104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 790

AN ACT

To provide for the modification or elimination of Federal

reporting requirements.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Reports Elimi5 nation and Sunset Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTS

Subtitle A—Department of Agriculture

Sec. 1011. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1012. Reports modified.

Subtitle B—Department of Commerce

Sec. 1021. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1022. Reports modified.

Subtitle C—Department of Defense

Sec. 1031. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle D—Department of Education

Sec. 1041. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1042. Reports modified.

Subtitle E—Department of Energy

Sec. 1051. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1052. Reports modified.

Subtitle F—Department of Health and Human Services

Sec. 1061. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1062. Reports modified.

Subtitle G—Department of Housing and Urban Development

Sec. 1071. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1072. Reports modified.

Subtitle H—Department of the Interior

Sec. 1081. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1082. Reports modified.

Subtitle I—Department of Justice

Sec. 1091. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle J—Department of Labor

Sec. 1101. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1102. Reports modified.

Subtitle K—Department of State

Sec. 1111. Reports eliminated.
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Subtitle L—Department of Transportation

Sec. 1121. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1122. Reports modified.

Subtitle M—Department of the Treasury

Sec. 1131. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1132. Reports modified.

Subtitle N—Department of Veterans Affairs

Sec. 1141. Reports eliminated.

TITLE II—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Subtitle A—Action

Sec. 2011. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle B—Environmental Protection Agency

Sec. 2021. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle C—Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Sec. 2031. Reports modified.

Subtitle D—Federal Aviation Administration

Sec. 2041. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle E—Federal Communications Commission

Sec. 2051. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle F—Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sec. 2061. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle G—Federal Emergency Management Agency

Sec. 2071. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle H—Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Sec. 2081. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle I—General Services Administration

Sec. 2091. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle J—Interstate Commerce Commission

Sec. 2101. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle K—Legal Services Corporation

Sec. 2111. Reports modified.

Subtitle L—National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sec. 2121. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle M—National Council on Disability

Sec. 2131. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle N—National Science Foundation

Sec. 2141. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle O—National Transportation Safety Board

Sec. 2151. Reports modified.

Subtitle P—Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Sec. 2161. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle Q—Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Sec. 2171. Reports modified.

Subtitle R—Office of Personnel Management

Sec. 2181. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 2182. Reports modified.

Subtitle S—Office of Thrift Supervision

Sec. 2191. Reports modified.

Subtitle T—Panama Canal Commission

Sec. 2201. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle U—Postal Service

Sec. 2211. Reports modified.

Subtitle V—Railroad Retirement Board

Sec. 2221. Reports modified.

Subtitle W—Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

Sec. 2231. Reports modified.

Subtitle X—United States Information Agency

Sec. 2241. Reports eliminated.

TITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Sec. 3001. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 3002. Reports modified.

Sec. 3003. Termination of reporting requirements.
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENTS

2 Subtitle A—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 and sections

22 1559 and 1560 of such Act are redesignated as sections

23 1558 and 1559, respectively.
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1 (e) REPORT ON REPORTING OF IMPORTING FEES.—

2 Section 407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

4 (1) by striking subsection (b); and

5 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h)

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

7 (f) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION EX8 CHANGE WITH IRELAND.—Section 1420 of the Food Se9 curity Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1551)

10 is amended—

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

12 (2) by striking subsection (b).

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

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

15 7 U.S.C. 499n note) is amended by striking the second

16 sentence.

17 (h) REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION OF FERTILIZER

18 AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.—Section 2517 of the

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

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

21 sections 2518 and 2519 of such Act are redesignated as

22 sections 2517 and 2518, respectively.

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

24 Section 307 of the Futures Trading Act of 1986 (Public
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1 Law 99–641; 7 U.S.C. 76 note) is amended by striking

2 subsection (c).

3 (j) REPORT ON PROJECT AREAS WITH HIGH FOOD

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

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

6 by striking paragraph (3).

7 (k) REPORT ON EFFECT OF EFAP DISPLACEMENT

8 ON COMMERCIAL SALES.—Section 203C(a) of the Emer9 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note)

10 is amended by striking the last sentence.

11 (l) REPORT ON WIC EXPENDITURES AND PARTICI12 PATION LEVELS.—Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition

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

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

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

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

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

18 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)

19 is amended by striking subsection (j).

20 (n) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATIONS INVOLVING INNO21 VATIVE HOUSING UNITS.—Section 506(b) of the Housing

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

23 the last sentence.

24 (o) REPORT ON LAND EXCHANGES IN COLUMBIA

25 RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA.—Section 9(d)(3)
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1 of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act

2 (16 U.S.C. 544g(d)(3)) is amended by striking the second

3 sentence.

4 (p) REPORT ON INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF

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

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

7 second sentence.

8 (q) REPORT ON SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATIONS.—

9 Section 1506 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

10 (16 U.S.C. 3415) is repealed and sections 1507, 1508,

11 1509, and 1511 of such Act are redesignated as sections

12 1506, 1507, 1508, and 1509, respectively.

13 (r) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF SPECIAL AREA DES14 IGNATIONS.—Section 1510 of the Agriculture and Food

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

16 (s) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND

17 WATER RESOURCES DATABASE DEVELOPMENT.—Section

18 1485 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade

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

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) REPOSI21 TORY.—’’; and

22 (2) by striking subsection (b).

23 (t) REPORT ON PLANT GENOME MAPPING.—Section

24 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade

25 Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking subsection (g); and

2 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub3 section (g).

4 (u) REPORT ON APPRAISAL OF PROPOSED BUDGET

5 FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.—Section

6 1408(g) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

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

8 amended—

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

10 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (2).

12 (v) REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANIMAL DAM13 AGE ON AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.—Section 1475(e) of

14 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

15 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(e)) is amend16 ed—

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

18 (2) by striking paragraph (2).

19 (w) REPORT ON AWARDS MADE BY THE NATIONAL

20 RESEARCH INITIATIVE AND SPECIAL GRANTS.—Section 2

21 of the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i), is amend22 ed—

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

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub25 section (l).
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1 (x) REPORT ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER RESEARCH

2 FACILITIES ACT.—Section 8 of the Research Facilities

3 Act (7 U.S.C. 390i) is repealed.

4 (y) REPORT ON FINANCIAL AUDIT REVIEWS OF

5 STATES WITH HIGH FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION.—The

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

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

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

9 Congress of its findings and recommendations within one

10 hundred and eighty days’’.

11 (z) REPORT ON RURAL TELEPHONE BANK.—Section

12 408(b)(3) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7

13 U.S.C. 948(b)(3)) is amended by striking out subpara14 graph (I) and redesignating subparagraph (J) as subpara15 graph (I).

16 SEC. 1012. REPORTS MODIFIED.

17 (a) REPORT ON ANIMAL WELFARE ENFORCE18 MENT.—The first sentence of section 25 of the Animal

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

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

21 (3);

22 (2) by striking the period at the end of para23 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(5) the information and recommendations de2 scribed in section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of

3 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1830).’’.

4 (b) REPORT ON HORSE PROTECTION ENFORCE5 MENT.—Section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970

6 (15 U.S.C. 1830) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before

7 the expiration of thirty calendar months following the date

8 of enactment of this Act, and every twelve calendar

9 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Con10 gress a report upon’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘As part

11 of the report submitted by the Secretary under section 25

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

13 shall include information on’’.

14 (c) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE IN15 SPECTION FUND.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall not

16 be required to submit a report to the appropriate commit17 tees of Congress on the status of the Agricultural Quar18 antine Inspection fund more frequently than annually.

19 (d) REPORT ON ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES UNDER

20 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—The third sentence of section

21 18(a)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

22 2027(a)(1)) is amended—

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

24 month’’ and inserting ‘‘for each quarter or other ap25 propriate period’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘the second preceding month’s

2 expenditure’’ and inserting ‘‘the expenditure for the

3 quarter or other period’’.

4 (e) REPORT ON PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH, EXTEN5 SION, AND TEACHING.—Section 1407(f)(1) of the Na6 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

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

8 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN9 NUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; and

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

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

12 Council determines appropriate’’.

13 (f) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL

14 SCIENCES.—Section 1407(f)(2) of the National Agricul15 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

16 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3122(f)(2)) is amended by striking the

17 second sentence.

18 (g) REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF FEDERALLY SUP19 PORTED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

20 PROGRAMS.—Section 1408(g)(1) of the National Agricul21 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

22 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘may

23 provide’’ before ‘‘a written report’’.

24 (h) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP

25 OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.—Section 5(b) of the Agricul-
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1 tural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7

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

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

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

5 regarding such analysis and determination under sub6 section (a) shall be transmitted within 90 days after the

7 end of each of the following periods:

8 ‘‘(1) The period beginning on the date of the

9 enactment of the Federal Reports Elimination and

10 Sunset Act of 1995 and ending on December 31,

11 1995.

12 ‘‘(2) Each 10-year period thereafter.’’.

13 Subtitle B—Department of

14 Commerce

15 SEC. 1021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

16 (a) REPORT ON VOTING REGISTRATION.—Section

17 207 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–

18 5) is repealed.

19 (b) REPORT ON ESTIMATE OF SPECIAL AGRICUL20 TURAL WORKERS.—Section 210A(b)(3) of the Immigra21 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1161(b)(3)) is re22 pealed.

23 (c) REPORT ON LONG RANGE PLAN FOR PUBLIC

24 BROADCASTING.—Section 393A(b) of the Communica25 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 393a(b)) is repealed.
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1 (d) REPORT ON STATUS, ACTIVITIES, AND EFFEC2 TIVENESS OF UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL CENTERS IN

3 ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND AFRICA AND PROGRAM REC4 OMMENDATIONS.—Section 401(j) of the Jobs Through

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

6 (e) REPORT ON KUWAIT RECONSTRUCTION CON7 TRACTS.—Section 606(f) of the Persian Gulf Conflict

8 Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act

9 of 1991 is repealed.

10 (f) REPORT ON UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE11 TRADE AGREEMENT.—Section 409(a)(3)(B) of the Unit12 ed States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation

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

14 as follows:

15 ‘‘(3) The United States members of the work16 ing group established under article 1907 of the

17 Agreement shall consult regularly with the Commit18 tee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on

19 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives,

20 and advisory committees established under section

21 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding—

22 ‘‘(A) the issues being considered by the

23 working group; and
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1 ‘‘(B) as appropriate, the objectives and

2 strategy of the United States in the negotia3 tions.’’.

4 (g) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN

5 BUSINESS CENTERS AND ON ACTIVITIES OF THE INDE6 PENDENT STATES BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ADVI7 SORY COUNCIL.—Section 305 of the Freedom for Russia

8 and Emerging Democracies and Open Markets Support

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

10 (h) REPORT ON FISHERMAN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

11 REPORT.—Section 406 of the Outer Continental Shelf

12 Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1846) is re13 pealed.

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

15 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33

16 U.S.C. 2236) is amended by—

17 (1) striking subsection (b); and

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

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

20 SEC. 1022. REPORTS MODIFIED.

21 (a) REPORT ON FEDERAL TRADE PROMOTION STRA22 TEGIC PLAN.—Section 2312(f) of the Export Enhance23 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f) is amended to read

24 as follows:
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1 ‘‘(f) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The chairperson

2 of the TPCC shall prepare and submit to the Committee

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

4 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of

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

6 annually thereafter, a report describing—

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

8 pursuant to subsection (c), the implementation of

9 such plan, and any revisions thereto; and

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

11 304 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging De12 mocracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992

13 (22 U.S.C. 5823 and 5824) concerning funding for

14 export promotion activities and the interagency

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

16 (b) REPORT ON EXPORT POLICY.—Section

17 2314(b)(1) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15

18 U.S.C. 4729(b)(1)) is amended—

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

20 after the semicolon;

21 (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking out the pe22 riod and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and

23 (3) by adding at the end thereof the following

24 new subparagraphs:
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1 ‘‘(G) the status, activities, and effective2 ness of the United States commercial centers

3 established under section 401 of the Jobs

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

5 4723a);

6 ‘‘(H) the implementation of sections 301

7 and 302 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerg8 ing Democracies and Open Markets Support

9 Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5821 and 5822) con10 cerning American Business Centers and the

11 Independent States Business and Agriculture

12 Advisory Council;

13 ‘‘(I) the programs of other industrialized

14 nations to assist their companies with their ef15 forts to transact business in the independent

16 states of the former Soviet Union; and

17 ‘‘(J) the trading practices of other Organi18 zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop19 ment nations, as well as the pricing practices of

20 transitional economies in the independent

21 states, that may disadvantage United States

22 companies.’’.
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1 Subtitle C—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 Subtitle D—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 in paragraph (2), by striking all be-
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1 ginning with ‘‘and shall,’’ through the end thereof and in2 serting a period.

3 (b) REPORT ON SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI4 TIES.—Subsection (c) of section 311 of the Rehabilitation

5 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 777a(c)) is amended—

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

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para8 graph (3).

9 (c) REPORT ON THE CLIENT ASSISTANCE PRO10 GRAM.—Subsection (g) of section 112 of the Rehabilita11 tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 732(g)) is amended—

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

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

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

15 (d) REPORT ON THE SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVALUA16 TIONS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT CEN17 TERS.—Section 370 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

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

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

20 REPORT’’;

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

22 EVALUATION.—’’; and

23 (3) by striking subsection (b).
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1 (e) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VOCA2 TIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917.—Section 18 of the Vo3 cational Education Act of 1917 (20 U.S.C. 28) is repealed.

4 (f) REPORT BY THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK

5 FORCE ON COORDINATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

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

7 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Edu8 cation Act Amendments of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 2303(d)) is

9 repealed.

10 (g) REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE GATEWAY

11 GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of section

12 322(a)(3) of the Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C.

13 1203a(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and report the

14 results of such evaluation to the Committee on Education

15 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com16 mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’.

17 (h) REPORT ON THE BILINGUAL VOCATIONAL

18 TRAINING PROGRAM.—Paragraph (3) of section 441(e) of

19 the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology

20 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2441(e)(3)) is amended by

21 striking the last sentence thereof.

22 (i) REPORT ON ANNUAL UPWARD MOBILITY PRO23 GRAM ACTIVITY.—Section 2(a)(6)(A) of the Act of June

24 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. 107a(a)(6)(A)), is amended by strik-
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1 ing ‘‘and annually submit to the appropriate committees

2 of Congress a report based on such evaluations,’’.

3 SEC. 1042. REPORTS MODIFIED.

4 (a) REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF BILINGUAL

5 EDUCATION IN THE NATION.—Section 6213 of the Au6 gustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and

7 Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20

8 U.S.C. 3303 note) is amended—

9 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘RE10 PORT ON’’ and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION RE11 GARDING’’; and

12 (2) by striking the matter preceding paragraph

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

14 for program management and accountability pur15 poses regarding—’’.

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

17 MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Subsection (b)

18 of section 724 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As19 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434(b)) is amended by striking

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

21 the following:

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

23 to the appropriate committees of the Congress at the end

24 of every other fiscal year. Such report shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) evaluate the programs and activities as2 sisted under this part; and

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

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

5 (c) REPORT TO GIVE NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Sub6 section (d) of section 482 of the Higher Education Act

7 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(d)) is amended—

8 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the items

9 specified in the calendar have been completed and

10 provide all relevant forms, rules, and instructions

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

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

13 met’’; and

14 (2) by striking the second sentence.

15 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

16 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—Section 13 of the Reha17 bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 712) is amended by

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

19 (e) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS REGARDING REHA20 BILITATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The second sentence

21 of section 302(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

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

23 with the budget submission for the succeeding fiscal year

24 for the Rehabilitation Services Administration’’ and in25 serting ‘‘by September 30 of each fiscal year’’.
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1 (f) ANNUAL AUDIT OF STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE

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

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1082(b)) is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(b) FINANCIAL OPERATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES.—

5 The Secretary shall, with respect to the financial oper6 ations arising by reason of this part prepare annually and

7 submit a budget program as provided for wholly owned

8 Government corporations by chapter 91 of title 31, United

9 States Code. The transactions of the Secretary, including

10 the settlement of insurance claims and of claims for pay11 ments pursuant to section 1078 of this title, and trans12 actions related thereto and vouchers approved by the Sec13 retary in connection with such transactions, shall be final

14 and conclusive upon all accounting and other officers of

15 the Government.’’.

16 Subtitle E—Department of Energy

17 SEC. 1051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 (a) REPORTS ON PERFORMANCE AND DISPOSAL OF

19 ALTERNATIVE FUELED HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.—Para20 graphs (3) and (4) of section 400AA(b) of the Energy Pol21 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(b)(3),

22 6374(b)(4)) are repealed.

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

24 9(a)(3) of the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (42

25 U.S.C. 9208(a)(3)) is repealed.
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1 (c) REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM MAN2 AGEMENT PLAN FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVER3 SION.—Section 3(d) of the Ocean Thermal Energy Con4 version Research, Development, and Demonstration Act

5 (42 U.S.C. 9002(d)) is repealed.

6 (d) REPORTS ON SUBSEABED DISPOSAL OF SPENT

7 NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE

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

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

10 10204(b)(5)) are repealed.

11 (e) REPORT ON FUEL USE ACT.—Sections 711(c)(2)

12 and 806 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

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

14 (f) REPORT ON TEST PROGRAM OF STORAGE OF RE15 FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC

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

17 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(g)(7)) is re18 pealed.

19 (g) REPORT ON NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE

20 RESERVES PRODUCTION.—Section 7434 of title 10,

21 United States Code, is repealed.

22 (h) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL MES23 SAGE ESTABLISHING A NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

24 POLICY ON NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO25 OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 203 of the Depart-
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1 ment of Energy Act of 1978—Civilian Applications (22

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

3 (i) REPORT ON WRITTEN AGREEMENTS REGARDING

4 NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY SITES.—Section 117(c) of

5 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.

6 10137(c)) is amended by striking the following: ‘‘If such

7 written agreement is not completed prior to the expiration

8 of such period, the Secretary shall report to the Congress

9 in writing not later than 30 days after the expiration of

10 such period on the status of negotiations to develop such

11 agreement and the reasons why such agreement has not

12 been completed. Prior to submission of such report to the

13 Congress, the Secretary shall transmit such report to the

14 Governor of such State or the governing body of such af15 fected Indian tribe, as the case may be, for their review

16 and comments. Such comments shall be included in such

17 report prior to submission to the Congress.’’.

18 (j) QUARTERLY REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM

19 RESERVES.—Section 165(b) of the Energy Policy and

20 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245(b)) is repealed.

21 (k) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—

22 The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15

23 U.S.C. 790d), is amended by striking out section 55.

24 (l) REPORT ON CURRENT STATUS OF COMPREHEN25 SIVE MANAGEMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH,
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1 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—Section 8(c) of

2 the Nuclear Safety Research, Development, and Dem3 onstration Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9707(c)) is repealed.

4 (m) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE GEOTHERMAL

5 ENERGY COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT.—

6 Section 302(a) of the Geothermal Energy Research, De7 velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1974 (30 U.S.C.

8 1162(a)) is repealed.

9 (n) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE MAGNETIC

10 FUSION ENERGY ENGINEERING ACT OF 1980.—Section

11 12 of the Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of

12 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9311) is repealed.

13 (o) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ELECTRIC

14 AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND

15 DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1976.—Section 14 of the Elec16 tric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Dem17 onstration Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2513) is repealed.

18 (p) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE METHANE

19 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEM20 ONSTRATION ACT OF 1980.—Section 9 of the Methane

21 Transportation Research, Development, and Demonstra22 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3808) is repealed.
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1 SEC. 1052. REPORTS MODIFIED.

2 (a) REPORTS ON PROCESS-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL

3 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION

4 AUDIT GUIDELINES.—

5 (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

6 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6349(d)) is amended—

7 (A) in the language preceding paragraph

8 (1), by striking ‘‘Not later than 2 years after

9 October 24, 1992, and annually thereafter’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘Not later than October 24, 1995,

11 and biennially thereafter’’;

12 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

13 the end;

14 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

16 (D) by adding at the end the following new

17 paragraph:

18 ‘‘(6) the information required under section

19 133(c).’’.

20 (2) Section 133(c) of the Energy Policy Act of

21 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended—

22 (A) by striking, ‘‘October 24, 1992’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘October 24, 1995’’; and

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘as part of the report re25 quired under section 132(d),’’ after ‘‘and bien26 nially thereafter,’’.
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1 (b) REPORT ON AGENCY REQUESTS FOR WAIVER

2 FROM FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIRE3 MENTS.—Section 543(b)(2) of the National Energy Con4 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(b)(2)) is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘, as part of the report re6 quired under section 548(b),’’ after ‘‘the Secretary

7 shall’’; and

8 (2) by striking ‘‘promptly’’.

9 (c) REPORT ON THE PROGRESS, STATUS, ACTIVI10 TIES, AND RESULTS OF PROGRAMS REGARDING THE PRO11 CUREMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT

12 PRODUCTS.—Section 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

13 1992 (42 U.S.C. 8262g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘of

14 each year thereafter,’’; and inserting ‘‘thereafter as part

15 of the report required under section 548(b) of the Na16 tional Energy Conservation Policy Act,’’.

17 (d) REPORT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EN18 ERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 548(b) of the

19 National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C.

20 8258(b)) is amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (1)—

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

23 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

24 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

25 subparagraph (C); and
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1 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A)

2 the following new subparagraph:

3 ‘‘(B) the information required under sec4 tion 543(b)(2); and’’;

5 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

6 the semicolon;

7 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (4) by adding at the end the following new

10 paragraph:

11 ‘‘(4) the information required under section

12 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.’’.

13 (e) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY SE14 LECTED FEDERAL VEHICLES.—Section 400AA(b)(1)(B)

15 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.

16 6374(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and annually

17 thereafter’’.

18 (f) REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF STATE ENERGY

19 CONSERVATION PLANS.—Section 365(c) of the Energy

20 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(c)) is

21 amended by striking ‘‘report annually’’ and inserting ‘‘,

22 as part of the report required under section 657 of the

23 Department of Energy Organization Act, report’’.

24 (g) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—

25 Section 657 of the Department of Energy Organization
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 7267) is amended by inserting after ‘‘sec2 tion 15 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of

3 1974,’’ the following: ‘‘section 365(c) of the Energy Policy

4 and Conservation Act, section 304(c) of the Nuclear

5 Waste Policy Act of 1982,’’.

6 (h) REPORT ON COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO IN7 CREASE HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION AT FEDERAL WATER

8 FACILITIES.—Section 2404 of the Energy Policy Act of

9 1992 (16 U.S.C. 797 note) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec11 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of the In12 terior and the Secretary of the Army,’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of

14 the Army, in consultation with the Secretary,’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec16 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior,

17 or the Secretary of the Army,’’.

18 (i) REPORT ON PROGRESS MEETING FUSION EN19 ERGY PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Section 2114(c)(5) of the

20 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13474(c)(5)) is

21 amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting

22 in lieu thereof ‘‘The President shall include in the budget

23 submitted to the Congress each year under section 1105

24 of title 31, United States Code, a report prepared by the

25 Secretary describing the progress made in meeting the
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1 program objectives, milestones, and schedules established

2 in the management plan.’’.

3 (j) REPORT ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

4 ACTIVITIES.—Section 203(d) of the High-Performance

5 Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5523(d)) is amended

6 to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date

8 of enactment of this subsection, and thereafter as part of

9 the report required under section 101(a)(3)(A), the Sec10 retary of Energy shall report on activities taken to carry

11 out this Act.’’.

12 (k) REPORT ON NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE

13 COMPUTING PROGRAM.—Section 101(a)(4) of the High14 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

15 5511(a)(4)) is amended—

16 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

17 the end;

18 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub19 paragraph (F); and

20 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol21 lowing new subparagraph:

22 ‘‘(E) include the report of the Secretary of

23 Energy required by section 203(d); and’’.

24 (l) REPORT ON NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PRO25 GRAM.—Section 304(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
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1 of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224(d)) is amended to read as fol2 lows:

3 ‘‘(d) AUDIT BY GAO.—If requested by either House

4 of the Congress (or any committee thereof) or if consid5 ered necessary by the Comptroller General, the General

6 Accounting Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in

7 accord with such regulations as the Comptroller General

8 may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access

9 to such books, records, accounts, and other materials of

10 the Office as the Comptroller General determines to be

11 necessary for the preparation of such audit. The Comp12 troller General shall submit a report on the results of each

13 audit conducted under this section.’’.

14 Subtitle F—Department of Health

15 and Human Services

16 SEC. 1061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 (a) REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC SUB18 STANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 27 of the Toxic Sub19 stance Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2626(c)) is repealed.

20 (b) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSUMER21 PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT.—Sub22 section (d) of section 981 of the Consumer-Patient Radi23 ation Health and Safety Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.

24 10006(d)) is repealed.
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1 (c) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF TITLE VIII PRO2 GRAMS.—Section 859 of the Public Health Service Act (42

3 U.S.C. 298b–6) is repealed.

4 (d) REPORT ON MODEL SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT FOR

5 OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of

6 section 1135(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

7 1320b–5(d)(6)) is repealed.

8 (e) REPORT ON MEDICARE TREATMENT OF UNCOM9 PENSATED CARE.—Paragraph (2) of section 603(a) of the

10 Social Security Amendments of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww

11 note) is repealed.

12 (f) REPORT ON PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOMELESS IN13 DIVIDUALS.—Subsection (d) of section 9117 of the Omni14 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1383

15 note) is repealed.

16 SEC. 1062. REPORTS MODIFIED.

17 (a) REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL.—Section

18 239 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h)

19 is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT

21 ‘‘SEC. 239. The Surgeon General shall transmit to

22 the Secretary, for submission to the Congress, on January

23 1, 1995, and on January 1, every 2 years thereafter, a

24 full report of the administration of the functions of the

25 Service under this Act, including a detailed statement of

26 receipts and disbursements.’’.
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1 (b) REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH AC2 TIVITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 494A of the Public

3 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289c–1(b)) is amended by

4 striking ‘‘September 30, 1993, and annually thereafter’’

5 and inserting ‘‘December 30, 1993, and each December

6 30 thereafter’’.

7 (c) REPORT ON FAMILY PLANNING.—Section

8 1009(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

9 300a–7(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1995, and each second fiscal year

11 thereafter,’’.

12 (d) REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH INFORMA13 TION AND HEALTH PROMOTION.—Section 1705(a) of the

14 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–4) is amended

15 in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘annually’’ and insert16 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘biannually’’.

17 Subtitle G—Department of Housing

18 and Urban Development

19 SEC. 1071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

20 (a) REPORTS ON PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNER21 SHIP AND MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—Section 21(f)

22 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

23 1437s(f)) is repealed.

24 (b) INTERIM REPORT ON PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED

25 INCOME NEW COMMUNITIES STRATEGY DEMONSTRA-
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1 TION.—Section 522(k)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na2 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is

3 repealed.

4 (c) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERSTATE LAND SALES

5 REGISTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1421 of the Inter6 state Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719a)

7 is repealed.

8 (d) QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

9 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.—Section

10 561(e)(2) of the Housing and Community Development

11 Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(e)(2)) is repealed.

12 (e) COLLECTION OF AND ANNUAL REPORT ON RA13 CIAL AND ETHNIC DATA.—Section 562 of the Housing

14 and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.

15 3608a) is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a)—

17 (A) in the first sentence—

18 (i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of

19 Housing and Urban Development and’’;

20 and

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘each’’, the first place

22 it appears; and

23 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘in24 volved’’; and

25 (2) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Housing

2 and Urban Development and the’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘The’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘each’’.

5 SEC. 1072. REPORTS MODIFIED.

6 (a) REPORT ON HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY

7 UNITS PROGRAM.—Section 431 of the Cranston-Gonzalez

8 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12880) is

9 amended—

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

12 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall annually’’

13 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall no later than De14 cember 31, 1995,’’.

15 (b) TRIENNIAL AUDIT OF TRANSACTIONS OF NA16 TIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP FOUNDATION.—Section

17 107(g)(1) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of

18 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701y(g)(1)) is amended by striking the

19 last sentence.

20 (c) REPORT ON LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY AS21 SISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 2605(h) of the Low-In22 come Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Public Law

23 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 8624(h)), is amended by striking out

24 ‘‘(but not less frequently than every three years),’’.
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1 Subtitle H—Department of the

2 Interior

3 SEC. 1081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORT ON AUDITS IN FEDERAL ROYALTY MAN5 AGEMENT SYSTEM.—Section 17(j) of the Mineral Leasing

6 Act (30 U.S.C. 226(j)) is amended by striking the last

7 sentence.

8 (b) REPORT ON DOMESTIC MINING, MINERALS, AND

9 MINERAL RECLAMATION INDUSTRIES.—Section 2 of the

10 Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 21a)

11 is amended by striking the last sentence.

12 (c) REPORT ON PHASE I OF THE HIGH PLAINS

13 STATES GROUNDWATER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—

14 Section 3(d) of the High Plains States Groundwater Dem15 onstration Program Act of 1983 (43 U.S.C. 390g–1(d))

16 is repealed.

17 (d) REPORT ON RECLAMATION REFORM ACT COM18 PLIANCE.—Section 224(g) of the Reclamation Reform Act

19 of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(g)) is amended by striking the

20 last 2 sentences.

21 (e) REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED

22 OUTSIDE THE DOMAIN OF THE UNITED STATES.—Sec23 tion 2 of Public Law 87–626 (43 U.S.C. 31(c)) is re24 pealed.
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1 (f) REPORT ON RECREATION USE FEES.—Section

2 4(h) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of

3 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(h)) is repealed.

4 (g) REPORT ON FEDERAL SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY

5 PUBLIC BENEFIT DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR PARKS AND

6 RECREATION.—Section 203(o)(1) of the Federal Property

7 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

8 484(o)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (k) of this

9 section and’’.

10 SEC. 1082. REPORTS MODIFIED.

11 (a) REPORT ON LEVELS OF THE OGALLALA AQUI12 FER.—Title III of the Water Resources Research Act of

13 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—

14 (1) in section 306, by striking ‘‘annually’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘biennially’’; and

16 (2) in section 308, by striking ‘‘intervals of one

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘intervals of 2 years’’.

18 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF OUTER CONTINENTAL

19 SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN, MARINE, AND

20 COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.—Section 20(e) of the Outer

21 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1346(e)) is

22 amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘every 3 fiscal years’’.
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1 Subtitle I—Department of Justice

2 SEC. 1091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

3 (a) REPORT ON DRUG INTERDICTION TASK

4 FORCE.—Section 3301(a)(1)(C) of the National Drug

5 Interdiction Act of 1986 (21 U.S.C. 801 note; Public Law

6 99–570; 100 Stat. 3207–98) is repealed.

7 (b) REPORT ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.—Sec8 tion 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is re9 pealed.

10 (c) REPORT ON FEDERAL OFFENDER CHARACTERIS11 TICS.—Section 3624(f)(6) of title 18, United States Code,

12 is repealed.

13 (d) REPORT ON COSTS OF DEATH PENALTY.—The

14 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102

15 Stat. 4395; 21 U.S.C. 848 note) is amended by striking

16 out section 7002.

17 (e) MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT.—Section 8B of

18 the Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 208–2) is re19 pealed.

20 (f) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Subsection (c) of section

21 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is re22 pealed.

23 (g) ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT.—Sec24 tion 252(i) of the Energy Policy Conservation Act (42

25 U.S.C. 6272(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘, at least once
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1 every 6 months, a report’’ and inserting ‘‘, at such inter2 vals as are appropriate based on significant developments

3 and issues, reports’’.

4 (h) REPORT ON FORFEITURE FUND.—Section 524(c)

5 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) by striking out paragraph (7); and

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through

8 (12) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively.

9 Subtitle J—Department of Labor

10 SEC. 1101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 Section 408(d) of the Veterans Education and Em12 ployment Amendments of 1989 (38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is

13 repealed.

14 SEC. 1102. REPORTS MODIFIED.

15 (a) REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED

16 UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.—

17 Section 4(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

18 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(1)) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘annually’’ and inserting ‘‘bian20 nually’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘preceding year’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘preceding two years’’.

23 (b) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF WORKERS’

24 COMPENSATION.—
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1 (1) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

2 LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSA3 TION ACT.—Section 42 of the Longshore and Har4 bor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942) is

5 amended—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘beginning of each’’ and all

7 that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 1984’’

8 and inserting ‘‘end of each fiscal year’’; and

9 (B) by adding the following new sentence

10 at the end: ‘‘Such report shall include the an11 nual reports required under section 426(b) of

12 the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C.

13 936(b)) and section 8194 of title 5, United

14 States Code, and shall be identified as the An15 nual Report of the Office of Workers’ Com16 pensation Programs.’’.

17 (2) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

18 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Section 426(b)

19 of the ‘‘Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 936(b))

20 is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and all that fol22 lows through ‘‘Congress the’’ and inserting ‘‘At

23 the end of each fiscal year, the’’; and

24 (B) by adding the following new sentence

25 at the end: ‘‘Each such report shall be prepared
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1 and submitted to Congress in accordance with

2 the requirement with respect to submission

3 under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

4 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.

5 (3) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

6 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT.—(A)

7 Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States

8 Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the

9 following new section:

10 ‘‘§ 8152. Annual report

11 ‘‘The Secretary of Labor shall, at the end of each

12 fiscal year, prepare a report with respect to the adminis13 tration of this chapter. Such report shall be submitted to

14 Congress in accordance with the requirement with respect

15 to submission under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

16 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.

17 (B) The table of sections for chapter 81 of title

18 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

19 the item relating to section 8151 the following:

‘‘8152. Annual report.’’.

20 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF

21 LABOR.—Section 9 of an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create

22 a Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (29

23 U.S.C. 560) is amended by striking ‘‘make a report’’ and

24 all that follows through ‘‘the department’’ and inserting
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1 ‘‘prepare and submit to Congress the financial statements

2 of the Department that have been audited’’.

3 Subtitle K—Department of State

4 SEC. 1111. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

5 Section 8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance

6 Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2606) is amended by striking sub7 section (b), and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

8 (b).

9 Subtitle L—Department of

10 Transportation

11 SEC. 1121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

12 (a) REPORT ON DEEPWATER PORT ACT OF 1974.—

13 Section 20 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C.

14 1519) is repealed.

15 (b) REPORT ON COAST GUARD LOGISTICS CAPABILI16 TIES CRITICAL TO MISSION PERFORMANCE.—Sections

17 5(a)(2) and 5(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act

18 of 1988 (10 U.S.C. 2304 note) are repealed.

19 (c) REPORT ON MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION RE20 SEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1987.—Section 2201(a)

21 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act

22 of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1902 note) is amended by striking

23 ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘triennially’’.
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1 (d) REPORT ON APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECH2 NOLOGY PROGRAM.—Section 307(e)(11) of title 23, Unit3 ed States Code, is repealed.

4 (e) REPORTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

5 PROGRAMS.—

6 (1) REPORT ON RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

7 PROGRAM.—Section 130(g) of title 23, United States

8 Code, is amended by striking the last 3 sentences.

9 (2) REPORT ON HAZARD ELIMINATION PRO10 GRAM.—Section 152(g) of title 23, United States

11 Code, is amended by striking the last 3 sentences.

12 (f) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PERFORMANCE—

13 FATAL AND INJURY ACCIDENT RATES ON PUBLIC ROADS

14 IN THE UNITED STATES.—Section 207 of the Highway

15 Safety Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is repealed.

16 (g) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM STAND17 ARDS.—Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

18 amended by striking the fifth sentence.

19 (h) REPORT ON RAILROAD-HIGHWAY DEMONSTRA20 TION PROJECTS.—Section 163(o) of the Federal-Aid

21 Highway Act of 1973 (23 U.S.C. 130 note) is repealed.

22 (i) REPORT ON UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AMEND23 MENTS OF 1987.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Uniform Relo24 cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies

25 Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4604(b)(2)) is repealed.
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1 (j) REPORT ON FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY ACT OF

2 1970.—Section 211 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act

3 of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 440) is repealed.

4 (k) REPORT ON RAILROAD FINANCIAL ASSIST5 ANCE.—Section 308(d) of title 49, United States Code,

6 is repealed.

7 (l) REPORT ON USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BY

8 THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.—Section 305 of the Auto9 motive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978

10 (15 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the last sentence.

11 (m) REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 4(b) of the

12 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1603(b)) is repealed.

13 (n) REPORT ON SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM

14 TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c)(11) of the

15 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(11)) is re16 pealed.

17 (o) REPORT ON SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVEL18 OPMENT CORPORATION.—Section 10(a) of the Act of May

19 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 96, chapter 201; 33 U.S.C. 989(a))

20 is repealed.

21 (p) REPORTS ON PIPELINES ON FEDERAL LANDS.—

22 Section 28(w)(4) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.

23 185(w)(4)) is repealed.

24 (q) REPORTS ON PIPELINE SAFETY.—
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1 (1) REPORT ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFE2 TY ACT OF 1968.—Section 16(a) of the Natural Gas

3 Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App.

4 1683(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking

5 ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd-numbered

6 year’’.

7 (2) REPORT ON HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE

8 SAFETY ACT OF 1979.—Section 213 of the Hazard9 ous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C.

10 App. 2012) is amended in the first sentence by

11 striking ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd12 numbered year’’.

13 SEC. 1122. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 (a) REPORT ON OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST

15 FUND.—The quarterly report regarding the Oil Spill Li16 ability Trust Fund required to be submitted to the House

17 and Senate Committees on Appropriations under House

18 Report 101–892, accompanying the appropriations for the

19 Coast Guard in the Department of Transportation and

20 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, shall be sub21 mitted not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal

22 year in which this Act is enacted and annually thereafter.

23 (b) REPORT ON JOINT FEDERAL AND STATE MOTOR

24 FUEL TAX COMPLIANCE PROJECT.—Section 1040(d)(1)

25 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
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1 of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘September 30 and’’.

3 (c) REPORT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—Section

4 308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by

5 striking ‘‘January of each even-numbered year’’ and in6 serting ‘‘March 1995, March 1996, and March of each

7 odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

8 (d) REPORT ON NATION’S HIGHWAYS AND

9 BRIDGES.—Section 307(h) of title 23, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1983, and in Jan11 uary of every second year thereafter’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘March 1995, March 1996, and March of each odd-num13 bered year thereafter’’.

14 Subtitle M—Department of the

15 Treasury

16 SEC. 1131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 (a) REPORT ON THE OPERATION AND STATUS OF

18 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL ASSISTANCE

19 TRUST FUND.—Paragraph (8) of section 14001(a) of the

20 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

21 (31 U.S.C. 6701 note) is repealed.

22 (b) REPORT ON THE ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS OF

23 THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976.—Sec24 tion 213 of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976

25 (42 U.S.C. 6733) is repealed.
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1 (c) REPORT ON THE ASBESTOS TRUST FUND.—

2 Paragraph (2) of section 5(c) of the Asbestos Hazard

3 Emergency Response Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4022(c)) is

4 repealed.

5 SEC. 1132. REPORTS MODIFIED.

6 (a) REPORT ON THE WORLD CUP USA 1994 COM7 MEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (g) of section 205

8 of the World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act

9 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘month’’

10 and inserting ‘‘calendar quarter’’.

11 (b) REPORTS ON VARIOUS FUNDS.—Subsection (b)

12 of section 321 of title 31, United States Code, is amend13 ed—

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

15 (5),

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of para17 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

18 (3) by adding after paragraph (6) the following

19 new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(7) notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, fulfill any requirement to issue a report on the

22 financial condition of any fund on the books of the

23 Treasury by including the required information in a

24 consolidated report, except that information with re25 spect to a specific fund shall be separately reported
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1 if the Secretary determines that the consolidation of

2 such information would result in an unwarranted

3 delay in the availability of such information.’’.

4 (c) REPORT ON THE JAMES MADISON-BILL OF

5 RIGHTS COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (c) of

6 section 506 of the James Madison-Bill of Rights Com7 memorative Coin Act (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended

8 by striking out ‘‘month’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘cal9 endar quarter’’.

10 Subtitle N—Department of

11 Veterans Affairs

12 SEC. 1141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

13 (a) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF RATES FOR STATE

14 HOME CARE.—Section 1741 of such title is amended—

15 (1) by striking out subsection (c); and

16 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

17 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

18 (b) REPORT ON LOANS TO PURCHASE MANUFAC19 TURED HOMES.—Section 3712 of such title is amended—

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

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

23 (c) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDED PER24 SONNEL CODING.—
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1 (1) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sec2 tion 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

3 amended by striking out subparagraph (C).

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

5 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

6 amended by—

7 (A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as

8 subparagraph (D);

9 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking out

10 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there11 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and

12 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking out

13 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there14 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’.

15 TITLE II—INDEPENDENT

16 AGENCIES

17 Subtitle A—Action

18 SEC. 2011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

19 Section 226 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act

20 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5026) is amended—

21 (1) by striking subsection (b); and

22 (2) in subsection (a)—

23 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’

24 and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; and

25 (B) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘(1)(A)’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘(1)’’; and

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B)—

4 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘(2)’’; and

6 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph

7 (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’.

8 Subtitle B—Environmental

9 Protection Agency

10 SEC. 2021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORT ON ALLOCATION OF WATER.—Section

12 102 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

13 U.S.C. 1252) is amended by striking subsection (d).

14 (b) REPORT ON VARIANCE REQUESTS.—Section

15 301(n) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

16 U.S.C. 1311(n)) is amended by striking paragraph (8).

17 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN LAKES

18 PROJECTS.—Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollu19 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended—

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

21 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para22 graph (3).

23 (d) REPORT ON USE OF MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EF24 FLUENT AND SLUDGE.—Section 516 of the Federal Water
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1 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) (as amended by

2 subsection (g)) is further amended—

3 (1) by striking subsection (c); and

4 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

5 subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

6 (e) REPORT ON CERTAIN WATER QUALITY STAND7 ARDS AND PERMITS.—Section 404 of the Water Quality

8 Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–4; 33 U.S.C. 1375 note)

9 is amended—

10 (1) by striking subsection (c); and

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub12 section (c).

13 (f) REPORT ON CLASS V WELLS.—Section 1426 of

14 title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly

15 known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C.

16 300h–5) is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) MON18 ITORING METHODS.—’’; and

19 (2) by striking subsection (b).

20 (g) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DEM21 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1427 of title XIV of the

22 Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe

23 Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

24 (1) by striking subsection (l); and
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as

2 subsections (l) and (m), respectively.

3 (h) REPORT ON SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING

4 WATER.—Section 1442 of title XIV of the Public Health

5 Service Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking

6 Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

7 (1) by striking subsection (c);

8 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub9 section (c); and

10 (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as

11 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

12 (i) REPORT ON NONNUCLEAR ENERGY AND TECH13 NOLOGIES.—Section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy

14 Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5910)

15 is repealed.

16 (j) REPORT ON EMISSIONS AT COAL-BURNING POW17 ERPLANTS.—

18 (1) Section 745 of the Powerplant and Indus19 trial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8455) is re20 pealed.

21 (2) The table of contents in section 101(b) of

22 such Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 8301) is amended by

23 striking the item relating to section 745.

24 (k) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH,

25 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—
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1 (1) Section 5 of the Environmental Research,

2 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

3 of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 4361) is repealed.

4 (2) Section 4 of the Environmental Research,

5 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

6 of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4361a) is repealed.

7 (3) Section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4365) is

8 amended—

9 (A) by striking subsection (c); and

10 (B) by redesignating subsections (d)

11 through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), re12 spectively.

13 (l) PLAN ON ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON

14 PROGRAMS.—Section 305 of the Toxic Substances Control

15 Act (15 U.S.C. 2665) is amended—

16 (1) by striking subsection (d); and

17 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

18 subsections (d) and (e), respectively.

19 Subtitle C—Equal Employment

20 Opportunity Commission

21 SEC. 2031. REPORTS MODIFIED.

22 Section 705(k)(2)(C) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

23 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4(k)(2)(C)) is amended—
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1 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik2 ing ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘including informa3 tion, presented in the aggregate, relating to’’;

4 (2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the identity of

5 each person or entity’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of

6 persons and entities’’;

7 (3) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘such person or

8 entity’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’;

9 and

10 (4) in clause (iii)—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘fee’’ and inserting ‘‘fees’’;

12 and

13 (B) by striking ‘‘such person or entity’’

14 and inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’.

15 Subtitle D—Federal Aviation

16 Administration

17 SEC. 2041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 Section 7207(c)(4) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of

19 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat. 4428; 49 U.S.C.

20 App. 1354 note) is amended—

21 (1) by striking out ‘‘GAO’’; and

22 (2) by striking out ‘‘the Comptroller General’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Department of

24 Transportation Inspector General’’.
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1 Subtitle E—Federal

2 Communications Commission

3 SEC. 2051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS UNDER THE COMMU5 NICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962.—Section 404(c) of

6 the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C.

7 744(c)) is repealed.

8 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR AMATEUR EXAMINATION

9 EXPENSES.—Section 4(f)(4)(J) of the Communications

10 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(4)(J)) is amended by strik11 ing out the last sentence.

12 Subtitle F—Federal Deposit

13 Insurance Corporation

14 SEC. 2061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

15 Section 102(b)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance

16 Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–

17 242; 105 Stat. 2237; 12 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended

18 to read as follows:

19 ‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTING.—Not later than

20 90 days after the end of any calendar quarter in

21 which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

22 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Corpora23 tion’) has any obligations pursuant to section 14 of

24 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act outstanding, the

25 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-
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1 mit a report on the Corporation’s compliance at the

2 end of that quarter with section 15(c) of the Federal

3 Deposit Insurance Act to the Committee on Bank4 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and

5 the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Af6 fairs of the House of Representatives. Such a report

7 shall be included in the Comptroller General’s audit

8 report for that year, as required by section 17 of the

9 Federal Deposit Insurance Act.’’.

10 Subtitle G—Federal Emergency

11 Management Agency

12 SEC. 2071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

13 Section 201(h) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of

14 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281(h)) is amended by striking

15 the second proviso.

16 Subtitle H—Federal Retirement

17 Thrift Investment Board

18 SEC. 2081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

19 Section 9503 of title 31, United States Code, is

20 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

21 subsection:

22 ‘‘(c) The requirements of this section are satisfied

23 with respect to the Thrift Savings Plan described under

24 subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, by preparation and
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1 transmission of the report described under section 8439(b)

2 of such title.’’.

3 Subtitle I—General Services

4 Administration

5 SEC. 2091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR HIS7 TORIC MONUMENTS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.—

8 Section 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administra9 tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amend10 ed—

11 (1) by striking out paragraph (1);

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

13 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and

14 (3) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by

15 striking out ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.

17 (b) REPORT ON PROPOSED SALE OF SURPLUS REAL

18 PROPERTY AND REPORT ON NEGOTIATED SALES.—Sec19 tion 203(e)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

20 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)(6)) is repealed.

21 (c) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR WILD22 LIFE CONSERVATION.—Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An

23 Act authorizing the transfer of certain real property for

24 wildlife, or other purposes.’’, approved May 19, 1948 (16

25 U.S.C. 667d; 62 Stat. 241) is amended by striking out
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1 ‘‘and shall be included in the annual budget transmitted

2 to the Congress’’.

3 Subtitle J—Interstate Commerce

4 Commission

5 SEC. 2101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 Section 10327(k) of title 49, United States Code, is

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(k) If an extension granted under subsection (j) is

9 not sufficient to allow for completion of necessary proceed10 ings, the Commission may grant a further extension in

11 an extraordinary situation if a majority of the Commis12 sioners agree to the further extension by public vote.’’.

13 Subtitle K—Legal Services

14 Corporation

15 SEC. 2111. REPORTS MODIFIED.

16 Section 1009(c)(2) of the Legal Services Corporation

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 2996h(c)(2)) is amended by striking out

18 ‘‘The’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Upon request, the’’.

19 Subtitle L—National Aeronautics

20 and Space Administration

21 SEC. 2121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

22 Section 21(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

23 648(g)) is amended to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS25 TRATION AND REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CEN-
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1 TERS.—The National Aeronautics and Space Administra2 tion and regional technology transfer centers supported by

3 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are

4 authorized and directed to cooperate with small business

5 development centers participating in the program.’’.

6 Subtitle M—National Council on

7 Disability

8 SEC. 2131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

9 Section 401(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

10 U.S.C. 781(a)) is amended—

11 (1) by striking paragraph (9); and

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

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

14 Subtitle N—National Science

15 Foundation

16 SEC. 2141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEER18 ING EDUCATION.—Section 107 of the Education for Eco19 nomic Security Act (20 U.S.C. 3917) is repealed.

20 (b) BUDGET ESTIMATE.—Section 14 of the National

21 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1873) is

22 amended by striking subsection (j).
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1 Subtitle O—National

2 Transportation Safety Board

3 SEC. 2151. REPORTS MODIFIED.

4 Section 305 of the Independent Safety Board Act of

5 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1904) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (2) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the

7 semicolon;

8 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking out ‘‘; and’’

9 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

10 (3) by striking out paragraph (4).

11 Subtitle P—Neighborhood

12 Reinvestment Corporation

13 SEC. 2161. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

14 Section 607(c) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment

15 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8106(c)) is amended by strik16 ing the second sentence.

17 Subtitle Q—Nuclear Regulatory

18 Commission

19 SEC. 2171. REPORTS MODIFIED.

20 Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of

21 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5848) is amended by striking ‘‘each

22 quarter a report listing for that period’’ and inserting ‘‘an

23 annual report listing for the previous fiscal year’’.
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1 Subtitle R—Office of Personnel

2 Management

3 SEC. 2181. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—(1)

5 Section 3135 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

6 (2) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5,

7 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

8 relating to section 3135.

9 (b) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Section

10 4314(d) of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

11 (c) REPORT ON TRAINING PROGRAMS.—(1) Section

12 4113 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

13 (2) The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

15 relating to section 4113.

16 (d) REPORT ON PREVAILING RATE SYSTEM.—Sec17 tion 5347(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended

18 by striking out the fourth and fifth sentences.

19 (e) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS

20 PROTECTION BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

21 MANAGEMENT.—Section 2304 of title 5, United States

22 Code, is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘(a)’’; and

24 (2) by striking subsection (b).
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1 SEC. 2182. REPORTS MODIFIED.

2 (a) REPORT ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIRE3 MENT FUND.—Section 145 of the District of Columbia

4 Retirement Reform Act (Public Law 96–122; 93 Stat.

5 882) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (b)—

7 (A) in paragraph (1)—

8 (i) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’;

9 (ii) by striking out ‘‘and the Comp10 troller General shall each’’ and inserting in

11 lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’; and

12 (iii) by striking out ‘‘each’’; and

13 (B) by striking out paragraph (2); and

14 (2) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘the

15 Comptroller General and’’ each place it appears.

16 (b) REPORT ON REVOLVING FUND.—Section

17 1304(e)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

18 striking out ‘‘at least once every three years’’.

19 Subtitle S—Office of Thrift

20 Supervision

21 SEC. 2191. REPORTS MODIFIED.

22 Section 18(c)(6)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank

23 Act (12 U.S.C. 1438(c)(6)(B)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking out ‘‘annually’’;

25 (2) by striking out ‘‘audit, settlement,’’ and in26 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘settlement’’; and
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1 (3) by striking out ‘‘, and the first audit’’ and

2 all that follows through ‘‘enacted’’.

3 Subtitle T—Panama Canal

4 Commission

5 SEC. 2201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORTS ON PANAMA CANAL.—Section 1312 of

7 the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–70; 22

8 U.S.C. 3722) is repealed.

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

10 The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is amended

11 by striking out the item relating to section 1312.

12 Subtitle U—Postal Service

13 SEC. 2211. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 (a) REPORT ON CONSUMER EDUCATION PRO15 GRAMS.—Section 4(b) of the mail Order Consumer Protec16 tion Amendments of 1983 (39 U.S.C. 3001 note; Public

17 Law 98–186; 97 Stat. 1318) is amended to read as fol18 lows:

19 ‘‘(b) A summary of the activities carried out under

20 subsection (a) shall be included in the first semiannual

21 report submitted each year as required under section 5

22 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’.

23 (b) REPORT ON INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES.—Sec24 tion 3013 of title 39, United States Code, is amended in

25 the last sentence by striking out ‘‘the Board shall transmit
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1 such report to the Congress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

2 ‘‘the information in such report shall be included in the

3 next semiannual report required under section 5 of the

4 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’.

5 Subtitle V—Railroad Retirement

6 Board

7 SEC. 2221. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 Section 502 of the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act

9 of 1983 (45 U.S.C. 231f–1) is amended by striking ‘‘On

10 or before July 1, 1985, and each calendar year thereafter’’

11 and inserting ‘‘As part of the annual report required

12 under section 22(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of

13 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u(a))’’.

14 Subtitle W—Thrift Depositor

15 Protection Oversight Board

16 SEC. 2231. REPORTS MODIFIED.

17 Section 21A(k)(9) of the Federal Home Loan Bank

18 Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(9)) is amended by striking out

19 ‘‘the end of each calendar quarter’’ and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘June 30 and December 31 of each calendar

21 year’’.
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1 Subtitle X—United States

2 Information Agency

3 SEC. 2241. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 Notwithstanding section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign

5 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)), the reports

6 otherwise required under such section shall not cover the

7 activities of the United States Information Agency.

8 TITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL

9 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

10 SEC. 3001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORT ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.—(1) Sec12 tion 3407 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

13 (2) The table of sections for chapter 34 of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

15 relating to section 3407.

16 (b) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV17 ICES.—(1) Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code,

18 is repealed.

19 (2) The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31,

20 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

21 relating to section 1114.

22 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON LOBBYING.—Section

23 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

24 (1) striking out subsection (d); and
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1 (2) redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and

2 (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.

3 (d) REPORTS ON PROGRAM FRAUD AND CIVIL REM4 EDIES.—(1) Section 3810 of title 31, United States Code,

5 is repealed.

6 (2) The table of sections for chapter 38 of title 31,

7 United States Code, is amended by striking out the item

8 relating to section 3810.

9 (e) REPORT ON RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY

10 ACT.—Section 1121 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act

11 of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3421) is repealed.

12 (f) REPORT ON PLANS TO CONVERT TO THE METRIC

13 SYSTEM.—Section 12 of the Metric Conversion Act of

14 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205j–1) is repealed.

15 (g) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION AND IN16 TELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—Section 11(f) of the

17 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15

18 U.S.C. 3710(f)) is repealed.

19 (h) REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL AC20 TIONS TO FACILITATE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE.—Sec21 tion 4(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the mak22 ing, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate

23 the national defense’’, approved August 28, 1958 (50

24 U.S.C. 1434(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘all such ac-
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1 tions taken’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘if any such ac2 tion has been taken’’.

3 (i) REPORTS ON DETAILING EMPLOYEES.—Section

4 619 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Govern5 ment Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393;

6 106 Stat. 1769), is repealed.

7 SEC. 3002. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 Section 552b(j) of title 5, United States Code, is

9 amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(j) Each agency subject to the requirements of this

11 section shall annually report to the Congress regarding the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(1) The changes in the policies and procedures

14 of the agency under this section that have occurred

15 during the preceding 1-year period.

16 ‘‘(2) A tabulation of the number of meetings

17 held, the exemptions applied to close meetings, and

18 the days of public notice provided to close meetings.

19 ‘‘(3) A brief description of litigation or formal

20 complaints concerning the implementation of this

21 section by the agency.

22 ‘‘(4) A brief explanation of any changes in law

23 that have affected the responsibilities of the agency

24 under this section.’’.
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1 SEC. 3003. TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

2 (a) TERMINATION.—

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

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

5 submittal to Congress (or any committee of the Con6 gress) of any annual, semiannual, or other regular

7 periodic report specified on the list described under

8 subsection (c) shall cease to be effective, with re9 spect to that requirement, 4 years after the date of

10 the enactment of this Act.

11 (2) EXCEPTION.—The provisions of paragraph

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

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

14 U.S.C. App.); or

15 (B) the Chief Financial Officers Act of

16 1990 (Public Law 101–576), including provi17 sions enacted by the amendments made by that

18 Act.

19 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF WASTEFUL REPORTS.—The

20 President shall include in the first annual budget submit21 ted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States

22 Code, after the date of enactment of this Act a list of re23 ports that the President has determined are unnecessary

24 or wasteful and the reasons for such determination.

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

26 subsection (a) is the list prepared by the Clerk of the
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1 House of Representatives for the first session of the 103d

2 Congress under clause 2 of rule III of the Rules of the

3 House of Representatives (House Document No. 103–7).

Passed the Senate July 17 (legislative day, July 10),

1995.

Attest:

Secretary.
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1ST SESSION S. 790

AN ACT

To provide for the modification or elimination of

Federal reporting requirements.