# § 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
**(a)** There is established in the Office of Management and Budget an office to be known as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
**(b)** There shall be at the head of the Office an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall delegate to the Administrator the authority to administer all functions under this subchapter, except that any such delegation shall not relieve the Director of responsibility for the administration of such functions. The Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the Director on Federal information resources management policy.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 166; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–275.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 3503, added , , ; amended , , , 1783–336, and , , , 3341–336, related to the establishment of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .
Another prior section 3503, , , , prescribed duties of Director of Bureau of the Budget, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by . See .
### Amendments
2000—Subsec. (b). substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by effective 30 days after , see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of , , , formerly set out as an Effective Date note under former .
### Effective Date
Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .
### Delegation of Other Functions to Administrator
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> **“(b)** The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall delegate to the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs all functions, authority, and responsibility of the Director under section 552a of title 5, United States Code, under Executive Order 12046 [Ex. Ord. No. 12046, Mar. 27, 1978, 43 F.R. 14193, set out as a note under section 305 of Title 47, Telecommunications] and Reorganization Plan No. 1 for telecommunications [probably means Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1970, 35 F.R. 6421, 84 Stat. 2083, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], and under sections 110 and 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ([former 40 U.S.C. 322 and former] 40 U.S.C. 759).”
, , , as amended by , , ; , , , 1783–342, and , , , 3341–342, provided:
> “This title and the amendments made by this title [amending former sections 3501 to 3507, 3511, 3514, and 3520 of this title and sections 751, 757, and 759 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, enacting provisions set out as a notes under
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> , amending provisions set out as a note above, and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 759 of former Title 40] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [
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