Sec. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINTED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
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## SEC. 2 RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINTED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ###
(a)Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting “(a) Composition; Duties.—The Administrative Committee”; ####
(2)in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and ####
(3)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(b) Restrictions on Distribution of Free Printed Copies to Members of Congress and Officers and Employees of the United States > > > #### “(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— > > > ##### “(A) > > the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or > > > ##### “(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). > > > #### “(2) Administration of subscriptions > > The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— > > > ##### “(A) > > provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); > > > ##### “(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 > > > ##### “(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)Effective Date **[**[44 U.S.C. 1506 note](/us/usc/t44/s1506)**]** The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall take effect January 1, 2018. ### Division B EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018
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RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINTED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
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