H.R. 1234 passed the House 47 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.
IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamberMar 31, 2025
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 54 words.
This bill replaces the requirement for the Library of Congress to prepare hardbound versions of the Constitution Annotated and supplements with a requirement for the Library to instead prepare digital versions and publish them online. The new requirement applies to the supplement after the Supreme Court term beginning October 2025 and all subsequent editions.
Context
- Committees
- House Committee on House Administration
Senate Rules and Administration Committee - Policy area
- Congress: 28 of 922 bills became law, 113th–118th (3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 77 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 495 words
- Subjects
- Books and print mediaConstitution and constitutional amendmentsDigital mediaGovernment information and archivesLibrary of Congress
- Latest action
- Apr 1, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]