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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5302 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5302

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to address the responsibilities 
   of the Administrator of General Services with respect to Federal 
              advisory committees, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 12, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to address the responsibilities 
   of the Administrator of General Services with respect to Federal 
              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 ``Federal Advisory Committee Database 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

    Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 1006--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``The Administrator'' and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Collection of information.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Committee Management 
                Secretariat established and maintained under paragraph 
                (1) shall continually collect from the head of each 
                agency such information as is necessary for the 
                Administrator to carry out the responsibilities of the 
                Administrator under this section, which shall include, 
                at a minimum, the following with respect to each 
                advisory committee within the jurisdiction of that 
                agency:
                            ``(i) The name of the advisory committee.
                            ``(ii) The authority under which the 
                        advisory committee is established.
                            ``(iii) A copy of the charter of the 
                        advisory committee.
                            ``(iv) The interest areas of the advisory 
                        committee.
                            ``(v) The means by which the advisory 
                        committee complies with the requirements of 
                        section 1004(b)(2) (commonly referred to as a 
                        `Membership Balance Plan').
                            ``(vi) The current (as of the date on which 
                        the information is collected) membership of the 
                        advisory committee, which shall include, at a 
                        minimum, the following with respect to each 
                        member of the advisory committee:
                                    ``(I) The name of the member.
                                    ``(II) The ethics designation of 
                                the member, such as whether the member 
                                is an employee, a special Government 
                                employee (as defined in section 202 of 
                                title 18), or a representative member.
                                    ``(III) The entity or individual 
                                who appointed the member to the 
                                advisory committee, which shall include 
                                an identification of the authority for 
                                that appointment.
                                    ``(IV) The term of the appointment 
                                of the member to the advisory 
                                committee, as appropriate.
                            ``(vii) The Advisory Committee Management 
                        Officer designated under section 1007(b) with 
                        respect to the advisory committee.
                            ``(viii) The officer or employee designated 
                        under section 1009(e) with respect to the 
                        advisory committee.
                            ``(ix) The termination date of the advisory 
                        committee, as applicable.
                            ``(x) With respect to a particular fiscal 
                        year, the total operational and staff costs of 
                        the advisory committee for that fiscal year, 
                        and with respect to the forthcoming fiscal 
                        year, the estimated total operational and staff 
                        costs of the advisory committee for that 
                        forthcoming fiscal year.
                            ``(xi) The frequency with which the 
                        advisory committee (excluding any subcommittee 
                        or other subgroup of the advisory committee) 
                        has met and the dates on which those meetings 
                        have taken place.
                            ``(xii) A summary of the business conducted 
                        at each meeting of the advisory committee.
                            ``(xiii) The recommendations issued by the 
                        advisory committee, which shall include--
                                    ``(I) the number of those 
                                recommendations; and
                                    ``(II) if feasible, information 
                                regarding whether those recommendations 
                                were partially or fully implemented.
                    ``(B) Publication.--The Committee Management 
                Secretariat established and maintained under paragraph 
                (1) shall, with respect to the information collected 
                under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph--
                            ``(i) annually publish that information on 
                        a public website of the General Services 
                        Administration, which shall allow for that 
                        information to be downloaded in a format that 
                        is machine-readable, as defined in section 3502 
                        of title 44; and
                            ``(ii) on the website described in clause 
                        (i) of this subparagraph, maintain access to 
                        that information from previous years, as 
                        applicable with respect to relevant records 
                        schedules.'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, in 
                                consultation with the head of each 
                                agency,'' after ``the Administrator'';
                                    (II) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and 
                                (E), respectively; and
                                    (III) by inserting after 
                                subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) whether the committee, for the period covered 
                by the review, complied with the requirements of 
                subsection (a)(2);''; and
                            (ii) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
                        follows:
            ``(3) Biennial report and recommendations.--The 
        Administrator shall biennially submit to the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
        the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
        Representatives a report containing the results of the 2 most 
        recent reviews conducted under this subsection, which shall 
        include recommendations to the President and to either the 
        agency head or Congress with respect to action the 
        Administrator believes should be taken.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the first sentence--
                                    (I) by striking ``administrative 
                                guidelines and management controls'' 
                                and inserting ``regulations, 
                                administrative guidelines, and 
                                management controls''; and
                                    (II) by inserting after ``their 
                                performance'' the following: ``, which 
                                shall include guidance regarding how 
                                the agency and the advisory committees 
                                of the agency should prepare the 
                                information that is required to be 
                                submitted under subsection (a)(2) to 
                                ensure standardization and consistency 
                                in the reporting of that information''; 
                                and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following: 
                        ``The Administrator may update the regulations, 
                        administrative guidelines, and management 
                        controls prescribed under this subsection, as 
                        determined necessary by the Administrator.''; 
                        and
            (2) in section 1007--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Administrative Guidelines and Management Controls.--Each 
agency head shall--
            ``(1) establish uniform administrative guidelines and 
        management controls for advisory committees established by that 
        agency, which shall be consistent with directives of the 
        Administrator under sections 1006 and 1009 of this title;
            ``(2) maintain systematic information on the nature, 
        functions, and operations of each advisory committee within the 
        jurisdiction of the agency;
            ``(3) ensure timely and accurate reporting to the 
        Administrator regarding the activities of each advisory 
        committee within the jurisdiction of the agency, including with 
        respect to the information required to be submitted under 
        section 1006(a)(2);
            ``(4) in coordination with each officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government designated under section 1009(e), establish 
        relevant and appropriate performance measures and outcomes for 
        each advisory committee established by the agency; and
            ``(5) ensure that each advisory committee within the 
        jurisdiction of the agency, and the staff of each such advisory 
        committee (including each officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government designated under section 1009(e)), complies with the 
        requirements of this chapter and the rules, orders, and 
        regulations promulgated under this chapter.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by inserting 
                                ``recommendations,'' after 
                                ``records,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' at the 
                                end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) by striking ``such reports, 
                                records, and other papers'' and 
                                inserting ``the reports, records, 
                                recommendations, and other papers 
                                described in paragraph (2)''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) serve as the primary liaison between the agency and 
        the Administrator.''.
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