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PUBLIC LAW 93-401-AUG. 30, 1974

[88 STAT.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION 41 USC 412.

Open public meetings, notice.

SEC. 14. (a) The Administrator and personnel in his Office shall furnish such information as the Comptroller General may require for the discharge of his responsibilities. For this purpose, the Comptroller General or his representatives shall have access to all books, documents, papers, and records of the Office. (b) The Administrator shall, by regulation, require that formal meetings of the Office, as designated by him, for the purpose of establishing procurement policies and regulations shall be open to the public, and that public notice of each such meeting shall be given not less than ten days prior thereto. REPEALS A N D

AMENDMENTS

SEC. 15. The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 201(a)(1) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 481(a)(1)) is amended by inserting "subject to regulations prescribed by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act," immediately after "(1)". (2) Section 201(c) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 481(c)) is amended by inserting "subject to regulations prescribed by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act," immediately after (3) Section 206(a)(4) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 487(a)(4)) is amended to read as foUovs^s: "(4) subject to regulations promulgated by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, to prescribe standardized forms and procedures, except such as the Comptroller General is authorized by law to prescribe, and standard purchase specifications.". (4) Section 602(c) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 474) is amended in the first sentence thereof by inserting "except as provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, and" immediately after "herewith,". Approved August 30, 1974. Public Law 93-401 August 30, 1974 [s. J. Res. 222]

Smithsonian Institution.

JOINT RESOLUTION rp^ provide for the appointment of Doctor Murray Gell-Mann as citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, which will occur by the expiration of the term of Doctor Crawford H. Greenewalt of Wilmington, Delaware, on May 30, 1974, be filled by the appointment of Doctor Murray GellMann of California for the statutory term of six years. Approved August 30, 1974.

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