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§6102a Assistance awards information system

Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— - GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 61— - PROGRAM INFORMATION › § 6102a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must keep and run the United States Government assistance awards information system created from the Federal Program Information Act study, and must update that system every quarter. The Director can give the job to the head of another executive agency. The Director must look over any report that agency head sends about how they will do the work, and may check that the agency’s reporting method is accurate. After each calendar quarter ends, the Director must quickly send the required system data, free of charge, to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and to the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §6102a

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(a)The Director shall—
(1)maintain the United States Government assistance awards information system established as a result of the study conducted under section 9 of the Federal Program Information Act; and
(2)update the system on a quarterly basis.
(b)To carry out subsection (a) of this section, the Director—
(1)may delegate the responsibility for carrying out subsection (a) of this section to the head of another executive agency;
(2)shall review a report the head of an agency submits to the Director on the method of carrying out subsection (a) of this section; and
(3)may validate, by appropriate means, the method by which an agency prepares the report.
(c)The Director shall transmit promptly after the end of each calendar quarter, free of charge, the data in the system required by subsection (a) to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and to the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6102a31 App.:6102(note).Oct. 15, 1982, Pub. L. 97–326, § 8, 96 Stat. 1609. In subsection (a)(1), the words “operate and” are omitted as surplus. The words “United States Government” are substituted for “Federal” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “information system” are substituted for “data system” for consistency with 31:6102. The words “by the Director” are omitted as surplus. In subsection (b)(1), the words “the head of another executive agency” are substituted for “any authority of the executive branch of the Federal Government” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. In subsection (b)(2), the words “the head of” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 9 of the Federal Program Information Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 9 of Pub. L. 95–220, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1617, and was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight” for “House Administration”. 1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–547 added subsec. (c). 1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–169 substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

31 U.S.C. § 6102a

Title 31Money and Finance

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73