To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 6(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92—463), I am transmitting the seventh annual report on the status of Federal advisory committees.
This report reflects further progress toward accomplishing the objectives I set in 1977: to assure that unnecessary committees are terminated, and new committees are established only when they are essential to meet the responsibilities of the government. At the end of 1978:
—The total number of committees was 816, 59 fewer than at the beginning of the year; and
—Since the beginning of 1977 the total number of committees has been reduced by 343 (from 1,159).
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
March 23, 1979.
Note: The report is entitled "Federal Advisory Committees, Seventh Annual Report of the President Covering the Calendar Year 1978—March 1979" (Government Printing Office, 154 pages).
Jimmy Carter, Federal Advisory Committees Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249261