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Requiring the appropriate committees of the House to report legislation to transfer certain functions of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 4, 1995 See on congress.gov
This resolution expired with the 104th Congress
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Apr 27, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
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Directs the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives to report legislation to: (1) transfer executive branch printing from the Government Printing Office (GPO) to the General Services Administration; (2) transfer the functions now carried out by the Superintendent of Documents to the Librarian of Congress, who shall be responsible for the dissemination of all Government information, with the on-line networks of the Library of Congress to be used for Government information not requiring a printed format; (3) abolish the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library; (4) reduce the in-house printing capacity of GPO to the minimum level necessary; (5) procure other congressional printing whenever possible from the private sector through a competitive bid process, with the procurement to be administered by the Public Printer; (6) reduce the work force at GPO to 800 positions, gradually, by the end of the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this resolution is agreed to; and (7) submit to the Congress an annual report by the Public Printer on the standards applicable to, and the efficiency of, GPO and triennial General Accounting Office audits of GPO functions.

What's happening now April 27, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 24: Requiring the appropriate committees of the House to report legislation to transfer certain functions of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-24/
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"H. Res. 24: Requiring the appropriate committees of the House to report legislation to transfer certain functions of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-24/.
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H. Res. 24, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-24/.
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