§ 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act´´. ^[1]

§ 2. Findings and Purpose.

§ 3. Definitions.

§ 4. Applicability; Restrictions.

§ 5. Responsibilities of Congressional committees; review; guidelines.

§ 6. Responsibilities of the President; report to Congress; annual report to Congress; exclusion.

§ 7. Responsibilities of the Administrator of General Services; Committee Management Secretariat, establishment; review; recommendations to President and Congress; agency cooperation; performance guidelines; uniform pay guidelines; travel expenses; expense recommendations.

§ 8. Responsibilities of agency heads; Advisory Committee Management Officer, designation.

§ 9. Establishment and purpose of advisory committees; publication in Federal Register; charter: filing, contents, copy.

§ 10. Advisory committee procedures; meetings; notice, publication in Federal Register; regulations; minutes; certification; annual report; Federal officer or employee, attendance.

§ 11. Availability of transcripts; “agency proceeding”.

§ 12. Fiscal and administrative provisions; record-keeping; audit; agency support services.

§ 13. Responsibilities of Library of Congress; reports and background papers; depository.

§ 14. Termination of advisory committees; renewal; continuation.

§ 15. Requirements relating to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration.

§ 16. Effective Date.

Except as provided in section 7 (b), this Act shall become effective upon the expiration of ninety days following October 6, 1972.

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