To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS FOR USE OF OFFICES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

(a) Elimination of Mandatory Printing.—

(1) In general.—Chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserted after section 706 the following new section:

§ 706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of offices of Members of Congress

(a) No Printing Permitted.—The Public Printer shall make bills and resolutions available for the use of offices of Members of Congress only in an electronic format which is accessible through the Internet.

(b) Member Of Congress Defined.—In this section, a “Member of Congress” means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

(2) Conforming amendment.— Section 706 of such title is amended to read as follows:

§ 706. Bills and resolutions

Subject to section 706A, Tthere shall be printed of each Senate and House public bill and joint resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed as follows:

to the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies;
to the office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies;
to the House document room, three hundred and eighty-five copies.

Subject to section 706A, Tthere shall be printed of each Senate private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed, three hundred copies, which shall be distributed as follows:

to the Senate document room, one hundred and seventy copies;
to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
to the House document room, one hundred copies;
to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

Subject to section 706A, Tthere shall be printed of each House private bill, when introduced, when reported, and when passed two hundred and sixty copies, which shall be distributed as follows:

to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies;
to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
to the House document room, one hundred copies;
to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

Bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill form, and, unless specially ordered by either House shall be printed only when referred to a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by either House.

Subject to section 706A, Oof concurrent and simple resolutions, when reported, and after their passage by either House, only two hundred and sixty copies shall be printed, except by special order, and shall be distributed as follows:

to the Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies;
to the Secretary of the Senate, fifteen copies;
to the House document room, one hundred copies;
to the Superintendent of Documents, ten copies.

(3) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections of chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 706 the following new item:

706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of offices of Members of Congress.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 3-month period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.