Public Law 81-120
Public Law 81-120
by the 81st Congress of the United States
475711Public Law 81-1201949by the 81st Congress of the United States
81ST UNITED STATES CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

Joint Resolution
To print the monthly publication entitled ``Economic Indicators´´.


Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Joint Economic Committee be authorized to issue a monthly publication entitled ``Economic Indicators´´, and that a sufficient quantity be printed to furnish one copy to each Member of Congress; the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; two copies to the libraries of the Senate and House, and the Congressional Library; seven hundred copies to the Joint Economic Committee; and the required numbers of copies to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to depository libraries; and that the Superintendent of Documents be authorized to have copies printed for sale to the public.


Approved June 23, 1949.


Legislative History edit

  • S.J.Res. 55

External link edit

  • Harry S. Truman: Letter to Senator O'Mahoney Upon Signing Resolution Authorizing the Publication of "Economic Indicators".

 

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