---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6102a"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6102a"
heading: "Assistance awards information system"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6102a"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 61 — Program Information"
---

# §6102a. Assistance awards information system

- (a) The [Director](/usc/31/6101.md?p=5) shall—
  - (1) maintain the United States Government [assistance](/usc/31/6501.md?p=1) awards information system established as a result of the study conducted under section 9 of the [Federal Program](/usc/31/7501.md?p=a-6) Information Act; and
  - (2) update the system on a quarterly basis.
- (b) To carry out [subsection (a)](#a) of this section, the [Director](/usc/31/6101.md?p=5)—
  - (1) may delegate the responsibility for carrying out [subsection (a)](#a) of this section to the head of another executive [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1);
  - (2) shall review a report the head of an [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1) submits to the [Director](/usc/31/6101.md?p=5) on the method of carrying out [subsection (a)](#a) of this section; and
  - (3) may validate, by appropriate means, the method by which an [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1) prepares the report.
- (c) The [Director](/usc/31/6101.md?p=5) shall transmit promptly after the end of each calendar quarter, free of charge, the data in the system required by [subsection (a)](#a) to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and to the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–452, § 1(23)(A), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2477; amended Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1113; Pub. L. 99–547, § 2(b)(1), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3060; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 219(b)(2), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1748.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6102a | 31 App.:6102(note). | Oct. 15, 1982, Pub. L. 97–326, § 8, 96 Stat. 1609. |

In subsection (a)(1), the words “operate and” are omitted as surplus. The words “United States Government” are substituted for “Federal” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words “information system” are substituted for “data system” for consistency with 31:6102. The words “by the Director” are omitted as surplus.

In subsection (b)(1), the words “the head of another executive agency” are substituted for “any authority of the executive branch of the Federal Government” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.

In subsection (b)(2), the words “the head of” are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 9 of the Federal Program Information Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 9 of Pub. L. 95–220, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1617, and was repealed by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068.

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “House Oversight” for “House Administration”.

1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–547 added subsec. (c).

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–169 substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.