---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6104"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6104"
heading: "Catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6104"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 61 — Program Information"
---

# §6104. Catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs

- (a) The [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) shall prepare and publish each year a catalog of domestic [assistance programs](/usc/31/7102.md?p=2).
- (b) In a form selected by the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6), the catalog shall contain—
  - (1)
    - (A) all substantive information on domestic [assistance programs](/usc/31/7102.md?p=2) that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (7) of [section 6102(a) of this title](/usc/31/6102.md?p=a); and
    - (B) such portions or summaries, as the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) considers appropriate, of the information on domestic [assistance programs](/usc/31/7102.md?p=2) that, at the time the catalog is prepared, is in the system under paragraphs (3) and (4) of [section 6102(a) of this title](/usc/31/6102.md?p=a);
  - (2) information the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) decides may be helpful to a potential [applicant](/usc/31/7102.md?p=1) for or beneficiary of [assistance](/usc/31/6501.md?p=1); and
  - (3) a detailed index.
- (c) When the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) decides it is necessary, the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) shall prepare and publish—
  - (1) supplements to the catalog; and
  - (2) specialized compilations by function of information in the catalog.
- (d) The [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6) may distribute a catalog without cost to each—
  - (1) member of Congress;
  - (2) department, [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1), and instrumentality of the United States Government;
  - (3) [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2);
  - (4) general purpose unit of a [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3);
  - (5) [Indian tribe](/usc/31/7501.md?p=a-9) recognized by the United States Government;
  - (6) depository library of Government publications; and
  - (7) depository designated by the [Administrator](/usc/31/6101.md?p=6).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1002; Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), 3(e), 4, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1113, 1114.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6104(a) | 31:1705(a). | Dec. 28, 1977, Pub. L. 95–220, § 6, 91 Stat. 1616. |
| 6104(b) | 31:1705(d). |  |
| 6104(c) | 31:1705(b), (c). |  |
| 6104(d) | 31:1705(e). |  |

In subsection (a), the words in parentheses are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b)(1), the word “Federal” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “system under section 6102(a) of this title” are substituted for “data base” for clarity and consistency.

In subsection (d), before clause (1), the text of 31:1705(e)(1) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 6102(c) of the revised title. The words “The Director” are added for clarity and consistency. The words “member of Congress” are substituted for “Members of Congress, Delegates, Resident Commissioners” for consistency. In clause (6), the words “depository library of United States Government publications” are substituted for “Federal deposit libraries” as being more precise. In clause (7), the word “depository” is substituted for “other local repositories” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

Pub. L. 98–169, § 1(2), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Office of Management and Budget”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in provisions preceding par. (1).

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98–169, § 3(e), amended par. (1) generally, substituting provisions requiring that the catalog contain all substantive information on domestic assistance programs that is in the system under section 6102(a)(1), (2), and (5)–(7) of this title, and such portions or summaries, as the Administrator considers appropriate, of information in the system under section 6102(a)(3), (4) of this title, at the time the catalog is prepared, for provision requiring that the catalog contain all such information in the system under section 6102(a) of this title at the time the catalog was prepared.

Subsecs. (b)(2), (c), (d). Pub. L. 98–169, § 4, substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing.