Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Chapter 3 — Organization of General Services Administration
§ 323. Consumer Information Center Fund 11 So in original. Probably should be “Federal Citizen Services Fund”.
Statutory text
Existence.—
There is in the Treasury a Federal Citizen Services Fund, General Services Administration, for the purpose of disseminating Federal Government information to the public and for other related purposes.
Deposits.—
Money shall be deposited into the Fund from—
appropriations from the Treasury for Federal Citizen Services activities;
user fees from the public;
reimbursements from other federal agencies for costs of distributing publications; and
any other income incident to Center 2 activities.
Expenditures.—
Money deposited into the Fund is available for expenditure for Center 2 activities in amounts specified in appropriation laws. The Fund shall assume all liabilities, obligations, and commitments of the Center 2 account.
Unobligated Balances.—
Any unobligated balances at the end of a fiscal year remain in the Fund and are available for authorization in appropriation laws for subsequent fiscal years.
Gift Account.—
The Center 2 may accept and deposit to this account gifts for purposes of defraying the costs of printing, publishing, and distributing consumer information and educational materials and undertaking other consumer information activities. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available, the Center 2 may expend the gifts for these purposes and any balance remains available for expenditure.
The Administrator may enter into agreements with federal agencies to provide services through the Fund on a fully reimbursable basis.
3 Requirement for Annual Report to Congress.—
Not later than September 30 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes, at a minimum, a list of each program funded by expenditures during the previous fiscal year, or that have been funded by expenditures in the previous 5-year period, including the following:
An explanation of the program.
Information about how the program is funded, including the amount of expenditures the program received in the previous fiscal year and total amount.
The amount of reimbursements associated with or anticipated to be associated with the program from another source of funds or another agency, if applicable.
A description of projects or initiatives associated with the program, including—
information about when the projects or initiatives were initiated and completed; and
funding information, to the extent practicable.
Any additional information, data, or analysis used to determine the information estimated within the report, if applicable.
3 Definitions.—
In this section:
Administrator.—
The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.
Expenditure.—
The term “expenditure” means any obligation of funds from the Fund.
Footnotes
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.
Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062
Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 323
Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1077
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1077Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009
Pub. L. 111–8 div. D title V § 516 · 123 Stat. 524
Substituted · 40 U.S.C. § 323(a)
Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center”
Struck · 40 U.S.C. § 323(a)
Pub. L. 111–8 struck out “consumer” after “Federal Government”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center” and struck out “consumer” after “Federal Government”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime: (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime. (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009
Pub. L. 111–8 div. D title V § 516 · 123 Stat. 524
Substituted · 40 U.S.C. § 323(b)(1)
Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data. (b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime: (1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime. (2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes, or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Pub. L. 117–103 div. E title V § 527 · 136 Stat. 49
Added · 40 U.S.C. § 323(f)
Pub. L. 117–103 added subsec. (f)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–103 added subsec. (f).Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 527. (a) Pornography. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.Pub. L. 118–182 § 2(a) · 138 Stat. 2623
Added · 40 U.S.C. § 323(g); 40 U.S.C. § 323(h)
Pub. L. 118–182 added subsecs. (g) and (h)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–182 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 118–182 added subsecs. (g) and (h).Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 118–182 effective on the commencement of the first fiscal year after Dec. 23, 2024, see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 118–182, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
4 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 323(a)–(d) | 40:761. | Pub. L. 98–63, title I, § 101 (1st–9th sentences in par. under heading “Consumer Information Center Fund”), July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 321. |
| 323(e) | 40:761a. | Pub. L. 105–65, title III, (last proviso in par. under heading “Consumer Information Center Fund”), Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1377. |
In this section, the text of 40:761 (6th–last sentences) is omitted as obsolete.
In subsection (a), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b), the words “for fiscal year 1983 and subsequent fiscal years” are omitted as obsolete and unnecessary.
In subsection (e), the words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” and “during fiscal year 1998 and hereafter” are omitted as unnecessary.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2009–2024 · 3 rounds
2024
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 118–182 added subsecs. (g) and (h).
2022
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 117–103 added subsec. (f).
2009
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center” and struck out “consumer” after “Federal Government”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “Federal Citizen Services” for “Consumer Information Center”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2024 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 118–182 effective on the commencement of the first fiscal year after , see section 2(c) of Pub. L. 118–182, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
Credits
2002–2024 · 4 acts
- 2002Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1077
- 2009Pub. L. 111–8, div. D, title V, § 516, , 123 Stat. 664
- 2022Pub. L. 117–103, div. E, title V, § 527, , 136 Stat. 276
- 2024Pub. L. 118–182, § 2(a), , 138 Stat. 2623.
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(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1077; Pub. L. 111–8, div. D, title V, § 516, , 123 Stat. 664; Pub. L. 117–103, div. E, title V, § 527, , 136 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 118–182, § 2(a), , 138 Stat. 2623.)