[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR8.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 8_ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  8.5  Creation of a committee.

    (a) A bureau or an office designated or desiring to sponsor an 
advisory committee will prepare a memorandum to the Advisory Committee 
Management Officer setting forth the purpose, organization (including 
subgroups), proposed balanced membership (see Sec.  8.6), and a 
justification for the need of the particular committee.
    (b) The Advisory Committee Management Officer will review the 
request and will make an action recommendation to the Deputy Under 
Secretary for Management through the Director of the Management Systems 
Staff.
    (c) If the Deputy Under Secretary for Management approves the 
request, it will be submitted to the Committee Management Secretariat of 
the Office of Management and Budget for approval. The OMB Secretariat 
will usually take action within 15 days.
    (d) The Advisory Committee Management Officer will advise the 
sponsoring bureau or office of the approval for or rejection of the 
request to establish the advisory committee.
    (e) After OMB approval the intent to establish an advisory 
committee, containing a description of the committee and a statement of 
why it is in the public interest to create it, will be published in the 
Federal Register at least 15 days prior to filing the committee charter.

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