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coMPTtiotjR n GENElAL.- oF TrHI u$NITEO STATE
           WA3VjJWH*GTW %,,
                                 July ,3.980


The iionorablt Claiborne Pell
Chairman, Connittee on
pules and Administration
United States  Senate


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)ear Mr. LJJ1fl1LIU~'I'


Dear cr.     o-i-ttesCi       Counsel asked for a suilaty of our views on
     r o  Commtittee's Chief on   as   for Senators and their staff
          xour     ,,      orcalling cards for -S           allr ceneral
the prnting of lusinessxpefle cited a 1962 o          r,oller Generfil
  ---- 'eat Government expense  aes t._..  h,- esoir~on that this We of

decisi~fl (41. Camp. Ceti. 529) whichtks   h  os   ol     thatt    ti~Cof
epediture i     rot authorized, but sggested that the prt-eflt situati.. l
gqight he       -   apoarentlY theta are a number of printig
expenditure                              ere t- are          to the Rules
      mih      editnusable, ApparentlY  hrztn
 voucher   sthihi ihve been presented for payment authorization
 Coumitte      business card printing,  It is proposed that tho Senators'
           1,% jeltlt under    C. §s   I)(9)(supr 1977). be chargeJ with


 the  expensei                                .         %tv trive department


        Ou. decisioO on this questiolh all rendereo LU      ,V
              ()u~ deisino  n tlisquetio*  tat busines's Or calling cards are
and agencie , have consistYntly stated th     busiOCSS or ate  hereforeC
nt na   ryn~z, to'- the condct of Governmnft bu i.   ...ana are, t e._o,
a.per necessary to the    orne by t e individual emptoyCOo  , -  '
a  pe 0aa....pense to be borne65 (1933); na ,41 Camp. Gen. 529

10I Comp, Dec. 506 (19048; 12 Camp. Gen, 55 193841cop e o S529o
   (3.92).our rnotC recent deciiOfls(we are 0nclosilcoiSfsmef
 (1962 . our       infotion) have also relied on the Joint com ttee o1
 p~~tingmfrinting atnd Binding gegulati . .ns which statet
 Printing' s Printing                                       d

           Printing or engtaving of calling or greeting cards
      is considered CO be petsonal rather than official and shall

      not be done at Government expens1e     1977 ed,, para. 20.
             ,ee.in patLIU,,.tlatest decision on this topics B495V36w July .11,  79.


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See in particuiar uuL .....

     it is not. entirely clear whether the Joint Committee's regulfltion,
     (estatedabove, appties to membrs- ofc oigress as well as
(paragraph 20)deatet      and independent estnbliShments of thle Gavernment
to executivC edpartments      nt gor binding b   ,-0.,.t.hor  te byo1gres
The requirement that all Printingo      ijicallY be udeh tie cbigWes-
contained in 44 U,S.C. § 501 .h. ich.    fc
Paragraph 29 of the regulation states!
           MA*.1 printed waittet issued shnah be devoted to the work
      wlict pte. e      ,- or of.ficerof the Government issuing the
      same is   q      bylw to iindrtaeand shall not Contin
      m:ttr which   s unne.cessaty in the transaction of the publtC

      busilness   * .  (Emphflsis added.)


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