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Amends section 1006 to (1) require the Committee Management Secretariat established under paragraph (1) to collect specified, detailed information about each advisory committee (including name, authority, charter, interest areas, Membership Balance Plan, membership details, designated officers, termination date, fiscal year costs, meeting frequency and summaries, and recommendations), (2) require annual publication of that information on a GSA public website in machine-readable form and retention of prior years' records, (3) add review criteria to determine whether committees complied with subsection (a)(2), (4) require the Administrator to biennially submit reports containing the results of the two most recent reviews to specified congressional committees, and (5) add "regulations" to the existing reference to administrative guidelines and management controls and permit the Administrator to update those regulations, guidelines, and controls as necessary.
Amends section 1007(a) to enumerate duties of each agency head, including establishing uniform administrative guidelines and management controls consistent with Administrator directives, maintaining systematic information on advisory committees, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to the Administrator including information required under section 1006(a)(2), coordinating with officers designated under section 1009(e) to establish performance measures, and ensuring compliance with this chapter. Amends section 1007(b) to make conforming edits and add a new paragraph (4) requiring the Advisory Committee Management Officer to serve as the primary liaison between the agency and the Administrator.
Requires centralized collection and public posting of detailed information about every federal advisory committee and strengthens agency oversight and reporting. The Committee Management Secretariat must gather membership lists, costs, meeting records, recommendations, and other data, publish it on a GSA website in machine-readable form (with retained historical records), and agencies must follow stronger management duties and submit biennial reports to Congress with recommendations. The act also specifies that no new appropriations are authorized to implement these requirements.
Amends 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 (section 1006) to change the wording of the opening of subsection (a) to identify the Administrator.
Requires the Committee Management Secretariat established under paragraph (1) to continually collect, from each agency head, specific information necessary for the Administrator to carry out responsibilities under section 1006(a)(2). The collection applies to each advisory committee within that agency’s jurisdiction.
Collect the advisory committee’s name, the statutory or other authority establishing the committee, and a copy of the committee’s charter.
Collect the advisory committee’s interest areas and how the committee complies with section 1004(b)(2) (the Membership Balance Plan requirement).
Collect current membership information for each advisory committee, including each member’s name, ethics designation (for example: employee, special Government employee as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202, or representative member), appointing entity and authority, and term of appointment as appropriate.
Federal agencies and advisory committees will experience increased administrative and data-management requirements. The Committee Management Secretariat will assume centralized responsibility for collecting, publishing, and archiving standardized advisory-committee information. Congress, watchdog groups, researchers, and the public will gain improved, machine-readable access to membership, meeting, cost, and recommendation data, which should strengthen oversight and help identify conflicts of interest or duplicative activity. Because the law does not authorize new appropriations, agencies must absorb implementation costs within existing budgets; that could slow rollout, require internal reprioritization, or reduce capacity for other activities. Overall, transparency and accountability for advisory committees are likely to improve, but practical implementation and timeliness depend on agency capacity and resource reallocation.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress July 17, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate