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PUBLIC LAW 92-463-OCT. 6, 1972

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(5) contain provisions which will assure that the advisory committee will have adequate staff (either supplied by an agency or employed by i t), will oe provided adequate quarters, and will have funds available to meet its other necessary expenses, (c) To the extent they are applicable, the guidelines set out in subsection (b) of this section shall be followed by the President, agency heads, or other Federal officials in creating an advisory committee. KESPONSIBILITIKS OF THE

Report to Congress.

Annual report to C o n g r e s s.

Exclusion.

PRESmENT

SEC. 6. (a) The President may delegate responsibility for evaluating and taking action, where appropriate, with respect to all public recommendations made to him by Presidential advisory committees. (b) Within one year after a Presidential advisory committee has submitted a public report to the President, the President or his delegate shall make a report to the Congress stating either his proposals for action or his reasons for inaction, with respect to the recommendations contained in the public report. (c) The President shall, not later than March 31 of each calendar year (after the year in which this Act is enacted), make an annual report to the Congress on the activities, status, and changes in the composition of advisory committees in existence during the preceding calendar year. The report shall contain the name of every advisory committee, the date of and authority for its creation, its termination <iate or the date it is to make a report, its functions, a reference to the reports it has submitted, a statement of whether it is an ad hoc or (.'ontinuing body, the dates of its meetings, the names and occupations of its current members, and the total estimated annual cost to the United States to fund, service, supply, and maintain such committee. Such report shall include a list of those advisory committees abolished by the President, and in the case of advisory committees established by statute, a list of those advisory committees which the President recommends be abolished together with his reasons therefor. The President shall exclude from this report any information which, in his judgment, should be withheld for reasons of national security, and he shall include in such report a statement that such information is excluded. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF M A N A G E M E N T A N D BUDGET

Committee Management Secretariat, establishment. Review.

Recommendations to P r e s i d e n t and C o n g r e s s. Agency cooperation.

SEC. 7. (a) The Director shall establish and maintain within the Office of Management and Budget a Committee Management Secretariat, which shall be responsible for all matters relating to advisory committees. (b) The Director shall, immediately after the enactment of this Act, institute a comprehensive review of the activities and responsibilities of each advisory committee to determine— (1) whether such committee is carrying out its purpose; (2) whether, consistent with the provisions of applicable statutes, the responsibilities assigned to it should be revised; (3) whether it should be merged with other advisory committees; or (4) whether is should be abolished. The Director may from time to time request such information as he deems necessary to carry out his functions under this subsection. Upon the completion of the Director's review he shall make recommendations to the President and to either the agency head or the Congress with respect to action he believes should be taken. Thereafter, the Director shall carry out a similar review annually. Agency heads shall cooperate with the Director in making the reviews required by this subsection.

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