for the use of Congress there shall be an apportionment to each or either House in round numbers, the Public Printer shall not deliver the full number so accredited at the Senate Service Department and House Folding Room, but only the largest multiple of the number constituting the full membership of each or either House, including the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House, which shall be contained in the round numbers thus accredited to each or either House, so that the number delivered shall divide evenly and without remainder among the Members of the House to which they are delivered; and the remainder of the documents thus resulting shall be turned over to the Superintendent of Documents, to be distributed by him, first, to public and school libraries for the purpose of completing broken sets; second, to public and school libraries that have not been supplied with any portions of such sets, and, lastly, by sale to other persons; said libraries to be named to him by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress; and in this distribution the Superintendent of Documents shall see that as far as practicable an equal allowance is made to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 68, 28 Stat. 612; Apr. 6, 1904, ch. 862, 33 Stat. 159; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397.)

CODIFICATION

"Senate Service Department and House Folding Room" was substituted for "respective folding rooms" in view of act July 2, 1954, which redesignated the Senate Folding Room as the Senate Service Department.

CHANGE OF NAME

Act July 2, 1954, provided in part that "hereafter" the Senate Folding Room should be known as the Senate Service Department.

§ 158. Allotments of public documents printed after expiration of term; rights of retiring Members of Congress to documents.

The Congressional allotment of public documents (except the Congressional Record) printed after the expiration of the term of office of the Vice President of the United States, or any Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be delivered to his or her successor in office.

The Vice President of the United States and any Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in Congress, having public documents to his credit at the expiration of his term of office shall take the same prior to the 30th day of June next following the date of such expiration, and if he shall not do so within such period he shall forfeit them to his or her successor in office. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 72, 28 Stat. 612; Mar. 18, 1924, ch. 60, 43 Stat. 24; June 18, 1934, ch. 606, § 1, 48 Stat. 1017.)

AMENDMENTS

1934-Act June 18, 1934, included the Vice-President and the Resident Commissioner.

§ 159. Time for distribution of documents by Members of Congress extended.

The time allowed Members of Congress reelected to distribute public documents to their credit, or the credit of their respective districts in the Interior or other Departments and bureaus, and in the Government Printing Office, shall continue during their

successive terms and until their right to frank documents shall end. (June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 62.)

§ 160. Binding for Members of Congress.

Each Senator and Representative shall be entitled to the binding in half morocco, or material not more expensive, of but one copy of each public document to which he may be entitled, an account of which, with each Senator and Representative, shall be kept by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, respectively. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 2, 28 Stat. 601; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 1, 34 Stat. 1013.) § 161. Same; binding at expense of Members of Congress.

The Public Printer is authorized to bind at the Government Printing Office any books, maps, charts, or documents published by authority of Congress, upon application of any Member of the Senate or House of Representatives, upon payment of the actual cost of such binding. (Dec. 10, 1877, ch. 6, 20 Stat. 5.)

§ 162. Documents and reports ordered by Members of Congress; franks and envelopes for Members of Congress.

Documents and reports of committees with the evidence and papers submitted therewith, or any part thereof ordered printed by Congress, may be reprinted by the Public Printer on order of any Member of Congress or Delegate, on prepayment of the cost thereof.

He may also furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and Delegates blank franks printed on sheets and perforated, or singly at the option of said Senators, Members, and Delegates, for public documents. Franks so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: "Public document. Free. United States Senate (or House of Representatives U. S.)" and in upper right-hand corner the letters "U. S. S." or "M. C." But he shall not print any other words thereon except where it may be desirable to affix the official title of a document. All other words printed thereon shall be at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the

same.

At the request of any Congressman the Public Printer is authorized to print upon franks or envelopes used for mailing public documents or seed the facsimile stamp of said Congressman and a special request for return if not called for, and the name of the State and county and city. Said Congressman to deposit with his order the extra expense involved in printing these additional words.

The Public Printer may also, at the request of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress, print on envelopes authorized to be furnished the name of the Senator, Representative or Delegate, and State, the date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words.

All moneys accruing under this section shall be deposited by the Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office for the year in which the work is done, and

accounted for in his annual report to Congress. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 37, 28 Stat. 606; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1, 28 Stat. 961; Jan. 30, 1904, ch. 39, 33 Stat. 9; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, § 1, 43 Stat. 1300.)

§ 163. Payment of cost of printing extracts from Congressional Record, or other documents.

In case any Senator, Representative, or Delegate shall fail to pay the cost of printing extracts from the Congressional Record or other documents ordered by him to be printed, the Public Printer shall certify the amount due to the Sergeant at Arms of the House or the financial clerk of the Senate, as the case may be, and the Sergeant at Arms or financial clerk shall deduct from any salary due the said delinquent the said amount, or as much thereof as the salary due may cover, and pay the amount so obtained to the Public Printer, to be applied by him to the satisfaction of the indebtedness. (Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1446.)

§ 164. Distribution of copies of Congressional Record, etc., to Governor General of Philippines. CODIFICATION

Section, act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 317, 35 Stat. 1067, was omitted on authority of 1946 Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F. R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352, issued pursuant to section 1394 of Title 22, which proclamation recognized the independence of the Philippines as of July 4, 1916. text of Proc. No. 2695, see note under section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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§ 165. Senate and House document rooms; superintendents.

There shall be one document room of the Senate and one of the House of Representatives, to be designated, respectively, the "Senate and House document room." Each shall be in charge of a superintendent, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate and the Doorkeeper of the House, respectively, who shall also appoint the necessary number of assistants. The Senate document room shall be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Senate. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 60, 28 Stat. 610; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 962.)

§ 166. Senate Service Department and House Folding Room; superintendents.

There shall be a Senate Service Department and one folding room of the House of Representatives. They shall be in charge of superintendents, appointed respectively by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Doorkeeper of the House, who shall also appoint the necessary assistants. All reports or documents to be distributed for Senators, Representatives, and Delegates shall be folded and distributed from the Senate Service Department and House Folding Room, unless otherwise ordered and each Senator, Representative, and Delegate shall be notified in writing once every sixty days of the number and character of publications on hand and assigned to him for use and distribution. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 71, 28 Stat. 612; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397.

CODIFICATION

"A Senate Service Department" was substituted for "one folding room of the Senate", and "Senate Service Department and House Folding Room" was substituted for "folding rooms" in view of act July 2, 1954, which redesignated the Senate Folding Room as the Senate Service Department.

CHANGE OF NAME

Act July 2, 1954, provided in part that "hereafter" the Senate Folding Room should be known as the Senate Service Department.

§ 167. Disposition of documents stored at Capitol.

The Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall at the convening in regular session of each successive Congress cause an invoice to be made of all public documents stored in and about the Capitol, other than those belonging to the quota of Members of such Congress, to the Library of Congress and the Senate and House libraries and document rooms, and all such documents shall by the superintendents, respectively, of the Senate Service Department and House Folding Room be put to the credit of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of such Congress, in quantities equal in the number of volumes and as nearly as possible in value, to each Member of Congress, and said documents shall be distributed upon the orders of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, each of whom shall be supplied by the superintendents of the Senate Service Department and House Folding Room with a list of the number and character of the publications thus put to his credit, but before said apportionment is made copies of any of these documents desired for the use of committees of the Senate or House shall be delivered to the chairman of such committees. Four copies of each and all leather-bound documents shall be reserved and carefully stored, to be used in supplying deficiencies in the Senate and House libraries caused by wear or loss. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 63, 28 Stat. 611; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397.)

§ 181. Congressional Record; arrangement, style, contents, and indexes.

The Joint Committee on Printing shall have control of 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 unnecessary bulk, and shall provide for the publication of an index of the Congressional Record semimonthly during the sessions of Congress and at the close thereof. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 13, 28 Stat. 603.)

§ 182. Same; indexes.

The Joint Committee on Printing shall designate to the Public Printer competent persons to prepare the semimonthly and the session index to the Congressional Record and shall fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for the said work and direct the form and manner of its publication and distribution. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, 28 Stat. 603; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546.)

§ 182a. Same; daily and permanent forms.

The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported by the Official Reporters thereof, shall be printed in the Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form during each session and shall be revised, printed, and bound promptly, as may be directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, in permanent form, 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 therein. The "usual number" of the Congressional Record shall not be printed. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546.) § 182b. Same; illustrations; maps; diagrams.

No maps, diagrams, or illustrations may be inserted in the Record without the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 14, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 2, 49 Stat. 1546.)

§ 182c. Same; additional insertions.

The Joint Committee on Printing is authorized and directed to provide for printing in the Daily Rec

ord the legislative program for the day, together with a list of congressional committee meetings and hearings, and the place of meeting and subject matter; and to cause a brief résumé of congressional activities for the previous day to be incorporated in the Record, together with an index of its contents. Such data shall be prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively. (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title II, § 221, 60 Stat. 837.) EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective August 2, 1946, see note set out under section 72a of Title 2, The Congress.

§ 183. Same; gratuitous copies; delivery; subscriptions.

The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record as follows and shall furnish gratuitously no others in addition thereto:

Of the bound edition to the Senate Service Department five copies for the Vice President and each Senator; to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, two copies, and to the Joint Committee on Printing not to exceed one hundred copies; to the folding room of the House of Representatives three copies for each Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner in Congress, and to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, two copies.

Of the daily edition to the Vice President and each Senator, one hundred copies; to the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each, twenty-five copies; to the Secretary, for official use, not to exceed thirty-five copies, and to the Sergeant at Arms for use on the floor of the Senate, not to exceed fifty copies.

To each Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner in Congress, sixty-eight copies; to the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, twenty-five copies; to the Clerk, for official use, not to exceed fifty copies, and to the Doorkeeper for use on the floor of the House of Representatives, not to exceed seventy-five copies.

To the Vice President and each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner in Congress, there shall also be furnished (and shall not be transferable) three copies of the daily Record, of which one shall be delivered at his residence, one at his office, and one at the Capitol.

In addition to the foregoing the Congressional Record shall also be furnished as follows:

There shall be printed and held in reserve by the Public Printer, in unstitched form, as many copies of the daily Record as may be required to supply a semimonthly edition, which shall be bound in paper cover together with each semimonthly index when the same is issued and shall then be delivered promptly as hereinafter provided.

To each committee and commission of Congress, one daily and one semimonthly copy.

To each joint committee and joint commission in Congress, as may be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy.

To the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, for office use, each, six semimonthly copies.

To the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House, for office use, each, six semimonthly copies.

To the Joint Committee on Printing, ten semimonthly copies.

To the Vice President and each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner in Congress, one semimonthly copy.

To the President of the United States, for the use of the Executive Office, ten copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and one bound copy.

To the Chief Justice of the United States and each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, one copy of the daily.

To the offices of the marshal and clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, each, two copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy.

To each United States circuit and district judge, and to the chief judge and each associate judge of the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the United States Customs Court, the Tax Court of the United States, and the United States Court of Military Appeals, upon request to a Member of Congress and notification thereof by such Member to the Public Printer, one copy of the daily. Copies so furnished shall be in addition to those authorized to be furnished to Members of Congress under the foregoing provisions of this section.

To the offices of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each, six copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy.

To the Sergeant at Arms, the Chaplain, the Postmaster, the superintendent and the foreman of the Senate Service Department and of the folding room of the House of Representatives, respectively; to the Secretaries to the Majority and the Minority of the Senate, and to the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, each, one copy of the daily.

To the office of the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, six copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and two bound copies.

To the offices of the Official Reporters of Debates of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, each, fifteen copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and three bound copies.

To the office of the stenographers to committees of the House of Representatives, four copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy.

To the office of the Congressional Record Index, ten copies of the daily and two semimonthly copies. To the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and House document rooms, each, three copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy.

To the offices of the superintendents of the Senate and House press galleries, each, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy.

To the offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and the Architect of the Capital,' each, three copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy, and one bound copy.

To the Library of Congress for official use in Washington, District of Columbia, and for international

1 So in original. Probably should read "Capitol".

exchange, as provided in sections 139 and 139a of this title, not to exceed one hundred and forty-five copies of the daily, five semimonthly copies, and one hundred and fifty bound copies.

To the library of the Senate, three copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed fifteen bound copies.

To the library of the House of Representatives, five copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed twenty-eight bound copies, of which eight copies may be bound in such style and manner as may be approved by the Joint Committee on Printing.

To the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, two copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and not to exceed five bound copies.

To the library of each United States Court of Appeals, each United States District Court, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the United States Customs Court, the Tax Court of the United States, and the United States Court of Military Appeals, upon request to the Public Printer, one bound copy.

To the Public Printer for official use, not to exceed seventy-five copies of the daily, ten semimonthly copies, and two bound copies.

To the Director of the Botanic Garden, two copies of the daily and one semimonthly copy.

To the National Archives, five copies of the daily, two semimonthly copies, and two bound copies.

To the library of each executive department, independent office, and establishment of the Government now in Washington, District of Columbia, or which hereafter may be created, except those designated as depository libraries, and to the libraries of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, the Naval Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution, each, two copies of the daily, one semimonthly copy. and one bound copy.

To the offices of the Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, each, five copies in both daily and bound form.

To the office of the Governor of the Canal Zone, five copies in both daily and bound form.

To each ex-President and ex-Vice President of the United States, one copy of the daily.

To each former Senator, Representative in Congress, Delegate from a territory, or Commissioner from Puerto Rico, upon request to the Public Printer, one copy of the daily.

To the governor of each State, one copy in both daily and bound form.

To the United States Soldiers' Home and to each of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to each of the State soldiers' homes now established or which hereafter may be created for either Federal or Confederate soldiers, one copy of the daily.

To the Superintendent of Documents, as many daily and bound copies as may be required for distribution to depository libraries.

To the Department of State, not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies of the daily, for distribution to each of our embassies and legations abroad, and to the principal consular offices in the discretion of the Secretary of State.

To each foreign legation in Washington whose government extends a like courtesy to our embassies and legations abroad, one copy of the daily, to be furnished upon requisition of and sent through the Secretary of State.

To each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the Congressional Directory, and who makes application therefor, for his personal use and that of the paper or papers he represents, one copy of the daily and one copy of the bound, the same to be sent to the office address of each member of the press or elsewhere as he may direct: Provided, however, That not to exceed four copies in all shall be furnished to members of the same press bureau.

All copies of the daily edition shall, unless otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, 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 thereof, if previous issues of the same session are not available. The apportionment herein specified for daily copies shall not be transferable for the bound form and any allotment of daily copies not used by any Member during a session shall lapse when the session ends.

The Public Printer is authorized to furnish to subscribers the daily Record at $1.50 per month, payable in advance. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 617; June 11, 1896, ch. 420, § 1, 29 Stat. 454; Mar. 19, 1896, No. 31, 29 Stat. 468; Feb. 17, 1897, No. 12, 29 Stat. 700: Mar. 26, 1900, No. 15, 31 Stat. 713; Mar. 2, 1901, No. 16, §§ 1, 2, 31 Stat. 1464; Jan. 30, 1903, ch. 338, 32 Stat. 786; Mar. 1, 1907, ch. 2284, § 4, 34 Stat. 1014; Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 317, 35 Stat. 1067; Mar. 4, 1909, No. 25, 35 Stat. 1169; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 421, § 7, 43 Stat. 1106; June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 3, 49 Stat. 1547; Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F. R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 104 (a), 63 Stat. 381; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2 (b), 64 Stat. 1038; July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 397; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 20, 70 Stat. 911; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86-70, § 33, 73 Stat. 149; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-624, § 32, 74 Stat. 421; Mar. 21, 1961, Pub. L. 87-2, 75 Stat. 5; July 11, 1961, Pub. L. 87-85, 75 Stat. 202.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, referred to in the text, together with the corporation known as the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were abolished and all personnel transferred to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs by act July 3, 1930, ch. 863, §§ 1-4, 46 Stat. 1016.

CODIFICATION

Act July 2, 1954, amended the second and nineteenth paragraphs by providing in part that hereafter the Senate Folding Room should be known as the Senate Service Department.

Provision providing for the distribution of ten copies both in daily and bound form to the Philippine Government has been omitted pursuant to 1946 Proc. No. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946, under the authority of section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and under which section Proc. No. 2695 is set out as a note.

AMENDMENTS

1961-Pub. L. 87-85 provided for the gratuitous distribution of the Congressional Record to the Federal Judiciary and the libraries thereof.

Pub. L. 87-2 added the paragraph authorizing distribution to former Senators, Representatives, Delegates from territories, and Commissioners from Puerto Rico. 1960-Pub. L. 86-624 eliminated "Hawaii," following "offices of the Governors of."

1959-Pub. L. 86-70 substituted "Governors of Hawaii, Puerto Rico" for "Governors of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico."

1956-Act Aug. 1, 1956, inserted "Guam," after "Puerto Rico,". CHANGE OF NAME

Act July 2, 1954, provided in part that "hereafter" the Senate Folding Room should be known as the Senate Service Department.

The term "Governor of the Panama Canal" was changed to "Governor of the Canal Zone" by act Sept. 26, 1950. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The National Archives Establishment was transferred to the General Services Administration by section 104 (a) of act June 30, 1949. Section 104 (a) is set out as section 391 (a) of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949 effective July 1, 1949, see note set out under section 471 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

§ 184. Repealed. June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title II, § 4, 49 Stat. 1549.

Section, act Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 24, 28 Stat. 604, reserved unbound copies of Congressional Record for Congressmen and standing committees, and is now covered by section 183 of this title.

§ 185. Congressional Record; extracts for Congressmen; mailing envelopes.

It shall be lawful for the Public Printer to print and deliver, upon the order of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof. The Public Printer may furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and Delegates, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part thereof, or speeches, or reports therein contained. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: "Senate United States (or House of Representatives, U. S.). Part of Congressional Record. Free", and in upper right-hand corner the letters "U. S. S." or "M. C.", and the Public Printer may, at the request of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress, print in addition to the foregoing, the name of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate, and State, the date, and the topic or subject matter, not exceeding twelve words. But he shall not print any other words thereon, except at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the same, except to affix the official title of a document. All moneys accruing under this section shall be deposited by the Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States to the credit on the books of the Treasury Department of the appropriation made for the working capital of the Government Printing Office for the year in which the work is done and accounted for in his annual report to Congress. (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 37, 28 Stat. 606; Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 189, § 1. 28 Stat. 961; Jan. 30, 1904, ch. 39, 33 Stat. 9; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, 43 Stat. 1300.)

§ 186. Repealed. June 20, 1936, ch. 630, title IV, § 7, 49 Stat. 1550.

Section, act Mar. 4, 1909, No. 25, 35 Stat. 1169, provided for distribution of copies of Congressional Record in ex