[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2228

 To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) to modify 
 termination and reauthorization requirements for advisory committees, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 1998

   Mr. Thompson (for himself, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following bill; which was 
    read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) to modify 
 termination and reauthorization requirements for advisory committees, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Advisory Committee Termination and 
Streamlining Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

    Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5. U.S.C. App.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
section 4(a) of this Act and this section) and except as provided under 
paragraph (2), each advisory committee established, authorized, or 
reauthorized by statute shall terminate 3 years after the date of 
enactment of the Advisory Committee Termination and Streamlining Act of 
1998.
    ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to any advisory committee the 
purpose of which is to--
            ``(A) provide for peer review of Federal grant or research 
        applications or similar activities;
            ``(B) provide advice and recommendations relating to 
        academic certification of Federal institutions; or
            ``(C) address critical needs relating to health, safety, 
        national security, or other concerns as the President may 
        certify.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to reauthorize 
the continuation of any advisory committee covered under paragraph (1) 
beyond the termination date specified in the original authorization or 
any reauthorization for the committee.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    Section 7(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended in the first sentence by striking: ``administrative 
guidelines'' and inserting ``regulations''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 6(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting: ``Not later 
than March 15 of each year, the President shall submit an annual report 
to Congress on the activities, status, and changes in the composition 
of advisory committees in existence during the preceding fiscal 
year.''.

SEC. 5. ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROCEDURES.

    Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) Except when the President determines otherwise for reasons of 
national security, timely notice of each such meeting shall be 
published in the Federal Register. The Administrator shall prescribe 
regulations to provide for other types of public notice in addition to, 
or in lieu of, notices in the Federal Register to ensure that all 
interested persons are notified of such meeting prior thereto.''.
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