The date of the enactment of the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105–153, which was approved Dec. 17, 1997.

A prior section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act was renumbered section 16 by Pub. L. 105–153.

Section 3 of Pub. L. 105–153 provided that: “Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 1997], the Administrator of General Services shall submit a report to the Congress on the implementation of and compliance with the amendments made by this Act [enacting this section, amending section 3 of Pub. L. 92–463, set out in this Appendix, and redesignating former section 15 of Pub. L. 92–463, set out in this Appendix, as section 16].”