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44 U.S.C. § 3517

Consultation with other agencies and the public

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(a) In developing information resources management policies, plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and guidelines and in reviewing collections of information, the Director shall provide interested agencies and persons early and meaningful opportunity to comment.(b) Any person may request the Director to review any collection of information conducted by or for an agency to determine, if, under this subchapter, a person shall maintain, provide, or disclose the information to or for the agency. Unless the request is frivolous, the Director shall, in coordination with the agency responsible for the collection of information—(1) respond to the request within 60 days after receiving the request, unless such period is extended by the Director to a specified date and the person making the request is given notice of such extension; and(2) take appropriate remedial action, if necessary.(Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 182; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–275.)Editorial NotesPrior Provisions

A prior section 3517, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2824, related to consultation with other agencies and the public prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 2000 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–398 effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of Pub. L. 106–398, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, formerly set out as an Effective Date note under former section 3531 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1995, except as otherwise provided, see section 4(a) of Pub. L. 104–13, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Gilbert Hyatt v. Off. of Mgt. & Budget, 908 F.3d 1165 (9th Cir. 2018).
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Gilbert Hyatt v. Off. of Mgt. & Budget, 908 F.3d 1165 (9th Cir. 2018). · cites it 7× “44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b). Where such a petition does not challenge an OMB decision “to approve or not act upon a collection of information contained in an agency rule,” see 44 U.”
United to Protect Democracy v. Presidential Advisory Comm'n on Election Integrity, 288 F. Supp. 3d 99 (D.C. Cir. 2017). · cites it 3× “Under 44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b), "[a]ny person may request the Director [of OMB] to review any collection of information conducted by or for an agency to determine, if, under [the PRA], a person shall maintain, provide, or disclose the information to or for the agency.”
Pedro Perez Perez v. Chad Wolf, 943 F.3d 853 (9th Cir. 2019). “” 44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b). We held that the first PEREZ PEREZ V.”
Ass'n of Immigr. Attorneys v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 675 F. Supp. 781 (S.D.N.Y. 1987). “§ 553 (c), and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. § 3517 . The government seeks summary judgment.”
Hyatt v. Off. of Mgmt. & Budget (D. Nev. 2020). · cites it 3× “§ 3517 (b) 6 “permits ‘any person’ to ‘request the [OMB] Director to review any collection of information 7 conducted by or for an agency to determine, if, under this subchapter, a person shall maintain, 8 provide, or disclose the information to or for the agency.”
United to Protect Democracy v. Presidential Advisory Comm'n on Election Integrity (D.D.C. 2017). · cites it 2× “” 44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b). On July 3, 2017, Plaintiff United to Protect Democracy allegedly sent a letter to the Director of OMB explaining the ways in which the 5 Commission had allegedly violated the PRA’s procedural requirements and, pursuant to § 3517, requested that the…”
Pedro Perez Perez v. Chad Wolf (9th Cir. 2019). “” 44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b). We held that the first PEREZ PEREZ V.”
Gilbert Hyatt v. Omb (9th Cir. 2021). “44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b). OMB must respond to any non-frivolous request, id.”
Adam Steele v. United States (D.C. Cir. 2025). “That criticism might support a petition under 44 U.S.C. § 3517 (b), which authorizes challenges to unnecessary or unduly burdensome collections.”
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