Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§1011 Fiscal and administrative provisions

Title 5 › Part PART I— - THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES › § 1011

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies must keep records showing advisory committee spending and activities; for Presidential committees, the General Services Administration (GSA) or an agency the President names keeps their financial records, and the Comptroller General or authorized representative may inspect them. An agency must support committees it creates or that report to it; if a committee reports to multiple agencies, only one must.

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Title 5, §1011

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(a)Each agency shall keep records that fully disclose the disposition of any funds which may be at the disposal of its advisory committees and the nature and extent of their activities. The General Services Administration, or such other agency as the President may designate, shall maintain financial records with respect to Presidential advisory committees. The Comptroller General of the United States, or any authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to the records for the purpose of audit and examination.

(b)Each agency shall be responsible for providing support services for each advisory committee established by or reporting to it unless the establishing authority provides otherwise. If an advisory committee reports to more than one agency, only one agency at a time shall be responsible for support services. In the case of Presidential advisory committees, support services may be provided by the General Services Administration.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10115 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 12)Pub. L. 92–463, § 12, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 775.

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5 U.S.C. § 1011

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73