Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73

§7247 IMPLEMENTATION.

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - ACCESS TO FEDERAL ELECTRONIC INFORMATION › § 7247

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires that reports Congress orders be put on an online reports portal in certain cases. Any report that a law says must be sent to the House, the Speaker of the House, the Senate, or the President Pro Tempore on or after December 23, 2022, or that the Clerk or Secretary lists as received on or after that date, must be handled under this rule. The Director must also try to put older, already-required reports on the portal when possible. For reports sent to a committee or subcommittee, the rule applies to reports first required by laws passed on or after December 23, 2022. The Director should also, when practical, publish older committee reports unless the committee chair sends a written notice asking the Director not to publish it. The Director must post that written withholding notice on the portal. Congressional leaders must always be allowed to see any congressionally required report.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §7247

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“(a)“(1)This subtitle shall apply with respect to any congressionally mandated report which—

“(A)is required by statute to be submitted to the House of Representatives, or the Speaker thereof, or the Senate, or the President or President Pro Tempore thereof, at any time on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022]; or

“(B)is included by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) on the list of reports received by the House of Representatives or the Senate (as the case may be) at any time on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

“(2)To the extent practicable, the Director shall ensure that any congressionally mandated report described in paragraph (1) which was required to be submitted to Congress by a statute enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act is published on the reports online portal under this subtitle.

“(b)In the case of congressionally mandated reports which are required by statute to be submitted to a committee of Congress or a subcommittee thereof, this subtitle shall apply with respect to—

“(1)any such report which is first required to be submitted by a statute which is enacted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and

“(2)to the maximum extent practical, any congressionally mandated report which was required to be submitted by a statute enacted before the date of enactment of this Act unless—

“(A)the chair of the committee, or subcommittee thereof, to which the report was required to be submitted notifies the Director in writing that the report is to be withheld from publication; and

“(B)the Director publishes the notification on the reports online portal.

“(c)Notwithstanding any provision of this subtitle or any other provision of law, congressional leadership shall have access to any congressionally mandated report.

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 7247

Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73