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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaahrv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code 98-266 GOV Updated February 7, 2001 -& CRS Report for Congress Congressional Record: Its Production, Distribution, and Accessibility Mildred Amer Specialist in American Government Government and Finance Division The Congressional Record is the most widely recognized published account of the debates and activities in Congress. The Record often reflects the intent of Congress in enacting legislation. The Constitution mandates that each house shall keep and publish a journal of its proceedings. Accordingly, the House and Senate Journals, which are summaries of floor proceedings, are the official accounts of congressional proceedings, but the Record is better known and the most useful. The Record is published daily by the Government Printing Office (GPO) when either or both houses of Congress are ini session. It is brought by GPO to the congressional post offices for early morning delivery to the offices of Members and committees. Each day's Record contains an account of the previous day's congressional activity. However, if a session extends past midnight, the Record is usually published in two parts with the first part printed the following day, and action after midnight included in the next day's edition. Copies of the Record are also available for Representatives inside the House chamber and for Senators on their desks in the Senate chamber. Extra copies may be obtained from the House Document Room (B 18, Ford House Office), the Senate Library (B15, Russell Senate Office Building), and the Senate Document Room (B04, Hart Senate Office Building). The Record, which averages about 200 pages a day, consists of four sections: the proceedings of the House; the proceedings of the Senate; the Extensions of Remarks, containing matter not part of the spoken debates and proceedings; and the Daily Digest of activity in Congress. It does not contain any text of committee proceedings. Located at the back of the Record, the Daily Digest of activity in Congress is a key to using a daily Record. Separately for the House and Senate, it contains summary information on chamber action the preceding day, including measures introduced, reported, debated, and passed, and appointments made. It also summarizes committee activities, provides the time and location of committee and subcommittee meetings scheduled for the day the Record is delivered, and gives the time and date of the next Congressional Research Service M1I1IM Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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