§323 — Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates a Federal Citizen Services Fund in the Treasury for the General Services Administration to share federal information with the public and related work. Money comes from Treasury appropriations, user fees, reimbursements from other agencies, and other income. The Fund can pay for Center 2 activities as allowed by appropriation laws and takes on the Center 2 account’s liabilities. Unused money at year end stays in the Fund for future years. The Center 2 may accept gifts for printing, publishing, and distributing consumer information and may spend those gifts. The Administrator can make fully reimbursable service agreements with other agencies. By September 30 each year, the Administrator must report to two Congressional committees listing programs funded in the prior fiscal year or the prior 5 years, with descriptions, funding amounts, reimbursements, project dates and funding, and any supporting data. Definitions: Administrator = Administrator of General Services. Expenditure = any obligation of funds from the Fund.

Title 40, §323

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(a)There is in the Treasury a Federal Citizen Services Fund, General Services Administration, for the purpose of disseminating Federal Government information to the public and for other related purposes.

(b)Money shall be deposited into the Fund from—

(1)appropriations from the Treasury for Federal Citizen Services activities;

(2)user fees from the public;

(3)reimbursements from other federal agencies for costs of distributing publications; and

(4)any other income incident to Center 22 So in original. See 2009 Amendment notes below. activities.

(c)Money deposited into the Fund is available for expenditure for Center 2 activities in amounts specified in appropriation laws. The Fund shall assume all liabilities, obligations, and commitments of the Center 2 account.

(d)Any unobligated balances at the end of a fiscal year remain in the Fund and are available for authorization in appropriation laws for subsequent fiscal years.

(e)The Center 2 may accept and deposit to this account gifts for purposes of defraying the costs of printing, publishing, and distributing consumer information and educational materials and undertaking other consumer information activities. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available, the Center 2 may expend the gifts for these purposes and any balance remains available for expenditure.

(f)The Administrator may enter into agreements with federal agencies to provide services through the Fund on a fully reimbursable basis.

(g)Not later than September 30 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes, at a minimum, a list of each program funded by expenditures during the previous fiscal year, or that have been funded by expenditures in the previous 5-year period, including the following:

(1)An explanation of the program.

(2)Information about how the program is funded, including the amount of expenditures the program received in the previous fiscal year and total amount.

(3)The amount of reimbursements associated with or anticipated to be associated with the program from another source of funds or another agency, if applicable.

(4)A description of projects or initiatives associated with the program, including—

(A)information about when the projects or initiatives were initiated and completed; and

(B)funding information, to the extent practicable.

(5)Any additional information, data, or analysis used to determine the information estimated within the report, if applicable.

(h)In this section:

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

(2)The term “expenditure” means any obligation of funds from the Fund.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 323(a)–(d)40:761.Pub. L. 98–63, title I, § 101 (1st–9th sentences in par. under heading “Consumer Information Center Fund”), July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 321. 323(e)40:761a.Pub. L. 105–65, title III, (last proviso in par. under heading “Consumer Information Center Fund”), Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1377. In this section, the text of 40:761 (6th–last sentences) is omitted as obsolete. In subsection (a), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “for fiscal year 1983 and subsequent fiscal years” are omitted as obsolete and unnecessary. In subsection (e), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” and “during fiscal year 1998 and hereafter” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 118–182 added subsecs. (g) and (h). 2022—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–103 added subsec. (f). 2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center” and struck out “consumer” after “Federal Government”. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2024 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 118–182 effective on the commencement of the first fiscal year after Dec. 23, 2024, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 118–182, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.

§323 Consumer Information Center Fund 11 So in Original. Probably Should Be “federal Citizen Services Fund”.