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[CITE: 44USC3503]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
         CHAPTER 35--COORDINATION OF 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 chapter, 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.)


                            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.

             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    ``[(a) Repealed]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 (40 U.S.C. 759) 
[40 U.S.C. 757, former 759].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 31 section 505.
