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Calendar No. 746 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5302 

[Report No. 118–326] 

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 

DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Com3 mittee Database Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

5 Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in section 1006— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee Man16 agement Secretariat established and maintained 

17 under paragraph (1) shall continually collect 

18 from the head of each agency such information 

19 as is necessary for the Administrator to carry 

20 out the responsibilities of the Administrator 

21 under this section, which shall include, at a 

22 minimum, the following with respect to each ad23 visory committee within the jurisdiction of that 

24 agency: 

25 ‘‘(i) The name of the advisory com26 mittee. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) The authority under which the 

2 advisory committee is established. 

3 ‘‘(iii) A copy of the charter of the ad4 visory committee. 

5 ‘‘(iv) The interest areas of the advi6 sory committee. 

7 ‘‘(v) The means by which the advisory 

8 committee complies with the requirements 

9 of section 1004(b)(2) (commonly referred 

10 to as a ‘Membership Balance Plan’). 

11 ‘‘(vi) The current (as of the date on 

12 which the information is collected) mem13 bership of the advisory committee, which 

14 shall include, at a minimum, the following 

15 with respect to each member of the advi16 sory committee: 

17 ‘‘(I) The name of the member. 

18 ‘‘(II) The ethics designation of 

19 the member, such as whether the 

20 member is an employee, a special Gov21 ernment employee (as defined in sec22 tion 202 of title 18), or a representa23 tive member. 

24 ‘‘(III) The entity or individual 

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1 visory committee, which shall include 

2 an identification of the authority for 

3 that appointment. 

4 ‘‘(IV) The term of the appoint5 ment of the member to the advisory 

6 committee, as appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(vii) The Advisory Committee Man8 agement Officer designated under section 

9 1007(b) with respect to the advisory com10 mittee. 

11 ‘‘(viii) The officer or employee des12 ignated under section 1009(e) with respect 

13 to the advisory committee. 

14 ‘‘(ix) The termination date of the ad15 visory committee, as applicable. 

16 ‘‘(x) With respect to a particular fis17 cal year, the total operational and staff 

18 costs of the advisory committee for that 

19 fiscal year, and with respect to the forth20 coming fiscal year, the estimated total 

21 operational and staff costs of the advisory 

22 committee for that forthcoming fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(xi) The frequency with which the 

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1 sory committee) has met and the dates on 

2 which those meetings have taken place. 

3 ‘‘(xii) A summary of the business con4 ducted at each meeting of the advisory 

5 committee. 

6 ‘‘(xiii) The recommendations issued by 

7 the advisory committee, which shall in8 clude— 

9 ‘‘(I) the number of those rec10 ommendations; and 

11 ‘‘(II) if feasible, information re12 garding whether those recommenda13 tions were partially or fully imple14 mented. 

15 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Committee 

16 Management Secretariat established and main17 tained under paragraph (1) shall, with respect 

18 to the information collected under subpara19 graph (A) of this paragraph— 

20 ‘‘(i) annually publish that information 

21 on a public website of the General Services 

22 Administration, which shall allow for that 

23 information to be downloaded in a format 

24 that is machine-readable, as defined in sec25 tion 3502 of title 44; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) on the website described in 

2 clause (i) of this subparagraph, maintain 

3 access to that information from previous 

4 years, as applicable with respect to rel5 evant records schedules.’’; 

6 (B) in subsection (b)— 

7 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (I) in the matter preceding sub9 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in con10 sultation with the head of each agen11 cy,’’ after ‘‘the Administrator’’; 

12 (II) by redesignating subpara13 graphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs 

14 (D) and (E), respectively; and 

15 (III) by inserting after subpara16 graph (B) the following: 

17 ‘‘(C) whether the committee, for the period 

18 covered by the review, complied with the re19 quirements of subsection (a)(2);’’; and 

20 (ii) by amending paragraph (3) to 

21 read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDA23 TIONS.—The Administrator shall biennially submit 

24 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov25 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 


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1 on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 

2 Representatives a report containing the results of 

3 the 2 most recent reviews conducted under this sub4 section, which shall include recommendations to the 

5 President and to either the agency head or Congress 

6 with respect to action the Administrator believes 

7 should be taken.’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (c)— 

9 (i) in the first sentence— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘administrative 

11 guidelines and management controls’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘regulations, adminis13 trative guidelines, and management 

14 controls’’; and 

15 (II) by inserting after ‘‘their per16 formance’’ the following: ‘‘, which 

17 shall include guidance regarding how 

18 the agency and the advisory commit19 tees of the agency should prepare the 

20 information that is required to be sub21 mitted under subsection (a)(2) to en22 sure standardization and consistency 

23 in the reporting of that information’’; 

24 and 


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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: ‘‘The Administrator may update 

3 the regulations, administrative guidelines, 

4 and management controls prescribed under 

5 this subsection, as determined necessary by 

6 the Administrator.’’; and 

7 (2) in section 1007— 

8 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES AND MANAGE11 MENT CONTROLS.—Each agency head shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) establish uniform administrative guidelines 

13 and management controls for advisory committees 

14 established by that agency, which shall be consistent 

15 with directives of the Administrator under sections 

16 1006 and 1009 of this title; 

17 ‘‘(2) maintain systematic information on the 

18 nature, functions, and operations of each advisory 

19 committee within the jurisdiction of the agency; 

20 ‘‘(3) ensure timely and accurate reporting to 

21 the Administrator regarding the activities of each 

22 advisory committee within the jurisdiction of the 

23 agency, including with respect to the information re24 quired to be submitted under section 1006(a)(2); 


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1 ‘‘(4) in coordination with each officer or em2 ployee of the Federal Government designated under 

3 section 1009(e), establish relevant and appropriate 

4 performance measures and outcomes for each advi5 sory committee established by the agency; and 

6 ‘‘(5) ensure that each advisory committee with7 in the jurisdiction of the agency, and the staff of 

8 each such advisory committee (including each officer 

9 or employee of the Federal Government designated 

10 under section 1009(e)), complies with the require11 ments of this chapter and the rules, orders, and reg12 ulations promulgated under this chapter.’’; and 

13 (B) in subsection (b)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (I) by inserting ‘‘recommenda16 tions,’’ after ‘‘records,’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘such reports, 

20 records, and other papers’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘the reports, records, rec22 ommendations, and other papers de23 scribed in paragraph (2)’’; and 

24 (II) by striking the period at the 

25 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(4) serve as the primary liaison between the 

4 agency and the Administrator.’’. 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Com7 mittee Database Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

9 Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in section 1006— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ 

14 and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee Man19 agement Secretariat established and maintained 

20 under paragraph (1) shall continually collect 

21 from the head of each agency such information 

22 as is necessary for the Administrator to carry 

23 out the responsibilities of the Administrator 

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1 sory committee within the jurisdiction of that 

2 agency: 

3 ‘‘(i) The name of the advisory com4 mittee. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The authority under which the 

6 advisory committee is established. 

7 ‘‘(iii) A copy of the charter of the advi8 sory committee. 

9 ‘‘(iv) The interest areas of the advisory 

10 committee. 

11 ‘‘(v) The means by which the advisory 

12 committee complies with the requirements of 

13 section 1004(b)(2) (commonly referred to as 

14 a ‘Membership Balance Plan’). 

15 ‘‘(vi) The current (as of the date on 

16 which the information is collected) member17 ship of the advisory committee, which shall 

18 include, at a minimum, the following with 

19 respect to each member of the advisory com20 mittee: 

21 ‘‘(I) The name of the member. 

22 ‘‘(II) The ethics designation of the 

23 member, such as whether the member is 

24 an employee, a special Government 


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1 employee (as defined in section 202 of 

2 title 18), or a representative member. 

3 ‘‘(III) The entity or individual 

4 who appointed the member to the advi5 sory committee, which shall include an 

6 identification of the authority for that 

7 appointment. 

8 ‘‘(IV) The term of the appoint9 ment of the member to the advisory 

10 committee, as appropriate. 

11 ‘‘(vii) The Advisory Committee Man12 agement Officer designated under section 

13 1007(b) with respect to the advisory com14 mittee. 

15 ‘‘(viii) The officer or employee des16 ignated under section 1009(e) with respect 

17 to the advisory committee. 

18 ‘‘(ix) The termination date of the advi19 sory committee, if applicable. 

20 ‘‘(x) With respect to a particular fiscal 

21 year, the total operational and staff costs of 

22 the advisory committee for that fiscal year, 

23 and with respect to the forthcoming fiscal 

24 year, the estimated total operational and 


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1 staff costs of the advisory committee for that 

2 forthcoming fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(xi) The frequency with which the ad4 visory committee (excluding any sub5 committee or other subgroup of the advisory 

6 committee) has met and the dates on which 

7 those meetings have taken place. 

8 ‘‘(xii) A summary of the business con9 ducted at each meeting of the advisory com10 mittee. 

11 ‘‘(xiii) The recommendations issued by 

12 the advisory committee, which shall in13 clude— 

14 ‘‘(I) the number of those rec15 ommendations; and 

16 ‘‘(II) if feasible, information re17 garding whether those recommenda18 tions were partially or fully imple19 mented. 

20 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Committee Man21 agement Secretariat established and maintained 

22 under paragraph (1) shall, with respect to the 

23 information collected under subparagraph (A) of 

24 this paragraph— 


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1 ‘‘(i) annually publish that information 

2 on a public website of the General Services 

3 Administration, which shall allow for that 

4 information to be downloaded in a format 

5 that is machine-readable, as defined in sec6 tion 3502 of title 44; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) on the website described in clause 

8 (i) of this subparagraph, maintain access to 

9 that information from previous years, as 

10 applicable with respect to relevant records 

11 schedules.’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (b)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (I) in the matter preceding sub15 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in con16 sultation with the head of each agen17 cy,’’ after ‘‘the Administrator’’; 

18 (II) by redesignating subpara19 graphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs 

20 (D) and (E), respectively; and 

21 (III) by inserting after subpara22 graph (B) the following: 

23 ‘‘(C) whether the committee, for the period 

24 covered by the review, complied with the require25 ments of subsection (a)(2);’’; and 


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1 (ii) by amending paragraph (3) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDA4 TIONS.—The Administrator shall biennially submit to 

5 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern6 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

7 Oversight and Accountability of the House of Rep8 resentatives a report containing the results of the 2 

9 most recent reviews conducted under this subsection, 

10 which shall include recommendations to the President 

11 and to either the agency head or Congress with re12 spect to action the Administrator believes should be 

13 taken.’’; and 

14 (C) in subsection (c)— 

15 (i) in the first sentence— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘administrative 

17 guidelines and management controls’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘regulations, adminis19 trative guidelines, and management 

20 controls’’; and 

21 (II) by inserting after ‘‘their per22 formance’’ the following: ‘‘, which shall 

23 include guidance regarding how the 

24 agency and the advisory committees of 

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1 tion that is required to be submitted 

2 under subsection (a)(2) to ensure 

3 standardization and consistency in the 

4 reporting of that information’’; and 

5 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘The Administrator may update the regula7 tions, administrative guidelines, and man8 agement controls prescribed under this sub9 section, as determined necessary by the Ad10 ministrator.’’; and 

11 (2) in section 1007— 

12 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT

15 CONTROLS.—Each agency head shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) establish uniform administrative guidelines 

17 and management controls for advisory committees es18 tablished by that agency, which shall be consistent 

19 with directives of the Administrator under sections 

20 1006 and 1009 of this title; 

21 ‘‘(2) maintain systematic information on the na22 ture, functions, and operations of each advisory com23 mittee established by that agency; 

24 ‘‘(3) ensure timely and accurate reporting to the 

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1 sory committee established by that agency, including 

2 with respect to the information required to be sub3 mitted under section 1006(a)(2); 

4 ‘‘(4) in coordination with each officer or em5 ployee of the Federal Government designated under 

6 section 1009(e), establish relevant and appropriate 

7 performance measures and outcomes for each advisory 

8 committee established by that agency; and 

9 ‘‘(5) ensure that each advisory committee estab10 lished by that agency, and the staff of each such advi11 sory committee (including each officer or employee of 

12 the Federal Government designated under section 

13 1009(e)), complies with the requirements of this chap14 ter and the rules, orders, and regulations promulgated 

15 under this chapter.’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (b)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (I) by inserting ‘‘recommenda19 tions,’’ after ‘‘records,’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘such reports, 

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1 tions, and other papers described in 

2 paragraph (2)’’; and 

3 (II) by striking the period at the 

4 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(4) serve as the primary liaison between the 

8 agency and the Administrator.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 

10 No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated 

11 for the purpose of carrying out this Act or the amendments 

12 made by this Act. 


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Calendar No. 746 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5302 

[Report No. 118–326] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address 

D

committees, and for other purposes. eral Services with respect to Federal advisory the responsibilities of the Administrator of GenECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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