101st CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 682
JOINT RESOLUTION
Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any reconciliation
bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution for the remainder of the
One Hundred First Congress.
HJ 682 EH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 682
JOINT RESOLUTION
Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any reconciliation
bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution for the remainder of the
One Hundred First Congress.
  Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT PRINTING OF ENROLLMENT OF
CERTAIN MEASURES.
  (a) WAIVER- The provisions of sections 106 and 107 of title 1, United States
  Code, are waived with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise)
  of the enrollment of any
reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution of the
One Hundred First Congress  presented to the President after the enactment
of this joint resolution.
  (b) CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION-
  The enrollment of any such bill or joint resolution shall be in such form
  as the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives
  certifies to be a true enrollment.
SEC. 2. SUBSEQUENT PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION OF PRINTED ENROLLMENT.
  (a) Preparation-
  (1) IN GENERAL- If a reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing
  resolution is presented to the President in the form of a hand enrollment
  pursuant to the authority of section 1,  then upon the enactment of that
  bill or joint resolution the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
  prepare a printed enrollment of the bill or joint resolution as in the case
  of a bill or joint resolution to which sections 106 and 107 of title 1,
  United States Code, apply.
  (2) TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS- A printed enrollment prepared pursuant
  to paragraph (1) may, in order to conform to customary style for printed
  laws, include corrections in indentation, type face, and type size and may
  include notations (in the margins or as otherwise appropriate) of obvious
  errors in spelling or punctuation in the hand enrollment.
  (b) TRANSMITTAL TO PRESIDENT- A printed enrollment prepared pursuant
  to subsection (a), after being certified by the Committee on House
  Administration of the House of Representatives to be a  correct printing
  of the hand enrollment, shall be signed by the presiding officer of each
  House of Congress  and  transmitted to the President.
  (c) CERTIFICATION BY PRESIDENT; PRESERVATION IN ARCHIVES- Upon certification
  by the President that a printed enrollment transmitted pursuant to subsection
  (b) is a correct printing of the hand enrollment, such printed enrollment
  shall be transmitted to the Archivist of the  United States, who shall
  preserve it with the hand enrollment.
  (d) PUBLICATION OF LAW- In preparing the bill or joint resolution for
  publication in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant
  to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United
  States shall use the printed enrollment certified by the President under
  subsection (c) in lieu of the hand enrollment.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
  As used in this resolution:
  (1) RECONCILIATION BILL- The term `reconciliation bill' means a bill
  to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent
  resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1991.
  (2) APPROPRIATION BILL- The term `appropriation bill' means a general
  appropriation bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending
  September 30, 1991.
  (3) CONTINUING RESOLUTION- The term `continuing resolution' means a joint
  resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991.
  (4) HAND ENROLLMENT- The term `hand enrollment' means the enrollment, as
  authorized by section 1, of a bill or joint resolution for presentment to
  the President in a form other than the printed form required by sections
  106 and 107 of title 1,  United States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 1990.
Attest:
Clerk.