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Dec 22, 2017 Referred in House Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 See what changed
Dec 21, 2017 Engrossed in Senate See what changed
Nov 2, 2017viewing Reported in Senate Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Burr, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary See what changed
Nov 2, 2017 Introduced in Senate Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

S. 2070 — what changed

Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 2 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 401 Short title

added

added This title may be cited as the “Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017”.

Sec. 402 Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees

added

(a)

added Restrictions— Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

added by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting “(a) Composition; Duties.—The Administrative Committee”;

(2)

added in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and

(3)

added by adding at the end the following new subsection:

added “(b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States

added “(1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request—Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless—

added “(A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or

added “(B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2).

added “(2) Administration of subscriptions—The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include—

added “(A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1);

added “(B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A); and

added “(C) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a subscription to the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), except that such regulations shall limit the period for such a subscription to not longer than 1 year.”

(b)

added Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018.

S. 2070 — what changed

Sec. 401 Short title

Sec. 402 Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees

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