The reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States is the official charged with editing and publishing the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, both when announced and when they are published in permanent bound volumes of the United States Reports.

The reporter is responsible for only the contents of the United States Reports issued by the Government Publishing Office, first in preliminary prints and later in the final bound volumes.

By federal statute, the reporter is appointed by the Supreme Court.

Only in 1817 did Congress create the statutory office of reporter, with a $1,000 a year salary.

The Government Printing Office took over publication of the United States Reports in 1922.