Transfers from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Administrator of General Services the responsibility for: (1) maintaining and providing wide access to a computerized information system on domestic assistance programs; and (2) preparing, publishing, and distributing the catalog of domestic assistance programs each year. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the information in the computer system and the catalog is the most current information available.
Requires the Director to collect and provide the Administrator with the information on domestic assistance programs, including the following information which the Director shall also transmit to specified congressional committees: (1) a specification of each formula governing eligibility for assistance or the distribution of assistance under each program; (2) a description of all data and statistical estimates used to carry out each formula; and (3) an identification of the sources of such data and estimates. Grants the Administrator discretion regarding the formula information that shall be included in the catalog or accessible via computer.
Assigns the Director responsibility for overseeing the authorities transferred by this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Reported to House by House Committee on Government Operations. Report No: 98-112.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 62.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate.
Ordered to be held at the desk pending further disposition.
Considered by Senate.
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1267 amended.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1267 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1267 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments.
Enacted as Public Law 98-169
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House Agreed to Senate Amendments.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 98-169.
Became Public Law No: 98-169.