Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§1005 Responsibilities of the President

Title 5 › PART I — THE AGENCIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 10 — FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES › § 1005

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

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President may assign review of public recommendations from committees advising the President. Within 1 year of a public report, President or delegate must tell Congress plans or reasons.

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Title 5, §1005

Government Organization and Employees, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Delegation.—

The President may delegate responsibility for evaluating and taking action, where appropriate, with respect to all public recommendations made to the President by Presidential advisory committees.

(b)Report on Response to Recommendations.—

Within 1 year after a Presidential advisory committee submits a public report to the President, the President or the President’s delegate shall submit to Congress a report stating either proposals for action or reasons for inaction, with respect to the recommendations contained in the public report.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10055 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 6(a), (b))Pub. L. 92–463, § 6(a), (b), Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 772.

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5 U.S.C. § 1005

Title 5, Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110