[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-3.25]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-3_FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A_What Policies Apply to Advisory Committees Established Within 
                          the Executive Branch?
 
Sec. 102-3.25  What definitions apply to this part?

    The following definitions apply to this Federal Advisory Committee 
Management part:
    Act means the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C., 
App.
    Administrator means the Administrator of General Services.
    Advisory committee subject to the Act, except as specifically 
exempted by the Act or by other statutes, or as not covered by this 
part, means any committee, board, commission, council, conference, 
panel, task force, or other similar group, which is established by 
statute, or established or utilized by the President or by an agency 
official, for the purpose of obtaining advice or recommendations for the 
President or on issues or policies within the scope of an agency 
official's responsibilities.
    Agency has the same meaning as in 5 U.S.C. 551(1).
    Committee Management Officer (``CMO''), means the individual 
designated by the agency head to implement the provisions of section 
8(b) of the Act and any delegated responsibilities of the agency head 
under the Act.
    Committee Management Secretariat (``Secretariat''), means the 
organization established pursuant to section 7(a) of the Act, which is 
responsible for all matters relating to advisory committees, and carries 
out the responsibilities of the Administrator under the Act and 
Executive Order 12024 (3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 158).
    Committee meeting means any gathering of advisory committee members 
(whether in person or through electronic means) held with the approval 
of an agency for the purpose of deliberating on the substantive matters 
upon which the advisory committee provides advice or recommendations.
    Committee member means an individual who serves by appointment or 
invitation on an advisory committee or subcommittee.
    Committee staff means any Federal employee, private individual, or 
other party (whether under contract or not) who is not a committee 
member, and who serves in a support capacity to an advisory committee or 
subcommittee.
    Designated Federal Officer (``DFO''), means an individual designated 
by the agency head, for each advisory committee for which the agency 
head is responsible, to implement the provisions of sections 10(e) and 
(f) of the Act and any advisory committee procedures of the agency under 
the control and supervision of the CMO.
    Discretionary advisory committee means any advisory committee that 
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established under the authority of an agency head or authorized by 
statute. An advisory committee referenced in general (non-specific) 
authorizing language or Congressional committee report language is 
discretionary, and its establishment or termination is within the legal 
discretion of an agency head.
    Independent Presidential advisory committee means any Presidential 
advisory committee not assigned by the Congress in law, or by President 
or the President's delegate, to an agency for administrative and other 
support.
    Non-discretionary advisory committee means any advisory committee 
either required by statute or by Presidential directive. A non-
discretionary advisory committee required by statute generally is 
identified specifically in a statute by name, purpose, or functions, and 
its establishment or termination is beyond the legal discretion of an 
agency head.
    Presidential advisory committee means any advisory committee 
authorized by the Congress or directed by the President to advise the 
President.
    Subcommittee means a group, generally not subject to the Act, that 
reports to an advisory committee and not directly to a Federal officer 
or agency, whether or not its members are drawn in whole or in part from 
the parent advisory committee.
    Utilized for the purposes of the Act, does not have its ordinary 
meaning. A committee that is not established by the Federal Government 
is utilized within the meaning of the Act when the President or a 
Federal office or agency exercises actual management or control over its 
operation.