PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must send and print the yearly report in two parts. Part 1 has the business and executive information the President and Congress need. Part 2 has reports from the department’s bureaus and agents, plus pictures the Secretary thinks will help and interest farmers, and a general summary of the department’s work. Each part’s title must say it is complete on its own. Extra printed copies are required: for part 1, 1,000 for the Senate, 2,000 for the House of Representatives, and 3,000 for the Department of Agriculture; for part 2, 110,000 for the Senate, 360,000 for the House of Representatives, and 30,000 for the Department of Agriculture. Pictures in part 2 must be approved by the Secretary and made under the Director of the Government Publishing Office, following the Joint Committee on Printing’s directions.

Title 44, §1301

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The annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall be submitted and printed in two parts, as follows: part 1, containing purely business and executive matter necessary for the Secretary to submit to the President and Congress; part 2, reports from the different bureaus and divisions, and papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations as are, in the opinion of the Secretary, specially suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the department for their information. In addition to the usual number, there shall be printed of part 1, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of part 2, one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for part 2 to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, and executed under the supervision of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the title of each of the parts shall show that each part is complete in itself.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 241 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 612).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in last par.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Unavailability of Department Funds To Produce Part 2 of Annual ReportFunds available to Department of Agriculture not to be used to produce part 2 of annual report of Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture), see title I of Pub. L. 103–111, 107 Stat. 1048, set out as a note under section 2207 of Title 7, Agriculture.

§1301 Agriculture, Department Of: Report of Secretary