Reading Room Document

Whether the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (the "Commission") must receive clearance from the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for proposed legislation.

The document is a memorandum responding to a request about whether the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science must receive clearance from the Office of Management and Budget for proposed legislation. The conclusion reached in the document is that the Commission must submit all proposed legislation to OMB for clearance. The document also presents questions about the authority of the Commission, the procedures that agencies must follow, and examples of other commissions that have been asked to transmit legislative proposals to OMB and Congress concurrently.

January 15, 1981