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1 ritorial possession, county, city, other political subdivision, 2 grouping, or instrumentality thereof, any domestic profit or 3 nonprofit corporation, institution, or individual, other than an agency of the Federal Government.

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(b) A Federal domestic assistance "program" may in 6 practice be called a program, an activity, a service, a proj7 ect, or some other name regardless of whether it is identified

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as a separate program by statute or regulation and which can 9 be differentiated from any other such program on the basis 10 of its legal authority, its administering office, its purpose, its 11 benefits, or its beneficiaries.

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12 (c) "Assistance or benefits" includes but is not limited to grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage 14 loans and insurance, or other types of financial assistance; 15 assistance in the form of provision of Federal facilities, goods 16 or services, donation or provision of surplus real and personal 17 property; technical assistance and counseling; statistical and 18 other expert information; and service activities of regulatory 19 agencies. "Assistance or benefits" does not include conven20 tional public information services.

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(d) "Requested or applied for" means that the potential

22 applicant or beneficiary must initiate the process which will 23 eventually result in the provision of assistance or benefits. 24 The term, therefore, excludes solicited contracts, automatic 25 shared revenues or payments, and indirect assistance or bene26 fits resulting from Federal operations.

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1 (e) "Federal agency" means any executive depart2 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the Government and any 3 wholly owned Government corporation.

4 (f) "Administering office" means the lowest subdivision 5 of any Federal agency that has direct operational responsi6 bility for managing a Federal domestic assistance program.

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to the collection or evaluation of national security information.

10 CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

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SEC. 4. The President shall transmit to Congress no later 12 than May 1 of each regular session a catalog of Federal 13 domestic assistance programs, referred to in this Act as "the 14 catalog," in accordance with this Act.

16 SEC. 5. The catalog shall be designed to assist the 17 potential beneficiary identify all existing Federal domestic 18 assistance programs wherever administered, and shall supply 19 information for each program so that the potential beneficiary can determine whether particular assistance or support might 21 be available to him for the purposes he wishes.

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REQUIRED PROGRAM INFORMATION

SEC. 6. For each Federal domestic assistance program,

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(1) identify the program. The identification may

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include the name of the program, the authorizing statute, the specific administering office, and a brief description of the program including the objectives it is designed to attain.

(2) describe the program structure. The description may include a statement of the eligibility restrictions, the available benefits, and the restrictions on the use of such benefits.

(3) provide financial information. This information may include the obligations incurred for past years, the range of financial assistance where appropriate, or other pertinent financial information designed to indicate the

magnitude of the program and any funding remaining available.

(4) state the obligations on the part of the recipient receiving assistance or support. This statement may include a statement of prerequisites to receiving benefits, and of duties required after receiving benefits.

(5) identify the appropriate officials to contact. The list may include contacts both in Washington, District of Columbia, and locally, including addresses and telephone numbers.

(6) provide a general description of the application process. This description may include application

5 SEC. 7. (a) The program information may be set forth 6 in such form as the President may determine, and the cata7 log may include such other program information and data

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as in his opinion are necessary or desirable in order to assist 9 the potential program beneficiary to understand and take 10 advantage of each Federal domestic assistance program.

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(b) The catalog shall contain a detailed index designed to assist the potential beneficiary to identify all Federal 13 domestic assistance programs related to a particular need. (c) The catalog shall be in all respects concise, clear, 15 understandable, and such that it can be easily understood by

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18 SEC. 8. The President shall revise the catalog at no less

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(1) shall reflect any changes in the program infor

mation listed in section 6.

(2) shall further reflect addition, consolidation, re

organization, or cessation of Federal assistance programs,

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and shall provide for such Federal assistance programs

the program information listed in section 6.

(3) shall include such other program information as will provide the most current information on changes in financial information, on changes in organizations administering the Federal assistance programs, and on other changes of direct, immediate relevance to potential program beneficiaries as will most accurately reflect the full scope of Federal assistance programs.

(4) may include such other program information and data as in the President's opinion are necessary or desirable in order to assist the potential program

beneficiary to understand and take advantage of each

Federal assistance program.

PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CATALOG

SEC. 9. (a) The President (or an official to whom such 17 function is delegated pursuant to section 10 of this Act) 18 shall prepare, publish, and maintain the catalog and shall 19 make such catalog and revisions thereof available to the 20 public at prices approximately equal to the cost in quantities 21 adequate to meet public demands, providing for subscriptions. 22 to the catalog and revisions thereof in such manner as he may determine.

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Gratis distribution of not to exceed ten thousand copies,

25 in the aggregate, is authorized to Members of Congress and