Reading Room Document

Applicability of the durational provisions of §14(a)(l)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to two statutory advisory committees of the Atomic Energy Commission.

The document is a response to a letter regarding the applicability of durational provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to two statutory advisory committees of the Atomic Energy Commission. The conclusion reached is that both committees should be regarded as having continuing duration due to their specific statutory functions, which are an integral part of the implementation of a statutory scheme. The document presents questions about the interpretation of the durational provisions of the Act and the standards formulated by the office regarding this matter. It also raises the question of how the phrase "duration otherwise provided for by law" is to be interpreted.

July 24, 1974