Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§7245 CHANGING OR REMOVING REPORTS.

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - ACCESS TO FEDERAL ELECTRONIC INFORMATION › § 7245

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agency heads may change or remove a report that Congress required on the public reports portal only if they first talk with every committee or subcommittee the report was sent to — or, if no particular committee received it, they must talk with each committee that oversees the agency after consulting the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate — and Congress passes a joint resolution allowing the change or removal. An agency head may still make technical edits, take down a report posted by mistake, or withhold material under section 5246 [7246].

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Title 44, §7245

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“(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency concerned may change or remove a congressionally mandated report submitted to be published on the reports online portal only if—

“(1)the head of the Federal agency consults with each committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof to which the report is required to be submitted (or, in the case of a report which is not required to be submitted to a particular committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof, to each committee with jurisdiction over the agency, as determined by the head of the agency in consultation with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate) prior to changing or removing the report; and

“(2)a joint resolution is enacted to authorize the change in or removal of the report.

“(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), the head of the Federal agency concerned—

“(1)may make technical changes to a report submitted to or published on the reports online portal;

“(2)may remove a report from the reports online portal if the report was submitted to or published on the reports online portal in error; and

“(3)may withhold information, records, or reports from publication on the reports online portal in accordance with section 5246 [7246].

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 7245

Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73