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 PUBLIC LAW 95-220—DEC. 28, 1977

91 STAT. 1615

Public Law 95-220 95th Congress An Act To provide for the eflBcient and regular distribution of current information on Federal domestic assistance programs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Program Information Act". DEriNITIONS

SEC. 2. For the purpose of this Act, the term— (1) "assistance" refers to the transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value; the principal purpose of which is to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by Federal statute. Assistance includes, but is not limited to, grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage loans, insurance or other types of financial assistance; provision or donation of Federal facilities, goods, services, property, technical assistance, and counseling, statistical and other expert information, and service activities of regulatory agencies; but does not include provision of conventional public information services; (2) "Federal agency" means an agency as defined by section 551 (1) of title 5, United States Code; (3) "Federal domestic assistance program" means any function of a Federal agency which provides assistance or benefits for a State or States, territorial possession, county, city, other political subdivision, grouping, or instrumentality thereof; any domestic profit or nonprofit corporation, institution, or individual, other than an agency of the Federal Government; and (4) "administering office" means the lowest subdivision of any Federal agency that has direct operational responsibility for managing a Federal domestic assistance program.

Dec. 28, 1977 [S. 904]

Federal Program Information Act. 31 USC 1701 note. 31 USC 1701.

DUTIES OP THE DIRECTOR

SEC. 3. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter referred to as the "Director") shall identify all existing Federal domestic assistance programs and provide information on each such program to the general public through electronic media as authorized under section 5 of this Act and through a printed catalog as authorized under section 6 of this Act. INFORMATION

Information, availability to public. 31 USC 1702.

REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 4. (a) The Director shall prepare and maintain a Federal Assistance Information Data Base (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "data base"). For each Federal domestic assistance program the data base shall— (1) identify each such program by title, by authorizing statute, by administering office, and by an identifying number assigned by the Director;

Federal Assistance Information Data Base. 31 USC 1703.

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