PUBLIC LAW 98-169—NOV. 29, 1983 97 STAT. 1113 Public Law 98-169 98th Congress An Act To transfer from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Administrator of General Services the responsibility for publication of the catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 61 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by adding at the end of section 6101 the following new paragraphs: "(5) 'Director' means the Director of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget. "(6) 'Administrator' means the Administrator of General Services."; and (2) by striking out the phrase "Director of the Office of Management and Budget" each time that it appears and insert- ing in lieu thereof "Director". SEC. 2. Section 6102 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "prepare and maintain information on domestic assistance programs" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "collect and review information on domestic assist- ance programs and shall provide such information to the Administrator"; and (2) by striking out the second sentence of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "The Director shall be responsible for ensuring that the Administrator incorporates all relevant infor- mation received on a regular basis."; (3) by striking out "Director" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "Administrator"; (4) by striking out "and" at the end of subsection (c)(1), by striking out the period at the end of subsection (c)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by adding thereafter the following new paragraph: "(3) shall ensure that the information in the computerized system is made current on a regular basis and that the printed catalog and supplements thereto contain the most current data available at the time of printing.". SEC. 3. (a) Section 6101 of title 31, United States Code (as amended by the first section of this Act), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(7) 'formula' means any prescribed method employing objec- tive data or statistical estimates for making individual determi- nations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written in the form of either— "(A) a closed mathematical statement; or "(B) an iterative procedure or algorithm which can be written as a computer program; and from which the results can be objectively replicated, within reasonable limits due to rounding error, through independent Nov. 29, 1983 [H.R. 2592] Catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs. Transfer of publication responsibility. 31 USC 6101. 31 USC 6102-6104. "Formula."
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