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5 U.S.C. § 1002 — Findings and declarations
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**(a) Findings.—** Congress finds that there are numerous committees, boards, commissions, councils, and similar groups which have been established to advise officers and agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government and that they are frequently a useful and beneficial means of furnishing expert advice, ideas, and diverse opinions to the Federal Government.
**(b) Findings and Declarations.—** Congress further finds and declares that—
(1) the need for many existing advisory committees has not been adequately reviewed;
(2) new advisory committees should be established only when they are determined to be essential and their number should be kept to the minimum necessary;
(3) advisory committees should be terminated when they are no longer carrying out the purposes for which they were established;
(4) standards and uniform procedures should govern the establishment, operation, administration, and duration of advisory committees;
(5) Congress and the public should be kept informed with respect to the number, purpose, membership, activities, and cost of advisory committees; and
(6) the function of advisory committees should be advisory only, and all matters under their consideration should be determined, in accordance with law, by the official, agency, or officer involved.
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**(a) Findings.—** Congress finds that there are numerous committees, boards, commissions, councils, and similar groups which have been established to advise officers and agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government and that they are frequently a useful and beneficial means of furnishing expert advice, ideas, and diverse opinions to the Federal Government.
**(b) Findings and Declarations.—** Congress further finds and declares that—
(1) the need for many existing advisory committees has not been adequately reviewed;
(2) new advisory committees should be established only when they are determined to be essential and their number should be kept to the minimum necessary;
(3) advisory committees should be terminated when they are no longer carrying out the purposes for which they were established;
(4) standards and uniform procedures should govern the establishment, operation, administration, and duration of advisory committees;
(5) Congress and the public should be kept informed with respect to the number, purpose, membership, activities, and cost of advisory committees; and
(6) the function of advisory committees should be advisory only, and all matters under their consideration should be determined, in accordance with law, by the official, agency, or officer involved.
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**(a)** The balance of an appropriation available and necessary to finance or discharge a function or activity transferred or assigned under law within an executive agency or from one executive agency to another may be transferred to and used—
(1) by the organizational unit or agency to which the function or activity was transferred or assigned; and
(2) for a purpose for which the appropriation was originally available.
**(b)** The head of the executive agency determines the amount that, with the approval of the President, is necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is within the agency. The President determines the amount necessary to be transferred when the transfer or assignment of the function or activity is from one executive agency to another.
**(c)** A balance transferred under this section is—
(1) credited to an applicable existing or new appropriation account;
(2) merged with the amount in an account to which the balance is credited; and
(3) with the amount with which the balance is merged, accounted for as one amount.
**(d)** New appropriation accounts may be established to carry out subsection (c)(1) of this section.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administrator.—** — The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.
(2) **Advisory committee.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The term “advisory committee” means a committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other subgroup thereof (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “committee”) that is established or utilized to obtain advice or recommendations for the President or one or more agencies or officers of the Federal Government and that is—
(i) established by statute or reorganization plan;
(ii) established or utilized by the President; or
(iii) established or utilized by one or more agencies.
(B) *Exclusions.—* — The term “advisory committee” excludes—
(i) a committee that is composed wholly of full-time, or permanent part-time, officers or employees of the Federal Government; and
(ii) a committee that is created by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Public Administration.
(3) **Agency.—** — The term “agency” has the meaning given the term in [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Presidential advisory committee.—** — The term “Presidential advisory committee” means an advisory committee that advises the President.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a)** Each agency shall make available to the public information as follows:
(1) Each agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Federal Register for the guidance of the public—
(A) descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the employees (and in the case of a uniformed service, the members) from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain decisions;
(B) statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available;
(C) rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope and contents of all papers, reports, or examinations;
(D) substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency; and
(E) each amendment, revision, or repeal of the foregoing.
Except to the extent that a person has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person may not in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published in the Federal Register and not so published. For the purpose of this paragraph, matter reasonably available to the class of persons affected thereby is deemed published in the Federal Register when incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register.
(2) Each agency, in accordance with published rules, shall make available for public inspection in an electronic format—
(A) final opinions, including concurring and dissen
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 1002
(ii) a committee that is created by the
National Academy of Sciences or the Na-
tional Academy of Public Administration.
(3) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 551 of this
title.
(4) PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The
term
‘‘Presidential
advisory
committee’’
means an advisory committee that advises the
President.
(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat.
4197.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1001 ............
5 U.S.C. App.
(FACA § 3)
Pub. L. 92–463, § 3, Oct. 6,
1972, 86 Stat. 770; Pub. L.
105–153, § 2(a), Dec. 17, 1997,
111 Stat. 2689.
[Although not mentioned in the explanation con-
tained in H. Rept. 117–193, in par. (1), ‘‘ ‘Administrator’
means the Administrator of General Services’’ sub-
stituted for ‘‘ ‘Director’ means the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget’’ because of section 5F
of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (5 U.S.C. App.).]
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 1997 ACT
Pub. L. 105–153, § 1, Dec. 17, 1997, 111 Stat. 2689, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [see Tables for classification]
may be cited as the ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act
Amendments of 1997’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1972 ACT
Pub. L. 92–463, § 1, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [see Tables for classification] may be
cited as the ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’.’’
§ 1002. Findings and declarations
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that there are
numerous committees, boards, commissions,
councils, and similar groups which have been es-
tablished to advise officers and agencies in the
executive branch of the Federal Government and
that they are frequent
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