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Exhibit 999

National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944, ch. 228, 57 Stat. 494 (Office of War Information, 57 Stat. 531-532)

Exhibit 999 ยท Statute

National War Agencies Appropriation Act, 1944, ch. 228, 57 Stat. 494 (Office of War Information, 57 Stat. 531-532)

No part of this or any other appropriation shall be expended by the Office of War Information for the preparation, or publication of any pamphlet or other literature for distribution to the public within the United States.

Appropriates $33,222,504 for OWI salaries and expenses with not more than $24,000,000 for the Overseas Operations Branch and not more than $2,750,000 for the Domestic Operations Branch for listed functions; makes $5,000,000 available only for activities with military operations; bars OWI from preparing or publishing literature for distribution to the public within the United States.

Source
U.S. Congress
Date
12 July 1943
Quoted from
57 Stat. 532
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/link/statute/57/531
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Note
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Finding INF-2.2
Primary record Executive Order 9182 of 13 June 1942 created the Office of War Information to run information programs "at home and abroad," and Congress on 12 July 1943 limited its Domestic Operations Branch to $2,750,000 of $33,222,504 and barred it from publishing literature for distribution to the public within the United States.