2 U.S.C. § 28c — Distribution of Precedents by Director of the Government Publishing Office

(a) Delivery to Members of Ninety-fifth Congress; marking of volumes The Director of the Government Publishing Office must deliver one set of the Precedents to each Senator or Representative in, and each Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Ninety-fifth Congress. Each volume in the set must have that Member's name legibly stamped on its front cover. (b) Members of Congress following Ninety-fifth Congress not already having sets of Precedents; necessity of written request to Superintendent of Documents for set Each Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in a Congress after the Ninety-fifth who has not already received a set is entitled to one — but only after transmitting a written request for it to the Superintendent of Documents. (c) Additional distribution of sets The Director must also distribute sets as follows: (1) five sets each to the Vice President's office, the Speaker's office, and the office of the Senate President pro tempore; (2) three sets each to the House majority leader's and minority leader's offices; (3) sixty sets to the House Parliamentarian; (4) five sets to the Senate Parliamentarian; (5) two sets each to the Clerk of the House and the House Sergeant at Arms; (6) two sets each to the Secretary of the Senate and the Senate Sergeant at Arms; (7) two sets to the House document room; (8) two sets to the Senate document room; (9) 150 sets to the Library of Congress, for international exchange and official use in Washington, D.C.; (10) three sets to the National Archives; (11) twelve sets to the government of the District of Columbia; (12) two sets to the Smithsonian Institution; (13) one set to the library of each state, territory, and possession's legislative branch; and (14) 816 sets to the Superintendent of Documents, for distribution to the depository library system.