S.Amdt. 1539

1. Adds SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON PRINTING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON PRINTING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Congressional Record.--

   Inserted: (1) Prohibition on printing.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking section 903 and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--The public proceedings of each House of Congress as reported by the Official Reporters, shall be included in the Congressional Record, which shall be issued in daily form during each session and shall be revised and made electronically available promptly, as directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, for distribution during and after the close of each session of Congress. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date, which shall be that of the actual day's proceedings reported. The Government Printing Office shall not print the Congressional Record.

   Inserted: "(b) Electronic Availability.--

   Inserted: "(1) Government printing office.--The Government Printing Office shall make the Congressional Record available to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives in an electronic form in a timely manner to ensure the implementation of subsection (a).

   Inserted: "(2) Website.--The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall make the Congressional Record available--

   Inserted: "(A) to the public on the websites of the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: "(B) in a format which enables the Congressional Record to be downloaded and printed by users of the website.".

   Inserted: (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--

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   Inserted: (A) In general.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (i) in section 905, in the first sentence, by striking "printing" and inserting "inclusion"; and

   Inserted: (ii) by striking sections 906, 909, and 910.

   Inserted: (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 906, 909, and 910.

   Inserted: (b) Budget of the United States Government.--

   Inserted: (1) Prohibition on printing the budget of the united states government.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 1345. Prohibition on printing of the budget of the United States Government "The Government Printing Office shall not print the budget of the United States Government described under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.".

   Inserted: (B) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 13 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 1344 the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 1345. Prohibition on printing of the budget of the United States Government.".

   Inserted: (2) Electronic availability.--The Office of Management and Budget shall make the budget of the United States Government submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, available--

   Inserted: (A) to the public on the website of the Office of Management and Budget; and

   Inserted: (B) in a format which enables the budget to be downloaded and printed by users of the website.

   Inserted: (c) Calendars.--

   Inserted: (1) Prohibition on printing daily calendars.--

   Inserted: (A) Senate.--The Secretary of the Senate shall not print the Calendar of Business of the Senate or the Executive Calendar of the Senate.

   Inserted: (B) House of representatives.--The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall not print the Calendars of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) Electronic availability.--

   Inserted: (A) Senate.--The Secretary of the Senate shall make the Calendar of Business of the Senate and the Executive Calendar of the Senate available--

   Inserted: (i) to the public on the website of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (ii) in a format which enables the Calendar of Business of the Senate and the Executive Calendar of the Senate to be downloaded and printed by users of the website.

   Inserted: (B) House of representatives.--The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the Calendars of the House of Representatives available--

   Inserted: (i) to the public on the website of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: (ii) in a format which enables the Calendars of the House of Representatives to be downloaded and printed by users of the website.

   Inserted: (d) Deficit Reduction.--Any savings attributable to this section or an amendment made by this section shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and used for deficit reduction.

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