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	(NOTE: COMMITTEE PRINTS ARE SOMEWHAT RARE AND DO NOT APPEAR FOR EVERY PIECE OF LEGISLATION ENACTED INTO LAW.) Materials prepared for the use of the committees by their staffs are sometimes published as committee prints. Committee prints are hard to classify documents. Only a few committee prints are reviews of bills that have already been introduced and referred to committee. Other examples of the nature of committee prints include: (1) a study on a topic that is within the jurisdiction of a committee, (2) draft versions of bills that the committee wants introduced, (3) the findings of a subcommittee reported to the committee at large, or (4) a compilation of the laws under a particular committee's jurisdiction. Committee prints are often prepared by experts commissioned by the committee. Because committee prints are not formally adopted by the committee, they are useful for interpreting legislative intent only if the actual committee report is unclear. Instead, committee prints are often most of interest in providing the background impetus or setting for a piece of legislation.
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		CITATION EXAMPLE:	Staff of Senate Comm. on the Judiciary, 81st Cong., 2d Sess., Report on Antitrust Law 17 (Comm. Print 1950).