Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act of 2011

Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act of 2011 - Requires the Public Printer to make bills and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 210 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 210

   To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of 
                               Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2011

Mr. Coburn (for himself and 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 amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory 
printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of 
                               Congress.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS FOR 
              USE OF OFFICES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Elimination of Mandatory Printing.--Chapter 7 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 706 the 
following:
``Sec. 706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of 
              offices of Members of Congress
    ``(a) No Printing Permitted.--The Public Printer shall make bills 
and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress 
only in an electronic format which is accessible through the Internet.
    ``(b) Member of Congress Defined.--In this section, a `Member of 
Congress' means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 706 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``There shall be printed'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Subject to section 706A, there shall be 
        printed''; and
            (2) by striking ``Of concurrent and simple resolutions'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to section 706A, of concurrent and 
        simple resolutions''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 7 of such 
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 706 
the following:

``706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of 
                            offices of Members of Congress.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 3-month period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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