§ 3503. — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC3503]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 35--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
Sec. 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(a) There is established in the Office of Management and Budget an
office to be known as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Administrator who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate. The Director shall delegate to the Administrator the
authority to administer all functions under this subchapter, except that
any such delegation shall not relieve the Director of responsibility for
the administration of such functions. The Administrator shall serve as
principal adviser to the Director on Federal information resources
management policy.
(Added Pub. L. 104-13, Sec. 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 166; amended Pub.
L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114
Stat. 1654, 1654A-275.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3503, added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11,
1980, 94 Stat. 2814; amended Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(m) [title VIII,
Sec. 813(a)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-308, 1783-336, and Pub. L.
99-591, Sec. 101(m) [title VIII, Sec. 813(a)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat.
3341-308, 3341-336, related to the establishment of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs prior to the general amendment of
this chapter by Pub. L. 104-13.
Another prior section 3503, Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat.
1303, prescribed duties of Director of Bureau of the Budget, prior to
the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96-511. See section
3504 of this title.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``subchapter'' for
``chapter''.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-398 effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000,
see section 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1065] of Pub. L. 106-398, set out
as an Effective Date note under section 3531 of this title.
Delegation of Other Functions to Administrator
Section 3 of Pub. L. 96-511, as amended by Pub. L. 97-258,
Sec. 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(m)
[title VIII, Sec. 821(b)(3)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-308, 1783-
342, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(m) [title VIII, Sec. 821(b)(3)], Oct.
30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-308, 3341-342, provided:
``[(a) Repealed]
``(b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
delegate to the Administrator for the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs all functions, authority, and responsibility of the
Director under section 552a of title 5, United States Code, under
Executive Order 12046 [Ex. Ord. No. 12046, Mar. 27, 1978, 43 F.R. 14193,
set out as a note under section 305 of Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones,
and Radiotelegraphs] and Reorganization Plan No. 1 for
telecommunications [probably means Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1970, 35 F.R.
6421, 84 Stat. 2083, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees], and under sections 110 and 111 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ([now 40 U.S.C.
322 and former] 40 U.S.C. 759).''
[Section 101(m) [title VIII, Sec. 833] of Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L.
99-591 provided that: ``This title and the amendments made by this title
[amending former sections 3501 to 3507, 3511, 3514, and 3520 of this
title and sections 751, 757, and 759 of former Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, enacting provisions set out as a notes
under section 101 of this title and former section 3503 of this title,
amending provisions set out as a note above, and repealing provisions
set out as a note under section 759 of former Title 40] shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 18, 1986], except as
provided in section 813(b) [set out as a note under former section 3503
of this title] and except that the provisions of section 821 and the
amendments made by such section [amending former sections 3503 and 3504
of this title, sections 757 and 759 of former Title 40, and provisions
set out as a note above] shall take effect on January 1, 1987.'']
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 31 section 505.
