---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 1005"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "1005"
heading: "Responsibilities of the President"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/1005"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 10 — Federal Advisory Committees"
---

# §1005. Responsibilities of the President

- (a) **Delegation.—** The President may delegate responsibility for evaluating and taking action, where appropriate, with respect to all public recommendations made to the President by [Presidential advisory committees](/usc/5/1001.md?p=4).
- (b) **Report on Response to Recommendations.—** Within 1 year after a [Presidential advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=4) submits a public report to the President, the President or the President’s delegate shall submit to Congress a report stating either proposals for action or reasons for inaction, with respect to the recommendations contained in the public report.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4199.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1005 | 5 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 6(a), (b)) | Pub. L. 92–463, § 6(a), (b), Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 772. |