Congressional Record Printing Savings Act of 2011

Congressional Record Printing Savings Act of 2011 - Revises requirements for printing the Congressional Record, specifying that it be made electronically available promptly as it is issued in daily form.

Prohibits the Government Printing Office (GPO) from printing more than the minimum number of copies of the Record necessary for archival purposes.

Requires the Public Printer to: (1) determine that minimum number of copies, and (2) ensure the most cost-effective printing of it.

Requires GPO to make the Record publicly available on GPO's website in a format which enables it to be downloaded and printed by users.

Repeals: (1) the authority of the Librarian of Congress to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Record to the Undersecretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard, and (2) the Public Printer's requirement to honor the requisition.

Repeals the authority of the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, to sell: (1) subscriptions to the daily Record; and (2) current, individual numbers and bound sets of it.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 674 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 674

   To amend chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, to limit the 
     printing of the Congressional Record, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2011

 Mr. Coburn (for himself and Mr. Kohl) 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 chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, to limit the 
     printing of the Congressional Record, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Record Printing 
Savings Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. COST SAVINGS ON PRINTING THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by striking section 903 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms
    ``(a) In General.--The public proceedings of each House of Congress 
as reported by the Official Reporters, shall be included in the 
Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form during each 
session and shall be revised and made electronically available 
promptly, as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, for 
distribution during and after the close of each session of Congress. 
The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date, which 
shall be that of the actual day's proceedings reported.
    ``(b) Printing.--Except as provided under section 906, the 
Government Printing Office shall not print the Congressional Record.''.
    (b) Limited Printing of the Congressional Record.--Chapter 9 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking section 906 and 
inserting the following:
``Sec. 906. Congressional Record: limited printing
    ``(a) Minimum Number of Copies.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Public Printer shall determine the 
        minimum number of copies of the Congressional Record that are 
        necessary to be printed for archival purposes.
            ``(2) Reports.--
                    ``(A) Initial determination.--Not later than 45 
                days after the date of enactment of the Congressional 
                Record Printing Savings Act of 2011, the Public Printer 
                shall submit a report to Congress on the minimum number 
                determined under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Modified number.--If the Public Printer 
                modifies the minimum number reported under subparagraph 
                (A), the Public Printer shall submit a report to 
                Congress on the modified minimum number not later than 
                15 days after the modification.
    ``(b) Limited Printing.--The Public Printer may not print more than 
the minimum number of copies of the Congressional Record determined 
under subsection (a). The Public Printer shall ensure the most cost-
effective printing of the Congressional Record under this section.
    ``(c) Electronic Availability.--The Government Printing Office 
shall make the Congressional Record available--
            ``(1) to the public on the website of the Government 
        Printing Office; and
            ``(2) in a format which enables the Congressional Record to 
        be downloaded and printed by users of the website.''.
    (c) Congressional Record.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 905, in the first sentence, by striking 
        ``printing'' and inserting ``inclusion''; and
            (2) by striking sections 909 and 910.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The table of sections for chapter 9 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to section 906 and 
        inserting the following:

``906. Congressional Record: limited printing.'';
        and
            (2) by striking the items relating to sections 909 and 910.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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