# § 2207. Reports
The Secretary of Agriculture shall annually make a general report in writing of his acts to the President, in which he may recommend the publication of papers forming parts of or accompanying his report. He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it.
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**Source Credit**: (R.S. §§ 528, 529; Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(101), 45 Stat. 993; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(6), 68 Stat. 966.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
R.S. §§ 528 and 529 derived from the following acts: , ; , § 1, , 445.
Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .
### Amendments
1954—Act , struck out provision in first sentence which required that the annual report should contain an account of all moneys received and expended by the Secretary.
1928—Act , struck out requirement that there be included a statement of expenditures from contingent appropriations.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
“Secretary of Agriculture” substituted in text for “Commissioner of Agriculture” pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of act , which are classified to . See, also, .
### Unavailability of Department Funds To Produce Part 2 of Annual Report
> “That hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to produce part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture).”
, , , provided in part:
## Executive Documents
### Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out as a note under .