A bill relating to the sale and distribution of the Congressional Record.
Public Law 93-314 · S. 3373 · 93rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Jun 8, 1974 · Congress
Sponsor: Sen. Howard Cannon (D-NV)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Allows the Public Printer under the direction of the Joint Committee to sell subscriptions to the daily Record, and current, individual numbers, and bound sets of the Congressional Record.
Provides that the price of a subscription to the daily Record and of current, individual numbers, and bound sets shall be determined by the Public Printer based on the cost of printing and distribution and any such price shall be paid in advance.
Entitles the Congressional Record to be mailed at the same rates of postage at which any newspaper or other periodical publication, with a legitimate list of paid subscribers, is entitled to be mailed.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.
- Jun 8, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-314.
- Jun 6, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Jun 4, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House.
- May 29, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Committee on House Administration
- May 8, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
- May 7, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
- May 6, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Apr 24, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.