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§ 1 Short title
§ 2 Findings and purpose
§ 3 Definitions
§ 4 Applicability; restrictions
§ 5 Responsibilities of Congressional committees; review; guidelines
§ 6 Responsibilities of the President; report to Congress; annual report to Congress; exclusion
§ 7 Responsibilities of the Administrator of General Services; Committee Management Secretariat, establishment; review; recommendations to President and Congress; agency cooperation; performance guidelines; uniform pay guidelines; travel expenses; expense recommendations
§ 8 Responsibilities of agency heads; Advisory Committee Management Officer, designation
§ 9 Establishment and purpose of advisory committees; publication in Federal Register; charter: filing, contents, copy
§ 10 Advisory committee procedures; meetings; notice, publication in Federal Register; regulations; minutes; certification; annual report; Federal officer or employee, attendance
§ 11 Availability of transcripts; "agency proceeding"
§ 12 Fiscal and administrative provisions; recordkeeping; audit; agency support services
§ 13 Responsibilities of Library of Congress; reports and background papers; depository
§ 14 Termination of advisory committees; renewal; continuation
§ 15 Requirements relating to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration
§ 16 Effective date

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