An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Public Law 97-326 · S. 2386 · 97th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 15, 1982 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Sen. James Sasser (D-TN)
Cosponsors (15): Sen. Donald Riegle, Sen. David Durenberger,
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Consolidated Federal Funds Report Act of 1982 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to prepare a report on the total amount of Federal funds obligated for expenditure, or expended, in general categories of Federal funds and in each State during FY 1981 and 1982. Requires the Director to also prepare such report for each State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality during FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Requires that such reports be based on data included in; (1) the Federal Assistance Awards Data systems; (2) the Federal Procurement Data System; (3) the appropriate data file of the Office of Personnel Management; and (4) the records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Requires the Director to: (1) make printed copies and computer tapes of such reports; (2) provide such copies and tapes for public purchase at prices fixed to recover the costs of providing such reports; and (3) transmit one of each printed copy to each Federal regional depository library and specified congressional committees, and of each computer tape to specified committees.
Requires the Director to operate, maintain, and update on a quarterly basis the Federal Assistance Awards Data System established pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act. Requires the Director to transmit, quarterly, a computer tape of the data in such system to specified congressional committees.
Authorizes the Director to delegate his or her responsibilities under this Act to any executive branch authority, but requires the Director to oversee the activities of such authority and to review any reports of such an authority concerning the Federal assistance awards data system.
Requires the Director to designate a single unit to provide for uniformity of data.
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to specified congressional committees on the accuracy, costs, and use of data systems and reports required by this Act.
Requires the head of each agency which has compiled or can compile data that would have been included in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds reports for FY 1981 or 1982, to deliver a copy of such data to certain congressional committees within a specified period. Requires any agency which fails to provide such information to deliver a statement of the reasons for such failure.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Oversight and Accountability Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Regulation and Government Information Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.
- Oct 15, 1982Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-326.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 5, 1982PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 1, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.
- Sep 28, 1982FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) in lieu of H.R. 7096
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Aug 16, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Aug 2, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Jul 29, 1982FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
- May 28, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- May 12, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Regulation and Government Information Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Apr 15, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.