Legislative History of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92-463 V. 4

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4 Legislative History of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92-463 1 (1972)

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May 9, 1973
MEMORANDUM
The Federal Advisory Committee Act
and Federal Agency Advisory Committees
1/
The Federal Advisory Committee Act,- passed by the
92nd Congress, was signed into law by the President on October
6, 1972. The Act was intended to accomplish the establishment
of a system governing the creation and operation of advisory
committees in the executive branch of the Federal Government
*/ ... .,.
This memorandum will briefly explore the purposes of
the Act, relevant legislative history, and current implementa-
tion as it applies to advisory committees to Federal departments
3/
or agencies.-
I. BACKGROUND
A. General Developments -- 1957-1970
The Congressional effort to institute some control
over what it considered an unwieldy proliferation of advisory
l/ Pub. L. No. 9?-463, 86 Stat. 770. The Act became effective
ninety days after enactment, on January 5, 1973. The text of
the Act is attached as Appendix A.
2/ Id. (Title of Act).
3/ The Act applies to Congressional and Presidential advisory
Fommittees or commissions, as well, and creates specific obliga-
tions in the President and Congress to review and supervise the
establishment and use of such committees.