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§3503 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › § 3503

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Summary

The Office of Management and Budget has an Office called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). An Administrator leads OIRA and must be appointed by the President with the Senate’s approval. The OMB Director must give the Administrator authority to carry out the duties under this subchapter, but the Director still remains responsible. The Administrator is the Director’s main adviser on Federal information resources management policy.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §3503

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(a)There is established in the Office of Management and Budget an office to be known as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
(b)There shall be at the head of the Office an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall delegate to the Administrator the authority to administer all functions under this subchapter, except that any such delegation shall not relieve the Director of responsibility for the administration of such functions. The Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the Director on Federal information resources management policy.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3503, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2814; amended Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 813(a)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–308, 1783–336, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 813(a)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–308, 3341–336, related to the establishment of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13. Another prior section 3503, Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1303, prescribed duties of Director of Bureau of the Budget, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–511. See section 3504 of this title.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2000 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–398 effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of Pub. L. 106–398, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, formerly set out as an

Effective Date

note under former section 3531 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1995, except as otherwise provided, see section 4(a) of Pub. L. 104–13, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title. Delegation of Other Functions to Administrator Pub. L. 96–511, § 3, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2825, as amended by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 821(b)(3)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–308, 1783–342, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 821(b)(3)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–308, 3341–342, provided: “[(a) Repealed] “(b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall delegate to the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs all functions, authority, and responsibility of the Director under section 552a of title 5, United States Code, under Executive Order 12046 [Ex. Ord. No. 12046, Mar. 27, 1978, 43 F.R. 14193, set out as a note under section 305 of Title 47, Telecommunications] and Reorganization Plan No. 1 for telecommunications [probably means Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1970, 35 F.R. 6421, 84 Stat. 2083, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], and under section 110 and 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ([former 40 U.S.C. 322 and former] 40 U.S.C. 759).” [section 101(m) [title VIII, § 833] of Pub. L. 99–500 and Pub. L. 99–591 provided that: “This title and the

Amendments

made by this title [amending former sections 3501 to 3507, 3511, 3514, and 3520 of this title and section 751, 757, and 759 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, enacting provisions set out as a notes under section 101 of this title and former section 3503 of this title, amending provisions set out as a note above, and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 759 of former Title 40] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 18, 1986], except as provided in section 813(b) [set out as a note under former section 3503 of this title] and except that the provisions of section 821 and the

Amendments

made by such section [amending former section 3503 and 3504 of this title, section 757 and 759 of former Title 40, and provisions set out as a note above] shall take effect on January 1, 1987.” ]

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