Bound Annual Edition of the Congressional Record
After the end of each annual session of Congress, all of the daily editions of the Congressional Record for that Congress are compiled, re-paginated, and printed as a permanent, bound (red) hardcover edition on high-quality paper stock. In addition to the clothbound cover and paper, the bound edition differs from the daily versions in that pagination is continuous and the text may be edited, revised, and rearranged, since Members of Congress have the authority to edit material after the text was originally published in the daily edition of the Congressional Record. Furthermore, the bound edition is made up of one volume per session of Congress and each volume is published in multiple parts. Because of the extensive re-formatting and editing involved, these editions typically take several years to reach publication.
