104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 244

AN ACT

To further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to

have Federal agencies become more responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on the public, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 TITLE I—PAPERWORK

4 REDUCTION

5 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction

7 Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 102. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POL2 ICY.

3 Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amend4 ed to read as follows:

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 35—COORDINATION OF

6 FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

‘‘Sec.

‘‘3501. Purposes.

‘‘3502. Definitions.

‘‘3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

‘‘3504. Authority and functions of Director.

‘‘3505. Assignment of tasks and deadlines.

‘‘3506. Federal agency responsibilities.

‘‘3507. Public information collection activities; submission to Director; approval

and delegation.

‘‘3508. Determination of necessity for information; hearing.

‘‘3509. Designation of central collection agency.

‘‘3510. Cooperation of agencies in making information available.

‘‘3511. Establishment and operation of Government Information Locator Service.

‘‘3512. Public protection.

‘‘3513. Director review of agency activities; reporting; agency response.

‘‘3514. Responsiveness to Congress.

‘‘3515. Administrative powers.

‘‘3516. Rules and regulations.

‘‘3517. Consultation with other agencies and the public.

‘‘3518. Effect on existing laws and regulations.

‘‘3519. Access to information.

‘‘3520. Authorization of appropriations.

7 ‘‘§ 3501. Purposes

8 ‘‘The purposes of this chapter are to—

9 ‘‘(1) minimize the paperwork burden for indi10 viduals, small businesses, educational and nonprofit

11 institutions, Federal contractors, State, local and

12 tribal governments, and other persons resulting from

13 the collection of information by or for the Federal

14 Government;
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1 ‘‘(2) ensure the greatest possible public benefit

2 from and maximize the utility of information cre3 ated, collected, maintained, used, shared and dis4 seminated by or for the Federal Government;

5 ‘‘(3) coordinate, integrate, and to the extent

6 practicable and appropriate, make uniform Federal

7 information resources management policies and

8 practices as a means to improve the productivity, ef9 ficiency, and effectiveness of Government programs,

10 including the reduction of information collection bur11 dens on the public and the improvement of service

12 delivery to the public;

13 ‘‘(4) improve the quality and use of Federal in14 formation to strengthen decisionmaking, accountabil15 ity, and openness in Government and society;

16 ‘‘(5) minimize the cost to the Federal Govern17 ment of the creation, collection, maintenance, use,

18 dissemination, and disposition of information;

19 ‘‘(6) strengthen the partnership between the

20 Federal Government and State, local, and tribal gov21 ernments by minimizing the burden and maximizing

22 the utility of information created, collected, main23 tained, used, disseminated, and retained by or for

24 the Federal Government;
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1 ‘‘(7) provide for the dissemination of public in2 formation on a timely basis, on equitable terms, and

3 in a manner that promotes the utility of the infor4 mation to the public and makes effective use of in5 formation technology;

6 ‘‘(8) ensure that the creation, collection, main7 tenance, use, dissemination, and disposition of infor8 mation by or for the Federal Government is consist9 ent with applicable laws, including laws relating to—

10 ‘‘(A) privacy and confidentiality, including

11 section 552a of title 5;

12 ‘‘(B) security of information, including the

13 Computer Security Act of 1987 (Public Law

14 100–235); and

15 ‘‘(C) access to information, including sec16 tion 552 of title 5;

17 ‘‘(9) ensure the integrity, quality, and utility of

18 the Federal statistical system;

19 ‘‘(10) ensure that information technology is ac20 quired, used, and managed to improve performance

21 of agency missions, including the reduction of infor22 mation collection burdens on the public; and

23 ‘‘(11) improve the responsibility and account24 ability of the Office of Management and Budget and

25 all other Federal agencies to Congress and to the
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1 public for implementing the information collection

2 review process, information resources management,

3 and related policies and guidelines established under

4 this chapter.

5 ‘‘§ 3502. Definitions

6 ‘‘As used in this chapter—

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means any executive de8 partment, military department, Government corpora9 tion, Government controlled corporation, or other es10 tablishment in the executive branch of the Govern11 ment (including the Executive Office of the Presi12 dent), or any independent regulatory agency, but

13 does not include—

14 ‘‘(A) the General Accounting Office;

15 ‘‘(B) Federal Election Commission;

16 ‘‘(C) the governments of the District of

17 Columbia and of the territories and possessions

18 of the United States, and their various subdivi19 sions; or

20 ‘‘(D) Government-owned contractor-oper21 ated facilities, including laboratories engaged in

22 national defense research and production activi23 ties;

24 ‘‘(2) the term ‘burden’ means time, effort, or fi25 nancial resources expended by persons to generate,
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1 maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal

2 agency, including the resources expended for—

3 ‘‘(A) reviewing instructions;

4 ‘‘(B) acquiring, installing, and utilizing

5 technology and systems;

6 ‘‘(C) adjusting the existing ways to comply

7 with any previously applicable instructions and

8 requirements;

9 ‘‘(D) searching data sources;

10 ‘‘(E) completing and reviewing the collec11 tion of information; and

12 ‘‘(F) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing

13 the information;

14 ‘‘(3) the term ‘collection of information’—

15 ‘‘(A) means the obtaining, causing to be

16 obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure

17 to third parties or the public, of facts or opin18 ions by or for an agency, regardless of form or

19 format, calling for either—

20 ‘‘(i) answers to identical questions

21 posed to, or identical reporting or record22 keeping requirements imposed on, ten or

23 more persons, other than agencies, instru24 mentalities, or employees of the United

25 States; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) answers to questions posed to

2 agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of

3 the United States which are to be used for

4 general statistical purposes; and

5 ‘‘(B) shall not include a collection of infor6 mation described under section 3518(c)(1);

7 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of

8 the Office of Management and Budget;

9 ‘‘(5) the term ‘independent regulatory agency’

10 means the Board of Governors of the Federal Re11 serve System, the Commodity Futures Trading Com12 mission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission,

13 the Federal Communications Commission, the Fed14 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal En15 ergy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Housing

16 Finance Board, the Federal Maritime Commission,

17 the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Com18 merce Commission, the Mine Enforcement Safety

19 and Health Review Commission, the National Labor

20 Relations Board, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis21 sion, the Occupational Safety and Health Review

22 Commission, the Postal Rate Commission, the Secu23 rities and Exchange Commission, and any other

24 similar agency designated by statute as a Federal

25 independent regulatory agency or commission;
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1 ‘‘(6) the term ‘information resources’ means in2 formation and related resources, such as personnel,

3 equipment, funds, and information technology;

4 ‘‘(7) the term ‘information resources manage5 ment’ means the process of managing information

6 resources to accomplish agency missions and to im7 prove agency performance, including through the re8 duction of information collection burdens on the

9 public;

10 ‘‘(8) the term ‘information system’ means a dis11 crete set of information resources organized for the

12 collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing,

13 dissemination, or disposition of information;

14 ‘‘(9) the term ‘information technology’ has the

15 same meaning as the term ‘automatic data process16 ing equipment’ as defined by section 111(a) (2) and

17 (3)(C) (i) through (v) of the Federal Property and

18 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

19 759(a) (2) and (3)(C) (i) through (v));

20 ‘‘(10) the term ‘person’ means an individual,

21 partnership, association, corporation, business trust,

22 or legal representative, an organized group of indi23 viduals, a State, territorial, or local government or

24 branch thereof, or a political subdivision of a State,
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1 territory, or local government or a branch of a politi2 cal subdivision;

3 ‘‘(11) the term ‘practical utility’ means the abil4 ity of an agency to use information, particularly the

5 capability to process such information in a timely

6 and useful fashion;

7 ‘‘(12) the term ‘public information’ means any

8 information, regardless of form or format, that an

9 agency discloses, disseminates, or makes available to

10 the public; and

11 ‘‘(13) the term ‘recordkeeping requirement’

12 means a requirement imposed by or for an agency

13 on persons to maintain specified records.

14 ‘‘§ 3503. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

15 ‘‘(a) There is established in the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget an office to be known as the Office of

17 Information and Regulatory Affairs.

18 ‘‘(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Ad19 ministrator who shall be appointed by the President, by

20 and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Direc21 tor shall delegate to the Administrator the authority to

22 administer all functions under this chapter, except that

23 any such delegation shall not relieve the Director of re24 sponsibility for the administration of such functions. The
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1 Administrator shall serve as principal adviser to the Direc2 tor on Federal information resources management policy.

3 ‘‘(c) The Administrator and employees of the Office

4 of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall be appointed

5 with special attention to professional qualifications re6 quired to administer the functions of the Office described

7 under this chapter. Such qualifications shall include rel8 evant education, work experience, or related professional

9 activities.

10 ‘‘§ 3504. Authority and functions of Director

11 ‘‘(a)(1) The Director shall oversee the use of informa12 tion resources to improve the efficiency and effectiveness

13 of governmental operations to serve agency missions, in14 cluding service delivery to the public. In performing such

15 oversight, the Director shall—

16 ‘‘(A) develop, coordinate and oversee the imple17 mentation of Federal information resources manage18 ment policies, principles, standards, and guidelines;

19 and

20 ‘‘(B) provide direction and oversee—

21 ‘‘(i) the review of the collection of informa22 tion and the reduction of the information collec23 tion burden;

24 ‘‘(ii) agency dissemination of and public

25 access to information;
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1 ‘‘(iii) statistical activities;

2 ‘‘(iv) records management activities;

3 ‘‘(v) privacy, confidentiality, security, dis4 closure, and sharing of information; and

5 ‘‘(vi) the acquisition and use of informa6 tion technology.

7 ‘‘(2) The authority of the Director under this chapter

8 shall be exercised consistent with applicable law.

9 ‘‘(b) With respect to general information resources

10 management policy, the Director shall—

11 ‘‘(1) develop and oversee the implementation of

12 uniform information resources management policies,

13 principles, standards, and guidelines;

14 ‘‘(2) foster greater sharing, dissemination, and

15 access to public information, including through—

16 ‘‘(A) the use of the Government Informa17 tion Locator Service; and

18 ‘‘(B) the development and utilization of

19 common standards for information collection,

20 storage, processing and communication, includ21 ing standards for security, interconnectivity and

22 interoperability;

23 ‘‘(3) initiate and review proposals for changes

24 in legislation, regulations, and agency procedures to
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1 improve information resources management prac2 tices;

3 ‘‘(4) oversee the development and implementa4 tion of best practices in information resources man5 agement, including training; and

6 ‘‘(5) oversee agency integration of program and

7 management functions with information resources

8 management functions.

9 ‘‘(c) With respect to the collection of information and

10 the control of paperwork, the Director shall—

11 ‘‘(1) review proposed agency collections of infor12 mation, and in accordance with section 3508, deter13 mine whether the collection of information by or for

14 an agency is necessary for the proper performance

15 of the functions of the agency, including whether the

16 information shall have practical utility;

17 ‘‘(2) coordinate the review of the collection of

18 information associated with Federal procurement

19 and acquisition by the Office of Information and

20 Regulatory Affairs with the Office of Federal Pro21 curement Policy, with particular emphasis on apply22 ing information technology to improve the efficiency

23 and effectiveness of Federal procurement and acqui24 sition and to reduce information collection burdens

25 on the public;
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1 ‘‘(3) minimize the Federal information collec2 tion burden, with particular emphasis on those indi3 viduals and entities most adversely affected;

4 ‘‘(4) maximize the practical utility of and public

5 benefit from information collected by or for the Fed6 eral Government; and

7 ‘‘(5) establish and oversee standards and guide8 lines by which agencies are to estimate the burden

9 to comply with a proposed collection of information.

10 ‘‘(d) With respect to information dissemination, the

11 Director shall develop and oversee the implementation of

12 policies, principles, standards, and guidelines to—

13 ‘‘(1) apply to Federal agency dissemination of

14 public information, regardless of the form or format

15 in which such information is disseminated; and

16 ‘‘(2) promote public access to public informa17 tion and fulfill the purposes of this chapter, includ18 ing through the effective use of information tech19 nology.

20 ‘‘(e) With respect to statistical policy and coordina21 tion, the Director shall—

22 ‘‘(1) coordinate the activities of the Federal sta23 tistical system to ensure—

24 ‘‘(A) the efficiency and effectiveness of the

25 system; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the integrity, objectivity, impartiality,

2 utility, and confidentiality of information col3 lected for statistical purposes;

4 ‘‘(2) ensure that budget proposals of agencies

5 are consistent with system-wide priorities for main6 taining and improving the quality of Federal statis7 tics and prepare an annual report on statistical pro8 gram funding;

9 ‘‘(3) develop and oversee the implementation of

10 Governmentwide policies, principles, standards, and

11 guidelines concerning—

12 ‘‘(A) statistical collection procedures and

13 methods;

14 ‘‘(B) statistical data classification;

15 ‘‘(C) statistical information presentation

16 and dissemination;

17 ‘‘(D) timely release of statistical data; and

18 ‘‘(E) such statistical data sources as may

19 be required for the administration of Federal

20 programs;

21 ‘‘(4) evaluate statistical program performance

22 and agency compliance with Governmentwide poli23 cies, principles, standards and guidelines;
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1 ‘‘(5) promote the sharing of information col2 lected for statistical purposes consistent with privacy

3 rights and confidentiality pledges;

4 ‘‘(6) coordinate the participation of the United

5 States in international statistical activities, including

6 the development of comparable statistics;

7 ‘‘(7) appoint a chief statistician who is a

8 trained and experienced professional statistician to

9 carry out the functions described under this sub10 section;

11 ‘‘(8) establish an Interagency Council on Statis12 tical Policy to advise and assist the Director in car13 rying out the functions under this subsection that

14 shall—

15 ‘‘(A) be headed by the chief statistician;

16 and

17 ‘‘(B) consist of—

18 ‘‘(i) the heads of the major statistical

19 programs; and

20 ‘‘(ii) representatives of other statis21 tical agencies under rotating membership;

22 and

23 ‘‘(9) provide opportunities for training in statis24 tical policy functions to employees of the Federal

25 Government under which—
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1 ‘‘(A) each trainee shall be selected at the

2 discretion of the Director based on agency re3 quests and shall serve under the chief statisti4 cian for at least 6 months and not more than

5 1 year; and

6 ‘‘(B) all costs of the training shall be paid

7 by the agency requesting training.

8 ‘‘(f) With respect to records management, the Direc9 tor shall—

10 ‘‘(1) provide advice and assistance to the Archi11 vist of the United States and the Administrator of

12 General Services to promote coordination in the ad13 ministration of chapters 29, 31, and 33 of this title

14 with the information resources management policies,

15 principles, standards, and guidelines established

16 under this chapter;

17 ‘‘(2) review compliance by agencies with—

18 ‘‘(A) the requirements of chapters 29, 31,

19 and 33 of this title; and

20 ‘‘(B) regulations promulgated by the Ar21 chivist of the United States and the Adminis22 trator of General Services; and

23 ‘‘(3) oversee the application of records manage24 ment policies, principles, standards, and guidelines,

25 including requirements for archiving information
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1 maintained in electronic format, in the planning and

2 design of information systems.

3 ‘‘(g) With respect to privacy and security, the Direc4 tor shall—

5 ‘‘(1) develop and oversee the implementation of

6 policies, principles, standards, and guidelines on pri7 vacy, confidentiality, security, disclosure and sharing

8 of information collected or maintained by or for

9 agencies;

10 ‘‘(2) oversee and coordinate compliance with

11 sections 552 and 552a of title 5, the Computer Se12 curity Act of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), and relat13 ed information management laws; and

14 ‘‘(3) require Federal agencies, consistent with

15 the Computer Security Act of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759

16 note), to identify and afford security protections

17 commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the

18 harm resulting from the loss, misuse, or unauthor19 ized access to or modification of information col20 lected or maintained by or on behalf of an agency.

21 ‘‘(h) With respect to Federal information technology,

22 the Director shall—

23 ‘‘(1) in consultation with the Director of the

24 National Institute of Standards and Technology and

25 the Administrator of General Services—
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1 ‘‘(A) develop and oversee the implementa2 tion of policies, principles, standards, and

3 guidelines for information technology functions

4 and activities of the Federal Government, in5 cluding periodic evaluations of major informa6 tion systems; and

7 ‘‘(B) oversee the development and imple8 mentation of standards under section 111(d) of

9 the Federal Property and Administrative Serv10 ices Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(d));

11 ‘‘(2) monitor the effectiveness of, and compli12 ance with, directives issued under sections 110 and

13 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative

14 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 757 and 759);

15 ‘‘(3) coordinate the development and review by

16 the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of

17 policy associated with Federal procurement and ac18 quisition of information technology with the Office of

19 Federal Procurement Policy;

20 ‘‘(4) ensure, through the review of agency budg21 et proposals, information resources management

22 plans and other means—

23 ‘‘(A) agency integration of information re24 sources management plans, program plans and
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1 budgets for acquisition and use of information

2 technology; and

3 ‘‘(B) the efficiency and effectiveness of

4 inter-agency information technology initiatives

5 to improve agency performance and the accom6 plishment of agency missions; and

7 ‘‘(5) promote the use of information technology

8 by the Federal Government to improve the produc9 tivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal pro10 grams, including through dissemination of public in11 formation and the reduction of information collection

12 burdens on the public.

13 ‘‘§ 3505. Assignment of tasks and deadlines

14 ‘‘In carrying out the functions under this chapter, the

15 Director shall—

16 ‘‘(1) in consultation with agency heads, set an

17 annual Governmentwide goal for the reduction of in18 formation collection burdens by at least five percent,

19 and set annual agency goals to—

20 ‘‘(A) reduce information collection burdens

21 imposed on the public that—

22 ‘‘(i) represent the maximum prac23 ticable opportunity in each agency; and

24 ‘‘(ii) are consistent with improving

25 agency management of the process for the
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1 review of collections of information estab2 lished under section 3506(c); and

3 ‘‘(B) improve information resources man4 agement in ways that increase the productivity,

5 efficiency and effectiveness of Federal pro6 grams, including service delivery to the public;

7 ‘‘(2) with selected agencies and non-Federal en8 tities on a voluntary basis, conduct pilot projects to

9 test alternative policies, practices, regulations, and

10 procedures to fulfill the purposes of this chapter,

11 particularly with regard to minimizing the Federal

12 information collection burden; and

13 ‘‘(3) in consultation with the Administrator of

14 General Services, the Director of the National Insti15 tute of Standards and Technology, the Archivist of

16 the United States, and the Director of the Office of

17 Personnel Management, develop and maintain a

18 Governmentwide strategic plan for information re19 sources management, that shall include—

20 ‘‘(A) a description of the objectives and the

21 means by which the Federal Government shall

22 apply information resources to improve agency

23 and program performance;

24 ‘‘(B) plans for—
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1 ‘‘(i) reducing information burdens on

2 the public, including reducing such bur3 dens through the elimination of duplication

4 and meeting shared data needs with shared

5 resources;

6 ‘‘(ii) enhancing public access to and

7 dissemination of, information, using elec8 tronic and other formats; and

9 ‘‘(iii) meeting the information tech10 nology needs of the Federal Government in

11 accordance with the purposes of this chap12 ter; and

13 ‘‘(C) a description of progress in applying

14 information resources management to improve

15 agency performance and the accomplishment of

16 missions.

17 ‘‘§ 3506. Federal agency responsibilities

18 ‘‘(a)(1) The head of each agency shall be responsible

19 for—

20 ‘‘(A) carrying out the agency’s information re21 sources management activities to improve agency

22 productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness; and

23 ‘‘(B) complying with the requirements of this

24 chapter and related policies established by the Direc25 tor.
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1 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided under subparagraph (B),

2 the head of each agency shall designate a senior official

3 who shall report directly to such agency head to carry out

4 the responsibilities of the agency under this chapter.

5 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Department of Defense

6 and the Secretary of each military department may each

7 designate senior officials who shall report directly to such

8 Secretary to carry out the responsibilities of the depart9 ment under this chapter. If more than one official is des10 ignated, the respective duties of the officials shall be clear11 ly delineated.

12 ‘‘(3) The senior official designated under paragraph

13 (2) shall head an office responsible for ensuring agency

14 compliance with and prompt, efficient, and effective imple15 mentation of the information policies and information re16 sources management responsibilities established under

17 this chapter, including the reduction of information collec18 tion burdens on the public. The senior official and employ19 ees of such office shall be selected with special attention

20 to the professional qualifications required to administer

21 the functions described under this chapter.

22 ‘‘(4) Each agency program official shall be respon23 sible and accountable for information resources assigned

24 to and supporting the programs under such official. In

25 consultation with the senior official designated under
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1 paragraph (2) and the agency Chief Financial Officer (or

2 comparable official), each agency program official shall de3 fine program information needs and develop strategies,

4 systems, and capabilities to meet those needs.

5 ‘‘(b) With respect to general information resources

6 management, each agency shall—

7 ‘‘(1) manage information resources to—

8 ‘‘(A) reduce information collection burdens

9 on the public;

10 ‘‘(B) increase program efficiency and effec11 tiveness; and

12 ‘‘(C) improve the integrity, quality, and

13 utility of information to all users within and

14 outside the agency, including capabilities for en15 suring dissemination of public information, pub16 lic access to government information, and pro17 tections for privacy and security;

18 ‘‘(2) in accordance with guidance by the Direc19 tor, develop and maintain a strategic information re20 sources management plan that shall describe how in21 formation resources management activities help ac22 complish agency missions;

23 ‘‘(3) develop and maintain an ongoing process

24 to—
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1 ‘‘(A) ensure that information resources

2 management operations and decisions are inte3 grated with organizational planning, budget, fi4 nancial management, human resources manage5 ment, and program decisions;

6 ‘‘(B) in cooperation with the agency Chief

7 Financial Officer (or comparable official), de8 velop a full and accurate accounting of informa9 tion technology expenditures, related expenses,

10 and results; and

11 ‘‘(C) establish goals for improving informa12 tion resources management’s contribution to

13 program productivity, efficiency, and effective14 ness, methods for measuring progress towards

15 those goals, and clear roles and responsibilities

16 for achieving those goals;

17 ‘‘(4) in consultation with the Director, the Ad18 ministrator of General Services, and the Archivist of

19 the United States, maintain a current and complete

20 inventory of the agency’s information resources, in21 cluding directories necessary to fulfill the require22 ments of section 3511 of this chapter; and

23 ‘‘(5) in consultation with the Director and the

24 Director of the Office of Personnel Management,

25 conduct formal training programs to educate agency
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1 program and management officials about informa2 tion resources management.

3 ‘‘(c) With respect to the collection of information and

4 the control of paperwork, each agency shall—

5 ‘‘(1) establish a process within the office headed

6 by the official designated under subsection (a), that

7 is sufficiently independent of program responsibility

8 to evaluate fairly whether proposed collections of in9 formation should be approved under this chapter,

10 to—

11 ‘‘(A) review each collection of information

12 before submission to the Director for review

13 under this chapter, including—

14 ‘‘(i) an evaluation of the need for the

15 collection of information;

16 ‘‘(ii) a functional description of the in17 formation to be collected;

18 ‘‘(iii) a plan for the collection of the

19 information;

20 ‘‘(iv) a specific, objectively supported

21 estimate of burden;

22 ‘‘(v) a test of the collection of infor23 mation through a pilot program, if appro24 priate; and
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1 ‘‘(vi) a plan for the efficient and effec2 tive management and use of the informa3 tion to be collected, including necessary re4 sources;

5 ‘‘(B) ensure that each information collec6 tion—

7 ‘‘(i) is inventoried, displays a control

8 number and, if appropriate, an expiration

9 date;

10 ‘‘(ii) indicates the collection is in ac11 cordance with the clearance requirements

12 of section 3507; and

13 ‘‘(iii) contains a statement to inform

14 the person receiving the collection of infor15 mation—

16 ‘‘(I) the reasons the information

17 is being collected;

18 ‘‘(II) the way such information is

19 to be used;

20 ‘‘(III) an estimate, to the extent

21 practicable, of the burden of the col22 lection; and

23 ‘‘(IV) whether responses to the

24 collection of information are vol-
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1 untary, required to obtain a benefit,

2 or mandatory; and

3 ‘‘(C) assess the information collection bur4 den of proposed legislation affecting the agency;

5 ‘‘(2)(A) except as provided under subparagraph

6 (B), provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register,

7 and otherwise consult with members of the public

8 and affected agencies concerning each proposed col9 lection of information, to solicit comment to—

10 ‘‘(i) evaluate whether the proposed collec11 tion of information is necessary for the proper

12 performance of the functions of the agency, in13 cluding whether the information shall have

14 practical utility;

15 ‘‘(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

16 estimate of the burden of the proposed collec17 tion of information;

18 ‘‘(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clar19 ity of the information to be collected; and

20 ‘‘(iv) minimize the burden of the collection

21 of information on those who are to respond, in22 cluding through the use of automated collection

23 techniques or other forms of information tech24 nology; and
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1 ‘‘(B) for any proposed collection of information

2 contained in a proposed rule (to be reviewed by the

3 Director under section 3507(d)), provide notice and

4 comment through the notice of proposed rulemaking

5 for the proposed rule and such notice shall have the

6 same purposes specified under subparagraph (A) (i)

7 through (iv); and

8 ‘‘(3) certify (and provide a record supporting

9 such certification, including public comments re10 ceived by the agency) that each collection of infor11 mation submitted to the Director for review under

12 section 3507—

13 ‘‘(A) is necessary for the proper perform14 ance of the functions of the agency, including

15 that the information has practical utility;

16 ‘‘(B) is not unnecessarily duplicative of in17 formation otherwise reasonably accessible to the

18 agency;

19 ‘‘(C) reduces to the extent practicable and

20 appropriate the burden on persons who shall

21 provide information to or for the agency, in22 cluding with respect to small entities, as defined

23 under section 601(6) of title 5, the use of such

24 techniques as—
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1 ‘‘(i) establishing differing compliance

2 or reporting requirements or timetables

3 that take into account the resources avail4 able to those who are to respond;

5 ‘‘(ii) the clarification, consolidation, or

6 simplification of compliance and reporting

7 requirements; or

8 ‘‘(iii) an exemption from coverage of

9 the collection of information, or any part

10 thereof;

11 ‘‘(D) is written using plain, coherent, and

12 unambiguous terminology and is understand13 able to those who are to respond;

14 ‘‘(E) is to be implemented in ways consist15 ent and compatible, to the maximum extent

16 practicable, with the existing reporting and rec17 ordkeeping practices of those who are to re18 spond;

19 ‘‘(F) contains the statement required

20 under paragraph (1)(B)(iii);

21 ‘‘(G) has been developed by an office that

22 has planned and allocated resources for the effi23 cient and effective management and use of the

24 information to be collected, including the proc25 essing of the information in a manner which
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1 shall enhance, where appropriate, the utility of

2 the information to agencies and the public;

3 ‘‘(H) uses effective and efficient statistical

4 survey methodology appropriate to the purpose

5 for which the information is to be collected; and

6 ‘‘(I) to the maximum extent practicable,

7 uses information technology to reduce burden

8 and improve data quality, agency efficiency and

9 responsiveness to the public.

10 ‘‘(d) With respect to information dissemination, each

11 agency shall—

12 ‘‘(1) ensure that the public has timely and equi13 table access to the agency’s public information, in14 cluding ensuring such access through—

15 ‘‘(A) encouraging a diversity of public and

16 private sources for information based on gov17 ernment public information, and

18 ‘‘(B) agency dissemination of public infor19 mation in an efficient, effective, and economical

20 manner;

21 ‘‘(2) regularly solicit and consider public input

22 on the agency’s information dissemination activities;

23 and

24 ‘‘(3) not, except where specifically authorized by

25 statute—
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1 ‘‘(A) establish an exclusive, restricted, or

2 other distribution arrangement that interferes

3 with timely and equitable availability of public

4 information to the public;

5 ‘‘(B) restrict or regulate the use, resale, or

6 redissemination of public information by the

7 public;

8 ‘‘(C) charge fees or royalties for resale or

9 redissemination of public information; or

10 ‘‘(D) establish user fees for public informa11 tion that exceed the cost of dissemination.

12 ‘‘(e) With respect to statistical policy and coordina13 tion, each agency shall—

14 ‘‘(1) ensure the relevance, accuracy, timeliness,

15 integrity, and objectivity of information collected or

16 created for statistical purposes;

17 ‘‘(2) inform respondents fully and accurately

18 about the sponsors, purposes, and uses of statistical

19 surveys and studies;

20 ‘‘(3) protect respondents’ privacy and ensure

21 that disclosure policies fully honor pledges of con22 fidentiality;

23 ‘‘(4) observe Federal standards and practices

24 for data collection, analysis, documentation, sharing,

25 and dissemination of information;
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1 ‘‘(5) ensure the timely publication of the results

2 of statistical surveys and studies, including informa3 tion about the quality and limitations of the surveys

4 and studies; and

5 ‘‘(6) make data available to statistical agencies

6 and readily accessible to the public.

7 ‘‘(f) With respect to records management, each agen8 cy shall implement and enforce applicable policies and pro9 cedures, including requirements for archiving information

10 maintained in electronic format, particularly in the plan11 ning, design and operation of information systems.

12 ‘‘(g) With respect to privacy and security, each agen13 cy shall—

14 ‘‘(1) implement and enforce applicable policies,

15 procedures, standards, and guidelines on privacy,

16 confidentiality, security, disclosure and sharing of

17 information collected or maintained by or for the

18 agency;

19 ‘‘(2) assume responsibility and accountability

20 for compliance with and coordinated management of

21 sections 552 and 552a of title 5, the Computer Se22 curity Act of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), and relat23 ed information management laws; and

24 ‘‘(3) consistent with the Computer Security Act

25 of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), identify and afford
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1 security protections commensurate with the risk and

2 magnitude of the harm resulting from the loss, mis3 use, or unauthorized access to or modification of in4 formation collected or maintained by or on behalf of

5 an agency.

6 ‘‘(h) With respect to Federal information technology,

7 each agency shall—

8 ‘‘(1) implement and enforce applicable Govern9 mentwide and agency information technology man10 agement policies, principles, standards, and guide11 lines;

12 ‘‘(2) assume responsibility and accountability

13 for information technology investments;

14 ‘‘(3) promote the use of information technology

15 by the agency to improve the productivity, efficiency,

16 and effectiveness of agency programs, including the

17 reduction of information collection burdens on the

18 public and improved dissemination of public infor19 mation;

20 ‘‘(4) propose changes in legislation, regulations,

21 and agency procedures to improve information tech22 nology practices, including changes that improve the

23 ability of the agency to use technology to reduce

24 burden; and
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1 ‘‘(5) ensure responsibility for maximizing the

2 value and assessing and managing the risks of major

3 information systems initiatives through a process

4 that is—

5 ‘‘(A) integrated with budget, financial, and

6 program management decisions; and

7 ‘‘(B) used to select, control, and evaluate

8 the results of major information systems initia9 tives.

10 ‘‘§ 3507. Public information collection activities; sub11 mission to Director; approval and delega12 tion

13 ‘‘(a) An agency shall not conduct or sponsor the col14 lection of information unless in advance of the adoption

15 or revision of the collection of information—

16 ‘‘(1) the agency has—

17 ‘‘(A) conducted the review established

18 under section 3506(c)(1);

19 ‘‘(B) evaluated the public comments re20 ceived under section 3506(c)(2);

21 ‘‘(C) submitted to the Director the certifi22 cation required under section 3506(c)(3), the

23 proposed collection of information, copies of

24 pertinent statutory authority, regulations, and
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1 other related materials as the Director may

2 specify; and

3 ‘‘(D) published a notice in the Federal

4 Register—

5 ‘‘(i) stating that the agency has made

6 such submission; and

7 ‘‘(ii) setting forth—

8 ‘‘(I) a title for the collection of

9 information;

10 ‘‘(II) a summary of the collection

11 of information;

12 ‘‘(III) a brief description of the

13 need for the information and the pro14 posed use of the information;

15 ‘‘(IV) a description of the likely

16 respondents and proposed frequency

17 of response to the collection of infor18 mation;

19 ‘‘(V) an estimate of the burden

20 that shall result from the collection of

21 information; and

22 ‘‘(VI) notice that comments may

23 be submitted to the agency and Direc24 tor;
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1 ‘‘(2) the Director has approved the proposed

2 collection of information or approval has been in3 ferred, under the provisions of this section; and

4 ‘‘(3) the agency has obtained from the Director

5 a control number to be displayed upon the collection

6 of information.

7 ‘‘(b) The Director shall provide at least 30 days for

8 public comment prior to making a decision under sub9 section (c), (d), or (h), except as provided under sub10 section (j).

11 ‘‘(c)(1) For any proposed collection of information

12 not contained in a proposed rule, the Director shall notify

13 the agency involved of the decision to approve or dis14 approve the proposed collection of information.

15 ‘‘(2) The Director shall provide the notification under

16 paragraph (1), within 60 days after receipt or publication

17 of the notice under subsection (a)(1)(D), whichever is

18 later.

19 ‘‘(3) If the Director does not notify the agency of a

20 denial or approval within the 60-day period described

21 under paragraph (2)—

22 ‘‘(A) the approval may be inferred;

23 ‘‘(B) a control number shall be assigned with24 out further delay; and
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1 ‘‘(C) the agency may collect the information for

2 not more than 2 years.

3 ‘‘(d)(1) For any proposed collection of information

4 contained in a proposed rule—

5 ‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, but no later than

6 the date of publication of a notice of proposed rule7 making in the Federal Register, each agency shall

8 forward to the Director a copy of any proposed rule

9 which contains a collection of information and any

10 information requested by the Director necessary to

11 make the determination required under this sub12 section; and

13 ‘‘(B) within 60 days after the notice of pro14 posed rulemaking is published in the Federal Reg15 ister, the Director may file public comments pursu16 ant to the standards set forth in section 3508 on the

17 collection of information contained in the proposed

18 rule;

19 ‘‘(2) When a final rule is published in the Federal

20 Register, the agency shall explain—

21 ‘‘(A) how any collection of information con22 tained in the final rule responds to the comments,

23 if any, filed by the Director or the public; or

24 ‘‘(B) the reasons such comments were rejected.
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1 ‘‘(3) If the Director has received notice and failed to

2 comment on an agency rule within 60 days after the notice

3 of proposed rulemaking, the Director may not disapprove

4 any collection of information specifically contained in an

5 agency rule.

6 ‘‘(4) No provision in this section shall be construed

7 to prevent the Director, in the Director’s discretion—

8 ‘‘(A) from disapproving any collection of infor9 mation which was not specifically required by an

10 agency rule;

11 ‘‘(B) from disapproving any collection of infor12 mation contained in an agency rule, if the agency

13 failed to comply with the requirements of paragraph

14 (1) of this subsection;

15 ‘‘(C) from disapproving any collection of infor16 mation contained in a final agency rule, if the Direc17 tor finds within 60 days after the publication of the

18 final rule that the agency’s response to the Direc19 tor’s comments filed under paragraph (2) of this

20 subsection was unreasonable; or

21 ‘‘(D) from disapproving any collection of infor22 mation contained in a final rule, if—

23 ‘‘(i) the Director determines that the agen24 cy has substantially modified in the final rule
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1 the collection of information contained in the

2 proposed rule; and

3 ‘‘(ii) the agency has not given the Director

4 the information required under paragraph (1)

5 with respect to the modified collection of infor6 mation, at least 60 days before the issuance of

7 the final rule.

8 ‘‘(5) This subsection shall apply only when an agency

9 publishes a notice of proposed rulemaking and requests

10 public comments.

11 ‘‘(6) The decision by the Director to approve or not

12 act upon a collection of information contained in an agen13 cy rule shall not be subject to judicial review.

14 ‘‘(e)(1) Any decision by the Director under subsection

15 (c), (d), (h), or (j) to disapprove a collection of informa16 tion, or to instruct the agency to make substantive or ma17 terial change to a collection of information, shall be pub18 licly available and include an explanation of the reasons

19 for such decision.

20 ‘‘(2) Any written communication between the Office

21 of the Director, the Administrator of the Office of Infor22 mation and Regulatory Affairs, or any employee of the Of23 fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs and an agency

24 or person not employed by the Federal Government con-
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1 cerning a proposed collection of information shall be made

2 available to the public.

3 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall not require the disclosure

4 of—

5 ‘‘(A) any information which is protected at all

6 times by procedures established for information

7 which has been specifically authorized under criteria

8 established by an Executive order or an Act of Con9 gress to be kept secret in the interest of national de10 fense or foreign policy; or

11 ‘‘(B) any communication relating to a collection

12 of information which has not been approved under

13 this chapter, the disclosure of which could lead to re14 taliation or discrimination against the communica15 tor.

16 ‘‘(f)(1) An independent regulatory agency which is

17 administered by 2 or more members of a commission,

18 board, or similar body, may by majority vote void—

19 ‘‘(A) any disapproval by the Director, in whole

20 or in part, of a proposed collection of information of

21 that agency; or

22 ‘‘(B) an exercise of authority under subsection

23 (d) of section 3507 concerning that agency.

24 ‘‘(2) The agency shall certify each vote to void such

25 disapproval or exercise to the Director, and explain the
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1 reasons for such vote. The Director shall without further

2 delay assign a control number to such collection of infor3 mation, and such vote to void the disapproval or exercise

4 shall be valid for a period of 3 years.

5 ‘‘(g) The Director may not approve a collection of in6 formation for a period in excess of 3 years.

7 ‘‘(h)(1) If an agency decides to seek extension of the

8 Director’s approval granted for a currently approved col9 lection of information, the agency shall—

10 ‘‘(A) conduct the review established under sec11 tion 3506(c), including the seeking of comment from

12 the public on the continued need for, and burden im13 posed by the collection of information; and

14 ‘‘(B) after having made a reasonable effort to

15 seek public comment, but no later than 60 days be16 fore the expiration date of the control number as17 signed by the Director for the currently approved

18 collection of information, submit the collection of in19 formation for review and approval under this sec20 tion, which shall include an explanation of how the

21 agency has used the information that it has col22 lected.

23 ‘‘(2) If under the provisions of this section, the Direc24 tor disapproves a collection of information contained in an

25 existing rule, or recommends or instructs the agency to
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1 make a substantive or material change to a collection of

2 information contained in an existing rule, the Director

3 shall—

4 ‘‘(A) publish an explanation thereof in the Fed5 eral Register; and

6 ‘‘(B) instruct the agency to undertake a rule7 making within a reasonable time limited to consider8 ation of changes to the collection of information con9 tained in the rule and thereafter to submit the col10 lection of information for approval or disapproval

11 under this chapter.

12 ‘‘(3) An agency may not make a substantive or mate13 rial modification to a collection of information after such

14 collection has been approved by the Director, unless the

15 modification has been submitted to the Director for review

16 and approval under this chapter.

17 ‘‘(i)(1) If the Director finds that a senior official of

18 an agency designated under section 3506(a) is sufficiently

19 independent of program responsibility to evaluate fairly

20 whether proposed collections of information should be ap21 proved and has sufficient resources to carry out this re22 sponsibility effectively, the Director may, by rule in ac23 cordance with the notice and comment provisions of chap24 ter 5 of title 5, United States Code, delegate to such offi25 cial the authority to approve proposed collections of infor-
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1 mation in specific program areas, for specific purposes,

2 or for all agency purposes.

3 ‘‘(2) A delegation by the Director under this section

4 shall not preclude the Director from reviewing individual

5 collections of information if the Director determines that

6 circumstances warrant such a review. The Director shall

7 retain authority to revoke such delegations, both in gen8 eral and with regard to any specific matter. In acting for

9 the Director, any official to whom approval authority has

10 been delegated under this section shall comply fully with

11 the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director.

12 ‘‘(j)(1) The agency head may request the Director to

13 authorize a collection of information, if an agency head

14 determines that—

15 ‘‘(A) a collection of information—

16 ‘‘(i) is needed prior to the expiration of

17 time periods established under this chapter; and

18 ‘‘(ii) is essential to the mission of the agen19 cy; and

20 ‘‘(B) the agency cannot reasonably comply with

21 the provisions of this chapter because—

22 ‘‘(i) public harm is reasonably likely to re23 sult if normal clearance procedures are fol24 lowed;
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1 ‘‘(ii) an unanticipated event has occurred;

2 or

3 ‘‘(iii) the use of normal clearance proce4 dures is reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt

5 the collection of information or is reasonably

6 likely to cause a statutory or court ordered

7 deadline to be missed.

8 ‘‘(2) The Director shall approve or disapprove any

9 such authorization request within the time requested by

10 the agency head and, if approved, shall assign the collec11 tion of information a control number. Any collection of

12 information conducted under this subsection may be con13 ducted without compliance with the provisions of this

14 chapter for a maximum of 90 days after the date on which

15 the Director received the request to authorize such collec16 tion.

17 ‘‘§ 3508. Determination of necessity for information;

18 hearing

19 ‘‘Before approving a proposed collection of informa20 tion, the Director shall determine whether the collection

21 of information by the agency is necessary for the proper

22 performance of the functions of the agency, including

23 whether the information shall have practical utility. Before

24 making a determination the Director may give the agency

25 and other interested persons an opportunity to be heard
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1 or to submit statements in writing. To the extent that the

2 Director determines that the collection of information by

3 an agency is unnecessary for the proper performance of

4 the functions of the agency, for any reason, the agency

5 may not engage in the collection of information.

6 ‘‘§ 3509. Designation of central collection agency

7 ‘‘The Director may designate a central collection

8 agency to obtain information for two or more agencies if

9 the Director determines that the needs of such agencies

10 for information will be adequately served by a single collec11 tion agency, and such sharing of data is not inconsistent

12 with applicable law. In such cases the Director shall pre13 scribe (with reference to the collection of information) the

14 duties and functions of the collection agency so designated

15 and of the agencies for which it is to act as agent (includ16 ing reimbursement for costs). While the designation is in

17 effect, an agency covered by the designation may not ob18 tain for itself information for the agency which is the duty

19 of the collection agency to obtain. The Director may mod20 ify the designation from time to time as circumstances re21 quire. The authority to designate under this section is sub22 ject to the provisions of section 3507(f) of this chapter.
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1 ‘‘§ 3510. Cooperation of agencies in making informa2 tion available

3 ‘‘(a) The Director may direct an agency to make

4 available to another agency, or an agency may make avail5 able to another agency, information obtained by a collec6 tion of information if the disclosure is not inconsistent

7 with applicable law.

8 ‘‘(b)(1) If information obtained by an agency is re9 leased by that agency to another agency, all the provisions

10 of law (including penalties which relate to the unlawful

11 disclosure of information) apply to the officers and em12 ployees of the agency to which information is released to

13 the same extent and in the same manner as the provisions

14 apply to the officers and employees of the agency which

15 originally obtained the information.

16 ‘‘(2) The officers and employees of the agency to

17 which the information is released, in addition, shall be

18 subject to the same provisions of law, including penalties,

19 relating to the unlawful disclosure of information as if the

20 information had been collected directly by that agency.

21 ‘‘§ 3511. Establishment and operation of Government

22 Information Locator Service

23 ‘‘(a) In order to assist agencies and the public in lo24 cating information and to promote information sharing

25 and equitable access by the public, the Director shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) cause to be established and maintained a

2 distributed agency-based electronic Government In3 formation Locator Service (hereafter in this section

4 referred to as the ‘Service’), which shall identify the

5 major information systems, holdings, and dissemina6 tion products of each agency;

7 ‘‘(2) require each agency to establish and main8 tain an agency information locator service as a com9 ponent of, and to support the establishment and op10 eration of the Service;

11 ‘‘(3) in cooperation with the Archivist of the

12 United States, the Administrator of General Serv13 ices, the Public Printer, and the Librarian of Con14 gress, establish an interagency committee to advise

15 the Secretary of Commerce on the development of

16 technical standards for the Service to ensure com17 patibility, promote information sharing, and uniform

18 access by the public;

19 ‘‘(4) consider public access and other user

20 needs in the establishment and operation of the

21 Service;

22 ‘‘(5) ensure the security and integrity of the

23 Service, including measures to ensure that only in24 formation which is intended to be disclosed to the

25 public is disclosed through the Service; and
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1 ‘‘(6) periodically review the development and ef2 fectiveness of the Service and make recommenda3 tions for improvement, including other mechanisms

4 for improving public access to Federal agency public

5 information.

6 ‘‘(b) This section shall not apply to operational files

7 as defined by the Central Intelligence Agency Information

8 Act (50 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).

9 ‘‘§ 3512. Public protection

10 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no per11 son shall be subject to any penalty for failing to maintain,

12 provide, or disclose information to or for any agency or

13 person if the collection of information subject to this chap14 ter—

15 ‘‘(1) does not display a valid control number as16 signed by the Director; or

17 ‘‘(2) fails to state that the person who is to re18 spond to the collection of information is not required

19 to comply unless such collection displays a valid con20 trol number.

21 ‘‘§ 3513. Director review of agency activities; report22 ing; agency response

23 ‘‘(a) In consultation with the Administrator of Gen24 eral Services, the Archivist of the United States, the Di25 rector of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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1 nology, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Man2 agement, the Director shall periodically review selected

3 agency information resources management activities to as4 certain the efficiency and effectiveness of such activities

5 to improve agency performance and the accomplishment

6 of agency missions.

7 ‘‘(b) Each agency having an activity reviewed under

8 subsection (a) shall, within 60 days after receipt of a re9 port on the review, provide a written plan to the Director

10 describing steps (including milestones) to—

11 ‘‘(1) be taken to address information resources

12 management problems identified in the report; and

13 ‘‘(2) improve agency performance and the ac14 complishment of agency missions.

15 ‘‘§ 3514. Responsiveness to Congress

16 ‘‘(a)(1) The Director shall—

17 ‘‘(A) keep the Congress and congressional com18 mittees fully and currently informed of the major ac19 tivities under this chapter; and

20 ‘‘(B) submit a report on such activities to the

21 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

22 House of Representatives annually and at such other

23 times as the Director determines necessary.

24 ‘‘(2) The Director shall include in any such report

25 a description of the extent to which agencies have—
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1 ‘‘(A) reduced information collection burdens on

2 the public, including—

3 ‘‘(i) a summary of accomplishments and

4 planned initiatives to reduce collection of infor5 mation burdens;

6 ‘‘(ii) a list of all violations of this chapter

7 and of any rules, guidelines, policies, and proce8 dures issued pursuant to this chapter; and

9 ‘‘(iii) a list of any increase in the collection

10 of information burden, including the authority

11 for each such collection;

12 ‘‘(B) improved the quality and utility of statis13 tical information;

14 ‘‘(C) improved public access to Government in15 formation; and

16 ‘‘(D) improved program performance and the

17 accomplishment of agency missions through informa18 tion resources management.

19 ‘‘(b) The preparation of any report required by this

20 section shall be based on performance results reported by

21 the agencies and shall not increase the collection of infor22 mation burden on persons outside the Federal Govern23 ment.
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1 ‘‘§ 3515. Administrative powers

2 ‘‘Upon the request of the Director, each agency

3 (other than an independent regulatory agency) shall, to

4 the extent practicable, make its services, personnel, and

5 facilities available to the Director for the performance of

6 functions under this chapter.

7 ‘‘§ 3516. Rules and regulations

8 ‘‘The Director shall promulgate rules, regulations, or

9 procedures necessary to exercise the authority provided by

10 this chapter.

11 ‘‘§ 3517. Consultation with other agencies and the

12 public

13 ‘‘(a) In developing information resources manage14 ment policies, plans, rules, regulations, procedures, and

15 guidelines and in reviewing collections of information, the

16 Director shall provide interested agencies and persons

17 early and meaningful opportunity to comment.

18 ‘‘(b) Any person may request the Director to review

19 any collection of information conducted by or for an agen20 cy to determine, if, under this chapter, a person shall

21 maintain, provide, or disclose the information to or for the

22 agency. Unless the request is frivolous, the Director shall,

23 in coordination with the agency responsible for the collec24 tion of information—

25 ‘‘(1) respond to the request within 60 days

26 after receiving the request, unless such period is ex-
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1 tended by the Director to a specified date and the

2 person making the request is given notice of such ex3 tension; and

4 ‘‘(2) take appropriate remedial action, if nec5 essary.

6 ‘‘§ 3518. Effect on existing laws and regulations

7 ‘‘(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the

8 authority of an agency under any other law to prescribe

9 policies, rules, regulations, and procedures for Federal in10 formation resources management activities is subject to

11 the authority of the Director under this chapter.

12 ‘‘(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect

13 or reduce the authority of the Secretary of Commerce or

14 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pur15 suant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (as amended)

16 and Executive order, relating to telecommunications and

17 information policy, procurement and management of tele18 communications and information systems, spectrum use,

19 and related matters.

20 ‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this

21 chapter shall not apply to the collection of information—

22 ‘‘(A) during the conduct of a Federal criminal

23 investigation or prosecution, or during the disposi24 tion of a particular criminal matter;

25 ‘‘(B) during the conduct of—
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1 ‘‘(i) a civil action to which the United

2 States or any official or agency thereof is a

3 party; or

4 ‘‘(ii) an administrative action or investiga5 tion involving an agency against specific indi6 viduals or entities;

7 ‘‘(C) by compulsory process pursuant to the

8 Antitrust Civil Process Act and section 13 of the

9 Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of

10 1980; or

11 ‘‘(D) during the conduct of intelligence activi12 ties as defined in section 3.4(e) of Executive Order

13 No. 12333, issued December 4, 1981, or successor

14 orders, or during the conduct of cryptologic activities

15 that are communications security activities.

16 ‘‘(2) This chapter applies to the collection of informa17 tion during the conduct of general investigations (other

18 than information collected in an antitrust investigation to

19 the extent provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1))

20 undertaken with reference to a category of individuals or

21 entities such as a class of licensees or an entire industry.

22 ‘‘(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as

23 increasing or decreasing the authority conferred by Public

24 Law 89–306 on the Administrator of the General Services
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1 Administration, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Direc2 tor of the Office of Management and Budget.

3 ‘‘(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as

4 increasing or decreasing the authority of the President,

5 the Office of Management and Budget or the Director

6 thereof, under the laws of the United States, with respect

7 to the substantive policies and programs of departments,

8 agencies and offices, including the substantive authority

9 of any Federal agency to enforce the civil rights laws.

10 ‘‘§ 3519. Access to information

11 ‘‘Under the conditions and procedures prescribed in

12 section 716 of title 31, the Director and personnel in the

13 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall furnish

14 such information as the Comptroller General may require

15 for the discharge of the responsibilities of the Comptroller

16 General. For the purpose of obtaining such information,

17 the Comptroller General or representatives thereof shall

18 have access to all books, documents, papers and records,

19 regardless of form or format, of the Office.

20 ‘‘§ 3520. Authorization of appropriations

21 ‘‘(a) Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized

22 to be appropriated to the Office of Information and Regu23 latory Affairs to carry out the provisions of this chapter,

24 and for no other purpose, $8,000,000 for each of the fiscal

25 years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
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1 ‘‘(b)(1) No funds may be appropriated pursuant to

2 subsection (a) unless such funds are appropriated in an

3 appropriation Act (or continuing resolution) which sepa4 rately and expressly states the amount appropriated pur5 suant to subsection (a) of this section.

6 ‘‘(2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated to

7 the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, or to

8 any other officer or administrative unit of the Office of

9 Management and Budget, to carry out the provisions of

10 this chapter, or to carry out any function under this chap11 ter, for any fiscal year pursuant to any provision of law

12 other than subsection (a) of this section.’’.

13 SEC. 103. PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVE

14 REGARDING THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RE15 PORT PROGRAM AT THE BUREAU OF THE

16 CENSUS.

17 (a) PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVE

18 REQUIRED.—As described in subsection (b), the Bureau

19 of the Census within the Department of Commerce shall

20 undertake a demonstration program to reduce the burden

21 imposed on firms, especially small businesses, required to

22 participate in the survey used to prepare the publication

23 entitled ‘‘Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing,

24 Mining, and Trade Corporations’’.
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1 (b) BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVES TO BE IN2 CLUDED IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The dem3 onstration program required by subsection (a) shall in4 clude the following paperwork burden reduction initiatives:

5 (1) FURNISHING ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSI6 NESS CONCERNS.—

7 (A) The Bureau of the Census shall fur8 nish advice and similar assistance to ease the

9 burden of a small business concern which is at10 tempting to compile and furnish the business

11 information required of firms participating in

12 the survey.

13 (B) To facilitate the provision of the as14 sistance described in subparagraph (A), a toll15 free telephone number shall be established by

16 the Bureau of the Census.

17 (2) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION BY CERTAIN

18 BUSINESS CONCERNS.—

19 (A) A business concern may decline to par20 ticipate in the survey, if the firm has—

21 (i) participated in the survey during

22 the period of the demonstration program

23 described under subsection (c) or has par24 ticipated in the survey during any of the
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1 24 calendar quarters previous to such pe2 riod; and

3 (ii) assets of $50,000,000 or less at

4 the time of being selected to participate in

5 the survey for a subsequent time.

6 (B) A business concern may decline to par7 ticipate in the survey, if the firm—

8 (i) has assets of greater than

9 $50,000,000 but less than $100,000,000

10 at the time of selection; and

11 (ii) participated in the survey during

12 the 8 calendar quarters immediately pre13 ceding the firm’s selection to participate in

14 the survey for an additional 8 calendar

15 quarters.

16 (3) EXPANDED USE OF SAMPLING TECH17 NIQUES.—The Bureau of the Census shall use sta18 tistical sampling techniques to select firms having

19 assets of $100,000,000 or less to participate in the

20 survey.

21 (4) ADDITIONAL BURDEN REDUCTION TECH22 NIQUES.—The Director of the Bureau of the Budget

23 may undertake such additional paperwork burden re24 duction initiatives with respect to the conduct of the
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1 survey as may be deemed appropriate by such offi2 cer.

3 (c) DURATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PRO4 GRAM.—The demonstration program required by sub5 section (a) shall commence on October 1, 1995, and termi6 nate on the later of—

7 (1) September 30, 1998; or

8 (2) the date in the Act of Congress providing

9 for authorization of appropriations for section 91 of

10 title 13, United States Code, first enacted following

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, that is Sep12 tember 30, of the last fiscal year providing such an

13 authorization under such Act of Congress.

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

15 (1) The term ‘‘burden’’ shall have the meaning

16 given that term by section 3502(2) of title 44, Unit17 ed States Code.

18 (2) The term ‘‘collection of information’’ shall

19 have the meaning given that term by section

20 3502(3) of title 44, United States Code.

21 (3) The term ‘‘small business concern’’ means

22 a business concern that meets the requirements of

23 section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

24 632(a)) and the regulations promulgated pursuant

25 thereto.
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1 (4) The term ‘‘survey’’ means the collection of

2 information by the Bureau of the Census at the De3 partment of Commerce pursuant to section 91 of

4 title 13, United States Code, for the purpose of pre5 paring the publication entitled ‘‘Quarterly Financial

6 Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and Trade Cor7 porations’’.

8 SEC. 104. OREGON OPTION PROPOSAL.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

10 (1) Federal, State and local governments are

11 dealing with increasingly complex problems which re12 quire the delivery of many kinds of social services at

13 all levels of government;

14 (2) historically, Federal programs have ad15 dressed the Nation’s problems by providing categor16 ical assistance with detailed requirements relating to

17 the use of funds which are often delivered by State

18 and local governments;

19 (3) although the current approach is one meth20 od of service delivery, a number of problems exist in

21 the current intergovernmental structure that impede

22 effective delivery of vital services by State and local

23 governments;

24 (4) it is more important than ever to provide

25 programs that respond flexibly to the needs of the
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1 Nation’s States and communities, reduce the bar2 riers between programs that impede Federal, State

3 and local governments’ ability to effectively deliver

4 services, encourage the Nation’s Federal, State and

5 local governments to be innovative in creating pro6 grams that meet the unique needs of the people in

7 their communities while continuing to address na8 tional goals, and improve the accountability of all

9 levels of government by better measuring govern10 ment performance and better meeting the needs of

11 service recipients;

12 (5) the State and local governments of Oregon

13 have begun a pilot project, called the Oregon Option,

14 that will utilize strategic planning and performance15 based management that may provide new models for

16 intergovernmental social service delivery;

17 (6) the Oregon Option is a prototype of a new

18 intergovernmental relations system, and it has the

19 potential to completely transform the relationships

20 among Federal, State and local governments by cre21 ating a system of intergovernmental service delivery

22 and funding that is based on measurable perform23 ance, customer satisfaction, prevention, flexibility,

24 and service integration; and
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1 (7) the Oregon Option has the potential to dra2 matically improve the quality of Federal, State and

3 local services to Oregonians.

4 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the

5 Senate that the Oregon Option project has the potential

6 to improve intergovernmental service delivery by shifting

7 accountability from compliance to performance results and

8 that the Federal Government should continue in its part9 nership with the State and local governments of Oregon

10 to fully implement the Oregon Option.

11 SEC. 105. TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

12 (a) TERMINATION.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of

14 paragraph (2), each provision of law requiring the

15 submittal to Congress (or any committee of the Con16 gress) of any annual, semiannual or other regular

17 periodic reports specified on the list described under

18 subsection (c) shall cease to be effective, with re19 spect to that requirement, 5 years after the date of

20 the enactment of this Act.

21 (2) EXCEPTION.—The provisions of paragraph

22 (1) shall not apply to any report required under—

23 (A) the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5

24 U.S.C. App.; Public Law 95–452); or
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1 (B) the Chief Financial Officers Act of

2 1990 (Public Law 101–576).

3 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF WASTEFUL REPORTS.—The

4 President shall include in the first annual budget submit5 ted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States

6 Code, after the date of enactment of this Act a list of re7 ports that the President has determined are unnecessary

8 or wasteful and the reasons for such determination.

9 (c) LIST OF REPORTS.—The list referred to under

10 subsection (a) includes only the annual, semiannual, or

11 other regular periodic reports on the list prepared by the

12 Clerk of the House of Representatives for the first session

13 of the One Hundred Third Congress under Clause 2 of

14 Rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives.

15 SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE.

16 The provisions of this title and the amendments made

17 by this title shall take effect on June 30, 1995.

18 TITLE II—FEDERAL REPORT

19 ELIMINATION AND MODIFICA20 TION

21 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Report Elimi23 nation and Modification Act of 1995’’.

24 SEC. 202. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

25 The table of contents for this title is as follows:

Sec. 201. Short title.
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Sec. 202. Table of contents.

SUBTITLE I—DEPARTMENTS

CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sec. 1011. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1012. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Sec. 1021. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1022. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 3—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Sec. 1031. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 4—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 1041. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1042. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 5—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sec. 1051. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1052. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 1061. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1062. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 7—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 1071. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1072. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sec. 1081. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1082. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Sec. 1091. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 10—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Sec. 1101. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1102. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 11—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 1111. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 12—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 1121. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1122. Reports modified.
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CHAPTER 13—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 1131. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1132. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 14—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Sec. 1141. Reports eliminated.

SUBTITLE II—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1—ACTION

Sec. 2011. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 2—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Sec. 2021. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 3—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Sec. 2031. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 4—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2041. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 5—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Sec. 2051. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 6—FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Sec. 2061. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 7—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Sec. 2071. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 8—FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

Sec. 2081. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 9—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2091. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 10—INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Sec. 2101. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 11—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Sec. 2111. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 12—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2121. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 13—NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Sec. 2131. Reports eliminated.
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CHAPTER 14—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Sec. 2141. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 15—NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Sec. 2151. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 16—NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

Sec. 2161. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 17—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Sec. 2171. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 18—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Sec. 2181. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 2182. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 19—OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION

Sec. 2191. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 20—PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

Sec. 2201. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 21—POSTAL SERVICE

Sec. 2211. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 22—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sec. 2221. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 23—THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD

Sec. 2231. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 24—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

Sec. 2241. Reports eliminated.

SUBTITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Sec. 3001. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 3002. Reports modified.

SUBTITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 4001. Effective date.
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1 Subtitle I—Departments

2 CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF

3 AGRICULTURE

4 SEC. 1011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

5 (a) REPORT ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—

6 Section 1246 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.

7 3846) is repealed.

8 (b) REPORT ON RETURN ON ASSETS.—Section 2512

9 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of

10 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421b) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IMPROV12 ING’’ and all that follows through ‘‘FORECASTS.—’’;

13 and

14 (2) by striking subsection (b).

15 (c) REPORT ON FARM VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

16 PRODUCTS.—Section 2513 of the Food, Agriculture, Con17 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421c) is re18 pealed.

19 (d) REPORT ON ORIGIN OF EXPORTS OF PEANUTS.—

20 Section 1558 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

21 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 958) is repealed.

22 (e) REPORT ON REPORTING OF IMPORTING FEES.—

23 Section 407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and

24 Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a) is amended—

25 (1) by striking subsection (b); and
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h)

2 as subsections (b) through (g), respectively.

3 (f) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION EX4 CHANGE WITH IRELAND.—Section 1420 of the Food Se5 curity Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1551)

6 is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

8 (2) by striking subsection (b).

9 (g) REPORT ON POTATO INSPECTION.—Section 1704

10 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198;

11 7 U.S.C. 499n note) is amended by striking the second

12 sentence.

13 (h) REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION OF FERTILIZER

14 AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.—Section 2517 of the

15 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

16 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 4077) is repealed.

17 (i) REPORT ON UNIFORM END-USE VALUE TESTS.—

18 Section 307 of the Futures Trading Act of 1986 (Public

19 Law 99–641; 7 U.S.C. 76 note) is amended by striking

20 subsection (c).

21 (j) REPORT ON PROJECT AREAS WITH HIGH FOOD

22 STAMP PAYMENT ERROR RATES.—Section 16(i) of the

23 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(i)) is amended

24 by striking paragraph (3).
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1 (k) REPORT ON EFFECT OF EFAP DISPLACEMENT

2 ON COMMERCIAL SALES.—Section 203C(a) of the Emer3 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note)

4 is amended by striking the last sentence.

5 (l) REPORT ON WIC EXPENDITURES AND PARTICI6 PATION LEVELS.—Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition

7 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended—

8 (1) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9); and

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11)

10 as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively.

11 (m) REPORT ON WIC MIGRANT SERVICES.—Section

12 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)

13 is amended by striking subsection (j).

14 (n) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATIONS INVOLVING INNO15 VATIVE HOUSING UNITS.—Section 506(b) of the Housing

16 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1476(b)) is amended by striking

17 the last sentence.

18 (o) REPORT ON ANNUAL UPWARD MOBILITY PRO19 GRAM ACTIVITY.—Section 2(a)(6)(A) of the Act of June

20 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. 107a(a)(6)(A)), is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘including upward mobility’’ and inserting ‘‘excluding

22 upward mobility’’.

23 (p) REPORT ON LAND EXCHANGES IN COLUMBIA

24 RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA.—Section 9(d)(3)

25 of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act
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1 (16 U.S.C. 544g(d)(3)) is amended by striking the second

2 sentence.

3 (q) REPORT ON INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF

4 CERTAIN LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 2(e) of Public

5 Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3382) is amended by striking the

6 second sentence.

7 (r) REPORT ON SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATIONS.—

8 Section 1506 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

9 (16 U.S.C. 3415) is repealed.

10 (s) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF SPECIAL AREA DES11 IGNATIONS.—Section 1510 of the Agriculture and Food

12 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3419) is repealed.

13 (t) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND

14 WATER RESOURCES DATA BASE DEVELOPMENT.—Sec15 tion 1485 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

16 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5505) is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) REPOSI18 TORY.—’’; and

19 (2) by striking subsection (b).

20 (u) REPORT ON PLANT GENOME MAPPING.—Section

21 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade

22 Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) is amended—

23 (1) by striking subsection (g); and

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub25 section (g).
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1 (v) REPORT ON APPRAISAL OF PROPOSED BUDGET

2 FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.—Section

3 1408(g) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

4 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)) is

5 amended—

6 (1) by striking paragraph (2); and

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para8 graph (2).

9 (w) REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANIMAL DAM10 AGE ON AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.—Section 1475(e) of

11 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

12 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(e)) is amend13 ed—

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and

15 (2) by striking paragraph (2).

16 (x) REPORT ON AWARDS MADE BY THE NATIONAL

17 RESEARCH INITIATIVE AND SPECIAL GRANTS.—Section 2

18 of the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i), is amend19 ed—

20 (1) by striking subsection (l); and

21 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub22 section (l).

23 (y) REPORT ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER RESEARCH

24 FACILITIES ACT.—Section 8 of the Research Facilities

25 Act (7 U.S.C. 390i) is repealed.
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1 (z) REPORT ON FINANCIAL AUDIT REVIEWS OF

2 STATES WITH HIGH FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION.—The

3 first sentence of section 11(l) of the Food Stamp Act of

4 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(l)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and

5 shall, upon completion of the audit, provide a report to

6 Congress of its findings and recommendations within one

7 hundred and eighty days’’.

8 (aa) REPORT ON RURAL TELEPHONE BANK.—Sec9 tion 408(b)(3) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936

10 (7 U.S.C. 948(b)(3)) is amended by striking out subpara11 graph (I) and redesignating subparagraph (J) as subpara12 graph (I).

13 SEC. 1012. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 (a) REPORT ON ANIMAL WELFARE ENFORCE15 MENT.—The first sentence of section 25 of the Animal

16 Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2155) is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

18 (3);

19 (2) by striking the period at the end of para20 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new

22 paragraph:

23 ‘‘(5) the information and recommendations de24 scribed in section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of

25 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1830).’’.
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1 (b) REPORT ON HORSE PROTECTION ENFORCE2 MENT.—Section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970

3 (15 U.S.C. 1830) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before

4 the expiration of thirty calendar months following the date

5 of enactment of this Act, and every twelve calendar

6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Con7 gress a report upon’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘As part

8 of the report submitted by the Secretary under section 25

9 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2155), the Secretary

10 shall include information on’’.

11 (c) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE IN12 SPECTION FUND.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall not

13 be required to submit a report to the appropriate commit14 tees of Congress on the status of the Agricultural Quar15 antine Inspection fund more frequently than annually.

16 (d) REPORT ON ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES UNDER

17 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—The third sentence of section

18 18(a)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

19 2027(a)(1)) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘by the fifteenth day of each

21 month’’ and inserting ‘‘for each quarter or other ap22 propriate period’’; and

23 (2) by striking ‘‘the second preceding month’s

24 expenditure’’ and inserting ‘‘the expenditure for the

25 quarter or other period’’.
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1 (e) REPORT ON COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION.—Sec2 tion 3(a)(3)(D) of the Commodity Distribution Reform

3 Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (Public Law 100–237;

4 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’

5 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

6 (f) REPORT ON PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH, EXTEN7 SION, AND TEACHING.—Section 1407(f)(1) of the Na8 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

9 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3122(f)(1)) is amended—

10 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN11 NUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; and

12 (2) by striking ‘‘Not later than June 30 of each

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘At such times as the Joint

14 Council determines appropriate’’.

15 (g) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL

16 SCIENCES.—Section 1407(f)(2) of the National Agricul17 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

18 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3122(f)(2)) is amended by striking the

19 second sentence.

20 (h) REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF FEDERALLY SUP21 PORTED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

22 PROGRAMS.—Section 1408(g)(1) of the National Agricul23 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

24 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘may

25 provide’’ before ‘‘a written report’’.
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1 (i) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP

2 OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.—Section 5(b) of the Agricul3 tural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7

4 U.S.C. 3504(b)) is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(b) An analysis and determination shall be made,

6 and a report on the Secretary’s findings and conclusions

7 regarding such analysis and determination under sub8 section (a) shall be transmitted within 90 days after the

9 end of—

10 ‘‘(1) the calendar year in which the Federal Re11 port Elimination and Modification Act of 1995 is en12 acted; and

13 ‘‘(2) the calendar year which occurs every ten

14 years thereafter.’’.

15 CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF

16 COMMERCE

17 SEC. 1021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 (a) REPORT ON VOTING REGISTRATION.—Section

19 207 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–

20 5) is repealed.

21 (b) REPORT ON ESTIMATE OF SPECIAL AGRICUL22 TURAL WORKERS.—Section 210A(b)(3) of the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1161(b)(3)) is re24 pealed.
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1 (c) REPORT ON LONG RANGE PLAN FOR PUBLIC

2 BROADCASTING.—Section 393A(b) of the Communica3 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 393a(b)) is repealed.

4 (d) REPORT ON STATUS, ACTIVITIES, AND EFFEC5 TIVENESS OF UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL CENTERS IN

6 ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND AFRICA AND PROGRAM REC7 OMMENDATIONS.—Section 401(j) of the Jobs Through

8 Exports Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 4723a(j)) is repealed.

9 (e) REPORT ON KUWAIT RECONSTRUCTION CON10 TRACTS.—Section 606(f) of the Persian Gulf Conflict

11 Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act

12 of 1991 is repealed.

13 (f) REPORT ON UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE

14 TRADE AGREEMENT.—Section 409(a)(3)(B) of the Unit15 ed States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation

16 Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended to read

17 as follows:

18 ‘‘(3) The United States members of the work19 ing group established under article 1907 of the

20 Agreement shall consult regularly with the Commit21 tee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on

22 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives,

23 and advisory committees established under section

24 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding—
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1 ‘‘(A) the issues being considered by the

2 working group; and

3 ‘‘(B) as appropriate, the objectives and

4 strategy of the United States in the negotia5 tions.’’.

6 (g) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN

7 BUSINESS CENTERS AND ON ACTIVITIES OF THE INDE8 PENDENT STATES BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ADVI9 SORY COUNCIL.—Section 305 of the Freedom for Russia

10 and Emerging Democracies and Open Markets Support

11 Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5825) is repealed.

12 (h) REPORT ON FISHERMAN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

13 REPORT.—Section 406 of the Outer Continental Shelf

14 Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1846) is re15 pealed.

16 (i) REPORT ON USER FEES ON SHIPPERS.—Section

17 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33

18 U.S.C. 2236) is amended by—

19 (1) striking subsection (b); and

20 (2) redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and

21 (f) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively.

22 SEC. 1022. REPORTS MODIFIED.

23 (a) REPORT ON FEDERAL TRADE PROMOTION STRA24 TEGIC PLAN.—Section 2312(f) of the Export Enhance-
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1 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f) is amended to read

2 as follows:

3 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The chairperson

4 of the TPCC shall prepare and submit to the Committee

5 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,

6 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of

7 Representatives, not later than September 30, 1995, and

8 annually thereafter, a report describing—

9 ‘‘(1) the strategic plan developed by the TPCC

10 pursuant to subsection (c), the implementation of

11 such plan, and any revisions thereto; and

12 ‘‘(2) the implementation of sections 303 and

13 304 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging De14 mocracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992

15 (22 U.S.C. 5823 and 5824) concerning funding for

16 export promotion activities and the interagency

17 working groups on energy of the TPCC.’’.

18 (b) REPORT ON EXPORT POLICY.—Section

19 2314(b)(1) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15

20 U.S.C. 4729(b)(1)) is amended—

21 (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking out ‘‘and’’

22 after the semicolon;

23 (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking out the pe24 riod and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end thereof the following

2 new subparagraphs:

3 ‘‘(G) the status, activities, and effective4 ness of the United States commercial centers

5 established under section 401 of the Jobs

6 Through Exports Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C.

7 4723a);

8 ‘‘(H) the implementation of sections 301

9 and 302 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerg10 ing Democracies and Open Markets Support

11 Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5821 and 5822) con12 cerning American Business Centers and the

13 Independent States Business and Agriculture

14 Advisory Council;

15 ‘‘(I) the programs of other industrialized

16 nations to assist their companies with their ef17 forts to transact business in the independent

18 states of the former Soviet Union; and

19 ‘‘(J) the trading practices of other Organi20 zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop21 ment nations, as well as the pricing practices of

22 transitional economies in the independent

23 states, that may disadvantage United States

24 companies.’’.
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1 CHAPTER 3—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

2 SEC. 1031. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

3 (a) REPORT ON SEMATECH.—Section 274 of The Na4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988

5 and 1989 (Public Law 100–180; 101 Stat. 1071) is

6 amended—

7 (1) in section 6 by striking out the item relat8 ing to section 274; and

9 (2) by striking out section 274.

10 (b) REPORT ON REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION IN

11 SUPPORT OF WAIVERS FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ACQUI12 SITION ACTIVITIES.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1208 of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

15 1991 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON17 TENTS.—Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by

18 striking out the item relating to section 1208.

19 CHAPTER 4—DEPARTMENT OF

20 EDUCATION

21 SEC. 1041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

22 (a) REPORT ON PERSONNEL REDUCTION AND AN23 NUAL LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 403 of the

24 Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C.

25 3463(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking all beginning

2 with ‘‘and shall,’’ through the end thereof and in3 serting a period; and

4 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para5 graph (2).

6 (b) REPORT ON PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE FUND

7 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND REFORM OF SCHOOLS AND

8 TEACHING.—Section 3232 of the Fund for the Improve9 ment and Reform of Schools and Teaching Act (20 U.S.C.

10 4832) is amended—

11 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND

12 REPORTING’’;

13 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) EXEM14 PLARY PROJECTS.—’’; and

15 (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

16 (c) REPORT ON THE SUCCESS OF FIRST ASSISTED

17 PROGRAMS IN IMPROVING EDUCATION.—Section 6215 of

18 the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary

19 and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

20 (20 U.S.C. 4832 note) is amended—

21 (1) by amending the section heading to read as

22 follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 6215. EXEMPLARY PROJECTS.’’;

24 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) EXEM25 PLARY PROJECTS.—’’; and
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1 (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

2 (d) REPORT ON SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI3 TIES.—Subsection (c) of section 311 of the Rehabilitation

4 Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 777a(c) is amended—

5 (1) by striking paragraph (3); and

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para7 graph (3).

8 (e) REPORT ON THE CLIENT ASSISTANCE PRO9 GRAM.—Subsection (g) of section 112 of the Rehabilita10 tion Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 732(g)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and

12 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘such report

13 or for any other’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.

14 (f) REPORT ON THE SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVALUA15 TIONS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT CEN16 TERS.—Section 370 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

17 Applied Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 2396h) is amended—

18 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND

19 REPORT’’;

20 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) LOCAL

21 EVALUATION.—’’; and

22 (3) by striking subsection (b).

23 (g) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VOCA24 TIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917.—Section 18 of the Vo25 cational Education Act of 1917 (20 U.S.C. 28) is repealed.
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1 (h) REPORT BY THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK

2 FORCE ON COORDINATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

3 RELATED PROGRAMS.—Subsection (d) of section 4 of the

4 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Edu5 cation Act Amendments of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 2303(d)) is

6 repealed.

7 (i) REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE GATEWAY

8 GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of section

9 322(a)(3) of the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C.

10 1203a(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and report the

11 results of such evaluation to the Committee on Education

12 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’.

14 (j) REPORT ON THE BILINGUAL VOCATIONAL TRAIN15 ING PROGRAM.—Paragraph (3) of section 441(e) of the

16 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Edu17 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 2441(e)(3)) is amended by striking

18 the last sentence thereof.

19 (k) REPORT ON ADVISORY COUNCILS.—Section 448

20 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.

21 1233g) is repealed.

22 SEC. 1042. REPORTS MODIFIED.

23 (a) REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF BILINGUAL

24 EDUCATION IN THE NATION.—Section 6213 of the Au25 gustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and
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1 Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20

2 U.S.C. 3303 note) is amended—

3 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE4 PORT ON’’ and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION RE5 GARDING’’; and

6 (2) by striking the matter preceding paragraph

7 (1) and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall collect data

8 for program management and accountability pur9 poses regarding—’’.

10 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE STEWART B.

11 MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Subsection (b)

12 of section 724 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As13 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434(b)) is amended by striking

14 paragraph (4) and the first paragraph (5) and inserting

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall prepare and submit a report

17 to the appropriate committees of the Congress at the end

18 of every other fiscal year. Such report shall—

19 ‘‘(A) evaluate the programs and activities as20 sisted under this part; and

21 ‘‘(B) contain the information received from the

22 States pursuant to section 722(d)(3).’’.

23 (c) REPORT TO GIVE NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Sub24 section (d) of section 482 of the Higher Education Act

25 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(d)) is amended—
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1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the items

2 specified in the calendar have been completed and

3 provide all relevant forms, rules, and instructions

4 with such notice’’ and inserting ‘‘a deadline included

5 in the calendar described in subsection (a) is not

6 met’’; and

7 (2) by striking the second sentence.

8 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

9 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—Section 13 of the Reha10 bilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 712) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘twenty’’ and inserting ‘‘eighty’’.

12 (e) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS REGARDING REHA13 BILITATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The second sentence

14 of section 302(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20

15 U.S.C. 774(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘simultaneously

16 with the budget submission for the succeeding fiscal year

17 for the Rehabilitation Services Administration’’ and in18 serting ‘‘by September 30 of each fiscal year’’.

19 (f) REPORT PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

20 THE INTERIOR ON INDIAN CHILDREN AND THE BILIN21 GUAL EDUCATION ACT.—

22 (1) REPEAL.—Subsection (c) of section 7022 of

23 the Bilingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 3292) is re24 pealed.
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1 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Paragraph (3) of sec2 tion 7051(b)(3) of the Bilingual Education Act (20

3 U.S.C. 3331(b)(3)) is amended—

4 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking

5 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

6 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the

7 period and inserting a semicolon; and

8 (C) by adding at the end the following new

9 subparagraphs:

10 ‘‘(F) the needs of the Indian children with

11 respect to the purposes of this title in schools

12 operated or funded by the Department of the

13 Interior, including those tribes and local edu14 cational agencies receiving assistance under the

15 Johnson-O’Malley Act (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.);

16 and

17 ‘‘(G) the extent to which the needs de18 scribed in subparagraph (F) are being met by

19 funds provided to such schools for educational

20 purposes through the Secretary of the Inte21 rior.’’.

22 (g) ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORTS.—Section 417 of

23 the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226c)

24 is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN2 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (a)—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘December’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘March’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘each year,’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘every other year’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘a biennial’’;

10 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘previous

11 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 preceding fiscal years’’;

12 and

13 (4) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘previous

14 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 preceding fiscal years’’.

15 (h) ANNUAL AUDIT OF STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE

16 FUND.—Section 432(b) of the Higher Education Act of

17 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1082(b)) is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(b) FINANCIAL OPERATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES.—

19 The Secretary shall, with respect to the financial oper20 ations arising by reason of this part prepare annually and

21 submit a budget program as provided for wholly owned

22 Government corporations by chapter 91 of title 31, United

23 States Code. The transactions of the Secretary, including

24 the settlement of insurance claims and of claims for pay25 ments pursuant to section 1078 of this title, and trans-
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1 actions related thereto and vouchers approved by the Sec2 retary in connection with such transactions, shall be final

3 and conclusive upon all accounting and other officers of

4 the Government.’’.

5 CHAPTER 5—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

6 SEC. 1051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) REPORTS ON PERFORMANCE AND DISPOSAL OF

8 ALTERNATIVE FUELED HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.—Para9 graphs (3) and (4) of section 400AA(b) of the Energy Pol10 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(b)(3),

11 6374(b)(4)) are repealed.

12 (b) REPORT ON WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS.—Section

13 9(a)(3) of the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (42

14 U.S.C. 9208(a)(3)) is repealed.

15 (c) REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM MAN16 AGEMENT PLAN FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVER17 SION.—Section 3(d) of the Ocean Thermal Energy Con18 version Research, Development, and Demonstration Act

19 (42 U.S.C. 9002(d)) is repealed.

20 (d) REPORTS ON SUBSEABED DISPOSAL OF SPENT

21 NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE

22 WASTE.—Subsections (a) and (b)(5) of section 224 of the

23 Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204(a),

24 10204(b)(5)) are repealed.
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1 (e) REPORT ON FUEL USE ACT.—Sections 711(c)(2)

2 and 806 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

3 of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8421(c)(2), 8482) are repealed.

4 (f) REPORT ON TEST PROGRAM OF STORAGE OF RE5 FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC

6 PETROLEUM RESERVE.—Section 160(g)(7) of the Energy

7 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(g)(7)) is re8 pealed.

9 (g) REPORT ON NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE

10 RESERVES PRODUCTION.—Section 7434 of title 10,

11 United States Code, is repealed.

12 (h) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL MES13 SAGE ESTABLISHING A NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

14 POLICY ON NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO15 OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 203 of the Depart16 ment of Energy Act of 1978—Civilian Applications (22

17 U.S.C. 2429 note) is repealed.

18 (i) REPORT ON WRITTEN AGREEMENTS REGARDING

19 NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY SITES.—Section 117(c) of

20 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.

21 10137(c)) is amended by striking the following: ‘‘If such

22 written agreement is not completed prior to the expiration

23 of such period, the Secretary shall report to the Congress

24 in writing not later than 30 days after the expiration of

25 such period on the status of negotiations to develop such
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1 agreement and the reasons why such agreement has not

2 been completed. Prior to submission of such report to the

3 Congress, the Secretary shall transmit such report to the

4 Governor of such State or the governing body of such af5 fected Indian tribe, as the case may be, for their review

6 and comments. Such comments shall be included in such

7 report prior to submission to the Congress.’’.

8 (j) QUARTERLY REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM

9 RESERVES.—Section 165(b) of the Energy Policy and

10 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245(b)) is repealed.

11 (k) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—

12 The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15

13 U.S.C. 790d), is amended by striking out section 55.

14 SEC. 1052. REPORTS MODIFIED.

15 (a) REPORTS ON PROCESS-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL

16 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION

17 AUDIT GUIDELINES.—

18 (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

19 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6349(d)) is amended—

20 (A) in the language preceding paragraph

21 (1), by striking ‘‘Not later than 2 years after

22 October 24, 1992, and annually thereafter’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘Not later than October 24, 1995,

24 and biennially thereafter’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

2 the end;

3 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (D) by adding at the end the following new

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(6) the information required under section

8 133(c).’’.

9 (2) Section 133(c) of the Energy Policy Act of

10 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended—

11 (A) by striking, ‘‘October 24, 1992’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘October 24, 1995’’; and

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘as part of the report re14 quired under section 132(d),’’ after ‘‘and bien15 nially thereafter,’’.

16 (b) REPORT ON AGENCY REQUESTS FOR WAIVER

17 FROM FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIRE18 MENTS.—Section 543(b)(2) of the National Energy Con19 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(b)(2)) is amended—

20 (1) by inserting ‘‘, as part of the report re21 quired under section 548(b),’’ after ‘‘the Secretary

22 shall’’; and

23 (2) by striking ‘‘promptly’’.

24 (c) REPORT ON THE PROGRESS, STATUS, ACTIVI25 TIES, AND RESULTS OF PROGRAMS REGARDING THE PRO-
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1 CUREMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT

2 PRODUCTS.—Section 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

3 1992 (42 U.S.C. 8262g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘of

4 each year thereafter,’’; and inserting ‘‘thereafter as part

5 of the report required under section 548(b) of the Na6 tional Energy Conservation Policy Act,’’.

7 (d) REPORT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EN8 ERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 548(b) of the

9 National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C.

10 8258(b)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1)—

12 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

15 subparagraph (C); and

16 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A)

17 the following new subparagraph:

18 ‘‘(B) the information required under sec19 tion 543(b)(2); and’’;

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

21 the semicolon;

22 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (4) by adding at the end the following new

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) the information required under section

2 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.’’.

3 (e) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY SE4 LECTED FEDERAL VEHICLES.—Section 400AA(b)(1)(B)

5 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.

6 6374(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and annually

7 thereafter’’.

8 (f) REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF STATE ENERGY

9 CONSERVATION PLANS.—Section 365(c) of the Energy

10 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(c)) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘report annually’’ and inserting ‘‘,

12 as part of the report required under section 657 of the

13 Department of Energy Organization Act, report’’.

14 (g) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—

15 Section 657 of the Department of Energy Organization

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 7267) is amended by inserting after ‘‘sec17 tion 15 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of

18 1974,’’ the following: ‘‘section 365(c) of the Energy Policy

19 and Conservation Act, section 304(c) of the Nuclear

20 Waste Policy Act of 1982,’’.

21 (h) REPORT ON COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO IN22 CREASE HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION AT FEDERAL WATER

23 FACILITIES.—Section 2404 of the Energy Policy Act of

24 1992 (16 U.S.C. 797 note) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec2 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of the In3 terior and the Secretary of the Army,’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of

5 the Army, in consultation with the Secretary,’’; and

6 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec7 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior,

8 or the Secretary of the Army,’’.

9 (i) REPORT ON PROGRESS MEETING FUSION EN10 ERGY PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Section 2114(c)(5) of the

11 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13474(c)(5)) is

12 amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting

13 in lieu thereof ‘‘The President shall include in the budget

14 submitted to the Congress each year under section 1105

15 of title 31, United States Code, a report prepared by the

16 Secretary describing the progress made in meeting the

17 program objectives, milestones, and schedules established

18 in the management plan.’’.

19 (j) REPORT ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

20 ACTIVITIES.—Section 203(d) of the High-Performance

21 Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5523(d)) is amended

22 to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date

24 of enactment of this subsection, and thereafter as part of

25 the report required under section 101(a)(3)(A), the Sec-
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1 retary of Energy shall report on activities taken to carry

2 out this Act.’’.

3 (k) REPORT ON NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE

4 COMPUTING PROGRAM.—Section 101(a)(4) of the High5 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

6 5511(a)(4)) is amended—

7 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

8 the end;

9 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub10 paragraph (F); and

11 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol12 lowing new subparagraph:

13 ‘‘(E) include the report of the Secretary of

14 Energy required by section 203(d); and’’.

15 (l) REPORT ON NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PRO16 GRAM.—Section 304(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

17 of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224(d)) is amended to read as fol18 lows:

19 ‘‘(d) AUDIT BY GAO.—If requested by either House

20 of the Congress (or any committee thereof) or if consid21 ered necessary by the Comptroller General, the General

22 Accounting Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in

23 accord with such regulations as the Comptroller General

24 may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access

25 to such books, records, accounts, and other materials of
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1 the Office as the Comptroller General determines to be

2 necessary for the preparation of such audit. The Comp3 troller General shall submit a report on the results of each

4 audit conducted under this section.’’.

5 CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

6 AND HUMAN SERVICES

7 SEC. 1061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

8 (a) REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC SUB9 STANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 27 of the Toxic Sub10 stance Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2626(c)) is repealed.

11 (b) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSUMER12 PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT.—Sub13 section (d) of section 981 of the Consumer-Patient Radi14 ation Health and Safety Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.

15 10006(d)) is repealed.

16 (c) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF TITLE VIII PRO17 GRAMS.—Section 859 of the Public Health Service Act (42

18 U.S.C. 298b–6) is repealed.

19 (d) REPORT ON MODEL SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT FOR

20 OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of

21 section 1135(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

22 1320b–5(d)(6)) is repealed.

23 (e) REPORT ON MEDICARE TREATMENT OF UNCOM24 PENSATED CARE.—Paragraph (2) of section 603(a) of the
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1 Social Security Amendments of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww

2 note) is repealed.

3 (f) REPORT ON PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOMELESS IN4 DIVIDUALS.—Subsection (d) of section 9117 of the Omni5 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1383

6 note) is repealed.

7 SEC. 1062. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 (a) REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL.—Section

9 239 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h)

10 is amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT

12 ‘‘SEC. 239. The Surgeon General shall transmit to

13 the Secretary, for submission to the Congress, on January

14 1, 1995, and on January 1, every 2 years thereafter, a

15 full report of the administration of the functions of the

16 Service under this Act, including a detailed statement of

17 receipts and disbursements.’’.

18 (b) REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH AC19 TIVITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 494A of the Public

20 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289c–1(b)) is amended by

21 striking ‘‘September 30, 1993, and annually thereafter’’

22 and inserting ‘‘December 30, 1993, and each December

23 30 thereafter’’.

24 (c) REPORT ON FAMILY PLANNING.—Section

25 1009(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

26 300a–7(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and
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1 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1995, and each second fiscal year

2 thereafter,’’.

3 (d) REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH INFORMA4 TION AND HEALTH PROMOTION.—Section 1705(a) of the

5 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–4) is amended

6 in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘annually’’ and insert7 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘biannually’’.

8 CHAPTER 7—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

9 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

10 SEC. 1071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORTS ON PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNER12 SHIP AND MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—Section 21(f)

13 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

14 1437s(f)) is repealed.

15 (b) INTERIM REPORT ON PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED

16 INCOME NEW COMMUNITIES STRATEGY DEMONSTRA17 TION.—Section 522(k)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na18 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is

19 repealed.

20 (c) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERSTATE LAND SALES

21 REGISTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1421 of the Inter22 state Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719a)

23 is repealed.

24 (d) QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

25 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.—Section
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1 561(e)(2) of the Housing and Community Development

2 Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(e)(2)) is repealed.

3 (e) COLLECTION OF AND ANNUAL REPORT ON RA4 CIAL AND ETHNIC DATA.—Section 562(b) of the Housing

5 and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.

6 3608a(b)) is repealed.

7 SEC. 1072. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 (a) REPORT ON HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY

9 UNITS PROGRAM.—Section 431 of the Cranston-Gonzalez

10 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12880) is

11 amended—

12 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN13 NUAL’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall annually’’

15 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall no later than De16 cember 31, 1995,’’.

17 (b) TRIENNIAL AUDIT OF TRANSACTIONS OF NA18 TIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP FOUNDATION.—Section

19 107(g)(1) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of

20 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701y(g)(1)) is amended by striking the

21 last sentence.

22 (c) REPORT ON LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY AS23 SISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 2605(h) of the Low-In24 come Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Public Law
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1 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 8624(h)), is amended by striking out

2 ‘‘(but not less frequently than every three years),’’.

3 CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF THE

4 INTERIOR

5 SEC. 1081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORT ON AUDITS IN FEDERAL ROYALTY MAN7 AGEMENT SYSTEM.—Section 17(j) of the Mineral Leasing

8 Act (30 U.S.C. 226(j)) is amended by striking the last

9 sentence.

10 (b) REPORT ON DOMESTIC MINING, MINERALS, AND

11 MINERAL RECLAMATION INDUSTRIES.—Section 2 of the

12 Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 21a)

13 is amended by striking the last sentence.

14 (c) REPORT ON PHASE I OF THE HIGH PLAINS

15 STATES GROUNDWATER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—

16 Section 3(d) of the High Plains States Groundwater Dem17 onstration Program Act of 1983 (43 U.S.C. 390g–1(d))

18 is repealed.

19 (d) REPORT ON RECLAMATION REFORM ACT COM20 PLIANCE.—Section 224(g) of the Reclamation Reform Act

21 of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(g)) is amended by striking the

22 last 2 sentences.

23 (e) REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED

24 OUTSIDE THE DOMAIN OF THE UNITED STATES.—Sec-
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1 tion 2 of Public Law 87–626 (43 U.S.C. 31(c)) is re2 pealed.

3 (f) REPORT ON RECREATION USE FEES.—Section

4 4(h) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of

5 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(h)) is repealed.

6 (g) REPORT ON FEDERAL SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY

7 PUBLIC BENEFIT DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR PARKS AND

8 RECREATION.—Section 203(o)(1) of the Federal Property

9 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

10 484(o)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (k) of this

11 section and’’.

12 SEC. 1082. REPORTS MODIFIED.

13 (a) REPORT ON LEVELS OF THE OGALLALA AQUI14 FER.—Title III of the Water Resources Research Act of

15 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—

16 (1) in section 306, by striking ‘‘annually’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘biennially’’; and

18 (2) in section 308, by striking ‘‘intervals of one

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘intervals of 2 years’’.

20 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF OUTER CONTINENTAL

21 SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN, MARINE, AND

22 COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.—Section 20(e) of the Outer

23 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1346(e)) is

24 amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘every 3 fiscal years’’.
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1 CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2 SEC. 1091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

3 (a) REPORT ON CRIME AND CRIME PREVENTION.—

4 (1) Section 3126 of title 18, United States Code, is re5 pealed.

6 (2) The table of sections for chapter 206 of title 18,

7 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

8 relating to section 3126.

9 (b) REPORT ON DRUG INTERDICTION TASK

10 FORCE.—Section 3301(a)(1)(C) of the National Drug

11 Interdiction Act of 1986 (21 U.S.C. 801 note; Public Law

12 99–570; 100 Stat. 3207–98) is repealed.

13 (c) REPORT ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.—Sec14 tion 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is re15 pealed.

16 (d) REPORT ON FEDERAL OFFENDER CHARACTERIS17 TICS.—Section 3624(f)(6) of title 18, United States Code,

18 is repealed.

19 (e) REPORT ON COSTS OF DEATH PENALTY.—The

20 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102

21 Stat. 4395; 21 U.S.C. 848 note) is amended by striking

22 out section 7002.

23 (f) MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT.—Section 8B of

24 the Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 208–2) is re25 pealed.
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1 (g) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Subsection (c) of section

2 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is re3 pealed.

4 (h) ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT.—Sec5 tion 252(i) of the Energy Policy Conservation Act (42

6 U.S.C. 6272(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘, at least once

7 every 6 months, a report’’ and inserting ‘‘, at such inter8 vals as are appropriate based on significant developments

9 and issues, reports’’.

10 (i) REPORT ON FORFEITURE FUND.—Section 524(c)

11 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

12 (1) by striking out paragraph (7); and

13 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through

14 (12) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively.

15 CHAPTER 10—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

16 SEC. 1101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 Section 408(d) of the Veterans Education and Em18 ployment Amendments of 1989 (38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is

19 repealed.

20 SEC. 1102. REPORTS MODIFIED.

21 (a) REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED

22 UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.—

23 Section 4(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

24 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(1)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘annually’’ and inserting ‘‘bian2 nually’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘preceding year’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘preceding two years’’.

5 (b) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF WORKERS’

6 COMPENSATION.—

7 (1) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

8 LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSA9 TION ACT.—Section 42 of the Longshore and Har10 bor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942) is

11 amended—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘beginning of each’’ and all

13 that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 1984’’

14 and inserting ‘‘end of each fiscal year’’; and

15 (B) by adding the following new sentence

16 at the end: ‘‘Such report shall include the an17 nual reports required under section 426(b) of

18 the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C.

19 936(b)) and section 8194 of title 5, United

20 States Code, and shall be identified as the An21 nual Report of the Office of Workers’ Com22 pensation Programs.’’.

23 (2) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

24 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Section 426(b)
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1 of the ‘‘Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 936(b))

2 is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and all that fol4 lows through ‘‘Congress the’’ and inserting ‘‘At

5 the end of each fiscal year, the’’; and

6 (B) by adding the following new sentence

7 at the end: ‘‘Each such report shall be prepared

8 and submitted to Congress in accordance with

9 the requirement with respect to submission

10 under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

11 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.

12 (3) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

13 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT.—(A)

14 Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the

16 following new section:

17 ‘‘§ 8152. Annual report

18 ‘‘The Secretary of Labor shall, at the end of each

19 fiscal year, prepare a report with respect to the adminis20 tration of this chapter. Such report shall be submitted to

21 Congress in accordance with the requirement with respect

22 to submission under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

23 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.
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1 (B) The table of sections for chapter 81 of title

2 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

3 the item relating to section 8151 the following:

‘‘8152. Annual report.’’.

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF

5 LABOR.—Section 9 of an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create

6 a Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (29

7 U.S.C. 560) is amended by striking ‘‘make a report’’ and

8 all that follows through ‘‘the department’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘prepare and submit to Congress the financial statements

10 of the Department that have been audited’’.

11 CHAPTER 11—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

12 SEC. 1111. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

13 Section 8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance

14 Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2606) is amended by striking sub15 section (b), and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

16 (b).

17 CHAPTER 12—DEPARTMENT OF

18 TRANSPORTATION

19 SEC. 1121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

20 (a) REPORT ON DEEPWATER PORT ACT OF 1974.—

21 Section 20 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C.

22 1519) is repealed.

23 (b) REPORT ON COAST GUARD LOGISTICS CAPABILI24 TIES CRITICAL TO MISSION PERFORMANCE.—Sections
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1 5(a)(2) and 5(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act

2 of 1988 (10 U.S.C. 2304 note) are repealed.

3 (c) REPORT ON MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION RE4 SEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1987.—Section 2201(a)

5 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act

6 of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1902 note) is amended by striking

7 ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘triennially’’.

8 (d) REPORT ON APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECH9 NOLOGY PROGRAM.—Section 307(e)(11) of title 23, Unit10 ed States Code, is repealed.

11 (e) REPORTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

12 PROGRAMS.—

13 (1) REPORT ON RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

14 PROGRAM.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States

15 Code, is amended by striking the last 3 sentences.

16 (2) REPORT ON HAZARD ELIMINATION PRO17 GRAM.—Section 152(g) of title 23, United States

18 Code, is amended by striking the last 3 sentences.

19 (f) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PERFORMANCE—

20 FATAL AND INJURY ACCIDENT RATES ON PUBLIC ROADS

21 IN THE UNITED STATES.—Section 207 of the Highway

22 Safety Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is repealed.

23 (g) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM STAND24 ARDS.—Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

25 amended by striking the fifth sentence.
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1 (h) REPORT ON RAILROAD-HIGHWAY DEMONSTRA2 TION PROJECTS.—Section 163(o) of the Federal-Aid

3 Highway Act of 1973 (23 U.S.C. 130 note) is repealed.

4 (i) REPORT ON UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AMEND5 MENTS OF 1987.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Uniform Relo6 cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies

7 Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4604(b)(2)) is repealed.

8 (j) REPORT ON FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY ACT OF

9 1970.—Section 211 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act

10 of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 440) is repealed.

11 (k) REPORT ON RAILROAD FINANCIAL ASSIST12 ANCE.—Section 308(d) of title 49, United States Code,

13 is repealed.

14 (l) REPORT ON USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BY

15 THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.—Section 305 of the Auto16 motive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978

17 (15 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the last sentence.

18 (m) REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 4(b) of the

19 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1603(b)) is repealed.

20 (n) REPORT ON SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM

21 TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c)(11) of the

22 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(11)) is re23 pealed.

24 (o) REPORT ON SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVEL25 OPMENT CORPORATION.—Section 10(a) of the Act of May
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1 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 96, chapter 201; 33 U.S.C. 989(a))

2 is repealed.

3 (p) REPORTS ON PIPELINES ON FEDERAL LANDS.—

4 Section 28(w)(4) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.

5 185(w)(4)) is repealed.

6 (q) REPORTS ON PIPELINE SAFETY.—

7 (1) REPORT ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFE8 TY ACT OF 1968.—Section 16(a) of the Natural Gas

9 Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App.

10 1683(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking

11 ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd-numbered

12 year’’.

13 (2) REPORT ON HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE

14 SAFETY ACT OF 1979.—Section 213 of the Hazard15 ous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C.

16 App. 2012) is amended in the first sentence by

17 striking ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd18 numbered year’’.

19 SEC. 1122. REPORTS MODIFIED.

20 (a) REPORT ON MAJOR ACQUISITION PROJECTS.—

21 Section 337 of the Department of Transportation and Re22 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law

23 102–338; 106 Stat. 1551) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘quarter of any fiscal year be25 ginning after December 31, 1992, unless the Com-
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1 mandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quar2 terly report’’ and inserting ‘‘half of any fiscal year

3 beginning after December 31, 1995, unless the Com4 mandant of the Coast Guard first submits a semi5 annual report’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘quarter.’’ and inserting ‘‘half7 fiscal year.’’.

8 (b) REPORT ON OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST

9 FUND.—The quarterly report regarding the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund required to be submitted to the House

11 and Senate Committees on Appropriations under House

12 Report 101–892, accompanying the appropriations for the

13 Coast Guard in the Department of Transportation and

14 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, shall be sub15 mitted not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal

16 year in which this Act is enacted and annually thereafter.

17 (c) REPORT ON JOINT FEDERAL AND STATE MOTOR

18 FUEL TAX COMPLIANCE PROJECT.—Section 1040(d)(1)

19 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

20 of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by striking

21 ‘‘September 30 and’’.

22 (d) REPORT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—Section

23 308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by

24 striking ‘‘January of each even-numbered year’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘March 1995, March 1996, and March of each

2 odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

3 (e) REPORT ON NATION’S HIGHWAYS AND

4 BRIDGES.—Section 307(h) of title 23, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1983, and in Jan6 uary of every second year thereafter’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘March 1995, March 1996, and March of each odd-num8 bered year thereafter’’.

9 CHAPTER 13—DEPARTMENT OF THE

10 TREASURY

11 SEC. 1131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

12 (a) REPORT ON THE OPERATION AND STATUS OF

13 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL ASSISTANCE

14 TRUST FUND.—Paragraph (8) of section 14001(a) of the

15 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

16 (31 U.S.C. 6701 note) is repealed.

17 (b) REPORT ON THE ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS OF

18 THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976.—Sec19 tion 213 of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976

20 (42 U.S.C. 6733) is repealed.

21 (c) REPORT ON THE ASBESTOS TRUST FUND.—

22 Paragraph (2) of section 5(c) of the Asbestos Hazard

23 Emergency Response Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4022(c)) is

24 repealed.
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1 SEC. 1132. REPORTS MODIFIED.

2 (a) REPORT ON THE WORLD CUP USA 1994 COM3 MEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (g) of section 205

4 of the World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act

5 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘month’’

6 and inserting ‘‘calendar quarter’’.

7 (b) REPORTS ON VARIOUS FUNDS.—Subsection (b)

8 of section 321 of title 31, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

11 (5),

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

14 (3) by adding after paragraph (6) the following

15 new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(7) notwithstanding any other provision of

17 law, fulfill any requirement to issue a report on the

18 financial condition of any fund on the books of the

19 Treasury by including the required information in a

20 consolidated report, except that information with re21 spect to a specific fund shall be separately reported

22 if the Secretary determines that the consolidation of

23 such information would result in an unwarranted

24 delay in the availability of such information.’’.

25 (c) REPORT ON THE JAMES MADISON-BILL OF

26 RIGHTS COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (c) of
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1 section 506 of the James Madison-Bill of Rights Com2 memorative Coin Act (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended

3 by striking out ‘‘month’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘cal4 endar quarter’’.

5 CHAPTER 14—DEPARTMENT OF

6 VETERANS AFFAIRS

7 SEC. 1141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

8 (a) REPORT ON FURNISHING CONTRACT CARE SERV9 ICES.—Section 1703(c) of title 38, United States Code,

10 is repealed.

11 (b) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF RATES FOR STATE

12 HOME CARE.—Section 1741 of such title is amended—

13 (1) by striking out subsection (c); and

14 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

15 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

16 (c) REPORT ON LOANS TO PURCHASE MANUFAC17 TURED HOMES.—Section 3712 of such title is amended—

18 (1) by striking out subsection (l); and

19 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub20 section (l).

21 (d) REPORT ON LEVEL OF TREATMENT CAPACITY.—

22 Section 8110(a)(3) of such title is amended—

23 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

24 (A) by striking out ‘‘(A)’’; and
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1 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

3 (2) by striking out subparagraph (B).

4 (e) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDED PER5 SONNEL CODING.—

6 (1) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sec7 tion 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

8 amended by striking out subparagraph (C).

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

10 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

11 amended by—

12 (A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as

13 subparagraph (D);

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking out

15 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there16 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and

17 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking out

18 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there19 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’.

20 Subtitle II—Independent Agencies

21 CHAPTER 1—ACTION

22 SEC. 2011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 Section 226 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act

24 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5026) is amended—

25 (1) by striking subsection (b); and
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1 (2) in subsection (a)—

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’

3 and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; and

4 (B) in paragraph (1)—

5 (i) by striking ‘‘(1)(A)’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘(1)’’; and

7 (ii) in subparagraph (B)—

8 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘(2)’’; and

10 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph

11 (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’.

12 CHAPTER 2—ENVIRONMENTAL

13 PROTECTION AGENCY

14 SEC. 2021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

15 (a) REPORT ON ALLOCATION OF WATER.—Section

16 102 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

17 U.S.C. 1252) is amended by striking subsection (d).

18 (b) REPORT ON VARIANCE REQUESTS.—Section

19 301(n) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

20 U.S.C. 1311(n)) is amended by striking paragraph (8).

21 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN LAKES

22 PROJECTS.—Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollu23 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para2 graph (3).

3 (d) REPORT ON USE OF MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EF4 FLUENT AND SLUDGE.—Section 516 of the Federal Water

5 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) (as amended by

6 subsection (g)) is further amended—

7 (1) by striking subsection (c); and

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

9 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

10 (e) REPORT ON CERTAIN WATER QUALITY STAND11 ARDS AND PERMITS.—Section 404 of the Water Quality

12 Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–4; 33 U.S.C. 1375 note)

13 is amended—

14 (1) by striking subsection (c); and

15 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub16 section (c).

17 (f) REPORT ON CLASS V WELLS.—Section 1426 of

18 title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly

19 known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C.

20 300h–5) is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) MON22 ITORING METHODS.—’’; and

23 (2) by striking subsection (b).

24 (g) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DEM25 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1427 of title XIV of the
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1 Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe

2 Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

3 (1) by striking subsection (l); and

4 (2) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as

5 subsections (l) and (m), respectively.

6 (h) REPORT ON SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING

7 WATER.—Section 1442 of title XIV of the Public Health

8 Service Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking

9 Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

10 (1) by striking subsection (c);

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub12 section (c); and

13 (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as

14 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

15 (i) REPORT ON NONNUCLEAR ENERGY AND TECH16 NOLOGIES.—Section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy

17 Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5910)

18 is repealed.

19 (j) REPORT ON EMISSIONS AT COAL-BURNING POW20 ERPLANTS.—

21 (1) Section 745 of the Powerplant and Indus22 trial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8455) is re23 pealed.
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1 (2) The table of contents in section 101(b) of

2 such Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 8301) is amended by

3 striking the item relating to section 745.

4 (k) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH,

5 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—

6 (1) Section 5 of the Environmental Research,

7 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

8 of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 4361) is repealed.

9 (2) Section 4 of the Environmental Research,

10 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

11 of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4361a) is repealed.

12 (3) Section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4365) is

13 amended—

14 (A) by striking subsection (c); and

15 (B) by redesignating subsections (d)

16 through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), re17 spectively.

18 (l) PLAN ON ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON

19 PROGRAMS.—Section 305 of the Toxic Substances Control

20 Act (15 U.S.C. 2665) is amended—

21 (1) by striking subsection (d); and

22 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

23 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
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1 CHAPTER 3—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

2 OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

3 SEC. 2031. REPORTS MODIFIED.

4 Section 705(k)(2)(C) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

5 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4(k)(2)(C)) is amended—

6 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik7 ing ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘including informa8 tion, presented in the aggregate, relating to’’;

9 (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the identity of

10 each person or entity’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of

11 persons and entities’’;

12 (3) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘such person or

13 entity’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’;

14 and

15 (4) in clause (iii)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘fee’’ and inserting ‘‘fees’’;

17 and

18 (B) by striking ‘‘such person or entity’’

19 and inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’.

20 CHAPTER 4—FEDERAL AVIATION

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 2041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 Section 7207(c)(4) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of

24 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat. 4428; 49 U.S.C.

25 App. 1354 note) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking out ‘‘GAO’’; and

2 (2) by striking out ‘‘the Comptroller General’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Department of

4 Transportation Inspector General’’.

5 CHAPTER 5—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

6 COMMISSION

7 SEC. 2051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

8 (a) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS UNDER THE COMMU9 NICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962.—Section 404(c) of

10 the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C.

11 744(c)) is repealed.

12 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR AMATEUR EXAMINATION

13 EXPENSES.—Section 4(f)(4)(J) of the Communications

14 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(4)(J)) is amended by strik15 ing out the last sentence.

16 CHAPTER 6—FEDERAL DEPOSIT

17 INSURANCE CORPORATION

18 SEC. 2061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

19 Section 102(b)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance

20 Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–

21 242; 105 Stat. 2237; 12 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended

22 to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTING.—Not later than

24 90 days after the end of any calendar quarter in

25 which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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1 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Corpora2 tion’) has any obligations pursuant to section 14 of

3 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act outstanding, the

4 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub5 mit a report on the Corporation’s compliance at the

6 end of that quarter with section 15(c) of the Federal

7 Deposit Insurance Act to the Committee on Bank8 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and

9 the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Af10 fairs of the House of Representatives. Such a report

11 shall be included in the Comptroller General’s audit

12 report for that year, as required by section 17 of the

13 Federal Deposit Insurance Act.’’.

14 CHAPTER 7—FEDERAL EMERGENCY

15 MANAGEMENT AGENCY

16 SEC. 2071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 Section 201(h) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of

18 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281(h)) is amended by striking

19 the second proviso.

20 CHAPTER 8—FEDERAL RETIREMENT

21 THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

22 SEC. 2081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 Section 9503 of title 31, United States Code, is

24 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

25 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(c) The requirements of this section are satisfied

2 with respect to the Thrift Savings Plan described under

3 subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, by preparation and

4 transmission of the report described under section 8439(b)

5 of such title.’’.

6 CHAPTER 9—GENERAL SERVICES

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 2091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

9 (a) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR HIS10 TORIC MONUMENTS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.—

11 Section 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administra12 tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amend13 ed—

14 (1) by striking out paragraph (1);

15 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

16 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and

17 (3) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by

18 striking out ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.

20 (b) REPORT ON PROPOSED SALE OF SURPLUS REAL

21 PROPERTY AND REPORT ON NEGOTIATED SALES.—Sec22 tion 203(e)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

23 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)(6)) is repealed.

24 (c) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR WILD25 LIFE CONSERVATION.—Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An
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1 Act authorizing the transfer of certain real property for

2 wildlife, or other purposes.’’, approved May 19, 1948 (16

3 U.S.C. 667d; 62 Stat. 241) is amended by striking out

4 ‘‘and shall be included in the annual budget transmitted

5 to the Congress’’.

6 CHAPTER 10—INTERSTATE COMMERCE

7 COMMISSION

8 SEC. 2101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

9 Section 10327(k) of title 49, United States Code, is

10 amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘(k) If an extension granted under subsection (j) is

12 not sufficient to allow for completion of necessary proceed13 ings, the Commission may grant a further extension in

14 an extraordinary situation if a majority of the Commis15 sioners agree to the further extension by public vote.’’.

16 CHAPTER 11—LEGAL SERVICES

17 CORPORATION

18 SEC. 2111. REPORTS MODIFIED.

19 Section 1009(c)(2) of the Legal Services Corporation

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 2996h(c)(2)) is amended by striking out

21 ‘‘The’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Upon request, the’’.
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1 CHAPTER 12—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS

2 AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 2121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 Section 21(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

5 648(g)) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS7 TRATION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION CENTERS.—The

8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in9 dustrial application centers supported by the National

10 Aeronautics and Space Administration are authorized and

11 directed to cooperate with small business development cen12 ters participating in the program.’’.

13 CHAPTER 13—NATIONAL COUNCIL ON

14 DISABILITY

15 SEC. 2131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

16 Section 401(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

17 U.S.C. 781(a)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking paragraph (9); and

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11)

20 as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively.
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1 CHAPTER 14—NATIONAL SCIENCE

2 FOUNDATION

3 SEC. 2141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEER5 ING EDUCATION.—Section 107 of the Education for Eco6 nomic Security Act (20 U.S.C. 3917) is repealed.

7 (b) BUDGET ESTIMATE.—Section 14 of the National

8 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1873) is

9 amended by striking subsection (j).

10 CHAPTER 15—NATIONAL

11 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

12 SEC. 2151. REPORTS MODIFIED.

13 Section 305 of the Independent Safety Board Act of

14 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1904) is amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (2) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the

16 semicolon;

17 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking out ‘‘; and’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

19 (3) by striking out paragraph (4).

20 CHAPTER 16—NEIGHBORHOOD

21 REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

22 SEC. 2161. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 Section 607(c) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment

24 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8106(c)) is amended by strik25 ing the second sentence.
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1 CHAPTER 17—NUCLEAR REGULATORY

2 COMMISSION

3 SEC. 2171. REPORTS MODIFIED.

4 Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of

5 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5848) is amended by striking ‘‘each

6 quarter a report listing for that period’’ and inserting ‘‘an

7 annual report listing for the previous fiscal year’’.

8 CHAPTER 18—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

9 MANAGEMENT

10 SEC. 2181. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORT ON CAREER RESERVED POSITIONS.—(1)

12 Section 3135 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

13 (2) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

15 relating to section 3135.

16 (b) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Section

17 4314(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

18 (c) REPORT ON TRAINING PROGRAMS.—(1) Section

19 4113 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

20 (2) The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 5,

21 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

22 relating to section 4113.

23 (d) REPORT ON PREVAILING RATE SYSTEM.—Sec24 tion 5347 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

25 striking out the fourth and fifth sentences.
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1 (e) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS

2 PROTECTION BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

3 MANAGEMENT.—Section 2304 of title 5, United States

4 Code, is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘(a)’’; and

6 (2) by striking subsection (b).

7 SEC. 2182. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 (a) REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSI9 TIONS.—Section 3135(a) of title 5, United States Code,

10 is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out ‘‘, and the

12 projected number of Senior Executive Service posi13 tions to be authorized for the next 2 fiscal years, in

14 the aggregate and by agency’’;

15 (2) by striking out paragraphs (3) and (8); and

16 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6),

17 (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6),

18 (7), and (8), respectively.

19 (b) REPORT ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIRE20 MENT FUND.—Section 145 of the District of Columbia

21 Retirement Reform Act (Public Law 96–122; 93 Stat.

22 882) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b)—

24 (A) in paragraph (1)—

25 (i) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’;
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1 (ii) by striking out ‘‘and the Comp2 troller General shall each’’ and inserting in

3 lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’; and

4 (iii) by striking out ‘‘each’’; and

5 (B) by striking out paragraph (2); and

6 (2) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘the

7 Comptroller General and’’ each place it appears.

8 (c) REPORT ON REVOLVING FUND.—Section

9 1304(e)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

10 striking out ‘‘at least once every three years’’.

11 CHAPTER 19—OFFICE OF THRIFT

12 SUPERVISION

13 SEC. 2191. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 Section 18(c)(6)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank

15 Act (12 U.S.C. 1438(c)(6)(B)) is amended—

16 (1) by striking out ‘‘annually’’;

17 (2) by striking out ‘‘audit, settlement,’’ and in18 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘settlement’’; and

19 (3) by striking out ‘‘, and the first audit’’ and

20 all that follows through ‘‘enacted’’.
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1 CHAPTER 20—PANAMA CANAL

2 COMMISSION

3 SEC. 2201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORTS ON PANAMA CANAL.—Section 1312 of

5 the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–70; 22

6 U.S.C. 3722) is repealed.

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

8 The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is amended

9 by striking out the item relating to section 1312.

10 CHAPTER 21—POSTAL SERVICE

11 SEC. 2211. REPORTS MODIFIED.

12 (a) REPORT ON CONSUMER EDUCATION PRO13 GRAMS.—Section 4(b) of the mail Order Consumer Protec14 tion Amendments of 1983 (39 U.S.C. 3001 note; Public

15 Law 98–186; 97 Stat. 1318) is amended to read as fol16 lows:

17 ‘‘(b) A summary of the activities carried out under

18 subsection (a) shall be included in the first semiannual

19 report submitted each year as required under section 5

20 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’.

21 (b) REPORT ON INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES.—Sec22 tion 3013 of title 39, United States Code, is amended in

23 the last sentence by striking out ‘‘the Board shall transmit

24 such report to the Congress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

25 ‘‘the information in such report shall be included in the
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1 next semiannual report required under section 5 of the

2 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’.

3 CHAPTER 22—RAILROAD RETIREMENT

4 BOARD

5 SEC. 2221. REPORTS MODIFIED.

6 Section 502 of the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act

7 of 1983 (45 U.S.C. 231f–1) is amended by striking ‘‘On

8 or before July 1, 1985, and each calendar year thereafter’’

9 and inserting ‘‘As part of the annual report required

10 under section 22(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of

11 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u(a))’’.

12 CHAPTER 23—THRIFT DEPOSITOR

13 PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD

14 SEC. 2231. REPORTS MODIFIED.

15 Section 21A(k)(9) of the Federal Home Loan Bank

16 Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(9)) is amended by striking out

17 ‘‘the end of each calendar quarter’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘June 30 and December 31 of each calendar

19 year’’.

20 CHAPTER 24—UNITED STATES

21 INFORMATION AGENCY

22 SEC. 2241. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 Notwithstanding section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign

24 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)), the reports
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1 otherwise required under such section shall not cover the

2 activities of the United States Information Agency.

3 Subtitle III—Reports by All

4 Departments and Agencies

5 SEC. 3001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORT ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.—(1) Sec7 tion 3407 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

8 (2) The table of sections for chapter 34 of title 5,

9 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

10 relating to section 3407.

11 (b) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV12 ICES.—(1) Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code,

13 is repealed.

14 (2) The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31,

15 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

16 relating to section 1114.

17 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON LOBBYING.—Section

18 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

19 (1) striking out subsection (d); and

20 (2) redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and

21 (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.

22 (d) REPORTS ON PROGRAM FRAUD AND CIVIL REM23 EDIES.—(1) Section 3810 of title 31, United States Code,

24 is repealed.
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1 (2) The table of sections for chapter 38 of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

3 relating to section 3810.

4 (e) REPORT ON RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY

5 ACT.—Section 1121 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act

6 of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3421) is repealed.

7 (f) REPORT ON FOREIGN LOAN RISKS.—Section

8 913(d) of the International Lending Supervision Act of

9 1983 (12 U.S.C. 3912(d)) is repealed.

10 (g) REPORT ON PLANS TO CONVERT TO THE METRIC

11 SYSTEM.—Section 12 of the Metric Conversion Act of

12 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205j–1) is repealed.

13 (h) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION AND IN14 TELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—Section 11(f) of the

15 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15

16 U.S.C. 3710(f)) is repealed.

17 (i) REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL AC18 TIONS TO FACILITATE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE.—Sec19 tion 4(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the mak20 ing, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate

21 the national defense’’, approved August 28, 1958 (50

22 U.S.C. 1434(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘all such ac23 tions taken’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘if any such ac24 tion has been taken’’.
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1 (j) REPORTS ON DETAILING EMPLOYEES.—Section

2 619 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Govern3 ment Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393;

4 106 Stat. 1769), is repealed.

5 SEC. 3002. REPORTS MODIFIED.

6 Section 552b(j) of title 5, United States Code, is

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(j) Each agency subject to the requirements of this

9 section shall annually report to the Congress regarding the

10 following:

11 ‘‘(1) The changes in the policies and procedures

12 of the agency under this section that have occurred

13 during the preceding 1-year period.

14 ‘‘(2) A tabulation of the number of meetings

15 held, the exemptions applied to close meetings, and

16 the days of public notice provided to close meetings.

17 ‘‘(3) A brief description of litigation or formal

18 complaints concerning the implementation of this

19 section by the agency.

20 ‘‘(4) A brief explanation of any changes in law

21 that have affected the responsibilities of the agency

22 under this section.’’.
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1 Subtitle IV—Effective Date

2 SEC. 4001. EFFECTIVE DATE.

3 Except as otherwise provided in this title, the provi4 sions of this title and amendments made by this title shall

5 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate March 7 (legislative day, March

6), 1995.

Attest:

Secretary.
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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 244

AN ACT

To further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction

and for other purposes.the burden of Federal paperwork on the public,sponsible and publicly accountable for reducingAct to have Federal agencies become more re-