§1001 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

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Defines the main words used in the chapter. "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services. "Advisory committee" means a group (like a board, panel, council, or task force) set up to give advice to the President or to federal agencies; it can be created by law, by the President, or by an agency. It does not include groups made only of full‑time or permanent part‑time federal employees or groups created by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Public Administration. "Agency" has the meaning in section 551 of this title. "Presidential advisory committee" means an advisory committee that advises the President.

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.

(2)(A)The term “advisory committee” means a committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other subgroup thereof (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “committee”) that is established or utilized to obtain advice or recommendations for the President or one or more agencies or officers of the Federal Government and that is—

(i)established by statute or reorganization plan;

(ii)established or utilized by the President; or

(iii)established or utilized by one or more agencies.

(B)The term “advisory committee” excludes—

(i)a committee that is composed wholly of full-time, or permanent part-time, officers or employees of the Federal Government; and

(ii)a committee that is created by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Public Administration.

(3)The term “agency” has the meaning given the term in section 551 of this title.

(4)The term “Presidential advisory committee” means an advisory committee that advises the President.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10015 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 3)Pub. L. 92–463, § 3, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 105–153, § 2(a), Dec. 17, 1997, 111 Stat. 2689. [Although not mentioned in the explanation contained in H. Rept. 117–193, in par. (1), “ ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of General Services” substituted for “ ‘Director’ means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget” because of section 5F of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (5 U.S.C. App.).]

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of 1997 Act Pub. L. 105–153, § 1, Dec. 17, 1997, 111 Stat. 2689, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act

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of 1997’.”

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of 1972 Act Pub. L. 92–463, § 1, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’.”

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