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To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Introduced: February 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Feb 22, 2010
Referred to House Rules
Feb 22, 2010
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 22, 2010
Referred to House Administration
Feb 22, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminates the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for the use of Congress. Requires the Public Printer to make bills and resolutions available for the use of Congress only in an electronic format accessible through the Internet.

Requires the Public Printer, at the request of a Member or a congressional committee (including a joint committee), to provide the Member or committee with a printed copy of a bill or resolution.

Directs the Joint Committee on Printing to study and report to Congress on the effect of this Act on the rules and regulations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

What's happening now February 22, 2010

Referred to House Rules

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 2 Republican 2
Kilroy, Mary Jo
· Apr 13, 2010
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Mar 2, 2010
Cao, Anh
· Feb 22, 2010
Chaffetz, Jason
· Feb 22, 2010
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Feb 22, 2010
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 22, 2010
Minnick, Walter
· Feb 22, 2010
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 22, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4640: To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4640/
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"H.R. 4640: To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4640/.
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H.R. 4640, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4640/.
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[H.R. 4640: To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions by the Government Printing Office for the use of the House of Representatives and Senate.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4640/)
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