5 U.S.C. § 1002 — Findings and declarations
submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-286 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 193 words · no verdicts yet
Congress describes why advisory committees can be useful and sets principles for creating and ending them. It also says committees should advise, while the responsible officials and agencies make decisions as the law requires.
(a) Congress finds that many committees, boards, commissions, councils, and similar groups have been created to advise executive-branch officers and agencies. Congress finds that these groups are often useful for giving the Federal Government expert advice, ideas, and different opinions.
(b) Congress also finds and declares that—
(1) the need for many existing advisory committees has not been adequately reviewed;
(2) new advisory committees should be created only when essential, and their number should be kept to the minimum needed;
(3) an advisory committee* should end when it no longer carries out the purpose for which it was created;
(4) standards and uniform procedures should govern how advisory committees are created, operate, are administered, and last;
(5) Congress and the public should be informed about the number, purpose, members, activities, and cost of advisory committees; and
(6) advisory committees should only advise. The official, agency, or officer involved must decide the matters under consideration according to law.
Congress finds that there are numerous committees, boards, commissions, councils, and similar groups which have been established to advise officers and agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government and that they are frequently a useful and beneficial means of furnishing expert advice, ideas, and diverse opinions to the Federal Government.
Congress further finds and declares that—
the need for many existing advisory committees has not been adequately reviewed;
new advisory committees should be established only when they are determined to be essential and their number should be kept to the minimum necessary;
advisory committees should be terminated when they are no longer carrying out the purposes for which they were established;
standards and uniform procedures should govern the establishment, operation, administration, and duration of advisory committees;
Congress and the public should be kept informed with respect to the number, purpose, membership, activities, and cost of advisory committees; and
the function of advisory committees should be advisory only, and all matters under their consideration should be determined, in accordance with law, by the official, agency, or officer involved.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4198.)
- 2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-286 · 136 Stat. 4198
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 117-286 on 2022-12-27.
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