---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 1012"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "1012"
heading: "Responsibilities of Library of Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/1012"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 10 — Federal Advisory Committees"
---

# §1012. Responsibilities of Library of Congress


Subject to [section 552 of this title](/usc/5/552.md), the [Administrator](/usc/5/1001.md?p=1) shall provide for the filing with the Library of Congress of at least 8 copies of each report made by each [advisory committee](/usc/5/1001.md?p=2-A) and, where appropriate, background papers prepared by consultants. The Librarian of Congress shall establish a depository for the reports and papers and make them available for public inspection and use.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4204.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1012 | 5 U.S.C. App. (FACA § 13) | Pub. L. 92–463, § 13, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 775. |

In this section, 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.).