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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee, Chairman

HANNAH S. SISTARE, Staff Director and Counsel

JOYCE A. RECHTSCHAFFEN, Minority Staff Director and Counsel DARLA D. CASSELL, Administrative Clerk

AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED, ABOLISHED, CONTINUED, MODIFIED, TRANSFERRED, OR CHANGED IN NAME BY LEGISLATIVE OR EXECUTIVE ACTION DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1997

AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW
IN 1997

P.L. 105-17....

P.L. 105-18....

Office of Special Education Programs (with- 111 Stat. 46, 47
in the Office of Special Education and Re-
habilitation Services in the Department of
Education) and Director (to be selected by
the Secretary of Education).

Advisory board to provide policy guidance 111 Stat. 59

with respect to special education and re

lated services for Indian children with dis-
abilities (under the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, Department of the Interior).
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council to
minimize duplication of programs and ac-
tivities relating to infants and toddlers
with disabilities (to be established by the
Secretary of Education).

111 Stat. 121

Standing panel to evaluate applications for 111 Stat. 133
research, personnel preparation, technical
assistance, support, and dissemination of
information for early intervention services
to children (to be established by the Sec-
retary of Education).

National Commission on the Cost of Higher 111 Stat. 207
Education.

P.L. 105–20...... Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Commu- 111 Stat. 231

P.L. 105-33.....

nities.

Negotiated rulemaking committee and 111 Stat. 318
facilitator for solvency standards for pro-

vider-sponsored organizations under the
Medicare+Choice Program (to be ap-
pointed by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services).

Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee to 111 Stat. 336
make recommendations concerning the
designation of areas for inclusion in the
Medicare Prepaid Competitive Pricing
Demonstration Project (to be appointed by
the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices).

2

AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW IN 1997-Continued

Area advisory committee to advise on the 111 Stat. 336
area implementation of the Medicare Pre-
paid Competitive Pricing Demonstration
Project (to be appointed by the Secretary

of Health and Human Services).

National Bipartisan Commission on the Fu- 111 Stat. 347
ture of Medicare.

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Chief Actuary, Health Care Financing Ad-
ministration (to be appointed by the Ad-
ministrator of the Health Care Financing
Administration).

111 Stat. 350

111 Stat. 488

Senate Task Force on Consideration of 111 Stat. 697
Budget Measures.

District of Columbia Federal Pension Liabil- 111 Stat. 724
ity Trustee (to be selected by the Sec-

retary of the Treasury).

Management reform teams to implement 111 Stat. 732 management reform plan for the District

of Columbia.

District of Columbia Corrections Informa- 111 Stat. 736
tion Council.

District of Columbia Corrections Trustee (to 111 Stat. 737
be selected by the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Chairman of the
District of Columbia Financial Respon-
sibility and Management Assistance Au-
thority, the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia, the District Council, and the Dis-
trict of Columbia judiciary).

District of Columbia Truth in Sentencing 111 Stat. 740
Commission (to be established as an inde-

pendent agency of the District of Colum

bia).

District of Columbia Pretrial Services, De- 111 Stat. 746
fense Services, Parole, Adult Probation
and Offender Supervision Trustee (to be
appointed by the Attorney General in con-
sultation with the Chairman of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Financial Responsibility
and Management Assistance Authority
and the Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia).

District of Columbia Offender Supervision, 111 Stat. 748
Defender and Courts Services Agency (to
be established within the Executive
branch) and Director (to be appointed by
the President, by and with the advise of
the Senate).

Director, District of Columbia Pretrial Agen- 111 Stat. 761
cy (to be appointed by the Chief Judges of
the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit and the Unit-
ed States District Court for the District of
Columbia, in consultation with the execu-
tive committee).