits or other appendices.
``Sec. 705. Duplicate orders to print
``If the Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services receives duplicate Senate and House of
Representatives orders for printing, the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services shall consult with the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives to determine the
appropriate order for printing.
``Sec. 706. Bills and resolutions: style and form
``Subject to sections 205 and 206 of title 1, the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives may authorize the printing of
a bill or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the style and form
such committees consider most suitable in the interest of economy and
efficiency, and to so continue until final enactment in both Houses of
Congress. The committees may also curtail the number of copies of bills
or resolutions, including the slip form of a public Act or public
resolution, consistent with section 701.
``Sec. 707. Bills and resolutions: binding sets for Congress
``Four sets of Senate and House of Representatives bills and joint
and concurrent resolutions of each Congress, 2 for the Senate and 2 for
the House of Representatives, shall be bound by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services and kept by
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives for reference.
``Sec. 708. Public and private laws and treaties
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall print in slip form copies of public and
private laws, and treaties, to be paid from funds appropriated for
congressional printing and binding. The Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives shall control the number and distribution
of copies.
``Sec. 709. Copies of Acts furnished to the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services
``The Archivist of the United States shall furnish to the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services a copy of every Act and joint resolution, as soon as possible
after its approval by the President, or after it has become a law under
the Constitution without his approval.
``Sec. 710. Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services on receiving from the Archivist of the United
States a copy of an Act or joint resolution, or from the Secretary of
State, a copy of a treaty, shall print an accurate copy and transmit it
in duplicate to the Archivist of the United States or to the Secretary
of State, as the case may be, for revision. On the return of 1 of the
revised duplicates, the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall make the marked corrections
and print the number specified by section 707.
``Sec. 711. Journals of the Houses of Congress
``There shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate and House of
Representatives such copies as determined by the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives at the beginning of each Congress for
distribution to--
``(1) the Senate document room for distribution to
Senators;
``(2) the Senate library;
``(3) the office of the Secretary of the Senate;
``(4) the Clerk of the House of Representatives for
distribution to Members and for other purposes;
``(5) the library of the House of Representatives; and
``(6) fulfill standing orders and such other requirements
authorized by law.
``Sec. 712. Printing documents for Congress in 2 or more editions
``The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting
jointly, shall establish rules by which public documents and reports
printed for Congress, or either House, may be printed in 2 or more
editions, to meet public requirements.
``Sec. 713. Printing of documents not provided by law
``Either House may order the printing of a document not already
provided for by law, when accompanied by an estimate from the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services as to the probable cost. An agency of the executive or
judicial branch of the Government submitting reports or documents in
response to inquiries from Congress shall include an estimate of the
probable cost of printing the documents in the usual number.
``Sec. 714. Appropriation chargeable for printing of document or report
by order of Congress
``The cost of printing of a document or report printed by order of
Congress, which, under section 1107, cannot be properly charged to
another appropriation or allotment of appropriation already made, upon
order of Congress, shall be charged to the allotment of appropriation
for printing and binding for Congress.
``Sec. 715. Lapse of authority to print
``The authority to print a document or report, or a publication
authorized by law to be printed, for distribution by Congress, shall
lapse within 2 years after the date of the original order, except
orders for subsequent editions, approved by Congress.
``Sec. 716. Classification and numbering of publications ordered
printed by Congress; designation of publications of
departments; printing of committee hearings
``(a) Publications ordered by Congress, or either House, regardless
of form or format, shall be in 4 series that shall include--
``(1) a series of reports made by the committees of the
Senate, to be known as Senate reports;
``(2) a series of reports made by the committees of the
House of Representatives, to be known as House reports;
``(3) a series of documents other than reports of
committees, the orders for printing which originate in the
Senate, to be known as Senate documents; and
``(4) a series of documents other than committee reports,
the orders for printing which originate in the House of
Representatives, to be known as House documents.
``(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives are
jointly responsible for compilation and distribution of the bound
United States congressional serial set which shall be numbered
consecutively from the first Congress onward and shall include the
reports and documents of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
``(c)(1)(A) The publications in each series shall be consecutively
numbered, the numbers in each series continuing in unbroken sequence
throughout the entire term of a Congress, but these provisions do not
apply to the documents published for the use of the Senate in executive
session.
``(B) Such serial sets shall be made available as provided under
chapter 19 for distribution and permanent public access by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs.
``(C) The copies of annual or serial publications originating in or
prepared by an executive department, bureau, office, commission, or
board which are intended for distribution to designated Federal
publications access libraries may not be numbered in the document or
report series of either House of Congress, but shall be designated by
title, bound, and made available as provided under chapter 19, and the
departmental edition, if any, shall be printed concurrently.
``(2) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall supply the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs with sufficient copies of publications
distributed in unbound form, to be bound and distributed to the
designated Federal publications access libraries for their permanent
files. Every publication of sufficient size on any 1 subject shall be
bound separately and receive the title suggested by the subject of the
volume, and the others shall be distributed in unbound form as soon as
printed. The library edition, as well as all other bound sets of
congressional numbered documents and reports, shall be arranged in
volumes and bound in the manner directed by the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives, acting jointly.
``(c) Hearings of committees may be printed as congressional
documents only when specifically ordered by Congress or by either
House.
``Sec. 717. Senate and House Manuals
``Each House may order printed as many copies as that House
desires, of the Senate Manual and of the Rules and Manual of the House
of Representatives.
``Sec. 718. Congressional Directory
``(a) There shall be prepared under the direction of the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives a Congressional Directory,
which shall be printed and distributed as early as practicable during
the first session of each Congress.
``(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
acting jointly, shall control content, the number and distribution of
the Congressional Directory, and shall determine the manner in which 1
copy of the Congressional Directory shall be bound for distribution to
each Member of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
``(c) The directory also shall be maintained in electronic format
and accessible to the public through the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs on-line service. The directory shall be
updated at least quarterly, and the date of revision shall be noted.
``Sec. 719. Congressional Directory: sale
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs may
offer copies of the current Congressional Directory for sale at a price
sufficient to reimburse the costs of printing consistent with section
1708. Revenue derived from the sales shall be deposited to the account
of the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs in the
Revolving Fund of the Government Publications Office to offset the cost
of the Publications sales program.
``Sec. 720. Memorial addresses: preparation; distribution
``(a) After the final adjournment of Congress, there shall be
compiled and bound in cloth in 1 volume the exercises at the general
memorial services held in either House during each session relative to
the death of a Member of Congress or Senator, a former Member of
Congress who served as Speaker, together with all relevant memorial
addresses and eulogies published in the Congressional Record during the
same session of Congress, and any other matter the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate considers relevant to a Senator or any
other matter the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives considers relevant to a Member of Congress or former
Member of Congress who served as Speaker; and there shall be printed--
``(1) 50 copies delivered to the family of the deceased;
and
``(2) 100 copies for the successor in office of a deceased
Senator, Representative, Resident Commissioner or Delegate.
``Sec. 721. Statement of appropriations: `usual number'
``Of the statements of appropriations required to be prepared under
the Act of October 19, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 105), there shall be printed,
after the close of each regular session of Congress, the usual number,
as provided by section 701.
``Sec. 722. Printing for committees of Congress
``A committee of Congress may not procure the printing of more than
300 copies of a hearing, or other document germane thereto, for its use
except by simple, concurrent, or joint resolution, as provided by
section 702.
``Sec. 723. Committee reports: indexing and binding
``The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives shall procure and file for the use of their respective
Houses copies of all reports made by committees, and at the close of
each session of Congress shall have the reports indexed and bound, 1
copy to be deposited in the library of each House and 1 copy in the
committee from which the report emanates.
``Sec. 724. United States Statutes at Large: distribution
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services, after the final adjournment of each regular
session of Congress, shall print and bind copies of the United States
Statutes at Large, to be charged to the congressional allotment for
printing and binding. The Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives shall control the number and distribution of the
copies. Senators and Representatives who request in writing in advance
of its publication shall receive copies of such document.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall print and, after the end of each calendar
year, bind and deliver to the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs a number of copies of the United States Treaties and
Other International Agreements not exceeding the number of copies of
the United States Statutes at Large required for distribution in the
manner provided by chapter 19 of this title.
``Sec. 725. United States Statutes at Large: references in margins
``The Archivist of the United States shall include in the
references in margins of the United States Statutes at Large the number
of the bill or joint resolution (designating S. for Senate bill, H.R.
for House bill, S.J. Res. for Senate joint resolution and H.J. Res. for
House joint resolution, as the case may be) under which each Act was
approved and became a law, the reference in the margins to be placed
within brackets immediately under the date of the approval of the Act
at the beginning of each Act as printed beginning with volume 32 of the
United States Statutes at Large.
``Sec. 726. Distribution of documents to Members of Congress
``Unless provided elsewhere in law, the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives shall determine the quantity and
distribution of documents to the Members, committees, and offices of
their respective Houses.
``Sec. 727. Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of
terms of Members of Congress: rights of reelected and
retiring Members to documents
``(a) The congressional allotment of Government publications, other
than the Congressional Record, printed after the expiration of the term
of office of the Vice President of the United States, or Senator,
Representative, or Resident Commissioner, shall be delivered to his
successor in office, unless such individual takes the documents prior
to the 30th day of June next following the date of expiration.
``(b) Reelected and retiring Members may distribute public
documents to their credit, or the credit of their respective districts
during their successive terms, until their rights to frank documents
ends.
``(c) Unless provided elsewhere in law, the disposition of
Government publications allotted and distributed to Members during
their terms of office shall be governed by rules established by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives for their respective
Houses.
``Sec. 728. Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress:
franks and envelopes for Members of Congress
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services, on order of a Member of Congress and prepayment
of the cost, may reprint documents and reports of committees together
with the evidence papers submitted, or any part ordered printed by
Congress.
``(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall
establish for their respective Houses rules governing the style,
content, quantity, printing, distribution, and method of payment to the
Superintendent of Government Publications Production and Procurement
Services for franks printed on sheets and perforated, or singly, and
envelopes used for mailing public documents. Franks may also contain
information relating to missing children as provided in section 3220 of
title 39.
``(c) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall deposit moneys accruing under this section
to the Government Publications Office Revolving Fund as provided in
section 502.
``Sec. 729. Stationery and blank books for Congress
``(a) Upon requisition of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, respectively, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services shall
furnish stationery, blank books, tables, forms, and other necessary
papers preparatory to congressional legislation, required for the
official use of the Senate and the House of Representatives, or their
committees and officers.
``(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall
establish for their respective Houses rules governing the method of
payment to the Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services for such papers.
``(c) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall deposit moneys accruing under this section
to the Government Publications Office Revolving Fund as provided in
section 502.
``(d) This section does not prevent the purchase by the officers of
the Senate and House of Representatives of stationery and blank books
necessary for sale to Senators and Members in the stationery rooms of
the 2 Houses as provided by law.
``Sec. 730. Binding for Members of Congress
``The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall
establish rules regarding the binding needs of their respective
Members.
``Sec. 731. Binding at expense of Members of Congress
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services may bind at the Government Publications Office
books, maps, charts, or documents published by authority of Congress
upon application of a Member of Congress, and payment of the actual
cost of binding. The Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall deposit moneys accruing under
this section to the Government Publications Office Revolving Fund as
provided in section 502.
``Sec. 732. Binding for Senate library and House of Representatives
library
``The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives may make requisition upon the Superintendent of
Government Publications Production and Procurement Services for the
binding of books for the library of their respective Houses, subject to
the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
respectively.
``Sec. 733. Distribution of Senate and House documents to Members
``The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
respectively, shall determine appropriate mechanisms for the
distribution of congressional documents to the Members of each House.
``Sec. 734. Publications stored at Capitol
``(a) The Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the
Clerk and Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, at the
convening in regular session of each successive Congress, shall cause
an inventory to be made of Government publications stored in and about
the Capitol, other than those in the allotment of Members of Congress,
in the Library of Congress and the Senate and House libraries and
document rooms.
``(b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall
determine the disposition of this inventory, save 4 copies of leather-
bound publications which shall be reserved and carefully stored, to be
used in supplying deficiencies in the Senate and House libraries caused
by wear or loss.
``Sec. 735. Congressional printing and binding appropriation;
authorization
``Such sums are authorized to be appropriated as may be
necessary.''.
(b) Feasibility Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the effective
date of this Act, the General Accounting Office on behalf of
the Administrator of the Government Publications Office shall
submit to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives a report on the feasibility of legislative
branch agencies procuring printing and publications services
directly from nongovernmental sources under a delegation of
authority from the Administrator of the Government Publications
Office, if such agencies certify to the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs and the Superintendent
of Government Publications Production and Procurement Services
full compliance with the requirements of chapters 5 and 19 of
title 44, United States Code.
(2) Contents.--The report submitted under this section
shall include--
(A) an analysis of the impact of allowing
legislative branch agencies to procure directly from
nongovernmental sources, on the procedures and
precedents of each House of Congress and on the
integrity of congressional publications;
(B) a study of the impact on the ability of the
Government Publications Office to continue to function
as a central procurement agency for the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches (exclusive of the
Supreme Court) of Government; and
(C) recommendations for the assurance of
information security, convenience, quality, economy,
and efficiency in the procurement of printing services
for all legislative branch agencies.
(c) Serial Set Feasibility Study.--Not later than 24 months after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs, in consultation with the Federal
Publications Access Library Council, shall prepare and submit to the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives a report with
recommendations on the feasibility of producing, disseminating, and
maintaining permanent public access to the serial sets described under
section 715 as publications created for or transmitted through an
electronic communications system or network.
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table of chapters for
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to chapter 7 and inserting the following:
``7. Production of Publications and Procurement of 701''.
Publications Services by
Congress and Legislative
Agencies.
SEC. 303. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``CHAPTER 9--CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
``Sec.
``901. Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and indexes.
``902. Congressional Record: indexes.
``903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms.
``904. Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations.
``905. Congressional Record: additional insertions.
``906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery.
``907. Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress; mailing
envelopes.
``908. Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or other
documents.
``909. Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current, individual
numbers, and bound sets; postage rate.
``Sec. 901. Congressional Record: arrangement, style, contents, and
indexes
``(a) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
acting jointly, shall control the arrangement and style of the
Congressional Record, and while providing that it shall be
substantially a verbatim report of proceedings, shall take all needed
action for the reduction of its size.
``(b) An index of the Congressional Record shall be published
semimonthly during and at the close of sessions of Congress.
``Sec. 902. Congressional Record: indexes
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services shall prepare the semimonthly and the session
index to the Congressional Record. The Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall direct the form and
manner of its publication and distribution.
``(b) Those persons employed in the Congressional Record Index
Office on the effective date of the Government Publications Reform Act
of 1998 shall be employees of the Government Publications Office
subject to the provisions of this title governing selection,
appointments, employment in the Government Publications Office, and any
regulations thereunder.
``Sec. 903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
``The public proceedings of each House of Congress as reported by
the Official Reporters, shall be published in the Congressional Record,
which shall be issued daily during each session and shall be revised,
printed, and bound in permanent form subject to section 714 of this
title. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date,
which shall be that of the actual day's proceedings reported. The
`usual number' of the Congressional Record may not be printed.
``Sec. 904. Congressional Record: maps; diagrams; illustrations
``Maps, diagrams, or illustrations may not be inserted in the
Congressional Record without the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives, for their respective Houses.
``Sec. 905. Congressional Record: additional insertions
``The Secretary of the Senate, acting under the direction of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Clerk of
the House of Representatives, acting under the direction of the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, shall
cause to be published in the daily Record the legislative program for
the day together with a list of congressional committee meetings and
hearings and the place of meeting and subject matter. Such committees
shall cause a brief resume of congressional activities for the previous
day to be incorporated in the Record, together with an index of its
contents prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate
and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively.
``Sec. 906. Congressional Record: gratuitous copies; delivery
``(a) At the direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, jointly, the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall furnish the Congressional
Record as follows:
``(1) Of the bound edition--
``(A) not more than 1 copy to the Vice President;
``(B) not more than 1 copy to those Senators and
Members of Congress who so request in writing prior to
its publication;
``(C) not more than 1 copy each to the Secretary
and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, if so requested
in writing prior to its publication;
``(D) not more than 1 copy each to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the House Sergeant at
Arms;
``(E) not more than 2 copies each to the libraries
of the Senate and House of Representatives,
respectively;
``(F) a number, to be determined and held by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, acting jointly, for the use by each
House, respectively;
``(G) to fulfill standing orders and such other
requirements authorized by law; and
``(H) the Federal Publications Access Libraries, in
such numbers as the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall determine.
``(2) Of the daily edition--
``(A) in such numbers as shall be determined at the
beginning of each Congress by the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting
jointly--
``(i) to the Vice President;
``(ii) to the Senate document room for
distribution to each Senator, committees, and
for other purposes;
``(iii) to the offices of the Secretary of
the Senate and Senate Sergeant at Arms;
``(iv) to the Clerk of the House of
Representatives for distribution to each Member
of the House of Representatives, committees,
and for other purposes and to the House
Sergeant at Arms; and
``(v) to fulfill standing orders and such
other requirements authorized by law;
``(B) to the Vice President and each Senator and
Representative in Congress (nontransferable) 2 copies
of which 1 shall be delivered at his office, and 1 at
the Capitol; and
``(C) the Federal Publications Access Libraries, in
such numbers as the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall determine.
``(b) In addition to the foregoing, the Congressional Record and
the semimonthly index shall also be furnished in such numbers as shall
be determined at the beginning of each Congress by the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, but in no
case shall the usual number be less than 1 and the usual number shall
be sufficient to provide copies for distribution to--
``(1) the President;
``(2) Committees and Commissions of Congress;
``(3) the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court;
``(4) the Marshall and Clerk of the Supreme Court;
``(5) the United States circuit and district courts and
their respective libraries;
``(6) the Tax Court of the United States and its library;
``(7) the Court of Veterans Appeals and its library;
``(8) the Office of the Congressional Record Index;
``(9) the Chaplain of the Senate;
``(10) the Postmaster of the Senate;
``(11) the Secretaries to the Majority and Minority of the
Senate;
``(12) the Office of the Parliamentarian of the Senate;
``(13) the Office of the Parliamentarian of the House of
Representatives;
``(14) the offices of the Official Reporters of Debate of
the Senate;
``(15) the offices of the Official Reporters of Debate of
the House of Representatives;
``(16) the office of the stenographers to committees of the
House of Representatives;
``(17) the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and
the House of Representatives Press Galleries;
``(18) the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
and the House of Representatives;
``(19) the Architect of the Capitol;
``(20) the libraries of the Senate and the House of
Representatives;
``(21) the library of the Supreme Court;
``(22) the library of the United States Court of Federal
Claims;
``(23) the library of the United States Court of
International Trade;
``(24) the Superintendent of Government Publications and
Procurement Services, for official use;
``(25) the Botanic Garden;
``(26) the Archivist of the United States;
``(27) the library of each Executive department and
independent establishment of the Government of the District of
Columbia (except those designated as Federal publications
access libraries) and the libraries of the municipal government
of the District of Columbia;
``(28) the Smithsonian Institution;
``(29) the Naval Observatory;
``(30) the Governors of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin
Islands;
``(31) former Presidents and former Vice Presidents of the
United States;
``(32) to each former Senator and Representative and
Resident Commissioners, upon written request;
``(33) to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives;
``(34) the Governors of each State;
``(35) each of the separate establishments of the Armed
Services Retirement Homes, the National Homes for Disabled
Veterans, and the State Soldiers Homes;
``(36) the Federal Publications Access Libraries, in such
numbers as the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall determine;
``(37) the Department of State for United States Embassies
and Consular offices;
``(38) foreign legations in Washington, District of
Columbia, whose government extends a like courtesy to embassies
and legations of the United States abroad;
``(39) each accredited newspaper correspondent whose name
appears in the Congressional Directory;
``(40) the Court of Military Appeals and its library;
``(41) the United States Court of Federal Claims and its
library; and
``(42) the United States Customs Court and its library.
``(c) Copies of the daily edition, unless otherwise directed by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, jointly, shall be
supplied and delivered promptly on the day after the actual day's
proceedings as originally published. Each order for the daily Record
shall begin with the current issue, if previous issues of the same
session are not available. The apportionment specified by the
committees jointly for daily copies may not be transferred for the
bound form and an allotment of daily copies not used by a Member during
a session shall lapse when the session ends.
``Sec. 907. Congressional Record: extracts for Members of Congress;
mailing envelopes
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Production and
Procurement Services may print and deliver, upon the order of a Member
of Congress and payment of the cost, extracts from the Congressional
Record. Provision of envelopes for the mailing of such extracts shall
be governed by sections 727 and 728.
``Sec. 908. Congressional Record: payment for printing extracts or
other documents
``If a Member or Resident Commissioner fails to pay the cost of
printing extracts from the Congressional Record or other Government
publications ordered by him to be printed, the Administrator shall
certify the amount due to the Financial Clerk of the Senate or the
Chief Accounting Officer of the House of Representatives, as the case
may be, who shall deduct from the Member's office account the
delinquent amount, and pay the amount so obtained to the Administrator,
to be applied by the Administrator to the satisfaction of the
indebtedness.
``Sec. 909. Congressional Record: subscriptions; sale of current,
individual numbers, and bound sets; postage rate
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
may sell--
``(1) subscriptions to the Congressional Record; and
``(2) current, individual numbers, and bound sets.
``(b) The price of the subscription shall be determined by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs and shall be
sufficient to cover the cost of publishing and distributing the
Congressional Record in accordance with section 1708. Such price shall
be paid in advance and the receipts from any such sale shall be
deposited into the account of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs within the Revolving Fund of the
Government Publications Office.
``(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.''.
SEC. 304. PRODUCTION OF PUBLICATIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF PUBLICATIONS
SERVICES; LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT.
(a) Approval of Printing Certain Documents.--Section 1108 of title
44, United States Code, is amended by striking ``, subject to
regulations by the Joint Committee on Printing,''.
(b) Ordering of Documents for Executive Agency Use.--Section 1110
of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the last
sentence and inserting the following: ``Publications ordered under this
section shall be paid in advance and the receipts from any such sale
shall be deposited into the account of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs within the Revolving Fund of the
Government Publications Office.
(c) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Section 1112 of title 44, United States
Code is repealed.
(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 11 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1112.
(d) Annual Reports: Number of Copies for Congress.--Section 1114 of
title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1114. Annual reports: number of copies for Congress
``At the beginning of each Congress, the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives, respectively, shall establish the number
of annual reports of the departments to Congress to be printed for the
use of each House.''.
(e) Paper and Envelopes.--Section 1121 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``, under direction of the Joint Committee
on Printing,'';
(2) by striking ``sections 509-516 of this title'' and
inserting ``section 507''; and
(3) by striking ``the District of Columbia'' and inserting
``the national capital region''.
(f) References to Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services.--Chapter 11 of title 44, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``Public Printer'' each place it appears
and inserting ``Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services''; and
(2) in section 1108, by striking ``Superintendent of
Documents'' and inserting ``Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services''.
SEC. 305. PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 44, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b) Table of Chapters.--The table of chapters for title 44, United
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 13.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall become effective 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 306. COSTS OF PRODUCING REGULATORY PUBLICATIONS.
Section 1509 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 1509. Cost of publication, etc.
``(a) The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and
distributing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations,
and, except as provided in subsection (b), other expenses incurred by
the Government Publications Office in carrying out the duties placed
upon it by this chapter shall be charged to the Revolving Fund provided
in section 306, Reimbursements for such costs and expenses shall be
made by the Federal agencies and credited, together with all receipts,
as provided in section 306.
``(b) The cost of producing, reproducing, and distributing all
other publications of the Federal Register program, and other expenses
incurred in connection with such publications, shall be paid by the
Archivist of the United States from appropriations authorized by
Congress for purposes of this section.''.
SEC. 307. PUBLICATIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT.
(a) In General.--Section 411 of title 28, United States Code is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 411. Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
``(a) The decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States shall
be published and distributed in a manner and format determined by the
Supreme Court as soon as practicable after rendition, and charged to
the proper appropriation for the judiciary.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall procure such copies of the publications of the Supreme Court in
accordance with chapters 17 and 19 of title 44 and the Government
Publications Reform Act of 1998.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 412 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended--
(A) by striking ``Public Printer'' and inserting
``Superintendent of Government Publications Production
and Procurement Services''; and
(B) by striking ``Superintendent of Documents'' and
inserting ``Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs''.
(2) Section 676(b) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``Public Printer and the Superintendent of
Public Documents'' and inserting ``Administrator of the
Government Publications Office and the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs''.
SEC. 308. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS EXEMPTING STATUTORY PUBLICATIONS
PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Section 3(a)(6) of the Presidential Transition Act of
1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended to read as follows:
``(6) Payment of expenses for necessary printing and
binding.''.
(2) Section 4 of the Act of August 31, 1922 (7 U.S.C. 285)
is amended by striking ``without regard to section 501 of title
44, United States Code,''.
(3) Section 101(f) of the Department of Agriculture Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking ``without
regard to existing laws applicable to public printing''.
(4) Section 3(h) of the International Wheat Agreement Act
of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1642(h)) is amended by striking ``for
printing and binding,'' and inserting ``for printing and
binding, subject to the provisions of title 44, United States
Code,''.
(5) Section 2(a)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
(12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``without regard
to the provisions of section 501 of title 44, United States
Code, whenever the Bank determines that publication in
accordance with the provisions of such section would not be
practicable''.
(6) Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702)
is amended in the second sentence by striking ``, printing, and
binding''.
(7) The Act entitled ``An Act to extend the time for
purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities
for relief purposes and to continue the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation'', approved June 28, 1937 (15 U.S.C.
713c) is amended in the first proviso by striking ``, including
rent, printing and binding,'' and inserting ``(except printing
and binding) including rent''.
(8) Section 201(e)(1) of the Export Administration
Amendments Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 4051(e)(1)) is amended by
striking ``Notwithstanding the provisions of section 501 of
title 44, United States Code, and consistent'' and inserting
``Consistent''.
(9) Section 12 of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (16
U.S.C. 961) is amended by striking clause (c) and redesignating
clauses (d) and (e) as clauses (c) and (d), respectively.
(10) Section 2(b)(2) of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize the construction of a National Fisheries Center and
Aquarium in the District of Columbia and to provide for its
operation'', approved October 9, 1992 (16 U.S.C. 1052(b)(2)) is
amended by striking ``all or any of which may be reproduced by
any printing or other process without regard to existing
regulations,''.
(11) Section 5(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts
and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c)) is amended by
striking the first sentence following clause (10).
(12) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts
and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c)) is amended by
striking the first sentence following clause (10).
(13) Section 2 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Government
of Mexico in the control and eradication of foot-in-mouth
disease and rinderpest'', approved February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C.
114c) is amended by striking ``without regard to section 87 of
the Act of January 12, 1895, or section 11 of the Act of March
1, 1919 (U.S.C. title 44, sec. 111).''.
(14) Section 2(b)(1) of the joint resolution entitled
``Joint Resolution providing for acceptance by the United
States of America of the Constitution of the International
Labor Organization Instrument of Amendment, and further
authorizing an appropriation for payment of the United States
share of the expenses of membership and for expenses of
participation by the United States'', approved June 30, 1948
(22 U.S.C. 272a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``printing and
binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1,
1919 (44 U.S.C. 111), and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes,
as amended''.
(15) Section 2(b) of the joint resolution entitled ``Joint
Resolution providing for membership and participation in the
Caribbean Commission and authorizing an appropriation
therefor'', approved March 4, 1948 (22 U.S.C. 280i(d)) is
amended by striking ``printing and binding without regard to
section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111), and
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended;''.
(16) Section 2(b) of the joint resolution entitled ``Joint
Resolution providing for participation by the Government of the
United States in the Pan American Railway Congress, and
authorizing an appropriation therefor'', approved June 28, 1948
(22 U.S.C. 280k(b)) is amended by striking ``without regard to
section 501 of title 44, United States Code, and section 3709
of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5);''.
(17) Section 8 of the United Nations Participation Act of
1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e) is amended by striking ``without regard
to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1949 (44 U.S.C. 111);''.
(18) Section 6(k) of the joint resolution entitled ``Joint
Resolution providing for membership and participation by the
United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation
therefor'', approved July 30, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 287r(k)) is
amended by striking ``without regard to section 11 of the Act
of March 1, 1919 (U.S.C., title 44, sec. 111), and section 3709
of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C. title 41, sec. 5);''.
(19) Section 3(b)(1) of the joint resolution entitled
``Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation
by the United States in the World Health Organization and
authorizing an appropriation therefor'', approved June 14, 1948
(22 U.S.C. 290b(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``without regard
to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111), and
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended;''.
(20) Section 401(w) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969
(22 U.S.C. 290f(w)) is amended by striking ``without regard to
section 501 of title 44, United States Code''.
(21) Section 801(4) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471(4)) is amended
by striking ``, without regard to section 501 of title 44,
United States Code''.
(22) Section 5 of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Participation Act of 1957 (22 U.S.C. 2024) is amended by
striking ``without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1,
1919 (44 U.S.C. 111);''.
(23) Section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2396(b)) is amended by striking ``without regard to
provisions of any other law''.
(24) Section 15(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C.
2514(a)) is amended by striking ``without regard to provisions
of any other law''.
(25) Section 48 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22
U.S.C. 2588) is amended by striking ``without regard to the
provisions of section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C.
111);''.
(26) Section 5(a)(1) of the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2605(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ``without regard to provisions of any other law,''.
(27) Section 2(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(a)) is amended by striking
``without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44
U.S.C. 111)''.
(28) Section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C. 47;
33 Stat. 861) is amended by striking ``(including, but not
limited to printing, notwithstanding any other law)'' and
inserting ``(including printing)''.
(29) Section 204(d)(3) of the Marine Resources and
Engineering Development Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1123(d)(3)) is
amended by striking ``, without regard to section 501 of title
44, United States Code''.
(30) Section 405(c)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 284(c)(4)) is amended by striking ``without regard to
section 501 of title 44, United States Code''.
(31) Section 11(g) of the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1870(g)) is amended by striking ``, without
regard to the provisions of section 87 of the Act of January
12, 1895 (28 Stat. 622), and section 11 for the Act of March 1,
1919 (40 Stat. 1270; 44 U.S.C., sec. 111)''.
(32) Section 9(k) of the Lower Mississippi Delta
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100-460; 102
Stat. 2246) is amended by striking ``, notwithstanding any
other provision of law''.
(33) Section 11(c) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
Act (45 U.S.C. 361(c)) is amended by striking ``printing and
binding;''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 309. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS.
(a) Printing of Enrolled Bills and Resolutions.--
(1) In general.--Section 107 of title 1, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 107. Printing of enrolled bills and resolutions
``Enrolled bills and resolutions of either House of Congress shall
be printed in accordance with rules established by the respective
Houses of Congress.''.
(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 107 and
inserting the following:
``107. Printing of enrolled bills and resolutions.''.
(b) Code of Laws.--
(1) In general.--Sections 211, 212, and 213 of title 1,
United States Code, are repealed.
(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is
amended by striking the items relating to sections 211, 212,
and 213.
(c) Precedents.--The joint resolution entitled ``A joint resolution
to provide for the printing and distribution of the Precedents of the
House of Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis Deschler'',
approved October 18, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 28b, 28c, 28d, and 28e) is
repealed.
(d) Constitution Annotated.--The first section of the joint
resolution of December 24, 1970 (2 U.S.C. 168; Public Law 91-589; 84
Stat. 1586) is amended to read as follows: ``That (a) The Director of
the Congressional Research Service shall have prepared--
``(1) every 10 years, a hardbound revised edition of the
Constitution of the United States of America--Analysis and
Interpretation (hereafter referred to as the `Constitution
Annotated');
``(2) every 2 years in the interim period between decennial
editions, cumulative supplements to the most recent hardbound
decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which
shall contain cumulative analysis of decisions rendered by the
Supreme Court after the period covered by the last hardbound
decennial revised edition; and
``(3) an electronic version of the Constitution Annotated,
to be updated regularly.
``(b) The edition of the Constitution Annotated first prepared
after the effective date of the Government Publications Reform Act of
1998 shall contain analysis and interpretation of decisions rendered by
the Supreme Court of the United States through the end of its October
2001 term, construing provisions of the Constitution. Subsequent
decennial revised editions will revise and update analysis to cover
constitutional law developments during the then-most-recent 10 terms of
the Supreme Court.''.
(e) Official Territorial Papers.--
(1) In general.--Section 145 of title 4, United States
Code, is repealed.
(2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
(A) Redesignation.--Section 146 of title 4, United
States Code, is amended in the section heading by
striking ``Sec. 146.'' and inserting ``Sec. 145.''.
(B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for
chapter 5 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by
striking the items relating to sections 145 and 146 and
inserting the following:
``145. Authorization of appropriations.''.
TITLE IV--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ACCESS PROGRAMS
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Federal Publications Dissemination
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 402. FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS ACCESS PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 19 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 19--FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS ACCESS PROGRAMS
``Sec.
``1901. Purpose.
``1902. Definition.
``1903. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs.
``1904. Access to Government publications through the Superintendent of
Government Publications; Superintendent
responsibilities and authorities.
``1905. Access to Government publications through the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs:
agency responsibilities and authorities.
``1906. Access to Government publications through the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs:
compliance and enforcement: executive
branch.
``1906a. Access to Government publications through the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs:
compliance and enforcement: legislative
branch.
``1906b. Access to Government publications through the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs:
compliance and enforcement: judicial
branch.
``1907. Permanent Public Access to Government publications.
``1908. Designation of Federal publications access libraries.
``1909. Regional Federal publications access libraries.
``1910. Federal publications access libraries: responsibilities.
``1911. Federal publications access libraries council.
``Sec. 1901. Purpose
``The purposes of this chapter are to--
``(1) broaden, strengthen, and enhance public access to all
Government publications regardless of form or format through
Federal Publications Access Programs; and
``(2) provide permanent public access to and ensure the
authenticity of Government publications regardless of form or
format.
``Sec. 1902. Definition
``In this title--
``(1) the term `agency' means--
``(A) an executive department, government
corporation, government-controlled corporation, or
other establishment in the executive branch of the
Government, including--
``(i) the Executive Office of the
President; and
``(ii) any independent regulatory agency;
and
``(B) an establishment or component of the
legislative branch as determined by the rules of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively,
or judicial branch of the Government;
``(2) the term `Federal publications access library' means
a library designated under section 1908 to participate in the
Federal Publications Access Programs; and
``(3) the term `Government publication'--
``(A) means any information product or other
discrete set of Government information, regardless of
form or format, that--
``(i) is created or compiled--
``(I) by the Government;
``(II) at Government expense in
whole or in part; or
``(III) as required by law; and
``(ii) an agency discloses, disseminates,
or makes available to the public; and
``(B) shall not include information that--
``(i) is required for official use only or
is for strictly internal administrative or
operational purposes having no public interest
or educational value; or
``(ii) is classified for reasons of
national security.
``Sec. 1903. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
``(a)(1) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for a term of 5 years, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs (who may also be referred to as
the `Superintendent of Access Programs').
``(2) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation, and solely
on the basis of professional qualifications to perform the duties and
responsibilities of the office.
``(3) An individual may be appointed to more than 1 term as
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall serve under the direction of the Administrator and shall take
charge of and manage the Federal Publications Access Programs including
but not limited to the Federal publications access library program as
provided in chapter 19, the Federal publications sales program as
provided in chapter 17, and GPO ACCESS, as provided in chapter 41.
``(c)(1) In consultation with the Administrator of the Government
Publications Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs may issue regulations,
consistent with this title, that the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs considers necessary to carry out the
duties and powers of the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs to enhance the dissemination of Government
publications, and to expand and improve the maintenance of permanent
public access to Government publications.
``(2) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with
the requirements of section 553 and section 556 of title 5, United
States Code, and the requirements of chapter 7, United States Code.
``(3) All such regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, and notwithstanding section
804(2), all such regulations promulgated shall be treated as a `major
rule'.
``(d) The annual rate of pay for the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall be a rate equal to the rate payable
for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5314
of title 5.
``(e)(1) There shall be a Deputy Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs, who shall be appointed by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs.
``(2) The Deputy Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall perform--
``(A) all the duties and responsibilities assigned by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs; and
``(B) the duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs in the event of--
``(i) a vacancy in the office of the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs; or
``(ii) incapacity of the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs.
``(3) The Deputy Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to the rate
payable for a position on the Senior Executive Service Schedule under
section 5316 of title 5.
``(f)(1) There shall be established within the Revolving Fund of
the Government Publications Office under section 306, an account, or
accounts, under the authority of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs to be available without fiscal year
limitation for the operation of the Federal Publications Access
Programs, including--
``(A) rental of buildings;
``(B) attendance at meetings;
``(C) employee training;
``(D) purchase, maintenance, and operation of required
equipment, supplies, and contracts; and
``(E) salaries and expenses of program employees.
``(2) The fund shall be reimbursed and the account, or accounts, of
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs shall be
credited--
``(A) for the cost of all services and supplies furnished,
including those furnished by other appropriations of the
Federal Publications Access Programs; and
``(B) with all receipts including sales of Government
publications, waste, condemned and surplus property, with
payments received for losses or damage to property, and with
funds retrieved from agencies for the procurement of or access
to publications not compliant with this title.
``(3)(A) An adequate system of accounts for the fund shall be
maintained on the accrual method, and financial reports prepared on the
basis of accepted accounting standards in accordance with section 306.
``(B)(i) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall prepare and submit to the Administrator an annual
business-type budget for the accounts under his authority within the
fund. This budget program shall be as prescribed by section 9104 of
title 31.
``(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), for the purposes of section 8147
of title 5, the activities of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs are not considered activities which are
required by statute to submit an annual budget pursuant to or as
provided by chapter 91 of title 31.
``(g) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary for the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Publications
Access Programs, exclusive of the Government publications sales program
under chapter 17.
``Sec. 1904. Access to Government publications through the
Superintendent of Government Publications;
Superintendent's responsibilities and authorities
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall use whatever measures are necessary to ensure the timely
dissemination of Government publications to the public and to expand
and improve the maintenance of permanent public access to Government
publications. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Government
publications of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches shall
be made available at no charge to Federal publications access
libraries.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall certify on every contract for the production or procurement of
any Government publications entered into by an agency--
``(1) the number of additional copies required by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs for
its program; or
``(2) the terms and conditions, if any, for accessing
Government publications required by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs for its program.
``(c) For on-line, fee-based services, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs shall negotiate terms and
conditions for access by the Federal publications access programs based
upon the incremental cost of providing access to the Federal
publications access libraries. The Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall procure such access to ensure that
the information needs of the user community are met at no charge to the
Federal publications access libraries.
``(d)(1) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall provide selection, cataloging, classification, locator,
and indexing services for all Government publications from the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Services under this
paragraph may be provided by the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs through cooperative agreements with
Government agencies, or Federal publications access libraries.
``(2) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall create, maintain, and make available a comprehensive and timely
catalog of Government publications, regardless of form or format, that
shall be accessible to the Federal publications access libraries and
the public.
``(3) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall create, maintain, and make available a locator, in accordance
with chapter 41, of all Government publications. Such locator service
shall identify, describe, and link users to Government publications
available through Government electronic communications systems or
accessible through public telecommunications networks.
``(4) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and other agencies
and offices to coordinate implementation of the requirements of section
3511, with locator services required under this section.
``(5) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall create, maintain, and make available a current, categorized list
of Government publications, including annotations of contents and item
identification numbers, to facilitate the selection of, or access to
those publications required by Federal publications access libraries.
``(6) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall prepare and produce a consolidated index of congressional
documents and shall index single volumes of documents as the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives direct.
``(e)(1) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with section
1903(c), as are necessary to implement the requirements of this
chapter. Such regulations shall include procedures for implementing
this section and sections 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1911 to require the
availability of Government publications, regardless of form or format,
to the public through the programs of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs. Such regulations shall reflect the needs
of the user community and provide access to Government publications at
no charge to the Federal publications access libraries.
``(2) Government publications made available by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs may be chosen or accessed by
Federal publications access libraries according to regulations and
guidelines issued by the Superintendent of Government Publication
Access Programs for such purposes.
``(3) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall coordinate with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, the Office of Management and Budget, and the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts for the development
and establishment of uniform policies and procedures relating to the
dissemination of Government publications, including policies and
procedures for ensuring authenticity, and of guidelines to facilitate
permanent public access to and use of Government publications.
``(f) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall develop procedures, guidelines, and regulations under this
section consistent with sections 1903(c) and 1907(f).
``(g) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall, after informing the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, promulgate, through notice and comment, appropriate
regulations governing the qualifications, process for selection,
periodic inspection, collection maintenance, termination, and total
number of Federal publications access libraries in accordance with
sections 1903(c) and 1908.
``Sec. 1905. Access to Government publications through the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs: agency responsibilities and authorities
``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each agency head
of the executive branch, the Administrative Office of the Courts, on
behalf of the judicial branch, and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives, respectively, for each House of Congress,
shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that all Government
publications produced or procured for production by the agency are made
available to the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs, as required by this chapter, for dissemination to the public
through the Federal Publications Access Programs, at no charge to
Federal publications access libraries.
``(b)(1) Each agency shall immediately notify the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs of the intent of the agency to
produce or procure, substantially modify, or terminate the production
of a Government publication, regardless of form or format, so that the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs may have
access to Government publications created for or transmitted through
electronic communications systems or networks, or to order Government
publications at the incremental rate for the Federal publications
access program.
``(2) Agencies intending to eliminate printed copies of Government
publications and provide only electronic access to those publications,
shall notify the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs at least 60 days in advance.
``(3) Any contract for the printing or procurement of any
Government publication entered into by an agency shall contain a
provision that--
``(A) certifies that the head of the agency, in the
executive branch, or the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts, in the judicial branch, has given
proper notification as prescribed in this section to the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
before the awarding of the contract; and
``(B) includes--
``(i) the number of additional copies required by
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs for its program; or
``(ii) any terms and conditions for accessing
Government publications required by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs for its
program.
``(4) Such certification shall require that the procuring official
shall ensure before production that each contract for the procurement
of Government publications contains verification of the notice to the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs required by
this title.
``(c) Upon request of the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs, agencies shall promptly provide the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs with copies of, or access to,
electronic files of any Government publication to which this section
applies for purposes of--
``(1) producing appropriate format material for the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs; and
``(2) providing permanent public access, in accordance with
section 1907, to Government publications created for or
transmitted through an electronic communications system or
network under this section.
``(d)(1) No agency may delegate or contract for the creation,
storage, reproduction, or dissemination of a Government publication,
regardless of form or format, without providing in advance for the full
content of that information to be made available to the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs, including the Federal
publications access library program.
``(2) Each agency shall assure and provide permanent public access
to Government publications created for or transmitted through an
electronic communications system or network until a system for
permanent public access to Government publications created for or
transmitted through an electronic communications system or network is
established by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs, in accordance with section 1907.
``(e) Each agency shall provide the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs with a copy of, or access to any
Government publication, created on or after the date of enactment of
the Government Publications Reform Act of 1998, regardless of form or
format, to enable the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs to perform mandated cataloging, locator, and indexing
services, as provided by this section.
``(f) When an agency makes a publication available only as a
Government database accessible on an electronic communications system
or network, the agency shall furnish information about and access to
that publication to the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs immediately for purposes of providing locator services
only.
``Sec. 1906. Access to Government publications through the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs: compliance and enforcement: executive branch
``(a)(1) All Government publications, regardless of form or format,
of the executive branch, as provided by this title, shall be made
available at no charge to the Federal publications access libraries.
The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs shall use
any measures the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs considers necessary for the economical and practical
implementation of this chapter to ensure the timely dissemination of
Government publications to the public and to expand and improve the
maintenance of permanent public access to Government publications, as
provided by this chapter.
``(2)(A) Upon a determination by the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs that an agency has not complied with the
requirements of this chapter, the Superintendent shall notify the
Administrator.
``(B) If the Superintendent determines that a Government
publication of an agency has not been made available to the Federal
publications access libraries as provided by this chapter, the
Superintendent shall--
``(i) use whatever measures are necessary to bring the
agency into compliance and secure access to the Government
publication; and
``(ii) certify to the Administrator the costs associated
with securing such access.
``(3) Upon the issuance of a final determination by the
Superintendent that an agency has not complied with the provisions of
this chapter, the Administrator shall certify to the agency and the
Department of the Treasury the costs determined in accordance with
subsection (a)(2). The Superintendent shall prepare a voucher for
reimbursement of the certified costs.
``(4) The Department of the Treasury shall cause to be established
a designated budget account for each agency that intends to produce,
procure, or enter into a contract to produce or procure a Government
publication from which, upon certification of noncompliance and
associated costs in accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall transfer funds, upon presentation of a voucher from
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs, to the
Revolving Fund of the Government Publications Office, for reimbursement
to the programs of the Superintendent.
``(5) A final determination of noncompliance by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs under this subsection shall
be deemed to be a determination of noncompliance with section 501.
``(b)(1) Each agency of the executive branch shall use the
Government Publications Office as the agent of such agency for the
production or the procurement of production of Government publications
in accordance with section 501. No agency may produce, procure, or
enter into a contract for the production or procurement of any
Government publication, regardless of form or format, unless such
agency is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
``(2) Upon a determination by the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services that an agency has not
complied with the requirements of section 501, the Superintendent shall
notify the Administrator. The Administrator shall certify to the agency
and the Office of Management and Budget that the agency is not in
compliance and shall suspend any delegation of authority provided under
section 501(b).
``(3) Upon a final determination of noncompliance, the
Administrator shall withhold any delegation of authority to the agency
for a period of 24 months and shall immediately revoke any delegation
of authority which has been granted to the agency under section 501(b).
``(4) If an agency which has been determined to be in noncompliance
with section 501 is also determined to be in noncompliance with the
requirements of this chapter under subsection (a), the Administrator
shall withhold any delegation of authority for an additional period of
36 months.
``(c) Determinations made under this section may be reviewed by the
Administrator. A determination of the Superintendent of Publications
Production and Procurement Services and a determination by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs shall become
final unless overturned or revised by the Administrator within 20 days
after the determination.
``(d) A final determination under this section shall not be subject
to judicial review.
``Sec. 1906a. Access to Government publications through the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs: compliance and enforcement: legislative branch
``(a)(1) All Government publications, regardless of form or format,
of the legislative branch shall be made available at no cost to the
Federal publications access libraries.
``(2) In the case of Senate publications, the Secretary of the
Senate, under the direction of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, and in the case of House publications,
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, under the direction of the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, shall use
whatever measures are necessary to ensure the timely dissemination of
Government publications of the respective Houses to the public and to
expand and improve the maintenance of permanent public access to
Government publications under this chapter.
``(3) In the case of congressional publications, the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall use
whatever measures are necessary to ensure the timely dissemination of
Government publications of Congress and to expand and improve the
maintenance of permanent public access to Government publications of
Congress under this chapter.
``(b)(1) If the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
determines that this section has not been complied with, the Committee
on Rules and Administration shall direct the Secretary of the Senate to
bring the Senate into compliance.
``(2) Upon approval by the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate of a voucher submitted by the Secretary of the Senate, the
contingent fund of the Senate shall be charged for the costs incurred
by the Secretary of the Senate to bring the Senate into compliance
under this subsection.
``(c)(1) If the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives determines that this section has not been complied
with, the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives
shall direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to bring the
House of Representatives into compliance.
``(2) Upon appropriate authorization, the costs incurred by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be charged to the
appropriate account.
``(d)(1) If the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,
acting jointly, determine that the provisions of this section regarding
congressional publications have not been complied with, the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall
authorize the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
to take specific action to bring Congress into compliance with this
section.
``(2) Upon approval by the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives, acting jointly, of a voucher submitted by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs, the
Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation shall be charged for
the costs incurred by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs, as authorized by this section.
``Sec. 1906b. Access to Government publications through the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs: compliance and enforcement: judicial branch
``(a)(1) All Government publications, regardless of form or format,
of the judicial branch, including our court opinions, shall be made
available at no charge to the Federal publications access libraries.
``(2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts, shall use whatever measures are necessary to ensure the
timely dissemination of Government publications of judicial branch
agencies and the courts to the public and to expand and improve the
maintenance of permanent public access to Government publications of
judicial branch agencies and the courts under this chapter.
``(b) In the event of noncompliance with the requirements of this
title, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, in consultation with the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs, shall establish a means to bring the
judicial branch into compliance with this chapter.
``Sec. 1907. Permanent Public Access to Government publications
``(a) In this section, the term `permanent public access' means
that a Government publication within the scope of the Federal
publications access program shall--
``(1) remain available for current, continuous, and future
public access; and
``(2) be made available at no fee to the public.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall establish a system of permanent public access to Government
publications, for publications other than those publications identified
in subsection (c), in accordance with requirements of section 1909(c).
``(c) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall establish a system of permanent public access to Government
publications created for or transmitted through an electronic
communications system or network.
``(d)(1) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs shall establish a committee to make recommendations on the
components of a distributive system for permanent public access and the
strategy for achieving such system and access.
``(2) The committee established under paragraph (1) shall include
representatives of--
``(A) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate;
``(B) the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives;
``(C) the National Archives and Records Administration;
``(D) the Office of Management and Budget;
``(E) the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts;
``(F) the Library of Congress and other national libraries;
``(G) regional and other Federal publications access
libraries;
``(H) the Federal publications access library council;
``(I) the information, computer software, and printing
industries;
``(J) the AFL-CIO; and
``(K) other entities as appropriate.
``(e) The Committee established under subsection (c) shall--
``(1) not later than 24 months after the effective date of
the Government Publications Reform Act of 1998, provide
recommendations to the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs for necessary statutory and
regulatory changes to implement a system to provide permanent
public access to Government publications created for or
transmitted through an electronic communications system or
network;
``(2) periodically review developments in public access to
Government publications created for or transmitted through an
electronic communications system or network, and make
recommendations for further action by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs and the Congress as
necessary;
``(3) propose regulations to the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs to be promulgated under
section 1904 by the Superintendent as appropriate, necessary to
implement permanent public access to Government publications;
``(4) identify criteria for Government publications created
for or transmitted through an electronic communications system
or network that warrant permanent accessibility; and
``(5) establish certifying criteria to accompany Government
publications created for or transmitted through an electronic
communications system or network to ensure that such
publications are official versions.
``(f) The system of permanent public access to Government
publications created for or transmitted through an electronic
communications system or network established under this section shall
include a distributive system that provides for adequate redundancy and
requires official and contractual agreements among participating
entities. The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall retain final responsibility for permanent public access to
Government publications created for or transmitted through an
electronic communications system or network and for ensuring that the
system is operated in accordance with this section.
``(g)(1) Until the system of permanent public access under this
section is established, each agency shall provide permanent public
access to the Government publications it creates for or transmits
through an electronic communications system or network.
``(2) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall be responsible for developing, in consultation with Congress, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts, procedures and guidelines for permanent public
access to Government publications created for or transmitted through an
electronic communications system or network for purposes of paragraph
(1).
``(3) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall offer to agencies, on a cost-recovery basis, services for
providing permanent public access to the Government publications
created for or transmitted through an electronic communications system
or network.
``(h) Until such time as the bound permanent Congressional Record
and the bound United States Congressional serial set are created for or
transmitted through an electronic communications system or network,
such Record and set shall remain available in a bound, printed format
for those Federal publications access libraries which have chosen to
receive such Record and set.
``Sec. 1908. Designation of Federal publications access libraries
``(a) Subject to subsection (e), Federal publications access
libraries shall be designated by certain elected officials as follows:
``(1) Each Senator may designate up to 2 libraries within
the State represented.
``(2) Each Representative may designate up to 2 libraries
within the district represented.
``(3) The Resident Commissioner may designate up to 2
libraries within Puerto Rico.
``(4) The Mayor of the District of Columbia may designate
up to 2 Federal publications access libraries in the District
of Columbia.
``(5) The Governor of Guam, the Governor of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands, and the Governor
of American Samoa may each designate 1 Federal publications
access library in each area represented.
``(6) The Governor of the Virgin Islands may designate 1
Federal publications access library on the Island of Saint
Thomas and 1 on the Island of Saint Croix.
``(b) Upon request of the institution, the following shall be
designated by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs as Federal publications access libraries:
``(1) Land grant colleges.
``(2) State libraries.
``(3) The library of the highest State appellate court in
each State.
``(4) The library of any law school accredited by a
nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or
accredited by the highest appellate court of the State in which
the law school is located.
``(5) The libraries of the executive departments, the
United States Military Academy, the United States Naval
Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States
Coast Guard Academy, and the United States Merchant Marine
Academy.
``(c)(1) A Federal publications access library within each
independent agency may be designated by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs upon certification of need by
the head of the agency to the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs.
``(2) Additional Federal publications access libraries within
executive departments and independent agencies may be designated by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs upon
certification of justifiable need by the head of the agency.
``(d) Before any additional or replacement Federal publications
access library is designated, the head of the library shall furnish the
appointing authority justification of the necessity for such
designation. The justification shall be approved by the head of the
library authority of the State, the District of Columbia, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, within which the proposed Federal
publications access library is to be located, or signed by the head of
each existing Federal publications access library within the
congressional district, the State, the District of Columbia, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
``(e) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
may designate as a Federal publications access library, upon
recommendation of a Senator or Representative representing the area,
any library serving an underserved area.
``(f) Notwithstanding the limitations on numbers of Federal
publications access libraries that may be designated under this
section, each library that is designated as a Federal Depository
Library as of the effective date of the Government Publications Reform
Act of 1998 shall be a Federal publications access library as of that
date.
``(g) A library may be designated under this section as a Federal
publications access library only if it is able properly to maintain and
provide public access to Government publications, regardless of form or
format.
``Sec. 1909. Regional Federal publications access libraries
``(a)(1) Not more than 2 Federal publications access libraries,
including any group of Federal publications access libraries with a
cooperative agreement, in each State or service area and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia--
``(A) may be designated as regional Federal publications
access libraries; and
``(B) shall receive from the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs copies of or access to all new and
revised Government publications authorized for dissemination to
Federal publications access libraries.
``(2) A cooperative group of libraries that includes libraries in
more than 1 State may be designated under this section.
``(b)(1) Designation of regional Federal publications access
libraries may be made by a Senator or the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico or the Mayor of the District of Columbia with the areas
represented by them, after consultation with the head of the library
authority of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the
District of Columbia, as the case may be, who shall first ascertain
from the head of the library, or cooperative group of libraries, to be
so designated that the library will fulfill the requirements of a
regional Federal publications access library.
``(2) The agreement to function as a regional Federal public access
information library shall be transmitted to the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs by the Senator or the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico or the Mayor of the District of Columbia
when the designation is made.
``(c)(1) Regional Federal publications access libraries shall--
``(A) permanently maintain for public use at least 1 copy
of all Government publications not created for or transmitted
through an electronic communications system or network, except
those authorized to be discarded by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs; or
``(B) coordinate with other Federal publications access
libraries in the applicable service area to ensure that such
service is provided by a Federal publications access library in
the area.
``(2) Within the region served, a regional Federal publications
access library shall provide or coordinate the provision of all
program-related activities in the service area, including interlibrary
loans and reference services.
``Sec. 1910. Federal publications access libraries: responsibilities
``(a) Federal publications access libraries shall make Government
publications received or accessed through the Federal publications
access program available for the use of the public at no fee.
``(b) All Government publications not created for or transmitted
through an electronic communications system or network received by
Federal publications access libraries remain the property of the United
States Government. Federal publications access libraries may dispose of
Government publications only as authorized by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs.
``(c) Federal publications access libraries shall operate in accord
with regulations promulgated under section 1904.
``Sec. 1911. Federal publications access libraries council
``(a) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall establish a permanent Federal Publications Access Library Council
(in this section referred to as the `Council').
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall--
``(1) determine the composition of the Council and the
duration of terms of the members; and
``(2) publish the membership of the Council annually in the
Federal Register.
``(c) The Council's members shall be representative of the various
classes of libraries which comprise the Federal publications access
library program and others.
``(d) Appointment to the Council shall be made without regard to
political affiliation.
``(e) The Council shall advise the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs on--
``(1) appropriate items and preferred formats for inclusion
in the program under this chapter;
``(2) Government publications that--
``(A) are not included in the program; and
``(B) the Council recommends for inclusion in the
program; and
``(3) such other policy matters as the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs may request.
``(f) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
may establish other advisory committees consisting of representatives
of Federal publications access libraries, agencies, and users of
Government publications. Such advisory committees shall be established
as the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
determines appropriate.
``(g)(1) All meetings of the Council and those of any other
advisory committee established by the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall be open to the public, except when
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
determines that the meeting or any portion of the meeting shall be
closed to the public consistent with the provisions of section 552(b)
of title 5, and only after a \2/3\ vote of the Council.
``(2) All meetings of the Council and those of any other advisory
committee established by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs shall be preceded by timely public notice in the
Federal Register of the time, place, and subject of the meeting.
``(3) Minutes of each meeting shall be kept and shall contain a
record of the people present and a description of the discussion that
occurred. The minutes and records of all such meetings and other
documents that were made available to or prepared for the Council or
any other advisory council established by the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs shall be made
publicly accessible unless the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs determines that a record or any portion of
such record, shall not be publicly disclosed, consistent with the
provisions of section 552(b) of title 5, and only after a \2/3\ vote of
the Council.''.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 30 months after the
effective date of this Act, the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall submit a report to the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives on--
(1) the status of the Federal publications access program
established under chapter 19 of title 44, United States Code;
(2) the expected developments in the program, including
recommendations for necessary statutory and subsequent
regulatory changes to implement a system to provide continuous
and permanent access to Government publications created for or
transmitted through an electronic communications system or
network; and
(3) specific recommendations for legislative proposals, as
appropriate.
(e) Transfer.--All duties, authorities, responsibilities, and
functions of the Superintendent of Documents of the Government Printing
Office on the day before the effective date of this title shall be
performed by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs on and after such date.
(f) References.--References in any other Federal law, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of
or relating to--
(1) the Superintendent of Documents shall be deemed to
refer to the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs; and
(2) the Office of the Superintendent of Documents shall be
deemed to refer to the Office of the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs.
(g) Transition.--
(1) Incumbent.--
In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
individual serving as the Superintendent of Documents
of the Government Printing Office on the effective date
of this title may serve as Acting Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs of the
Government Publications Office until the President
appoints a Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs under paragraph (2).
(2) Appointment.--Not later than 180 days after the
effective date of this title, the President shall appoint a
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs of
the Government Publications Office in accordance with section
1903 of title 44, United States Code (as amended by this Act).
(3) Assets and property.--Assets and real property under
the control of, in use by, or assigned to the Superintendent of
Documents by the Public Printer on the day before the effective
date of this Act shall be under the control of the Acting
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs on
the effective date of this Act for the use of the Acting
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
thereafter for purposes of implementing this Act.
(4) Personnel.--Personnel under the supervision of or
assigned to the Superintendent of Documents by the Public
Printer on the day before the effective date of this Act shall
be under the supervision or assigned to the Acting
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs on
the effective date of this Act for purposes of implementing
this Act.
(h) Continuation of Federal Depository Libraries as Federal
Publications Access Libraries.--The regulations relating to Federal
publications access libraries promulgated under section 1904(e) of
title 44, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this
section) shall incorporate all relevant provisions of regulations
relating to Federal depository libraries under sections 1905, 1906,
1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, and 1916 of title 44, United States Code
(as in effect before the effective date of this Act).
(i) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to chapter 19 and inserting the following:
``19. Federal Publications Access Programs.................. 1901''.
SEC. 403. DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BY
SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ACCESS
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``CHAPTER 17--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
``Sec.
``1701. Publications for public distribution to be distributed by the
Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs; mailing lists.
``1702. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs; sale
of Government publications.
``1703. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs:
assistants, blanks, printing, and binding.
``1704. Payment of costs.
``1705. Additional copies for sale to the public.
``1706. Production and sale of extra copies of Government publications.
``1707. Reproducing Government publications required for sale.
``1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of receipts;
resale by dealers; sales agents.
``1709. Blank forms: printing and sale to public.
``1710. Publications for use of the Superintendent of Publications
Access Programs.
``1711. Publications for use of National Archives and Records
Administration.
``1712. Publications for the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of
the House of Representatives.
``1713. Government publications for the Library of Congress.
``1714. Exchange of Government publications by heads of Federal
agencies.
``Sec. 1701. Publications for public distribution to be distributed by
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs; mailing lists
``(a) Money appropriated by any Act may not be used for services in
an executive department or other Government establishment at the
District of Columbia, in the work of addressing, wrapping, mailing, or
otherwise dispatching a publication for public distribution, except
maps, weather reports, and weather cards issued by them or for the
purchase of material or supplies to be used in this work. The
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs shall perform
this work at the Government Publications Office. The head of an
executive department, independent office, and establishment of the
Government at the District of Columbia, shall furnish from time to time
to the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
mailing lists, in convenient form, and changes in them, or penalty mail
slips, for use in the public distribution of publications issued by the
department or establishment. The Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs may furnish copies of a publication only
in accordance with law or the instruction of the head of the department
or establishment issuing the publication.
``(b) This section does not apply to orders, instructions,
directions, notices, or circulars of information printed for and issued
by an executive department or other Government establishment or to the
distribution of public publications by Senators or Members of the House
of Representatives or to the Senate Service Department, House of
Representatives Publications Distribution Service, and document rooms
of the Senate or House of Representatives.
``Sec. 1702. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs;
sale of Government publications
``(a)(1) If an officer of the Government having in his charge
Government publications for sale desires to be relieved of the
publications, the officer may--
``(A) turn the publications over to the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs, who shall receive and
sell them under this section; or
``(B) dispose of such publications under section 306 or
314.
``(2) Moneys received from the sale of such Government publications
shall be paid to the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs, and placed in the Revolving Fund of the Government
Publications Office and credited to the account of the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall have general supervision of a Government publications sales
program which shall provide Government publications to the public for
purchase.
``(c) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
shall report monthly to the Administrator the number of publications
received by the Superintendent and the disposition made of them.
``Sec. 1703. Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs:
assistants, blanks, printing, and binding
``(a) The Administrator shall provide convenient office space,
storage, and distributing rooms for the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs. The Superintendent of Government
Production and Procurement Services, upon requisition by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs, shall do the
printing and binding required by the office in accordance with section
1107.
``Sec. 1704. Payment of costs
``(a) Employees in the Office of the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs may be paid for night, Sunday, holiday,
and overtime work at rates not in excess of the rates of additional pay
for this work allowed other employees of the Government Publications
Office under section 303.
``(b) The costs of printing and related services incurred by the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs under this
chapter for work performed by the Superintendent of Government
Production and Procurement Services shall be paid by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs from accounts under the
Superintendent's authority within the Revolving Fund of the Government
Publications Office.
``(c) The Administrator shall transfer funds from the account of
the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs to the
account of the Superintendent of Government Production and Procurement
Services, upon a voucher prepared by the Superintendent of Government
Production and Procurement Services and approved by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs.
``Sec. 1705. Additional copies for sale to the public
``Upon requisition by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs, the Superintendent of Government Production and
Procurement Services shall produce additional copies of a Government
publication, not confidential in character, required for sale to the
public, as determined by the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs. The cost of such production shall be determined in
accordance with section 1107. Such production shall not interfere with
the prompt execution of publications production for the executive,
legislative, or judicial branches of Government.
``Sec. 1706. Production and sale of extra copies of Government
publications
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs may
furnish to private nongovernmental applicants giving notice before a
publication is produced, such copies of the requested Government
publication as the applicant requests. The applicant shall pay in
advance the price of the requested Government publication as determined
by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs. The
production of such copies for private nongovernmental parties may not
interfere with the production for the Government.
``Sec. 1707. Reproducing Government publications required for sale
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs may
order reproduced, from time to time, Government publications required
for sale, subject to the approval of the head of the department or
agency in which the Government publication originated. The
Superintendent of Government Production and Procurement Services shall
be reimbursed by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access
Programs for the cost of reproduction from the moneys received from the
sale of Government publications. Such receipts shall be deposited in
the Revolving Fund of the Government Publications Office to the credit
of the Superintendent of Government Production and Procurement
Services.
``Sec. 1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of
receipts; resale by dealers; sales agents
``(a) To the greatest extent feasible, the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs shall operate the sales program
of Government publications on a self-sustaining basis. Sales prices for
Government publications sold by the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs shall be established by the Superintendent
of Government Publications Access Programs to cover the cost of
procurement or production, dissemination, and other appropriate costs,
including the offering of sales discounts and any costs associated with
the sales program.
``(b) The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
may prescribe terms and conditions under which the Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs authorizes the resale of
Government publications by book dealers. The Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs may designate any Government
officer or any person who is not a Federal employee as his agent for
the sale of Government publications under terms and conditions agreed
upon by the Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs
and the head of the respective agency of the Government.
``Sec. 1709. Blank forms: printing and sale to public
``The Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs may
have produced for sale to the public, upon prepayment, additional
copies of approved Government blank forms.
``Sec. 1710. Publications for use of the Superintendent of Publications
Access Programs
``The Superintendent of Publications Access Programs may retain out
of all publications, bills, and resolutions printed the number of
copies absolutely needful for the official use of the Government
Publications Office, not exceeding 5 of each.
``Sec. 1711. Publications for use of National Archives and Records
Administration
``(a) The National Archives and Records Administration may purchase
from the Government Publications Office such Government publications as
the Archivist of the United States determines necessary for use by the
Archivist, including use by the Presidential Library established for
the President during whose term the publications were issued.
``(b) Such purchases shall be made--
``(1) in accordance with section 1107; and
``(2) from funds appropriated to the National Archives and
Records Administration for such purpose.
``Sec. 1712. Publications for the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives
``(a) When printing not bearing a congressional number, except
confidential matters, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public
character, is done for an agency of Government, or not of a
confidential character, is done for use of congressional committees, 2
copies shall be sent by the Government Publications Office to the
Senate and the House of Representatives libraries, respectively.
``(b) Such purchases shall be made--
``(1) in accordance with section 1107; and
``(2) from funds appropriated for congressional printing
and binding under Sec. 735, title 44, United States Code, as
amended by this Act.
``Sec. 1713. Government publications for the Library of Congress
``(a) The Library of Congress shall purchase from the
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs such
Government publications as the Librarian of Congress determines
necessary for service to Congress, including the Congressional Research
Service, maintenance of the library's collection, and to fully carry
into effect the convention concluded at Brussels on March 15, 1886, and
proclaimed by the President of the United States on January 15, 1889,
authorizing the Librarian of Congress to administer an international
exchange program by providing Government publications, including daily
copies of the Congressional Record, for distribution to foreign
governments which agree, as indicated by the Librarian of Congress, to
send to the United States similar publications of their governments for
delivery to the Library of Congress.
``(b) Such purchases shall be made--
``(1) in accordance with section 1107; and
``(2) from funds appropriated to the Library of Congress
for such purposes.
``Sec. 1714. Exchange of Government publications by heads of agencies
``The head of an agency may exchange surplus Government
publications for other Government publications required by the agency,
if it is to the advantage of the public service.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to chapter 17 and insert the following:
``17. Distribution and Sale of Government Publications...... 1701''.
SEC. 404. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ACCESS
PROGRAMS.
(a) Chapter 11.--Section 1108 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``Superintendent of Documents'' and inserting
``Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs''.
(b) Chapter 41.--
(1) Section 4101 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended--
(A) by striking ``Superintendent of Documents''
each place it appears and inserting ``Superintendent of
Government Publications Access Programs'';
(B) by striking ``, under the direction of the
Public Printer; and'';
(C) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ``, for the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of Government''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(d) Locator.--The electronic directory, or locator, authorized
under section 3511 shall not replace, but shall be established in
addition to, the locator established by this section. The
Superintendent of Government Publications Access Programs shall be the
sole administrator of the Government locator established under this
section and shall coordinate and integrate the services of the locator
established under section 3511.''.
(2) Section 4102 of title 44, United States Code, repealed.
(3) The table of sections for chapter 41, United States
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 4102.
TITLE V--ADMINISTRATIVE AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of
employment in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act,
whether provided by statute, regulation, or agreement between employees
and the Public Printer, shall continue to apply to officers and
employees of the Government Printing Office until modified or
terminated in accordance with law, including the provisions of this
Act.
SEC. 502. PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.
The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings,
including notices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any
license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending before
the Government Printing Office at the time this Act takes effect, with
respect to functions transferred by this Act but such proceedings and
applications shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such
proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be
made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, and
orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until
modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized
official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance
or modification of any such proceeding under the same terms and
conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could have been
discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted.
SEC. 503. SUITS NOT AFFECTED.
The provisions of this Act shall not affect suits commenced before
the effective date of this Act, and in all such suits, proceedings
shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner
and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted.
SEC. 504. NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.
No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the
Government Printing Office, or by or against any individual in the
official capacity of such individual as an officer of the Government
Printing Office, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 505. SEPARABILITY.
If a provision of this Act or its application to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder of this Act nor the
application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall be
affected.
SEC. 506. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON
PRINTING.
(1) Section 208 of title 1, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in the section heading by striking all after
``agencies''; and
(B) by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and
inserting ``Administrator of the Government Publications
Office, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives''.
(2) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 1, United States
Code, is amended in the item relating to section 208 by striking all
after ``agencies'' and inserting a period.
(3) Section 3 of the joint resolution of December 24, 1970 (2
U.S.C. 168b) is amended by striking ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and
inserting ``Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives''.
(4) Section 2(b)(1) of Public Law 94-386 (2 U.S.C. 285b note;
District of Columbia Code, section 49-102) is amended by striking
``Public Printer'' and ``Public Printer (in consultation with the Joint
Committee on Printing)'' and inserting ``Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services (in consultation with
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives)''.
(5) Section 312 of the Federal Water Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825k) is
amended by striking all beginning with ``Joint Committee on Printing''
in the fourth sentence through the end of the section and inserting
``Administrator of the Government Publications Office may prescribe''.
(6) Section 5(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c)) is amended by striking the
sentence following paragraph (10).
(7) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c)) is amended by striking the
sentence following paragraph (10).
(8) Section 602(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474(d)(18)) is amended by striking
``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting ``Government Publications
Office''.
(9) Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is repealed.
(10) The table of chapters for title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to chapter 1.
(11) Chapter VII of title I of the Second Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1976 (Public Law 94-303; 90 Stat. 616; 44 U.S.C.
103 note) is amended under the heading ``Joint Committee on Printing''
by striking the 2 provisos.
(12) Title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1978
(Public Law 95-94; 91 Stat. 669; 44 U.S.C. 103 note) is amended under
the heading ``Joint Committee on Printing'' by striking the first 2
provisos.
SEC. 507. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Recommended Legislation.--After consultation with the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Administrator of the
Office of Government Publications, the Superintendent of Government
Publications Access Programs, and the Superintendent of Government
Publications Production and Procurement Services shall each prepare and
submit to Congress recommended legislation containing technical and
conforming amendments to reflect the changes made by this Act.
(b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the
effective date of this Act, the Administrator of the Office of
Government Publications, the Superintendent of Government Publications
Access Programs, and the Superintendent of Government Publications
Production and Procurement Services shall each submit the recommended
legislation referred to under subsection (a).
SEC. 508. IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS.
Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Public Printer
and the Superintendent of Documents may each take such administrative
actions as necessary to provide for the orderly implementation of this
Act.
SEC. 509. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided under sections 305, 308, 408, and 508 this Act
shall take effect on January 1, 1999.
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