44 USC § 704 - Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s704"
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title: "44 USC § 704 - Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "704"
section_name: "Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1248; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)"
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# § 704. Reprinting bills, laws, and reports from committees not exceeding fifty pages

When the supply is exhausted, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives may order the reprinting of not more than one thousand copies of a pending bill, resolution, or public law, not exceeding fifty pages, or a report from a committee or congressional commission on pending legislation not accompanied by testimony or exhibits or other appendices and not exceeding fifty pages. The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall require each requisition for reprinting to cite the specific authority of law for its execution.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1248; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(c)(1), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 137 (, ; , ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer”.