§ 181. Program for exchange of information among legislative branch agencies

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1996

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997

   Pub. L. 104–197 title III § 314 · 110 Stat. 2394

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 181

   Pub. L. 104–197, title III, § 314, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2415

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–197, title III, § 314, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2415

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 314. (a) Upon enactment into law of this Act, there shall Establishment. Science and technology. Telecommunications. 2 USC 181. be established a program for providing the widest possible exchange of information among legislative branch agencies with the long-range goal of improving information technology planning and evaluation. The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate are requested to determine the structure and operation of this program and to provide appropriate oversight. All Reports. of the appropriate offices and agencies of the legislative branch as defined below shall participate in this program for information exchange, and shall report annually on the extent and nature of their participation in their budget submissions to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (b) As used in this section— (1) the term “offices and agencies of the legislative branch” means, the office of the Clerk of the House, the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional Budget Office, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and (2) the term “technology” refers to any form of computer hardware and software; computer-based systems, services, and support for the creation, processing, exchange, and delivery of information; and telecommunications systems, and the associated hardware and software, that provide for voice, data, or image communication.

2. 2004

   GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 181(b)(1)

   Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) References.— Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.

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