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[CITE: 44USC3509]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
         CHAPTER 35--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
 
Sec. 3509. Designation of central collection agency

    The Director may designate a central collection agency to obtain 
information for two or more agencies if the Director determines that the 
needs of such agencies for information will be adequately served by a 
single collection agency, and such sharing of data is not inconsistent 
with applicable law. In such cases the Director shall prescribe (with 
reference to the collection of information) the duties and functions of 
the collection agency so designated and of the agencies for which it is 
to act as agent (including reimbursement for costs). While the 
designation is in effect, an agency covered by the designation may not 
obtain for itself information for the agency which is the duty of the 
collection agency to obtain. The Director may modify the designation 
from time to time as circumstances require. The authority to designate 
under this section is subject to the provisions of section 3507(f) of 
this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 104-13, Sec. 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 180.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3509, added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2821, related to designation of central collection agency 
prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104-13.
    Another prior section 3509, Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
1304, related to plans or forms for collecting information, submission 
to Director, and his approval, prior to the general amendment of this 
chapter by Pub. L. 96-511.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 42 section 242k.
