,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cegg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4     
,murphy of ,florida7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,rules1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #dd1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to restrict the printing 
and distribution of paper copies of     
,congressional documents4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,unnecessary ,government ,printing      
,reform ,act of #bjae4  #b4             
,restrictions on printing and           
distribution of paper copies of         
,congressional documents  7a7 ,printing 
and ,distribution of ,documents by      
,director of the ,government ,publishing

 ,office  7#a7 ,restrictions ,chapter #g
 of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new section3  #gdb4           
,restrictions on printing and           
distribution of paper copies  7a7       
,mandatory ,use of ,electronic ,format  
for ,distribution of ,congressional     
,documents ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of this chapter1 the ,director
 of the ,government ,publishing ,office 
shall make any document of the ,house of
 ,representatives or ,senate which is   
subject to any of the provisions of this
 chapter available only in an electronic
 format which is accessible through the 
,internet1 and may not print or         
distribute a printed copy of the        
document except as provided in          
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,permitting        
,printing and ,distribution of ,printed 
,copies ,upon ,request ,notwithstanding 
subsection 7a71 at the request of any   
person to whom the ,director of the     
,government ,publishing ,office would   

have been required to provide a printed 
copy of a document under this chapter   
had subsection 7a7 not been in effect1  
the ,director may print and distribute a
 copy of a document or report for the   
use of that person1 except that--  7#a7 
the number of printed copies the        
,director may provide to the person may 
not exceed the number of printed copies 
the ,director would have provided to the
 person had subsection 7a7 not been in  
effect2 and  7#b7 the ,director may     
print and distribute copies to the      
person only upon payment by the person  
of the costs of printing and            
distributing the copies1 except that    
this paragraph shall not apply to an    
office of the ,house of ,representatives
 or ,senate 7including the office of a  
,member of ,congress74  4  7#b7         
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections of chapter #g of such title is 
amended by adding at the end following  
new item3  #gdb4 ,restrictions on       
printing and distribution of paper      

copies4  4  7b7 ,provision of ,documents
 in ,electronic ,format ,deemed ,to     
,meet ,requirements of ,house and       
,senate ,rules ,regarding ,distribution 
of ,printed ,copies  7#a7 ,in general   
,if any rule or regulation of the ,house
 of ,representatives or ,senate requires
 a ,member or committee to provide      
printed copies of any document          
7including any bill or resolution7 for  
the use of the ,house or ,senate or for 
the use of any office of the ,house or  
,senate1 the ,member or committee shall 
be considered to have met the           
requirement of the rule or regulation if
 the ,member or committee makes the     
document available to the recipient in  
an electronic format4  7#b7 ,exercise of
 rulemaking authority of ,senate and    
,house ,this subsection is enacted by   
,congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,senate and     
,house of ,representatives1             
respectively1 and as such it is deemed a
 part of the rules of each ,house1      

respectively1 and it supersedes other   
rules only to the extent that it is     
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7,b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  7c7 ,effective    
,date ,this section and the amendments  
made by this section shall apply with   
respect to documents produced after the 
expiration of the #cj-;day period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4