--H.J.Res.682--
H.J.Res.682
One Hundred First Congress of the United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-third day
of January,
one thousand nine hundred and ninety
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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.