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§ 183. Written history of the House of Representatives
(a) In general
(b) Guidelines
In carrying out subsection (a), the Librarian of Congress shall take into account the following:
(1) The history should be an illustrated, narrative history of the House of Representatives, organized chronologically.
(2) The history’s intended audience is the general reader, as well as Members of Congress and their staffs.
(3) The history should include a discussion of the First and Second Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, especially with regard to their roles in creating the House of Representatives.
(c) Printing
(1) In general
(2) Printing arrangements
The printing may be performed—
(A) by the Director of the Government Publishing Office pursuant to the provisions of chapter 5 of title 44;
(B) under a cooperative arrangement among the Librarian of Congress, a private funding source obtained pursuant to subsection (e), and a publisher in the private sector; or
(C) under subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) Internet dissemination
(4) Member copies
(d) Distribution
(e) Private funding
(Pub. L. 106–99, § 2, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1330; Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1305, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), (d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)