Federal Advisory Committee Act

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United States federal statute transparency law

The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. law that governs the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency, public involvement, and balanced representation in their advice to the government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Advisory Committee Act canonical	12
United States federal advisory committee system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ transparency law ⓘ
administeredBy	Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services Administration ⓘ U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration
appliesTo	executive branch advisory committees ⓘ independent agency advisory committees ⓘ
citation	5 U.S.C. app. 2 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1972-10-06 ⓘ
defines	advisory committee for purposes of federal law ⓘ
effectiveDate	1972-10-06 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	FACA ⓘ
imposes	limitations on advisory committee duration unless renewed ⓘ requirements for filing advisory committee reports with the Library of Congress or designated repositories ⓘ requirements on advisory committee charters ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalArea	administrative law ⓘ open government law ⓘ
objective	to control costs associated with advisory committees ⓘ to reduce unnecessary or duplicative advisory committees ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment	Richard Nixon ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 92-463 ⓘ
purpose	to ensure advice by advisory committees is objective and accessible to the public ⓘ to ensure balanced representation in advisory committee membership ⓘ to ensure public involvement in federal advisory committee activities ⓘ to ensure transparency in the work of federal advisory committees ⓘ to govern the establishment and operation of federal advisory committees ⓘ
regulates	federal advisory committees ⓘ
relatedTo	Administrative Procedure Act ⓘ Freedom of Information Act ⓘ Government in the Sunshine Act ⓘ
requires	advance notice of advisory committee meetings ⓘ annual reporting on advisory committee activities and costs ⓘ balanced membership in terms of viewpoints and expertise ⓘ charter for each covered advisory committee ⓘ detailed minutes of advisory committee meetings ⓘ open meetings for advisory committees except under specific exemptions ⓘ public access to advisory committee records ⓘ
scopeExcludes	committees composed wholly of full-time federal officers or employees ⓘ committees created by the National Academy of Public Administration under certain conditions ⓘ committees created by the National Academy of Sciences under certain conditions ⓘ local civic groups advising federal officials informally ⓘ
scopeIncludes	committees established or utilized by federal agencies ⓘ committees established or utilized by the President ⓘ
shortName	FACA ⓘ
signedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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Input

Subject: Federal Advisory Committee Act
Description of subject: The Federal Advisory Committee Act is a U.S. law that governs the creation and operation of federal advisory committees to ensure transparency, public involvement, and balanced representation in their advice to the government.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → relatedStatute → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology → governedBy → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

National Park System Advisory Board → legalBasis → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

Government in the Sunshine Act → relatedTo → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

National Telecommunications and Information Council → partOf → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal advisory committee system

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council → legalBasis → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

National Petroleum Council → legalBasis → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee → establishedUnder → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

Public Law 94-409 → relatedTo → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

NHLBAC → governingLaw → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

FACA → standsFor → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services Administration → appliesLaw → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ

Public Law 92-463 → hasShortTitle → Federal Advisory Committee Act ⓘ