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As I HAVE INDICATED TO YOU IN THE PAST, THE PRINTING OF THE U.S. CODE IS BEING DONE ELECTRONICALLY AND COPIES OF THE MAGNETIC TAPES OF THE CODE HAVE BEEN REPROGRAMMED BY THE HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR USE IN A PILOT U.S. CODE FULL-TEXT COMPUTER RESEARCH AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. THIS PILOT SYSTEM IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL AND COMPUTER TERMINALS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THE OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL, THE OFFICES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEGISLATIVE COUNSELS, AND THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. THE SYSTEM DATA FILE CONTAINS THE 1976 EDITION OF THE CODE AND SUPPLEMENT I (1977). SUPPLEMENT II (1978) WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DATA FILE WITHIN

SEVERAL WEEKS.

LAST YEAR, AT MY REQUEST, STAFF OF H.I.S. AND G.P.0.

CONDUCTED A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF FURTHER
AUTOMATING THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF THE U.S. CODE,
BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CONVERSION (AT THE BEGINNING OF
1979 THROUGH USE OF THE COMPUTER BASED BILL PROCESSING SYSTEM)
TO ELECTRONIC PRINTING OF ALL NEW LAWS. I REPORTED TO YOU
LAST YEAR THAT WE ENVISIONED A COMPUTERIZED TEXT-EDITING
SYSTEM THAT WOULD PERMIT US, ON A DAILY BASIS, TO PICK UP
DATA FROM NEW LAWS, MAKE EDITORIAL CHANGES NECESSARY FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE, AND THEN TRANSFER THIS DATA FOR
RETRIEVAL AND PHOTOCOMPOSITION PURPOSES. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD
OFFER TWO PRINCIPAL BENEFITS. FIRST, IT WOULD PROVIDE A
DATA BASE FOR THE U.S. CODE RESEARCH AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
THAT WOULD BE CURRENT AT ALL TIMES. SECOND, IT WOULD REDUCE

THE TIME BETWEEN THE END OF A SESSION OF CONGRESS AND THE
TIME WHEN THE CODE OR SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING THE LAWS OF THAT
SESSION IS PUBLISHED.

STAFF OF H.I.S. AND G.P.C. ISSUED A COMPREHENSIVE WORKING
PAPER (DN-1004, MAY 25, 1979) BASED ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTED A SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR AN INTEGRATED
LAW REVISION AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, AND RECOMMENDED AUTHORIZA-
TION AND FUNDING OF SUCH A SYSTEM. FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF
THE SYSTEM CONCEPT BY THIS OFFICE AND THE G.P.0. (WHICH INDICATED
THAT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN PRINTING COSTS WOULD RESULT
FROM IMPLEMENTATION), CHAIRMAN THOMPSON OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTED H.I.S. TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF THE INTEGRATED LAW REVISION AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. WORK HAS
BEEN COMMENCED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM BOTH BY H.I.S.
AND BY G.P.O., WHICH NECESSARILY MUST BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
BECAUSE OF THE PUBLICATION ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM. I THINK
IT ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HERE THAT THE PROGRESS
THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND THE BENEFITS ANTICIPATED REFLECT THE
EXCELLENT COOPERATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY H.I.S. AND G.P.O.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE INTEGRATED LAW REVISION AND
RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL DURING THE LATTER
PART OF FY '82 OR EARLY IN FY '83. THE ESTIMATED COST OF
NECESSARY COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IS $302,000. ALSO, THERE WILL
BE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SYSTEM. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS SUGGEST AN ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY,
A COMPUTER TECHNICIAN, AND THREE TERMINAL OPERATORS WITH AN

ANNUAL INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COSTS OF NOT MORE THAT $100,000.
AS DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM PROGRESSES, I WILL BE ABLE TO
ADVISE YOU FURTHER IN THIS REGARD.

THE G.P.0. HAS ESTIMATED THAT DURING THE 6-YEAR CYCLE OF THE NEXT EDITION OF THE U.S. CODE AND THE FIVE SUPPLEMENTS, IF PRESENT TECHNIQUES ARE USED, TYPESETTING COSTS WILL TOTAL $2,116,000. IF THE NEW SYSTEM IS USED, THE TOTAL COST OVER THE 6 YEARS WOULD BE $780,000. THUS, OVER THE 6-YEAR CYCLE, THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD SAVE $1,336,000 IN TYPESETTING COSTS, OR AN AVERAGE ANNUAL SAVING OF $222,666.

IN ADDITION TO THIS COST SAVING, THE BENEFITS OF THE SYSTEM
ARE MANY. THIS OFFICE WOULD BENEFIT BY HAVING DIRECT CONTROL
OVER THE U.S. CODE DATA FOR WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE.
WE WOULD

HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE TEXT DATA BASE IN A TIMELY
FASHION. AS LAWS AFFECTING THE TEXT DATA BASE ARE ENACTED,
THE DATA BASE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY UPDATED AND THEREFORE
MINIMIZE PUBLICATION DEADLINE CRUNCHES. USING THE ATEX TEXT
EDIT SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW ENACTED LAW TEXT TO BE
EFFICIENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE MASTER U.S. CODE TEXT DATA
BASE. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN ACCURACY AND SPEED,
AND A REDUCTION IN TEXT ENTRY, CODING, AND PROOFING, THE
SYSTEM WILL ALLOW VIRTUAL "PUBLICATION ON DEMAND" OF THE FULL
U.S. CODE AS WELL AS AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF U.S. CODE SUPPLEMENTS

AND OTHER COMPILATIONS.

FOR AUTOMATED LEGAL RESEARCH PURPOSES, THE PLAN IS TO

PROVIDE FOR THE GENERATION OF A CURRENT AND ACCURATE FULL

U.S. CODE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DATA BASE, ALONG WITH UPDATE CAPABILITIES. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO SEARCH THE FULL U.S. CODE FOR CLASSIFICATION AND OTHER CODIFICATIONS PURPOSES.

THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE DRAFTERS SUCH AS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, COMMITTEES, AND MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT FROM HAVING ACCESS TO CURRENT AND ACCURATE LEGAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DATA BASES FOR LEGAL RESEARCH. THIS CAPABILITY WILL RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN RESEARCH TIME AND EFFORT, AND MORE THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PRODUCTS AND DRAFTED BILLS.

THE AVAILABILITY OF TEXT FROM THE LAW TEXT DATA BASES OF THE U.S. CODE AND THE ORIGINAL ACTS WILL PROVIDE SOURCE MATERIAL FOR DRAFTING BILLS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SUCH AS COMMITTEE REPORTS AND RAMSEYERS. THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF TEXT ENTRY, EDITING, CODING, ETC., AND WILL ALLOW FOR FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION,

CONGRESS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE INCREASED TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, AND COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE PRODUCTS OF SUPPORT UNITS SUCH AS THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, AND COMMITTEES,

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT BY BEING IN A POSITION

TO MAKE BETTER INFORMED LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS BY HAVING
CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THEM DIRECTLY
OR THROUGH THE SUPPORT UNITS. SIMILARLY, RESPONSIVENESS TO

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CONSTITUENT REQUESTS SHOULD IMPROVE AND THE LEGAL COMMUNITY
WILL HAVE MORE CURRENT AND COMPREHENSIVE MATERIAL WITH WHICH
TO WORK.

WITH REFERENCE TO THE PREPARATION OF BILLS TO REVISE,
CODIFY, AND ENACT TITLES OF THE U.S. CODE, A SUPPLEMENTAL
CODIFICATION BILL TO AMEND SUBTITLE IV OF TITLE 49, "TRANS-
PORTATION", TO CODIFY RECENT LAW WAS PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. THE BILL (H.R. 3807) WAS REPORTED
FAVORABLY AND PASSED THE HOUSE DURING THE FIRST SESSION.
IT IS NOW PENDING ACTION BY THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
A BILL TO ENACT THE REMAINING SUBTITLES TO TITLE 49 WAS
PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND PRINTED AS A
COMMITTEE PRINT DATED OCTOBER 1, 1979. THE COMMITTEE PRINT
WAS CIRCULATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND RELATED
AGENCIES FOR INFORMAL COMMENT. THE COMMENTS ARE NOW BEING
ANALYZED AND THE BILL IS BEING REVISED AND UPDATED TO REFLECT
THE COMMENTS AND RECENT LAW. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BILL
WILL BE READY FOR INTRODUCTION DURING THIS SESSION.
PRELIMINARY
WORK HAS COMMENCED ON THE CODIFICATION OF TITLE 31, "MONEY
AND FINANCE", WHICH WILL FOLLOW COMPLETION AND ENACTMENT OF
TITLE 49.

THIS COMPLETES MY PREPARED STATEMENT. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

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