Section 3, act May 28, 1896, ch. 252, § 1, 29 Stat. 171; Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, §§ 201, 204, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424; Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631, provided for publication of a bulletin of Office of Education respecting condition of higher education, technical and industrial education, compulsory school attendance, and other domestic and foreign education topics, and provided for a one edition issue of 12,500 copies, chargeable to allotment for printing and binding of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Section 4, R.S. § 518, directed Commissioner of Education to present an annual report to Congress.