Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§1113 Annual reports: exclusion of irrelevant matter
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING › § 1113
Summary
Executive officers must review reports and attachments and remove all but items their letters certify necessary and public-business related.
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Title 44, §1113
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Executive officers, before transmitting their annual reports, shall carefully examine them and all accompanying documents, and exclude all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they certify in their letters transmitting the reports are necessary and relate entirely to the transaction of the public business.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 219 (part) (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 94, 28 Stat. 623). This section incorporates only the second clause of former section 219. The balance will be found in section 1102 of the revision.
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44 U.S.C. § 1113
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73