An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds, and for other purposes.
PL 97-326 (S.2386), enacted 10/15/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-326—OCT. 15, 1982 
96 STAT. 1607 
Public Law 97-326 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an 
annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of 
Federal funds, 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. This Act may be cited as the "ConsoUdated Federal 
Funds Report Act of 1982." 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term— 
(1) "Director" means the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; 
(2) "State" means any State, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, the Government of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and 
(3) "municipality" means any subcounty unit of local govern-
ment that received Federal assistance under the State and 
Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221) for the 
appropriate fiscal year. 
SEC. 3. (a) For fiscal years 1983,1984, and 1985, not later than one 
hundred and eighty days after the end of each fiscal year, the 
Director shall prepare a Consolidated Federal Funds Report present-
ing the total amount of Federal funds that were obligated for 
expenditure in or expended in each State, county or parish, congres-
sional district, and municipality of the United States in appropriate 
general categories of Federal funds during the preceding fiscal year. 
The report shall be in the form described in subsection (b) and shall 
be based on the data referred to in subsection (c). 
(b) The Director shall include in each report required by subsec-
tion (a)— 
(1) the total amount of Federal funds that were reported 
obligated for expenditure in each State, county or parish, con-
gressional district, and municipality of the United States in 
appropriate general categories of Federal funds in the fiscal 
year preceding the fiscal year in which the report is made; or 
(2) the total amount of Federal funds that were reported 
actually expended in each State, county or parish, congressional 
district, and municipality of the United States in appropriate 
categories in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which 
the report is made. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be based on the data 
included in— 
(1) the Federal assistance awards data system established as a 
result of the study referred to in the first sentence of section 8; 
(2) the Federal procurement data system referred to in section 
6(d)(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
U.S.C. 405(d)(5)); 
(3) the appropriate data file of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement; and 
Oct. 15, 1982 
[S. 2386] 
Consolidated 
Federal Funds 
Report Act of 
1982. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Definitions. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Report. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Contents. 
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Report. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Contents. 
Report, copies 
and computer 
tapes. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Free copies to 
congressional 
committees and 
depository 
libraries. 
Waiver. 
(4) the records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) For the purposes of subsection (b), the general categories of 
Federal funds presented in each report required by subsection (a) 
shall include data with respect to grants, loans, purchases and 
contracts, cooperative agreements, direct Federal payments to indi-
viduals, pay of civilian employees of the Government, military pay, 
annuities, retirement pay, pensions, and disability compensation. 
SEC. 4. (a) The Director shall prepare a report setting forth the 
total amount of Federal funds that were obligated for expenditure in 
or expended in each State in appropriate general categories of 
Federal funds during each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982. The 
report shall be in the form described in subsection (b). 
(b) The Director shall include in each report required by subsec-
tion (a)— 
(1) the total amount of Federal funds that were reported 
obligated for expenditure in each State in appropriate general 
categories of Federal funds in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year in which the report is made; or 
(2) the total amount of Federal funds that were reported 
actually expended in each State in appropriate general catego-
ries in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the 
report is made. 
(c) For the purposes of subsection (b), the general categories of 
Federal funds presented in each report required by subsection (a) 
shall include data with respect to grants, loans, purchases and 
contracts, direct Federal pa5maents to individuals, pay of civilian 
employees of the Government, military pay, annuities, retirement 
pay, pensions, disability compensation, and other large programs or 
categories where data are available such as the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration and the Army C!orps of Engineers. 
(d) The reports required by subsection (a) shall be available no 
later than one hundred and twenty days after the end of fiscal year 
1982. 
SEC. 5. (aXD The Director shall— 
(A) prepare— 
(i) printed copies of each of the reports required by this 
Act; and 
(ii) computer tapes of such reports; and 
(B) make the printed copies of the reports and the computer 
tapes available to the public for purchase at a price fixed under 
subsection (b). 
(2) The Director shall transmit free of charge one of each of the 
printed copies of the reports required by this Act to— 
(A) each Federal regional depository library; 
(B) the Committees on Government Operations, the Budget, 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 
(C) the Committees on Governmental Affairs, the Budget, and 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
(3) The Director shall also promptly transmit, free of charge, one 
computer tape of the report required by section 3 annually and of 
the data in the system required by section 8 quarterly to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and to the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(4) Subject to subsection Ot)), the Director may, at his discretion, 
waive all or part of the fee required by subsection (aXlXB) of this 
section. 
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(b) In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(B), the Director shall, based on 
the estimates made under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, 
fix the price of each printed copy and each computer tape of the 
report so that the aggregate revenues obtained in each fiscal year 
under subsection (a) will cover as much of the incremental costs 
incurred in making these reports and tapes available for purchase 
by the public as is feasible. In computing these costs the Director 
shall not consider the costs of the activities set forth in sections 7, 8, 
and 10, but shall consider— 
(1) the cost of compiling the reports required by this Act; 
preparing the printed copies and computer tapes under subsec-
tion (a); and distributing the printed copies and the computer 
tapes of the report for each fiscal year; and 
(2) the number of printed copies and the number of computer 
tapes of the report that will be purchased. 
SEC. 6. In order to carry out sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Act, the 
Director may delegate to any authority of the executive branch of 
the Federal Government the responsibility for carrying out such 
sections. The Director shall oversee the activities of any authority to 
which responsibilities are delegated under this section and shall 
monitor the compliance of each authority with respect to the 
requirements set forth in section 7. 
SEC. 7. Each head of any authority of the Government having 
custody of the data files and systems referred to in section 3(c) shall 
make available to the Director or other authority to which the 
Director has delegated the responsibility to carry out such section, 
such information, administrative services, equipment, personnel, 
and facilities as the Director or such authority requires to carry out 
such section. 
SEC. 8. (a) The Director shall operate and maintain, and update on 
a quarterly basis, the Federal assistance awards data system estab-
lished as a result of the study conducted by the Director under 
section 9 of the Federal Program Information Act (31 U.S.C. 1701 
note). 
(b) In order to carry out subsection (a), the Director— 
(1) may delegate to any authority of the executive branch of 
the Federal Government the responsibility for carrying out 
subsection (a), and 
(2) shall review any reports submitted to him by Federal 
agencies in the process of carrying out subsection (a) and may 
validate, by appropriate means, the processes by which Federal 
agencies prepared such reports. 
SEC. 9. The Director shall designate a single organizational unit to 
provide for data consistency and uniform reporting of data elements. 
SEC. 10. The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the 
data systems and reports required by this Act. This review shall 
include a determination of the accuracy of the data contained within 
the report required by section 3 and the costs of data collection, 
report preparation, and dissemination of such data and report. The 
review shall also include an analysis of the use and primary users of 
the data. In making this review, the Comptroller General shall 
consult with Members of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, 
the Office of Management and Budget, the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives, the Census Bureau, repre-
sentatives of State and local governments, and any other persons he 
deems appropriate. This review shall be submitted to the Committee 
Price fixing. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Federal 
assistance 
awards data 
system, 
maintenance. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Review. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
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Data, submittal 
to congressional 
committees. 
31 u s e 6102 
note. 
Failure to 
submit data, 
statement. 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Operations of the House of Representatives no later than October 1, 
1984. 
SEC. 11. (a) Each head of any executive department or establish-
ment that has compiled or can readily compile data that would have 
been included in the reports entitled "the Geographic Distribution 
of Federal Funds" for fiscal year 1981 or fiscal year 1982, or both, 
shall forward a copy of such to the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate and to the Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives. Delivery of such shall be made 
within sixty days after enactment of this Act for fiscal year 1981 and 
within one hundred and twenty days of the close of the fiscal year 
for fiscal year 1982. 
(b) Each head of any executive department or establishment who 
does not forward a copy of data as required by subsection (a) for 
fiscal year 1981 or fiscal year 1982 shall submit a statement to that 
effect, along with a statement of the reasons for the failure, to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and to the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives. 
Approved October 15, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2386 (H.R. 7096): 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-878 accompanying H.R. 7096 (Comm. on Government 
Operations). 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-473 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
July 29, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 28, H.R. 7096, considered and passed House; S. 2386, amended, passed in 
lieu. 
Oct. 1, Senate concurred in House amendments.