H.Con.Res. 307: Expressing the sense of Congress that Members' Congressional papers should be properly maintained and encouraging Members to take all necessary measures to manage and preserve these papers.
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H.Con.Res. 307: Expressing the sense of Congress that Members' Congressional papers should be properly maintained and encouraging Members to take all necessary measures to manage and preserve these papers.
110th Congress · introduced 2008-03-04 · Congress · Latest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-03-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Expressing the sense of Congress that Members' Congressional papers should be properly maintained and encouraging Members to take all necessary measures to manage and preserve these papers.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that it is the sense of Congress that: (1) Members' congressional papers should be properly maintained; (2) each Member of Congress should take all necessary measures to manage and preserve the Member's own congressional papers; and (3) each Member of Congress should be encouraged to arrange for the deposit or donation of the Member's own noncurrent congressional papers with a research institution properly equipped to care for them, and to make these papers available for educational purposes at a time the Member considers appropriate.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Expressing the sense of Congress that Members' Congressional papers should be properly maintained and encouraging Members to take all necessary measures to manage and preserve these papers.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] · 0 cosponsors
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hconres307.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hconres>
Record fed-us-cong110-hconres307 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110