Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-102

§1113 Annual Reports: Exclusion of Irrelevant Matter

Title 44 › CHAPTER 11 — EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY PRINTING AND BINDING › § 1113

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before sending annual reports, executive officers must check them and remove all attachments unless they certify those items are necessary for public business.

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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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102