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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 61 — Program Information

§ 6104. Catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs

Statutory text

(a)

The Administrator shall prepare and publish each year a catalog of domestic assistance programs.

(b)

In a form selected by the Administrator, the catalog shall contain—

(1)
(A)

all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (7) of section 6102(a) of this title; and

(B)

such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of the information on domestic assistance programs that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 6102(a) of this title;

(2)

information the Administrator decides may be helpful to a potential applicant for or beneficiary of assistance; and

(3)

a detailed index.

(c)

When the Administrator decides it is necessary, the Administrator shall prepare and publish—

(1)

supplements to the catalog; and

(2)

specialized compilations by function of information in the catalog.

(d)

The Administrator may distribute a catalog without cost to each—

(1)

member of Congress;

(2)

department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States Government;

(3)

State;

(4)

general purpose unit of a local government;

(5)

Indian tribe recognized by the United States Government;

(6)

depository library of Government publications; and

(7)

depository designated by the Administrator.

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. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 1002

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104

    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1002

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1002

  2. Pub. L. 98–169 § 4 · 97 Stat. 1113

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(a)

    Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 6103 of title 31, United States Code (as amended by section 3(d) of this Act), and section 6104 of such title (as amended by section 3(e) of this Act) are amended by striking out “Director” each place it appears in such sections and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator”.

  3. Pub. L. 98–169 § 1(2) · 97 Stat. 1113

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(a)

    Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by adding at the end of section 6101 the following new paragraphs: “(5) ‘Director’ means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. “(6) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of General Services.”; and

  4. Pub. L. 98–169 § 4 · 97 Stat. 1113

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)

    Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in provisions preceding par. (1)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in provisions preceding par. (1).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 6103 of title 31, United States Code (as amended by section 3(d) of this Act), and section 6104 of such title (as amended by section 3(e) of this Act) are amended by striking out “Director” each place it appears in such sections and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator”.

  5. Pub. L. 98–169 § 3(e) · 97 Stat. 1113

    1. Amended · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 98–169, § 3(e), amended par. (1) generally

    2. Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 98–169, § 3(e), substituting provisions requiring that the catalog contain all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that is in the system under section 6102(a)(1), (2), and (5)–(7) of this title, and such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of information in the system under section 6102(a)(3), (4) of this title, at the time the catalog is prepared, for provision requiring that the catalog contain all such information in the system under section 6102(a) of this title at the time the catalog was prepared

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98–169, § 3(e), amended par. (1) generally, substituting provisions requiring that the catalog contain all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that is in the system under section 6102(a)(1), (2), and (5)–(7) of this title, and such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of information in the system under section 6102(a)(3), (4) of this title, at the time the catalog is prepared, for provision requiring that the catalog contain all such information in the system under section 6102(a) of this title at the time the catalog was prepared.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Section 6104(b)(1) of such title is amended to read as follows: “(1) (A) all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (7) of section 6102(a) of this title; and “(B) such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of the information on domestic assistance programs that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 6102(a) of this title;”.

  6. Pub. L. 98–169 § 4 · 97 Stat. 1113

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)(2); 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)(c); 31 U.S.C. § 6104(b)(d)

    Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b)(2), (c), (d). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 6103 of title 31, United States Code (as amended by section 3(d) of this Act), and section 6104 of such title (as amended by section 3(e) of this Act) are amended by striking out “Director” each place it appears in such sections and inserting in lieu thereof “Administrator”.

6 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6104(a)31:1705(a).Dec. 28, 1977, Pub. L. 95–220, § 6, 91 Stat. 1616.
6104(b)31:1705(d).
6104(c)31:1705(b), (c).
6104(d)31:1705(e).

In subsection (a), the words in parentheses are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b)(1), the word “Federal” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “system under section 6102(a) of this title” are substituted for “data base” for clarity and consistency.

In subsection (d), before clause (1), the text of 31:1705(e)(1) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 6102(c) of the revised title. The words “The Director” are added for clarity and consistency. The words “member of Congress” are substituted for “Members of Congress, Delegates, Resident Commissioners” for consistency. In clause (6), the words “depository library of United States Government publications” are substituted for “Federal deposit libraries” as being more precise. In clause (7), the word “depository” is substituted for “other local repositories” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in provisions preceding par. (1).

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98–169, § 3(e), amended par. (1) generally, substituting provisions requiring that the catalog contain all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that is in the system under section 6102(a)(1), (2), and (5)–(7) of this title, and such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of information in the system under section 6102(a)(3), (4) of this title, at the time the catalog is prepared, for provision requiring that the catalog contain all such information in the system under section 6102(a) of this title at the time the catalog was prepared.

Subsecs. (b)(2), (c), (d). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing.

Credits

1982–1983 · 2 acts
  1. 1982Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 1002
  2. 1983Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), 3(e), 4, , 97 Stat. 1113, 1114.
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(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 1002; Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), 3(e), 4, , 97 Stat. 1113, 1114.)

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