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§ 6102. —  Program information requirements.



[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6102]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
              SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
 
                     CHAPTER 61--PROGRAM INFORMATION
 
Sec. 6102. Program information requirements

    (a) The Director shall collect and review information on domestic 
assistance programs and shall provide such information to the 
Administrator. The information on each domestic assistance program shall 
include the following:
        (1) identification of the program by--
            (A) title;
            (B) authorizing law;
            (C) administering office; and
            (D) an identifying number assigned by the Director.

        (2) a description of the--
            (A) program;
            (B) objectives of the program;
            (C) types of activities financed under the program;
            (D) eligibility requirements;
            (E) types of assistance;
            (F) uses, and restrictions on the use, of assistance; and
            (G) duties of recipients under the program.

        (3) a specification of each formula governing eligibility for 
    assistance or the distribution of assistance under the program, 
    which shall be described through the use of--
            (A) the language used to specify each such formula in the 
        law authorizing the program;
            (B) the language used to specify each such formula in any 
        Federal rule promulgated pursuant to the law authorizing the 
        program; or
            (C) a mathematical statement which is derived from the 
        language referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this 
        paragraph;

        (4) a description of all data and statistical estimates used to 
    carry out each formula specified pursuant to paragraph (3), and an 
    identification of the sources of such data and estimates;
        (5) financial information, including the--
            (A) amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year or, if 
        unavailable, the amounts requested by the President and the 
        amounts obligated; and
            (B) average amounts of awards made in past years.

        (6) identification of information contacts, including the 
    administering office and regional and local offices with their 
    addresses and telephone numbers.
        (7) a general description of--
            (A) the application requirements and procedures; and
            (B) to the extent practical, an estimate of the time 
        required to process the application.

    (b) On request of the Director, an agency shall give to the Director 
current information on all domestic assistance programs administered by 
the agency. The Director shall be responsible for ensuring that the 
Administrator incorporates all relevant information received on a 
regular basis.
    (c) The Administrator--
        (1) shall ensure that information and catalogs under this 
    chapter are made available to the public at reasonable prices;
        (2) may develop information services to assist State and local 
    governments in identifying and obtaining sources of assistance;
        (3) shall ensure that the information in the computerized system 
    is made current on a regular basis and that the printed catalog and 
    supplements thereto contain the most current data available at the 
    time of printing; and
        (4) shall transmit annually the information compiled under 
    paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) to the Committee on 
    Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the 
    Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1001; Pub. L. 98-169, 
Secs. 1(2), 2, 3(b), (c), Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1113, 1114.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                Source (Statutes at Large)
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6102(a)..............................  31:1703(a)                      Dec. 28, 1977, Pub. L. 95-220, Secs.  4,
                                                                        5(d), (e), 91 Stat. 1615, 1616.
6102(b)..............................  31:1703(b).
6102(c)..............................  31:1704(d), (e).
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words in parentheses are 
omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The words 
``information on domestic assistance programs. The information on each 
domestic assistance program shall include the following'' are 
substituted for ``a Federal Assistance Information Data Base . . . For 
each Federal domestic assistance program the data base shall'' for 
clarity and consistency. In clause (1)(A), the word ``law'' is 
substituted for ``statute'' for consistency. In clause (2)(H), the word 
``obligations'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c)(1), the word ``catalogs'' is added for clarity.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``further'', ``officials'', and 
``Federal'' are omitted as unnecessary.


                               Amendments

    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 2(1), substituted ``collect 
and review information on domestic assistance programs and shall provide 
such information to the Administrator'' for ``prepare and maintain 
information on domestic assistance programs''.
    Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 1(2), substituted ``Director'' for ``Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget''.
    Subsec. (a)(2)(E) to (H). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 3(b)(1), struck out 
subpar. (E) relating to formulas governing distribution of amounts, and 
redesignated subpars. (F) to (H) as (E) to (G), respectively.
    Subsec. (a)(3) to (7). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 3(b)(2), (3), added 
pars. (3) and (4) and redesignated former pars. (3) to (5) as (5) to 
(7), respectively.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 2(2), substituted ``The Director 
shall be responsible for ensuring that the Administrator incorporates 
all relevant information received on a regular basis'' for ``The 
Director shall incorporate on a regular basis all relevant information 
received''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 2(3), substituted 
``Administrator'' for ``Director''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 2(4), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 98-169, Sec. 3(c), added par. (4).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives 
treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to 
Committee on Government Reform of House of Representatives by House 
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. 
(c)(4) of this section relating to annually transmitting information to 
certain committees of Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as 
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of this title, and page 
173 of House Document No. 103-7.


                    Consolidated Federal Funds Report

    Pub. L. 97-326, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1607, as amended by Pub. L. 
97-452, Sec. 4(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2480, known as the 
``Consolidated Federal Funds Report Act of 1982'', which required the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare Consolidated 
Federal Funds Reports for the fiscal years 1981 through 1985, was 
repealed by Pub. L. 99-547, Sec. 2(d), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3060, 
effective May 1, 1986.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6103, 6104 of this title.



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