---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 1007"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "1007"
heading: "Responsibilities of agency heads"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/1007"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 10 — Federal Advisory Committees"
---

# §1007. Responsibilities of agency heads

- (a) **Administrative Guidelines and Management Controls.—** Each [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1) head shall establish uniform administrative guidelines and management controls for [advisory committees](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) established by that [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1), which shall be consistent with directives of the [Administrator](/usc/5/1001.md?p=1) under sections [1006](/usc/5/1006.md) and [1009](/usc/5/1009.md) of this title. Each [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1) shall maintain systematic information on the nature, functions, and operations of each [advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) within its jurisdiction.
- (b) **Advisory Committee Management Officer.—** The head of each [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1) that has an [advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) shall designate an [Advisory Committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) Management Officer who shall—
  - (1) exercise control and supervision over the [establishment](/usc/5/401.md?p=1), procedures, and accomplishments of [advisory committees](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) established by the [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1);
  - (2) assemble and maintain the reports, records, and other papers of any [advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) established by the [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1) during the [advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A)’s existence; and
  - (3) carry out, on behalf of the [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1), the provisions of [section 552 of this title](/usc/5/552.md) with respect to such reports, records, and other papers.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4201.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1007 | 5 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 8) | Pub. L. 92–463, § 8, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 773. |

In subsection (a), the word “Administrator” is substituted for “Director” (meaning the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) because of section 5F of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (5 U.S.C. App.).