    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2002]
    [Pages i-vii]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page i]]

    The United States Government Manual

    2002/2003

    Office of the Federal Register

    National Archives and Records Administration

    [[Page ii]]

    Revised June 1, 2002

    Raymond A. Mosley,
    Director of the Federal Register.

    John W. Carlin,
    Archivist of the United States.

    On the cover:   Photograph by Ansel Adams of an unnamed peak in Kings
    River Canyon, California, circa 1936. From the collection of the
    National Archives and Records Administration.
        Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was one of America's greatest landscape
    photographers. He is best known for his vistas of the American west and
    its national parks. His black-and-white photos capture the beauty and
    vastness of this Nation's wilderness, as well as its stark simplicity.
    This year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth.

    _______________________________________________________________________
                 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office
     Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328

    [[Page iii]]

    Preface

    As the official handbook of the Federal Government, The United States
    Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of
    the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. The Manual also
    includes information on quasi-official agencies; international
    organizations in which the United States participates; and boards,
    commissions, and committees.
        A typical agency description includes a list of principal officials,
    a summary statement of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal
    Government, a brief history of the agency, including its legislative or
    executive authority, a description of its programs and activities, and a
    ``Sources of Information'' section. This last section provides
    information on consumer activities, contracts and grants, employment,
    publications, and many other areas of public interest.
        The 2002/2003 Manual was prepared by the Presidential and
    Legislative Publications Unit, Office of the Federal Register. Maxine L.
    Hill was Lead Editor, Karen L. Ashlin was Managing Editor, and Karen A.
    Thornton was Chief Editor, assisted by Stephen J. Frattini, Loretta C.
    Jones, and Thomas Wright.

    The Federal Register and Its Special Editions

    The Manual is published as a special edition of the Federal Register
    (see 1 CFR 9.1). Its focus is on programs and activities. Persons
    interested in detailed organizational structure, the regulatory
    documents of an agency, or Presidential documents should refer to the
    Federal Register or one of its other special editions, described below.
        Issued each Federal working day, the Federal Register provides a
    uniform system for publishing Presidential documents, regulatory
    documents with general applicability and legal effect, proposed rules,
    notices, and documents required to be published by statute.
        The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification of the
    general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register. The Code
    is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal
    regulation. The Code is kept up to date by the individual issues of the
    Federal Register.
        The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents serves as a timely,
    up-to-date reference source for the public policies and activities of
    the President. It contains remarks, news conferences, messages,
    statements, and other Presidential material of a public nature issued by
    the White House during the week reported.
        A companion publication to the Weekly Compilation is the Public
    Papers of the Presidents, which contains public Presidential documents
    and speeches in convenient book form. Volumes of the Public Papers have
    been published for every President since Herbert Hoover, with the
    exception of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose papers were published
    privately.

    Other Office of the Federal Register Publications

    The Office of the Federal Register publishes slip laws, which are
    pamphlet prints of each public and private law enacted by Congress. Slip
    laws are compiled annually as the United States Statutes at Large. The
    Statutes volumes contain all public and private laws and concurrent
    resolutions enacted during a session of Congress;

    [[Page iv]]

    recommendations for executive, legislative, and judicial salaries;
    reorganization plans; proposed and ratified amendments to the
    Constitution; and Presidential proclamations. Included with many of
    these documents are sidenotes, U.S. Code and statutes citations, and a
    summary of their legislative histories.

    Publication Availability

    The publications of the Office of the Federal Register are available for
    sale by writing to the following address:

      Superintendent of Documents
      P.O. Box 371954
      Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

    Publications are also available for sale through the Government Printing
    Office online bookstore, at www.access.gpo.gov/su--docs/
    sale.html, and from Government Printing Office bookstores located in
    several major cities. Telephone inquiries should be directed to 202-512-
    1800.

    Electronic Services

    The Office of the Federal Register maintains an Internet site for public
    law numbers, the Federal Register's public inspection list, and
    information on the Office and its activities at www.nara.gov/fedreg.
    This site also contains links to the texts of The United States
    Government Manual, Public Laws, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential
    Documents, the Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations
    (both as officially published on a quarterly basis and a new unofficial,
    daily updated version, the e-CFR) in electronic format through GPO
    Access. For more information about these online publications, contact
    the Electronic Information Dissemination Services, U.S. Government
    Printing Office. Phone, 202-512-1530, or 888-293-6498 (toll free).
    Internet, www.access.gpo.gov/su--docs. E-mail,
    gpoaccess@gpo.gov.

    Further Information

    Information on The United States Government Manual and other
    publications of the Office of the Federal Register may be obtained by
    writing to the following address:

      Office of the Federal Register
      National Archives and Records Administration
      Washington, DC 20408

    Inquiries should be directed by phone to 202-523-5227, faxed to 202-523-
    6866, or E-mailed to info@fedreg.nara.gov.

    [[Page v]]

    Contents

                                                 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENC1

                                           CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATE5

                                  Chart: The Government of the United Stat21

                                                          LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
                                                              Congress    25
                                              Architect of the Capitol    43
                                          United States Botanic Garden    45
                                             General Accounting Office    47
                                            Government Printing Office    50
                                                   Library of Congress    55
                                           Congressional Budget Office    62

                                                             JUDICIAL BRANCH
                                The Supreme Court of the United States    67
                                                          Lower Courts    68
                                                        Special Courts    74
                     Administrative Office of the United States Courts    76
                                               Federal Judicial Center    81
                                   United States Sentencing Commission    82

                                                            EXECUTIVE BRANCH
                                    The President of the United States    87
                               The Vice President of the United States    88
                                     Executive Office of the President    88
                                                The White House Office    88
                     Office of the Vice President of the United States    91
                                          Council of Economic Advisers    91
                                      Council on Environmental Quality    92
                                             National Security Council    93
                                              Office of Administration    94
                                       Office of Management and Budget    96
                                Office of National Drug Control Policy    98
                                          Office of Policy Development   100
                               Office of Science and Technology Policy   101
                      Office of the United States Trade Representative   101

                                                          Executive Agencies

                                                       Departments
                                             Department of Agriculture   105
                                                Department of Commerce   131
                                                 Department of Defense   155
                                           Department of the Air Force   165
                                                Department of the Army   173
                                                Department of the Navy   182

    [[Page vil]]

                                                      Defense Agencies   193
                                                 Joint Service Schools   203
                                               Department of Education   207
                                                  Department of Energy   214
                               Department of Health and Human Services   222
                           Department of Housing and Urban Development   235
                                            Department of the Interior   241
                                                 Department of Justice   257
                                                   Department of Labor   275
                                                   Department of State   287
                                          Department of Transportation   300
                                            Department of the Treasury   330
                                        Department of Veterans Affairs   353

                      Independent Establishments and Government Corporations
                                        African Development Foundation   367
                                           Central Intelligence Agency   368
                                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission   369
                                    Consumer Product Safety Commission   370
                        Corporation for National and Community Service   373
                               Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board   377
                                       Environmental Protection Agency   379
                               Equal Employment Opportunity Commission   383
                               Export-Import Bank of the United States   388
                                            Farm Credit Administration   390
                                     Federal Communications Commission   394
                                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   399
                                           Federal Election Commission   403
                                   Federal Emergency Management Agency   405
                                         Federal Housing Finance Board   408
                                     Federal Labor Relations Authority   412
                                           Federal Maritime Commission   415
                            Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service   418
                      Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission   419
                                                Federal Reserve System   421
                            Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board   427
                                              Federal Trade Commission   428
                                       General Services Administration   432
                                             Inter-American Foundation   440
                                        Merit Systems Protection Board   441
                         National Aeronautics and Space Administration   443
                          National Archives and Records Administration   450
                                  National Capital Planning Commission   457
                                  National Credit Union Administration   460
                    National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities   462
                                        National Labor Relations Board   468
                                              National Mediation Board   471
                      National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)   473
                                           National Science Foundation   475
                                  National Transportation Safety Board   480
                                         Nuclear Regulatory Commission   484
                      Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission   487
                                           Office of Government Ethics   490
                                        Office of Personnel Management   491
                                             Office of Special Counsel   495
                               Overseas Private Investment Corporation   496

    [[Page vii]]

                                                           Peace Corps   499
                                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation   502
                                                Postal Rate Commission   505
                                             Railroad Retirement Board   506
                                    Securities and Exchange Commission   509
                                              Selective Service System   514
                                         Small Business Administration   516
                                        Social Security Administration   527
                                            Tennessee Valley Authority   530
                                          Trade and Development Agency   532
                    United States Agency for International Development   535
                              United States Commission on Civil Rights   540
                          United States International Trade Commission   542
                                          United States Postal Service   547

                                Guide to Boards, Commissions, and Committ553

                                                     Quasi-Official Agencies
                                            Legal Services Corporation   557
                                               Smithsonian Institution   559
                                               State Justice Institute   573
                                      United States Institute of Peace   574

                                         Selected Multilateral Organizati577

                                            Selected Bilateral Organizati587

                        Appendix A: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acron589

                       Appendix B: Terminated and Transferred Agencies   595

                                 Appendix C: Agencies Appearing in the
                                           Code of Federal Regulations   651

                                                                  NAME   661

                                                        AGENCY/SUBJECT   681

                                                           ECENT CHAN6ES 687