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title: "44 U.S.C. § 1106"
description: "Inserting “compliments” forbidden"
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title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
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# 44 U.S.C. § 1106 - Inserting “compliments” forbidden

## Text

A report, document, or publication distributed by or from an executive department or independent agency or establishment of the Government may not contain a notice that it is sent with “the compliments” of an officer of the Government, or with a special notice that it is so sent, except that notice that it has been sent, with a request for an acknowledgment of its receipt, may be given.

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1261.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesBased on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 218 (Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73, 28 Stat. 620).