Union Calendar No. 177

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 790

[Report No. 104–327]

AN ACT

To provide for the modification or elimination of

Federal reporting requirements.

NOVEMBER 8, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 177

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 790

[Report No. 104–327]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 12, 1995

Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

NOVEMBER 8, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of Senate passed bill, see copy of bill as referred in the House of Representatives

on September 12, 1995]

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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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.

Subtitle L—Department of Transportation

Sec. 1121. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1122. Reports modified.
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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

Sec. 2121. Reports eliminated.

Subtitle M—National Council on Disability

Sec. 2131. Reports eliminated.
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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.—Sec6 tion 1246 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3846)

7 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 1558

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

2 Section 407 of the Agricultural Trade Development and As3 sistance 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 Secu9 rity Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1551) is

10 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; 7

15 U.S.C. 499n note) is amended by striking the second sen16 tence.

17 (h) REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION OF FERTILIZER AND

18 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.—Section 2517 of the Food,

19 Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public

20 Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 4077) is repealed and sections

21 2518 and 2519 of such Act are redesignated as sections 2517

22 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 sub2 section (c).

3 (j) REPORT ON PROJECT AREAS WITH HIGH FOOD

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

5 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(i)) is amended by strik6 ing paragraph (3).

7 (k) REPORT ON EFFECT OF EFAP DISPLACEMENT ON

8 COMMERCIAL SALES.—Section 203C(a) of the Emergency

9 Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amend10 ed by striking the last sentence.

11 (l) REPORT ON WIC EXPENDITURES AND PARTICIPA12 TION LEVELS.—Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act

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

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

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

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

17 (m) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATIONS INVOLVING INNO18 VATIVE HOUSING UNITS.—Section 506(b) of the Housing

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

20 the last sentence.

21 (n) REPORT ON LAND EXCHANGES IN COLUMBIA

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

23 of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16

24 U.S.C. 544g(d)(3)) is amended by striking the second sen25 tence.
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1 (o) REPORT ON INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF CER2 TAIN LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 2(e) of Public Law 96–

3 586 (94 Stat. 3382) is amended by striking the second sen4 tence.

5 (p) REPORT ON SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATIONS.—Sec6 tion 1506 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16

7 U.S.C. 3415) is repealed and sections 1507, 1508, 1509, and

8 1511 of such Act are redesignated as sections 1506, 1507,

9 1508, and 1509, respectively.

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

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

13 (r) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND

14 WATER RESOURCES DATABASE DEVELOPMENT.—Section

15 1485 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act

16 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 (s) REPORT ON PLANT GENOME MAPPING.—Section

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

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

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

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection

25 (g).
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1 (t) 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 (u) REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANIMAL DAM10 AGE ON AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.—Section 1475(e) of the

11 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

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

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

14 (2) by striking paragraph (2).

15 (v) REPORT ON AWARDS MADE BY THE NATIONAL RE16 SEARCH INITIATIVE AND SPECIAL GRANTS.—Section 2 of

17 the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i), is amended—

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

19 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection

20 (l).

21 (w) REPORT ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER RESEARCH

22 FACILITIES ACT.—Section 8 of the Research Facilities Act

23 (7 U.S.C. 390i) is repealed.

24 (x) REPORT ON FINANCIAL AUDIT REVIEWS OF

25 STATES WITH HIGH FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION.—The
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1 first sentence of section 11(l) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

2 (7 U.S.C. 2020(l)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and shall,

3 upon completion of the audit, provide a report to Congress

4 of its findings and recommendations within one hundred

5 and eighty days’’.

6 (y) REPORT ON RURAL TELEPHONE BANK.—Section

7 408(b)(3) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

8 948(b)(3)) is amended by striking out subparagraph (I)

9 and redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (I).

10 (z) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents

11 appearing in section 1(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Con12 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended—

13 (1) by striking the items relating to sections

14 1558, 1559, and 1560 and inserting the following:

‘‘Sec. 1558. Sense of Congress concerning rebalancing proposal of the European

community.

‘‘Sec. 1559. Sense of the Senate regarding multilateral trade negotiations.’’;

15 (2) by striking the item relating to section 2513;

16 and

17 (C) by striking the items relating to sections

18 2517, 2518, and 2519 and inserting the follow19 ing:

‘‘Sec. 2517. Establishing quality as a goal for Commodity Credit Corporation programs.

‘‘Sec. 2518. Severability.’’.
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1 SEC. 1012. REPORTS MODIFIED.

2 (a) REPORT ON ANIMAL WELFARE ENFORCEMENT.—

3 The first sentence of section 25 of the Animal Welfare Act

4 (7 U.S.C. 2155) is amended—

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

6 (3);

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of para8 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new para10 graph:

11 ‘‘(5) the information and recommendations de12 scribed in section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of

13 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1830).’’.

14 (b) REPORT ON HORSE PROTECTION ENFORCE15 MENT.—Section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970 (15

16 U.S.C. 1830) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before the expi17 ration of thirty calendar months following the date of enact18 ment of this Act, and every twelve calendar months there19 after, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report

20 upon’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘As part of the report

21 submitted by the Secretary under section 25 of the Animal

22 Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2155), the Secretary shall include

23 information on’’.

24 (c) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE INSPEC25 TION FUND.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be re26 quired to submit a report to the appropriate committees of
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1 Congress on the status of the Agricultural Quarantine In2 spection fund more frequently than annually.

3 (d) REPORT ON PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH, EXTEN4 SION, AND TEACHING.—Section 1407(f)(1) of the National

5 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act

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

7 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN8 NUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; and

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

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

11 Council determines appropriate’’.

12 (e) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL

13 SCIENCES.—Section 1407(f)(2) of the National Agricultural

14 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

15 U.S.C. 3122(f)(2)) is amended by striking the second sen16 tence.

17 (f) REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF FEDERALLY SUP18 PORTED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PRO19 GRAMS.—Section 1408(g)(1) of the National Agricultural

20 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

21 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘may provide’’

22 before ‘‘a written report’’.

23 (g) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF

24 AGRICULTURAL LAND.—Section 5(b) of the Agricultural
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1 Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.

2 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 en9 actment of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sun10 set Act of 1995 and ending on December 31, 1995.

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

12 Subtitle B—Department of

13 Commerce

14 SEC. 1021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

15 (a) REPORT ON VOTING REGISTRATION.—Section 207

16 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–5) is

17 repealed.

18 (b) REPORT ON LONG RANGE PLAN FOR PUBLIC

19 BROADCASTING.—Section 393A(b) of the Communications

20 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 393a(b)) is repealed.

21 (c) REPORT ON STATUS, ACTIVITIES, AND EFFECTIVE22 NESS OF UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL CENTERS IN ASIA,

23 LATIN AMERICA, AND AFRICA AND PROGRAM REC24 OMMENDATIONS.—Section 401(j) of the Jobs Through Ex25 ports Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 4723a(j)) is repealed.
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1 (d) REPORT ON KUWAIT RECONSTRUCTION CON2 TRACTS.—Section 606(f) of the Persian Gulf Conflict Sup3 plemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991

4 is repealed.

5 (e) REPORT ON UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE-TRADE

6 AGREEMENT.—Section 409(a)(3) of the United States-Can7 ada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (19

8 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(3) The United States members of the working

10 group established under article 1907 of the Agreement

11 shall consult regularly with the Committee on Fi12 nance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and

13 Means of the House of Representatives, and advisory

14 committees established under section 135 of the Trade

15 Act of 1974 regarding—

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

17 working group; and

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

19 strategy of the United States in the negotia20 tions.’’.

21 (f) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN BUSI22 NESS CENTERS AND ON ACTIVITIES OF THE INDEPENDENT

23 STATES BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COUN24 CIL.—Section 305 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging
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1 Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of

2 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5825) is repealed.

3 (g) REPORT ON FISHERMAN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

4 REPORT.—Section 406 of the Outer Continental Shelf

5 Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1846) is re6 pealed.

7 (h) REPORT ON USER FEES ON SHIPPERS.—Section

8 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33

9 U.S.C. 2236) is amended by—

10 (1) striking subsection (b); and

11 (2) redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f)

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

13 SEC. 1022. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 (a) REPORT ON FEDERAL TRADE PROMOTION STRA15 TEGIC PLAN.—Section 2312(f) of the Export Enhancement

16 Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f) is amended to read as fol17 lows:

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

19 the TPCC shall prepare and submit to the Committee on

20 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and

21 the Committee on International Relations of the House of

22 Representatives, not later than September 30, 1995, and an23 nually thereafter, a report describing—
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1 ‘‘(1) the strategic plan developed by the TPCC

2 pursuant to subsection (c), the implementation of

3 such plan, and any revisions thereto; and

4 ‘‘(2) the implementation of sections 303 and 304

5 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Democracies

6 and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C.

7 5823 and 5824) concerning funding for export pro8 motion activities and the interagency working groups

9 on energy of the TPCC.’’.

10 (b) REPORT ON EXPORT POLICY.—Section 2314(b)(1)

11 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.

12 4729(b)(1)) is amended—

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

14 after the semicolon;

15 (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking out the pe16 riod and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and

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

18 new subparagraphs:

19 ‘‘(G) the status, activities, and effectiveness

20 of the United States commercial centers estab21 lished under section 401 of the Jobs Through Ex22 ports Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 4723a);

23 ‘‘(H) the implementation of sections 301

24 and 302 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerg25 ing Democracies and Open Markets Support Act
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1 of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5821 and 5822) concerning

2 American Business Centers and the Independent

3 States Business and Agriculture Advisory Coun4 cil;

5 ‘‘(I) the programs of other industrialized

6 nations to assist their companies with their ef7 forts to transact business in the independent

8 states of the former Soviet Union; and

9 ‘‘(J) the trading practices of other Organi10 zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop11 ment nations, as well as the pricing practices of

12 transitional economies in the independent states,

13 that may disadvantage United States compa14 nies.’’.

15 Subtitle C—Department of Defense

16 SEC. 1031. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

17 (a) REPORT ON SEMATECH.—The National Defense

18 Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public

19 Law 100–180; 101 Stat. 1071) is amended—

20 (1) in section 6 by striking out the item relating

21 to section 274; and

22 (2) by striking out section 274.

23 (b) REPORT ON REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION IN SUP24 PORT OF WAIVERS FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ACQUISITION

25 ACTIVITIES.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1208 of the National

2 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10

3 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.

4 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON5 TENTS.—Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by

6 striking out the item relating to section 1208.

7 Subtitle D—Department of

8 Education

9 SEC. 1041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

10 (a) REPORT ON PERSONNEL REDUCTION AND ANNUAL

11 LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 403 of the Depart12 ment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3463(a))

13 is amended in paragraph (2), by striking all beginning

14 with ‘‘and shall,’’ through the end thereof and inserting a

15 period.

16 (b) REPORT ON SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI17 TIES.—Subsection (c) of section 311 of the Rehabilitation

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

19 (1) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end

20 ‘‘and’’;

21 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and

22 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para23 graph (3).
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1 (c) REPORT ON THE CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—

2 Subsection (g) of section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act of

3 1973 (29 U.S.C. 732(g)) is amended—

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

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

6 for any other’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.

7 (d) REPORT ON THE SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVALUA8 TIONS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT CEN9 TERS.—Section 370 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

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

11 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND RE12 PORT’’;

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

14 EVALUATION.—’’; and

15 (3) by striking subsection (b).

16 (e) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VOCA17 TIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917.—Section 18 of the Voca18 tional Education Act of 1917 (20 U.S.C. 28) is repealed.

19 (f) REPORT BY THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK

20 FORCE ON COORDINATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

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

22 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Edu23 cation Act Amendments of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 2303(d)) is re24 pealed.
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1 (g) REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE GATEWAY

2 GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of section

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

4 1203a(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and report the re5 sults of such evaluation to the Committee on Education and

6 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee

7 on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’.

8 (h) REPORT ON THE BILINGUAL VOCATIONAL TRAIN9 ING PROGRAM.—Paragraph (3) of section 441(e) of the Carl

10 D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education

11 Act (20 U.S.C. 2441(e)(3)) is amended by striking the last

12 sentence thereof.

13 (i) REPORT ON ANNUAL UPWARD MOBILITY PROGRAM

14 ACTIVITY.—Section 2(a)(6)(A) of the Act of June 20, 1936

15 (20 U.S.C. 107a(a)(6)(A)), is amended by striking ‘‘and an16 nually submit to the appropriate committees of Congress

17 a report based on such evaluations,’’.

18 SEC. 1042. REPORTS MODIFIED.

19 (a) REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF BILINGUAL EDU20 CATION IN THE NATION.—Section 6213 of the Augustus F.

21 Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary

22 School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 3303

23 note) is amended—
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘REPORT

2 ON’’ and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION REGARDING’’;

3 and

4 (2) by striking the matter preceding paragraph

5 (1) and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall collect data for

6 program management and accountability purposes re7 garding—’’.

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

9 MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Subsection (b)

10 of section 724 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist11 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434(b)) is amended by striking para12 graph (4) and the first paragraph (5) and inserting the

13 following:

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

15 to the appropriate committees of the Congress at the end

16 of every other fiscal year. Such report shall—

17 ‘‘(A) evaluate the programs and activities as18 sisted under this part; and

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

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

21 (c) REPORT TO GIVE NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Sub22 section (d) of section 482 of the Higher Education Act of

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(d)) is amended—

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

25 specified in the calendar have been completed and
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1 provide all relevant forms, rules, and instructions

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

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

4 met’’; and

5 (2) by striking the second sentence.

6 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE RE7 HABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—Section 13 of the Rehabilita8 tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 712) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘twenty’’ and inserting ‘‘eighty’’.

10 (e) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS REGARDING REHA11 BILITATION TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The second sentence of

12 section 302(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.

13 774(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘simultaneously with the

14 budget submission for the succeeding fiscal year for the Re15 habilitation Services Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘by

16 September 30 of each fiscal year’’.

17 (f) ANNUAL AUDIT OF STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE

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

19 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1082(b)) is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(b) FINANCIAL OPERATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES.—

21 The Secretary shall, with respect to the financial operations

22 arising by reason of this part prepare annually and submit

23 a budget program as provided for wholly owned Govern24 ment corporations by chapter 91 of title 31, United States

25 Code. The transactions of the Secretary, including the settle-
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1 ment of insurance claims and of claims for payments pur2 suant to section 1078 of this title, and transactions related

3 thereto and vouchers approved by the Secretary in connec4 tion with such transactions, shall be final and conclusive

5 upon all accounting and other officers of the Government.’’.

6 Subtitle E—Department of Energy

7 SEC. 1051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

8 (a) REPORTS ON PERFORMANCE AND DISPOSAL OF

9 ALTERNATIVE FUELED HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.—Para10 graphs (3) and (4) of section 400AA(b) of the Energy Policy

11 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(b)(3), 6374(b)(4))

12 are repealed, and paragraph (5) of that section is redesig13 nated as paragraph (3).

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

15 9(a) of the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.

16 9208(a)) is amended—

17 (1) by striking paragraph (3);

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

19 semicolon; and

20 (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in21 serting a period.

22 (c) REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM MANAGE23 MENT PLAN FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION.—

24 Section 3(d) of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Re-
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1 search, Development, and Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C.

2 9002(d)) is repealed.

3 (d) REPORTS ON SUBSEABED DISPOSAL OF SPENT

4 NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—

5 Subsections (a) and (b)(5) of section 224 of the Nuclear

6 Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204(a), 10204(b)(5))

7 are repealed.

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

9 and 806 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

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

11 (f) REPORT ON TEST PROGRAM OF STORAGE OF RE12 FINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC

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

14 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(g)(7)) is re15 pealed.

16 (g) REPORT ON NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE

17 RESERVES PRODUCTION.—Section 7434 of title 10, United

18 States Code, is repealed.

19 (h) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

20 ESTABLISHING A NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION POLICY ON

21 NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE

22 AGREEMENTS.—Section 203 of the Department of Energy

23 Act of 1978—Civilian Applications (22 U.S.C. 2429 note)

24 is repealed.
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1 (i) REPORT ON WRITTEN AGREEMENTS REGARDING

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

3 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10137(c))

4 is amended by striking the following: ‘‘If such written agree5 ment is not completed within such period, the Secretary

6 shall report to the Congress in writing within 30 days on

7 the status of negotiations to develop such agreement and the

8 reasons why such agreement has not been completed. Prior

9 to submission of such report to the Congress, the Secretary

10 shall transmit such report to the Governor of such State

11 or the governing body of such affected Indian tribe, as the

12 case may be, for their review and comments. Such com13 ments shall be included in such report prior to submission

14 to the Congress.’’.

15 (j) QUARTERLY REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM

16 RESERVES.—Section 165 of the Energy Policy and Con17 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6245) is amended—

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

19 (2) by striking ‘‘(a)’’.

20 (k) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—The

21 Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.

22 790d), is amended by striking out section 55.

23 (l) REPORT ON CURRENT STATUS OF COMPREHENSIVE

24 MANAGEMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH, DEVEL25 OPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—Section 8(c) of the Nu-
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1 clear Safety Research, Development, and Demonstration

2 Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9707(c)) is repealed.

3 (m) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE GEOTHERMAL

4 ENERGY COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT.—

5 Section 302(a) of the Geothermal Energy Research, Devel6 opment, and Demonstration Act of 1974 (30 U.S.C.

7 1162(a)) is repealed.

8 (n) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE MAGNETIC

9 FUSION ENERGY ENGINEERING ACT OF 1980.—Section 12

10 of the Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980

11 (42 U.S.C. 9311) is repealed.

12 (o) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ELECTRIC

13 AND HYBRID VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND

14 DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1976.—Section 14 of the Electric

15 and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Dem16 onstration Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2513) is repealed.

17 (p) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE METHANE

18 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEM19 ONSTRATION ACT OF 1980.—Section 9 of the Methane

20 Transportation Research, Development, and Demonstration

21 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3808) is repealed.

22 SEC. 1052. REPORTS MODIFIED.

23 (a) REPORTS ON PROCESS-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL

24 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION AUDIT

25 GUIDELINES.—
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1 (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

2 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6349(d)) is amended—

3 (A) in the language preceding paragraph

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

5 date of the enactment of this Act and annually

6 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than October

7 24, 1995, and biennially thereafter’’;

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

9 the end;

10 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period

11 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

13 paragraph:

14 ‘‘(6) the information required under section

15 133(c).’’.

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

17 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended—

18 (A) by striking, ‘‘the date of the enactment

19 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 24, 1995’’;

20 and

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘as part of the report re22 quired under section 132(d),’’ after ‘‘and bienni23 ally thereafter,’’.

24 (b) REPORT ON AGENCY REQUESTS FOR WAIVER

25 FROM FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—
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1 Section 543(b)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Pol2 icy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(b)(2)) is amended—

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘, as part of the report required

4 under section 548(b),’’ after ‘‘the Secretary shall’’;

5 and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘promptly’’.

7 (c) REPORT ON THE PROGRESS, STATUS, ACTIVITIES,

8 AND RESULTS OF PROGRAMS REGARDING THE PROCURE9 MENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT PROD10 UCTS.—Section 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992

11 (42 U.S.C. 8262g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘of each year

12 thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘thereafter as part of the report

13 required under section 548(b) of the National Energy Con14 servation Policy Act,’’.

15 (d) REPORT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENERGY

16 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 548(b) of the National

17 Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)) is

18 amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (1)—

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’

21 after the semicolon;

22 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

23 subparagraph (C); and

24 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the

25 following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(B) the information required under section

2 543(b)(2); and’’;

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

4 semicolon;

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

6 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

7 (4) by adding at the end the following new para8 graph:

9 ‘‘(4) the information required under section

10 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.’’.

11 (e) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY SE12 LECTED FEDERAL VEHICLES.—Section 400AA(b)(1)(B) of

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

14 6374(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and annually

15 thereafter’’.

16 (f) REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF STATE ENERGY

17 CONSERVATION PLANS.—Section 365(c) of the Energy Pol18 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(c)) is amended

19 by striking ‘‘report annually’’ and inserting ‘‘, as part of

20 the report required under section 657 of the Department

21 of Energy Organization Act, report’’.

22 (g) REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—Sec23 tion 657 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42

24 U.S.C. 7267) is amended by inserting after ‘‘section 15 of

25 the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,’’ the fol-
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1 lowing: ‘‘section 365(c) of the Energy Policy and Conserva2 tion Act, section 304(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

3 of 1982,’’.

4 (h) REPORT ON COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO INCREASE

5 HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION AT FEDERAL WATER FACILI6 TIES.—Section 2404 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (16

7 U.S.C. 797 note) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Secretary,

9 in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and

10 the Secretary of the Army,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec11 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army,

12 in consultation with the Secretary,’’; and

13 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’

14 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior, or the

15 Secretary of the Army,’’.

16 (i) REPORT ON PROGRESS MEETING FUSION ENERGY

17 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Section 2114(c)(5) of the Energy

18 Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13474(c)(5)) is amended by

19 striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof

20 ‘‘The President shall include in the budget submitted to the

21 Congress each year under section 1105 of title 31, United

22 States Code, a report prepared by the Secretary describing

23 the progress made in meeting the program objectives, mile24 stones, and schedules established in the management plan.’’.
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1 (j) REPORT ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AC2 TIVITIES.—Section 203(d) of the High-Performance Com3 puting Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5523(d)) is amended to read

4 as follows:

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

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

7 the report required under section 101(a)(3)(A), the Sec8 retary of Energy shall report on activities taken to carry

9 out this Act.’’.

10 (k) REPORT ON NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COM11 PUTING PROGRAM.—Section 101(a)(4) of the High-Per12 formance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(4))

13 is amended—

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

15 the end;

16 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub17 paragraph (F); and

18 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol19 lowing new subparagraph:

20 ‘‘(E) include the report of the Secretary of En21 ergy required by section 203(d); and’’.

22 (l) REPORT ON NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PRO23 GRAM.—Section 304(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of

24 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224(d)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(d) AUDIT BY GAO.—If requested by either House of

2 the Congress (or any committee thereof) or if considered nec3 essary by the Comptroller General, the General Accounting

4 Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in accord with

5 such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe.

6 The Comptroller General shall have access to such books,

7 records, accounts, and other materials of the Office as the

8 Comptroller General determines to be necessary for the

9 preparation of such audit. The Comptroller General shall

10 submit a report on the results of each audit conducted under

11 this section.’’.

12 Subtitle F—Department of Health

13 and Human Services

14 SEC. 1061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

15 (a) REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC SUB16 STANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 27 of the Toxic Sub17 stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2626(c)) is repealed.

18 (b) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSUMER19 PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT.—Sub20 section (d) of section 981 of the Consumer-Patient Radi21 ation Health and Safety Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 10006(d))

22 is repealed.

23 (c) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF TITLE VIII PRO24 GRAMS.—Section 859 of the Public Health Service Act (42

25 U.S.C. 298b–6) is repealed.
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1 (d) REPORT ON MEDICARE TREATMENT OF UNCOM2 PENSATED CARE.—Paragraph (2) of section 603(a) of the

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

4 note) is repealed.

5 (e) REPORT ON PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOMELESS INDI6 VIDUALS.—Subsection (d) of section 9117 of the Omnibus

7 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1383 note)

8 is repealed.

9 SEC. 1062. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

11 239 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h) is

12 amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT

14 ‘‘SEC. 239. The Surgeon General shall transmit to the

15 Secretary, for submission to the Congress, on January 1,

16 1995, and on January 1, every 2 years thereafter, a full

17 report of the administration of the functions of the Service

18 under this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts

19 and disbursements.’’.

20 (b) REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH ACTIVI21 TIES.—Subsection (b) of section 494A of the Public Health

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

23 ‘‘September 30, 1993, and annually thereafter’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘December 30, 1993, and each December 30 thereafter’’.

25 (c) REPORT ON FAMILY PLANNING.—Section 1009(a)

26 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a–7(a)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘fis2 cal year 1995, and each second fiscal year 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 Subtitle G—Department of Housing

9 and Urban Development

10 SEC. 1071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORTS ON PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP

12 AND MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—Section 21(f) of the

13 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437s(f))

14 is repealed.

15 (b) INTERIM REPORT ON PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED IN16 COME NEW COMMUNITIES STRATEGY DEMONSTRATION.—

17 Section 522(k)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af18 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is repealed.

19 (c) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERSTATE LAND SALES

20 REGISTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1421 of the Interstate

21 Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719a) is re22 pealed.

23 (d) QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

24 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.—Section 561(e)(2)
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1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987

2 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(e)(2)) is repealed.

3 (e) COLLECTION OF AND ANNUAL REPORT ON RACIAL

4 AND ETHNIC DATA.—Section 562 of the Housing and Com5 munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3608a) is

6 amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a)—

8 (A) in the first sentence—

9 (i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of Hous10 ing and Urban Development and’’; and

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

12 it appears; and

13 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘in14 volved’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Housing

17 and Urban Development and the’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘The’’; and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘each’’.

20 SEC. 1072. REPORTS MODIFIED.

21 (a) REPORT ON HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY

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

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

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

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

4 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall no later than De5 cember 31, 1995,’’.

6 (b) TRIENNIAL AUDIT OF TRANSACTIONS OF NATIONAL

7 HOMEOWNERSHIP FOUNDATION.—Section 107(g)(1) of the

8 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C.

9 1701y(g)(1)) is amended by striking the last sentence.

10 (c) REPORT ON LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSIST11 ANCE PROGRAM.—Section 2605(h) of the Low-Income

12 Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35;

13 42 U.S.C. 8624(h)), is amended by striking out ‘‘(but not

14 less frequently than every three years),’’.

15 Subtitle H—Department of the

16 Interior

17 SEC. 1081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 (a) REPORT ON AUDITS IN FEDERAL ROYALTY MAN19 AGEMENT SYSTEM.—Section 17(j) of the Mineral Leasing

20 Act (30 U.S.C. 226(j)) is amended by striking the last sen21 tence.

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

23 MINERAL RECLAMATION INDUSTRIES.—Section 2 of the

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

25 is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (c) REPORT ON PHASE I OF THE HIGH PLAINS

2 STATES GROUNDWATER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec3 tion 3(d) of the High Plains States Groundwater Dem4 onstration Program Act of 1983 (43 U.S.C. 390g–1(d)) is

5 repealed.

6 (d) REPORT ON RECLAMATION REFORM ACT COMPLI7 ANCE.—Section 224(g) of the Reclamation Reform Act of

8 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(g)) is amended by striking the last

9 2 sentences.

10 (e) REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED

11 OUTSIDE THE DOMAIN OF THE UNITED STATES.—Section

12 2 of Public Law 87–626 (43 U.S.C. 31(c)) is repealed.

13 (f) REPORT ON RECREATION USE FEES.—Section 4(h)

14 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16

15 U.S.C. 460l–6a(h)) is repealed.

16 SEC. 1082. REPORTS MODIFIED.

17 (a) REPORT ON LEVELS OF THE OGALLALA AQUI18 FER.—Title III of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984

19 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—

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

21 inserting ‘‘biennially’’; and

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

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

24 (b) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF OUTER CONTINENTAL

25 SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN, MARINE, AND
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1 COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS.—Section 20(e) of the Outer Con2 tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1346(e)) is amended

3 by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘every 3 fiscal

4 years’’.

5 Subtitle I—Department of Justice

6 SEC. 1091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) REPORT ON DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE.—

8 Section 3301(a)(1)(C) of the National Drug Interdiction

9 Act of 1986 (21 U.S.C. 801 note; Public Law 99–570; 100

10 Stat. 3207–98) is repealed.

11 (b) REPORT ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.—Section

12 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is repealed.

13 (c) REPORT ON FEDERAL OFFENDER CHARACTERIS14 TICS.—Section 3624(f)(6) of title 18, United States Code,

15 is repealed.

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

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

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

19 section 7002.

20 (e) MINERAL LEASING ACT.—Section 8B of the Min21 eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 208–2) is repealed.

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

23 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is repealed.

24 (g) ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT.—Sec25 tion 252(i) of the Energy Policy Conservation Act (42
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1 U.S.C. 6272(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘, at least once

2 every 6 months, a report’’ and inserting ‘‘, at such intervals

3 as are appropriate based on significant developments and

4 issues, reports’’.

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

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

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

8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (12)

9 as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively.

10 Subtitle J—Department of Labor

11 SEC. 1101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

12 Section 408(d) of the Veterans Education and Employ13 ment Amendments of 1989 (38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is re14 pealed.

15 SEC. 1102. REPORTS MODIFIED.

16 (a) REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED UNDER

17 THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.—Section

18 4(d)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.

19 204(d)(1)) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘annually’’ and inserting ‘‘bien21 nially’’; and

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

23 ‘‘preceding two years’’.

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

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

2 LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

3 ACT.—Section 42 of the Longshore and Harbor Work4 ers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942) is amended—

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

6 that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 1984’’ and

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

8 (B) by adding the following new sentence at

9 the end: ‘‘Such report shall include the annual

10 reports required under section 426(b) of the

11 Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 936(b)) and

12 section 8152 of title 5, United States Code, and

13 shall be identified as the Annual Report of the

14 Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs.’’.

15 (2) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

16 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Section 426(b) of

17 the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 936(b)) is

18 amended—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and all that fol20 lows through ‘‘Congress the’’ and inserting ‘‘At

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

22 (B) by adding the following new sentence at

23 the end: ‘‘Each such report shall be prepared and

24 submitted to Congress in accordance with the re25 quirement with respect to submission under sec-
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1 tion 42 of the Longshore Harbor Workers’ Com2 pensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.

3 (3) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

4 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT.—(A)

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

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol7 lowing new section:

8 ‘‘§ 8152. Annual report

9 ‘‘The Secretary of Labor shall, at the end of each fiscal

10 year, prepare a report with respect to the administration

11 of this chapter. Such report shall be submitted to Congress

12 in accordance with the requirement with respect to submis13 sion under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor Workers’

14 Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942).’’.

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

16 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after

17 the item relating to section 8151 the following:

‘‘8152. Annual report.’’.

18 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF

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

20 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C.

21 560) is amended by striking ‘‘make a report’’ and all that

22 follows through ‘‘the department’’ and inserting ‘‘prepare

23 and submit to Congress the financial statements of the De24 partment that have been audited’’.
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1 Subtitle K—Department of State

2 SEC. 1111. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

3 Section 8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act

4 of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2606) is amended by striking subsection

5 (b), and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

6 Subtitle L—Department of

7 Transportation

8 SEC. 1121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

11 1519) is repealed.

12 (b) REPORT ON COAST GUARD LOGISTICS CAPABILI13 TIES CRITICAL TO MISSION PERFORMANCE.—Sections

14 5(a)(2) and 5(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of

15 1988 (10 U.S.C. 2304 note) are repealed.

16 (c) REPORT ON MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION RE17 SEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1987.—Section 2201(a) of

18 the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of

19 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1902 note) is amended by striking ‘‘bienni20 ally’’ and inserting ‘‘triennially’’.

21 (d) REPORT ON APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECH22 NOLOGY PROGRAM.—Section 307(e)(11) of title 23, United

23 States Code, is repealed.

24 (e) REPORTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

25 PROGRAMS.—
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1 (1) REPORT ON RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

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

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

4 (2) REPORT ON HAZARD ELIMINATION PRO5 GRAM.—Section 152(g) of title 23, United States

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

7 (f) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PERFORMANCE—

8 FATAL AND INJURY ACCIDENT RATES ON PUBLIC ROADS

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

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

11 (g) REPORT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM STAND12 ARDS.—Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

13 amended by striking the fifth sentence.

14 (h) REPORT ON RAILROAD-HIGHWAY DEMONSTRATION

15 PROJECTS.—Section 163(o) of the Federal-Aid Highway

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

17 (i) REPORT ON UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AMEND18 MENTS OF 1987.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Uniform Reloca19 tion Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act

20 of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4604(b)(2)) is repealed.

21 (j) REPORT ON FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY.—(1)

22 Section 20116 of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.

23 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter

24 201 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking

25 the item relating to section 20116.
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1 (k) REPORT ON RAILROAD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—

2 Section 308(d) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.

3 (l) REPORT ON USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BY

4 THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.—Section 305 of the Auto5 motive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978

6 (15 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the last sentence.

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

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

9 (n) REPORT ON SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM

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

11 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(11)) is re12 pealed.

13 (o) REPORT ON SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOP14 MENT CORPORATION.—Section 10(a) of the Act of May 13,

15 1954 (68 Stat. 96, chapter 201; 33 U.S.C. 989(a)) is re16 pealed.

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

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

19 185(w)(4)) is repealed.

20 (q) REPORTS ON PIPELINE SAFETY.—

21 (1) REPORT ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY

22 ACT OF 1968.—Section 16(a) of the Natural Gas Pipe23 line Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App. 1683(a)) is

24 amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘of each

25 year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd-numbered year’’.
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1 (2) REPORT ON HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE

2 SAFETY ACT OF 1979.—Section 213 of the Hazardous

3 Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App.

4 2012) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘of

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

6 year’’.

7 SEC. 1122. REPORTS MODIFIED.

8 (a) REPORT ON OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND.—

9 The quarterly report regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust

10 Fund required to be submitted to the House and Senate

11 Committees on Appropriations under House Report 101–

12 892, accompanying the appropriations for the Coast Guard

13 in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

14 Appropriations Act, 1991, shall be submitted not later than

15 30 days after the end of the fiscal year in which this Act

16 is enacted and annually thereafter.

17 (b) REPORT ON JOINT FEDERAL AND STATE MOTOR

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

19 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

20 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Septem21 ber 30 and’’.

22 (c) 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 insert-
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1 ing ‘‘March 1995, March 1996, and March of each odd2 numbered year thereafter’’.

3 (d) REPORT ON NATION’S HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.—

4 Section 307(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended

5 by striking ‘‘January 1983, and in January of every second

6 year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1995, March 1996,

7 and March of each odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

8 Subtitle M—Department of the

9 Treasury

10 SEC. 1131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

11 (a) REPORT ON THE OPERATION AND STATUS OF

12 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL ASSISTANCE

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

14 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

15 (31 U.S.C. 6701 note) is repealed.

16 (b) REPORT ON THE ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS OF

17 THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976.—Section

18 213 of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976 (42

19 U.S.C. 6733) is repealed.

20 (c) REPORT ON THE ASBESTOS TRUST FUND.—Para21 graph (2) of section 5(c) of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency

22 Response Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4022(c)) is repealed.

23 SEC. 1132. REPORTS MODIFIED.

24 (a) REPORT ON THE WORLD CUP USA 1994 COM25 MEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (g) of section 205 of
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1 the World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act (31

2 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘month’’ and in3 serting ‘‘calendar quarter’’.

4 (b) REPORTS ON VARIOUS FUNDS.—Subsection (b) of

5 section 321 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

7 (5),

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of para9 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

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

11 new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(7) notwithstanding any other provision of law,

13 fulfill any requirement to issue a report on the finan14 cial condition of any fund on the books of the Treas15 ury by including the required information in a con16 solidated report, except that information with respect

17 to a specific fund shall be separately reported if the

18 Secretary determines that the consolidation of such

19 information would result in an unwarranted delay in

20 the availability of such information.’’.

21 (c) REPORT ON THE JAMES MADISON-BILL OF RIGHTS

22 COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (c) of section 506

23 of the James Madison-Bill of Rights Commemorative Coin

24 Act (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by striking out
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1 ‘‘month’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

2 ‘‘calendar quarter’’.

3 Subtitle N—Department of Veterans

4 Affairs

5 SEC. 1141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF RATES FOR STATE

7 HOME CARE.—Section 1741 of title 38, United States Code,

8 is amended—

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

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

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

12 (b) REPORT ON LOANS TO PURCHASE MANUFACTURED

13 HOMES.—Section 3712 of title 38, United States Code, of

14 is amended—

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

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection

17 (l).

18 (c) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDED PERSON19 NEL CODING.—

20 (1) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section

21 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended

22 by striking out subparagraph (C).

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

24 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended

25 by—
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1 (A) redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub2 paragraph (C);

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

4 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there5 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and

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

7 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there8 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’.

9 TITLE II—INDEPENDENT

10 AGENCIES

11 Subtitle A—Action

12 SEC. 2011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

13 Section 226 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

14 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5026) is amended—

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

16 (2) in subsection (a)—

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘(b)’’; and

19 (B) in paragraph (1)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘(1)(A)’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘(1)’’; and

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B)—

23 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘(2)’’; and
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1 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph

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

3 Subtitle B—Environmental

4 Protection Agency

5 SEC. 2021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 (a) REPORT ON ALLOCATION OF WATER.—Section 102

7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.

8 1252) is amended by striking subsection (d).

9 (b) REPORT ON VARIANCE REQUESTS.—Section

10 301(n) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

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

12 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN LAKES

13 PROJECTS.—Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollution

14 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended—

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

16 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para17 graph (3).

18 (d) REPORT ON USE OF MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EF19 FLUENT AND SLUDGE.—Section 516 of the Federal Water

20 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) is amended—

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

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

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

24 (e) REPORT ON CERTAIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

25 AND PERMITS.—Section 404 of the Water Quality Act of
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1 1987 (Public Law 100–4; 33 U.S.C. 1375 note) is amend2 ed—

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

4 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection

5 (c).

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

7 XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as

8 the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–5) is

9 amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) MONITOR11 ING METHODS.—’’; and

12 (2) by striking subsection (b).

13 (g) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DEMONSTRA14 TION PROGRAM.—Section 1427 of title XIV of the Public

15 Health Service Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe Drink16 ing Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

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

18 (2) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as

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

20 (h) REPORT ON SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING WATER.—

21 Section 1442 of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act

22 (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’) (42

23 U.S.C. 300h–6) is amended—

24 (1) by striking subsection (c);
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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection

2 (c); and

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

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

5 (i) REPORT ON NONNUCLEAR ENERGY AND TECH6 NOLOGIES.—Section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy

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

8 is repealed.

9 (j) REPORT ON EMISSIONS AT COAL-BURNING POWER10 PLANTS.—

11 (1) Section 745 of the Powerplant and Industrial

12 Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8455) is repealed.

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

14 such Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 8301) is amended by strik15 ing the item relating to section 745.

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

17 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—

18 (1) Section 5 of the Environmental Research,

19 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

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

21 (2) Section 4 of the Environmental Research,

22 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

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

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

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking subsection (c); and

2 (B) by redesignating subsections (e) through

3 (i) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively.

4 (l) PLAN ON ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON PRO5 GRAMS.—Section 305 of the Toxic Substances Control Act

6 (15 U.S.C. 2665) is amended—

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

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

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

10 Subtitle C—Equal Employment

11 Opportunity Commission

12 SEC. 2031. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

14 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4(k)(2)(C)) is amended—

15 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik16 ing ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘including informa17 tion, presented in the aggregate, relating to’’;

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

19 person or entity’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of per20 sons and entities’’;

21 (3) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘such person or en22 tity’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’; and

23 (4) in clause (iii)—

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

25 and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘such person or entity’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘such persons and entities’’.

3 Subtitle D—Federal Aviation

4 Administration

5 SEC. 2041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

6 The provision that was section 7207(c)(4) of the Anti7 Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat.

8 4428; 49 U.S.C. App. 1354 note) is amended—

9 (1) by striking out ‘‘GAO’’; and

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

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Department of

12 Transportation Inspector General’’.

13 Subtitle E—Federal

14 Communications Commission

15 SEC. 2051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

16 (a) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS UNDER THE COMMU17 NICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962.—Section 404(c) of the

18 Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 744(c))

19 is repealed.

20 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR AMATEUR EXAMINATION

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

22 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(4)(J)) is amended by striking out

23 the last sentence.
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1 Subtitle F—Federal Deposit

2 Insurance Corporation

3 SEC. 2061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

5 Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–

6 242; 105 Stat. 2237; 12 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended to

7 read as follows:

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

9 90 days after the end of any calendar quarter in

10 which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

11 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Corpora12 tion’) has any obligations pursuant to section 14 of

13 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act outstanding, the

14 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit

15 a report on the Corporation’s compliance at the end

16 of that quarter with section 15(c) of the Federal De17 posit Insurance Act to the Committee on Banking,

18 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the

19 Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

20 of the House of Representatives. Such a report shall

21 be included in the Comptroller General’s audit report

22 for that year, as required by section 17 of the Federal

23 Deposit Insurance Act.’’.
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1 Subtitle G—Federal Emergency

2 Management Agency

3 SEC. 2071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 Section 201(h) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950

5 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281(h)) is amended by striking the second

6 proviso.

7 Subtitle H—Federal Retirement

8 Thrift Investment Board

9 SEC. 2081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

10 Section 9503 of title 31, United States Code, is amend11 ed by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

12 ‘‘(c) The requirements of this section are satisfied with

13 respect to the Thrift Savings Plan described under sub14 chapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, by preparation and

15 transmission of the report described under section 8439(b)

16 of such title.’’.

17 Subtitle I—General Services

18 Administration

19 SEC. 2091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

20 (a) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR HIS21 TORIC MONUMENTS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.—Sec22 tion 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administrative

23 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking out paragraph (1);
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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

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

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

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

5 thereof ‘‘paragraph (3)’’.

6 (b) REPORT ON PROPOSED SALE OF SURPLUS REAL

7 PROPERTY AND REPORT ON NEGOTIATED SALES.—Section

8 203(e)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv9 ices Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(e)(6)) is repealed.

10 (c) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR WILD11 LIFE CONSERVATION.—Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

12 authorizing the transfer of certain real property for wildlife,

13 or other purposes.’’, approved May 19, 1948 (16 U.S.C.

14 667d; 62 Stat. 241) is amended by striking out ‘‘and shall

15 be included in the annual budget transmitted to the Con16 gress’’.

17 Subtitle J—Interstate Commerce

18 Commission

19 SEC. 2101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

21 amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(k) If an extension granted under subsection (j) is not

23 sufficient to allow for completion of necessary proceedings,

24 the Commission may grant a further extension in an ex-
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1 traordinary situation if a majority of the Commissioners

2 agree to the further extension by public vote.’’.

3 Subtitle K—Legal Services

4 Corporation

5 SEC. 2111. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

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

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

9 Subtitle L—National Aeronautics

10 and Space Administration

11 SEC. 2121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

13 648(g)) is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS15 TRATION AND REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CEN16 TERS.—The National Aeronautics and Space Administra17 tion and regional technology transfer centers supported by

18 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are

19 authorized and directed to cooperate with small business de20 velopment centers participating in the program.’’.

21 Subtitle M—National Council on

22 Disability

23 SEC. 2131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

25 U.S.C. 781(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking paragraph (9); and

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

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

4 Subtitle N—National Science

5 Foundation

6 SEC. 2141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

8 EDUCATION.—Section 107 of the Education for Economic

9 Security Act (20 U.S.C. 3917) is repealed.

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

11 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1873) is amend12 ed by striking subsection (j).

13 Subtitle O—National

14 Transportation Safety Board

15 SEC. 2151. REPORTS MODIFIED.

16 Section 1117 of title 49, United States Code, is amend17 ed—

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

19 semicolon;

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

21 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

22 (3) by striking out paragraph (4).
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1 Subtitle P—Neighborhood

2 Reinvestment Corporation

3 SEC. 2161. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 Section 607(c) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration Act (42 U.S.C. 8106(c)) is amended by striking

6 the second sentence.

7 Subtitle Q—Nuclear Regulatory

8 Commission

9 SEC. 2171. REPORTS MODIFIED.

10 Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974

11 (42 U.S.C. 5848) is amended by striking ‘‘each quarter a

12 report listing for that period’’ and inserting ‘‘an annual

13 report listing for the previous fiscal year’’.

14 Subtitle R—Office of Personnel

15 Management

16 SEC. 2181. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

19 (2) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5, Unit20 ed States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating

21 to section 3135.

22 (b) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Section

23 4314(d) of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

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

25 4113 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
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1 (2) The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 5, Unit2 ed States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating

3 to section 4113.

4 (d) REPORT ON PREVAILING RATE SYSTEM.—Section

5 5347(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik6 ing out the fourth and fifth sentences.

7 (e) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS

8 PROTECTION BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

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

10 Code, is amended—

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

12 (2) by striking subsection (b).

13 SEC. 2182. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 (a) REPORT ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT

15 FUND.—Section 145 of the District of Columbia Retirement

16 Reform Act (Public Law 96–122; 93 Stat. 882) is amend17 ed—

18 (1) in subsection (b)—

19 (A) in paragraph (1)—

20 (i) by striking out ‘‘and the Comptrol21 ler General shall each’’ and inserting in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘shall’’; and

23 (ii) by striking out ‘‘each’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out paragraph (2) and re2 designating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);

3 and

4 (2) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘the Comp5 troller General and’’ each place it appears.

6 (b) REPORT ON REVOLVING FUND.—Section

7 1304(e)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

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

9 Subtitle S—Office of Thrift

10 Supervision

11 SEC. 2191. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

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

14 (1) by striking out ‘‘annually’’;

15 (2) by striking out ‘‘audit, settlement,’’ and in16 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘settlement’’; and

17 (3) by striking out ‘‘, and the first audit’’ and

18 all that follows through ‘‘enacted’’.

19 Subtitle T—Panama Canal

20 Commission

21 SEC. 2201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

23 Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–70; 22 U.S.C.

24 3722) is repealed.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The

2 table of contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by

3 striking out the item relating to section 1312.

4 Subtitle U—Postal Service

5 SEC. 2211. REPORTS MODIFIED.

6 (a) REPORT ON CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—

7 Section 4(b) of the Mail Order Consumer Protection

8 Amendments of 1983 (39 U.S.C. 3005 note; Public Law 98–

9 186; 97 Stat. 1318) is amended to read as follows:

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

11 subsection (a) shall be included in the first semiannual re12 port submitted each year as required under section 5 of the

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

14 (b) REPORT ON INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES.—Section

15 3013 of title 39, United States Code, is amended in the last

16 sentence by striking out ‘‘the Board shall transmit such re17 port to the Congress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the in18 formation in such report shall be included in the next semi19 annual report required under section 5 of the Inspector

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

21 Subtitle V—Railroad Retirement

22 Board

23 SEC. 2221. REPORTS MODIFIED.

24 (a) COMBINATION OF REPORTS.—Section 502 of the

25 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 (45 U.S.C. 231f–
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1 1) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before July 1, 1985, and

2 each calendar year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘As part of

3 the annual report required under section 22(a) of the Rail4 road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u(a))’’.

5 (b) MODIFICATION OF DATES FOR PROJECTION AND

6 REPORT—Section 22 of the Railroad Retirement Act of

7 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘February 1’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘May 1’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and inserting ‘‘July

11 1’’.

12 Subtitle W—Thrift Depositor

13 Protection Oversight Board

14 SEC. 2231. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

16 (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(9)) is amended by striking out ‘‘the

17 end of each calendar quarter’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘June 30 and December 31 of each calendar year’’.

19 Subtitle X—United States

20 Information Agency

21 SEC. 2241. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

22 Notwithstanding section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Serv23 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)), the reports otherwise

24 required under such section shall not cover the activities

25 of the United States Information Agency.
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1 TITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL

2 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

3 SEC. 3001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORT ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.—(1) Sec5 tion 3407 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

6 (2) The table of sections for chapter 34 of title 5, Unit7 ed States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating

8 to section 3407.

9 (b) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON LOBBYING.—Section

10 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

11 (1) striking out subsection (d); and

12 (2) redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h)

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

14 (c) REPORTS ON PROGRAM FRAUD AND CIVIL REM15 EDIES.—(1) Section 3810 of title 31, United States Code,

16 is repealed.

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

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

19 relating to section 3810.

20 (d) REPORT ON RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY ACT.—

21 Section 1121 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978

22 (12 U.S.C. 3421) is repealed.

23 (e) REPORT ON PLANS TO CONVERT TO THE METRIC

24 SYSTEM.—Section 12 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975

25 (15 U.S.C. 205j–1) is repealed.
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1 (f) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION AND IN2 TELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—Section 11(f) of the Ste3 venson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15

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

5 (g) REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL AC6 TIONS TO FACILITATE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE.—Section

7 4(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the making,

8 amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the

9 national defense’’, approved August 28, 1958 (50 U.S.C.

10 1434(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘all such actions

11 taken’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘if any such action

12 has been taken’’.

13 (h) REPORTS ON DETAILING EMPLOYEES.—Section

14 619 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Govern15 ment Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393; 106

16 Stat. 1769), is repealed.

17 SEC. 3002. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

19 amended to read as follows:

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

21 section shall annually report to the Congress regarding the

22 following:

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

24 of the agency under this section that have occurred

25 during the preceding 1-year period.
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1 ‘‘(2) A tabulation of the number of meetings

2 held, the exemptions applied to close meetings, and

3 the days of public notice provided to close meetings.

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

5 complaints concerning the implementation of this sec6 tion by the agency.

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

8 that have affected the responsibilities of the agency

9 under this section.’’.

10 SEC. 3003. TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

11 (a) TERMINATION.—

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

13 paragraph (2) of this subsection and subsection (d),

14 each provision of law requiring the submittal to Con15 gress (or any committee of the Congress) of any an16 nual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report

17 specified on the list described under subsection (c)

18 shall cease to be effective, with respect to that require19 ment, 4 years after the date of the enactment of this

20 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.); or
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1 (B) the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990

2 (Public Law 101–576), including provisions en3 acted by the amendments made by that Act.

4 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF WASTEFUL REPORTS.—The

5 President shall include in the first annual budget submitted

6 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,

7 after the date of enactment of this Act a list of reports that

8 the President has determined are unnecessary or wasteful

9 and the reasons for such determination.

10 (c) LIST OF REPORTS.—The list referred to under sub11 section (a) is the list prepared by the Clerk of the House

12 of Representatives for the first session of the 103d Congress

13 under clause 2 of rule III of the Rules of the House of Rep14 resentatives (House Document No. 103–7).

15 (d) SPECIFIC REPORTS EXEMPTED.—Subsection

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

17 (1) section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of

18 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n);

19 (2) section 306 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2226);

20 (3) section 489 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2291h);

21 (4) section 502B of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2304);

22 (5) section 634 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2394);

23 (6) section 406 of the Foreign Relations Author24 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C.

25 2414a);
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1 (7) section 25 of the Arms Export Control Act

2 (22 U.S.C. 2765);

3 (8) section 28 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2768);

4 (9) section 36 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2776);

5 (10) section 6 of the Multinational Force and

6 Observers Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 3425);

7 (11) section 104 of the FREEDOM Support Act

8 (22 U.S.C. 5814);

9 (12) section 508 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 5858);

10 (13) section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50

11 U.S.C. 1543);

12 (14) section 204 of the International Emergency

13 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703);

14 (15) section 14 of the Export Administration Act

15 of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2413);

16 (16) section 207 of Public Law 92–412 (86 Stat.

17 48);

18 (17) section 4 of Public Law 93–121 (87 Stat.

19 448);

20 (18) section 603 of Public Law 99–433 (100

21 Stat. 1075);

22 (19) section 704 of Public Law 101–179 (103

23 Stat. 1322);

24 (20) section 804 of Public Law 101–246 (104

25 Stat. 72);
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1 (21) section 140 of Public Law 100–204 (22

2 U.S.C. 2656f);

3 (22) section 2 of the Act of September 21, 1950

4 (Chapter 976, 64 Stat. 903; 22 U.S.C. 262a);

5 (23) section 3301 of Public Law 96–70 (22

6 U.S.C. 3871);

7 (24) section 2202 of Public Law 100–418 (15

8 U.S.C. 4711);

9 (25) section 402(d) of title 10, United States

10 Code;

11 (26) section 502 of the International Security

12 and Development Coordination Act of 1985 (22

13 U.S.C. 2349aa–7);

14 (27) section 515(b)(2) of Public Law 95–105;

15 (28) section 2416(c)(1) of Public Law 100–418;

16 (29) section 14 of Public Law 96–72 (50 U.S.C.

17 App. 2413);

18 (30) section 50 of Public Law 87–297 (22 U.S.C.

19 2590);

20 (31) section 240A of Public Law 87–195 (22

21 U.S.C. 2200a); or

22 (32) section 604 of the United States Informa23 tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22

24 U.S.C. 1469).

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