The Act resulted in part from a congressional belief that the advisory committees had proliferated excessively, wasting taxpayer dollars and enabling favored private interests to wield undue influence over the early stages of executive policymaking.

• 《联邦咨询委员会法》的出台，部分地是由于国会相信，咨询委员会已泛滥成灾，浪费了纳税人的财力，且使受偏袒的私人利益对初期阶段的行政决策施加不正当的影响。