1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and federal employees (a) Restrictions Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “The Administrative Committee” and inserting (a) Composition; Duties .—The Administrative Committee ; (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “the number of copies” and inserting “subject to subsection (b), the number of copies”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States (1) Prohibiting subscription to printed copies without request Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless— (A) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or (B) during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year, as described in paragraph (2). (2) Administration of subscriptions The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4) shall include— (A) provisions regarding notifications to offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the United States of the restrictions of paragraph (1); (B) provisions describing the process by which Members and other offices may request a specific issue of the Federal Register for purposes of paragraph (1)(A)