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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2156

To provide for the elimination and modification of reports by Federal

departments and agencies to the Congress, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GLENN, Mr. ROTH, and Mr. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To provide for the elimination and modification of reports

by Federal departments and agencies to the Congress,

and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Report Elimi5 nation and Modification Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I—DEPARTMENTS
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CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sec. 1011. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1012. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Sec. 1021. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 3—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Sec. 1031. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 4—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 1041. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1042. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 5—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sec. 1051. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1052. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 1061. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1062. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 7—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 1071. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1072. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sec. 1081. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1082. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Sec. 1091. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 10—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Sec. 1101. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1102. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 11—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 1111. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 12—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 1121. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1122. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 13—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 1131. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 1132. Reports modified.
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CHAPTER 14—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Sec. 1141. Reports eliminated.

TITLE II—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

CHAPTER 1—ACTION

Sec. 2011. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 2—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Sec. 2021. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 3—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Sec. 2031. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 4—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2041. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 5—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Sec. 2051. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 6—FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Sec. 2061. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 7—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Sec. 2071. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 8—FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

Sec. 2081. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 9—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2091. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 10—INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Sec. 2101. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 11—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Sec. 2111. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 12—NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2121. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 13—NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

Sec. 2131. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 14—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Sec. 2141. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 15—NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Sec. 2151. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 16—NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

Sec. 2161. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 17—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Sec. 2171. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 2172. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 18—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Sec. 2181. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 2182. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 19—OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION

Sec. 2191. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 20—PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

Sec. 2201. Reports eliminated.

CHAPTER 21—POSTAL SERVICE

Sec. 2211. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 22—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sec. 2221. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 23—THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD

Sec. 2231. Reports modified.

CHAPTER 24—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

Sec. 2241. Reports eliminated.

TITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Sec. 3001. Reports eliminated.

Sec. 3002. Reports modified.

TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 4001. Effective date.
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENTS

2 CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF

3 AGRICULTURE

4 SEC. 1011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

5 (a) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP

6 OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.—Section 5 of the Agricultural

7 Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.

8 3504) is repealed.

9 (b) REPORT ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—

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

11 3846) is repealed.

12 (c) REPORT ON RETURN ASSETS.—Section 2512 of

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

14 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421b) is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IMPROV16 ING’’ and all that follows through ‘‘FORECASTS.—’’;

17 and

18 (2) by striking subsection (b).

19 (d) REPORT ON FARM VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL

20 PRODUCTS.—Section 2513 of the Food, Agriculture, Con21 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421c) is re22 pealed.

23 (e) REPORT ON ORIGIN OF EXPORTS OF PEANUTS.—

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

25 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 958) is repealed.
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1 (f) 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 (g) REPORT ON FOREIGN DEBT BURDENS.—Section

8 1542 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade

9 Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended—

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

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub12 section (e).

13 (h) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION EX14 CHANGE WITH IRELAND.—Section 1420 of the Food Se15 curity Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1551)

16 is amended—

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

18 (2) by striking subsection (b).

19 (i) REPORT ON POTATO INSPECTION.—Section 1704

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

21 7 U.S.C. 499n note) is amended by striking the second

22 sentence.

23 (j) REPORT ON MULTIPLE COMPONENT PRICING.—

24 Section 116 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

25 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 608c note) is repealed.
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1 (k) REPORT ON COSMETIC APPEARANCE RE2 SEARCH.—Section 1352 of the Food, Agriculture, Con3 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1622 note)

4 is amended by striking subsection (f).

5 (l) REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION OF FERTILIZER

6 AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.—Section 2517 of the

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

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

9 (m) APHIS SCREWWORM PROGRAM.—The Secretary

10 of Agriculture shall terminate the program for the eradi11 cation of screwworms established under the first section

12 of the Act of February 28, 1947 (61 Stat. 7, chapter 8;

13 21 U.S.C. 114b).

14 (n) REPORT ON UNIFORM END-USE VALUE

15 TESTS.—Section 307 of the Futures Trading Act of 1986

16 (Public Law 99–641; 7 U.S.C. 76 note) is amended by

17 striking subsection (c).

18 (o) REPORT ON PROJECT AREAS WITH HIGH FOOD

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

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

21 by striking paragraph (3).

22 (p) REPORT ON EFFECT OF EFAP DISPLACEMENT

23 ON COMMERCIAL SALES.—Section 203C(a) of the Emer24 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note)

25 is amended by striking the last sentence.
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1 (q) REPORT ON WIC EXPENDITURES AND PARTICI2 PATION LEVELS.—Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition

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

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

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

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

7 (r) REPORT ON WIC MIGRANT SERVICES.—Section

8 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)

9 is amended by striking subsection (j).

10 (s) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATIONS INVOLVING INNO11 VATIVE HOUSING UNITS.—Section 506(b) of the Housing

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

13 the last sentence.

14 (t) REPORT ON ANNUAL UPWARD MOBILITY PRO15 GRAM ACTIVITY.—Section 2(a)(6)(A) of the Act of June

16 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. 107a(a)(6)(A)), is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘including upward mobility’’ and inserting ‘‘excluding

18 upward mobility’’.

19 (u) REPORT ON LAND EXCHANGES IN COLUMBIA

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

21 of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act

22 (16 U.S.C. 544g(d)(3)) is amended by striking the second

23 sentence.

24 (v) REPORT ON INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF

25 CERTAIN LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 2(e) of Public
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1 Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3382) is amended by striking the

2 second sentence.

3 (w) REPORT ON SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATIONS.—

4 Section 1506 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

5 (16 U.S.C. 3415) is repealed.

6 (x) REPORT ON EVALUATION OF SPECIAL AREA

7 DESIGNATIONS.—Section 1510 of the Agriculture and

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

9 (y) REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND

10 WATER RESOURCES DATA BASE DEVELOPMENT.—Sec11 tion 1485 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

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

13 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) REPOSI14 TORY.—’’; and

15 (2) by striking subsection (b).

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

17 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade

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

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

20 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub21 section (g).

22 (aa) REPORT ON FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RE23 SEARCH FACILITIES.—Section 1431 of the Food Security

24 Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1556) is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

2 (2) by striking subsection (b).

3 (bb) REPORT ON APPRAISAL OF PROPOSED BUDGET

4 FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES.—Section

5 1408(g) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

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

7 amended—

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

9 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para10 graph (2).

11 (cc) REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANIMAL

12 DAMAGE ON AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.—Section 1475(e)

13 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

14 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(e)) is amend15 ed—

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

17 (2) by striking paragraph (2).

18 (dd) REPORT ON AWARDS MADE BY THE NATIONAL

19 RESEARCH INITIATIVE AND SPECIAL GRANTS.—Section 2

20 of the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i), is amend21 ed—

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

23 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub24 section (l).
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1 (ee) REPORT ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER RE2 SEARCH FACILITIES ACT.—Section 8 of the Research Fa3 cilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390i) is repealed.

4 (ff) 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 (gg) REPORT ON RURAL TELEPHONE BANK.—Sec12 tion 408(b)(3) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936

13 (7 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 COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION.—Sec5 tion 3(a)(3)(D) of the Commodity Distribution Reform

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

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

8 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

9 (f) REPORT ON PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH, EXTEN10 SION, AND TEACHING.—Section 1407(f)(1) of the Na11 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

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

13 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN14 NUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT’’; and

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

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

17 Council determines appropriate’’.

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

19 SCIENCES.—Section 1407(f)(2) of the National Agricul20 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

21 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3122(f)(2)) is amended by striking the

22 second sentence.

23 (h) REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF FEDERALLY SUP24 PORTED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

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

2 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘may

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

4 CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF

5 COMMERCE

6 SEC. 1021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) REPORT ON VOTING REGISTRATION.—Section

8 207 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–

9 5) is repealed.

10 (b) REPORT ON ESTIMATE OF SPECIAL AGRICUL11 TURAL WORKERS.—Section 210A(b)(3) of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1161(b)(3)) is re13 pealed.

14 (c) REPORT ON LONG RANGE PLAN FOR PUBLIC

15 BROADCASTING.—Section 393A(b) of the Communica16 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 393a(b)) is repealed.

17 (d) REPORT ON STATUS, ACTIVITIES, AND EFFEC18 TIVENESS OF UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL CENTERS IN

19 ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND AFRICA AND PROGRAM REC20 OMMENDATIONS.—Section 401(j) of the Jobs Through

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

22 (e) REPORT ON AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS TRADE ACT

23 OF 1965.—Section 502 of the Automotive Products Trade

24 Act of 1965 (19 U.S.C. 2032) is repealed.
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1 (f) REPORT ON KUWAIT RECONSTRUCTION CON2 TRACTS.—Section 606(f) of the Persian Gulf Conflict

3 Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act

4 of 1991 is repealed.

5 (g) REPORT ON UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE

6 TRADE AGREEMENT.—Section 409(a)(3)(B) of the Unit7 ed States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation

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

9 as follows:

10 ‘‘(3) The United States members of the work11 ing group established under article 1907 of the

12 Agreement shall consult regularly with the Commit13 tee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on

14 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives,

15 and advisory committees established under section

16 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding—

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

18 working group; and

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

20 strategy of the United States in the negotia21 tions.’’.

22 (h) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN

23 BUSINESS CENTERS AND ON ACTIVITIES OF THE INDE24 PENDENT STATES BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ADVI25 SORY COUNCIL.—Section 305 of the Freedom for Russia
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1 and Emerging Democracies and Open Markets Support

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

3 (i) REPORT ON FOREIGN FISH ALLOCATION.—Sec4 tion 201(f) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and

5 Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821(f)) is repealed.

6 (j) REPORT ON FISHERMAN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

7 REPORT.—Section 406 of the Outer Continental Shelf

8 Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1846) is re9 pealed.

10 (k) REPORT ON USER FEES ON SHIPPERS.—Section

11 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33

12 U.S.C. 2236) is amended by—

13 (1) striking subsection (b); and

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

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

16 (l) REPORT ON FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS.—Section

17 31(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

18 Act of 1974 is amended by striking out clause (iii).

19 (m) REPORT ON APPROVED ACCOMMODATION PER20 CENTAGE.—Section 5 of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety

21 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–391; 5 U.S.C. 5707 note)

22 is amended by striking out subsection (b).
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1 CHAPTER 3—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

2 SEC. 1031. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

3 (a) REPORT ON DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CHANGES

4 TO ALLOWABLE COST PROVISIONS.—Section 2324(1) of

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol6 lows:

7 ‘‘(l) The Comptroller General shall periodically evalu8 ate the implementation of this section by the Secretary

9 of Defense. Such evaluation shall consider the extent to

10 which—

11 ‘‘(1) such implementation is consistent with

12 congressional intent;

13 ‘‘(2) such implementation achieves the objective

14 of eliminating unallowable costs charged to defense

15 contracts; and

16 ‘‘(3) such implementation (as well as the provi17 sions of this section and the regulations prescribed

18 under this section) could be improved or strength19 ened.’’.

20 (b) REPORT ON SEMATECH.—Section 274 of The Na21 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988

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

23 amended—

24 (1) in section 6 by striking out the item relat25 ing to section 274; and
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1 (2) by striking out section 274.

2 (c) REPORT ON REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION IN

3 SUPPORT OF WAIVERS FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ACQUI4 SITION ACTIVITIES.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1208 of the Na6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

7 1991 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.

8 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON9 TENTS.—Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by

10 striking out the item relating to section 1208.

11 CHAPTER 4—DEPARTMENT OF

12 EDUCATION

13 SEC. 1041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

14 (a) REPORT ON PERSONNEL REDUCTION AND AN15 NUAL LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 403 of the

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

17 3463(a)) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking all beginning

19 with ‘‘and shall,’’ through the end thereof and in20 serting a period; and

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

23 (b) REPORT ON SURVEYS.—(1) Section 182 of title

24 13, United States Code, is repealed.
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1 (2) The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 13,

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

3 relating to section 182.

4 (c) REPORT ON PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE FUND

5 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND REFORM OF SCHOOLS AND

6 TEACHING.—Section 3232 of the Fund for the Improve7 ment and Reform of Schools and Teaching Act (20 U.S.C.

8 4832) is amended—

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

10 REPORTING’’;

11 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) EXEM12 PLARY PROJECTS.—’’; and

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

14 (d) REPORT ON THE SUCCESS OF FIRST ASSISTED

15 PROGRAMS IN IMPROVING EDUCATION.—Section 6215 of

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

17 and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

18 (20 U.S.C. 4832 note) is amended—

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

20 follows:

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

22 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) EXEM23 PLARY PROJECTS.—’’; and

24 (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
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1 (e) REPORT ON SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI2 TIES.—Subsection (c) of section 311 of the Rehabilitation

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

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

5 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para6 graph (3).

7 (f) REPORT ON THE CLIENT ASSISTANCE PRO8 GRAM.—Subsection (g) of section 112 of the Rehabilita9 tion Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 732(g)) is amended—

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

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

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

13 (g) REPORT ON THE SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVALUA14 TIONS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT CEN15 TERS.—Section 370 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

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

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

18 REPORT’’;

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

20 EVALUATION.—’’; and

21 (3) by striking subsection (b).

22 (h) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VOCA23 TIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1917.—Section 18 of the Vo24 cational Education Act of 1917 (20 U.S.C. 28) is repealed.
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1 (i) REPORT BY THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK

2 FORCE ON COORDINATING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND

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

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

6 repealed.

7 (j) REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE GATEWAY

8 GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subparagraph (B) of section

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

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

11 results of such evaluation to the Committee on Education

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

14 (k) REPORT ON THE BILINGUAL VOCATIONAL

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

16 the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology

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

18 striking the last sentence thereof.

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

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

21 1233g) is repealed.

22 SEC. 1042. REPORTS MODIFIED.

23 (a) REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF BILINGUAL

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

2 U.S.C. 3303 note) is amended—

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

6 (2) by striking the matter preceding paragraph

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

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

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

11 MCKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT.—Subsection (b)

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

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

15 the following:

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

17 to the appropriate committees of the Congress at the end

18 of every other fiscal year. Such report shall—

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

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

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

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

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

2 specified in the calendar have been completed and

3 provide all relevant forms, rules, and instructions

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

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

6 met’’; and

7 (2) by striking the second sentence.

8 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

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

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

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

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

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

16 with the budget submission for the succeeding fiscal year

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

19 (f) REPORT PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

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

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

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

3 U.S.C. 3331(b)(3)) is amended—

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

5 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

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

7 period and inserting a semicolon; and

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

9 subparagraphs:

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

11 respect to the purposes of this title in schools

12 operated or funded by the Department of the

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

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

16 and

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

19 funds provided to such schools for educational

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

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

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

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

3 (2) in subsection (a)—

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

5 ‘‘March’’;

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

7 ‘‘every other year’’; and

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

9 ‘‘a biennial’’;

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

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

12 and

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

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

15 (h) ANNUAL AUDIT OF STUDENT LOAN INSURANCE

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

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

18 ‘‘(b) FINANCIAL OPERATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES.—

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

21 submit a budget program as provided for wholly owned

22 Government corporations by chapter 91 of title 31, United

23 States Code. The transactions of the Secretary, including

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

3 and conclusive upon all accounting and other officers of

4 the Government.’’.

5 CHAPTER 5—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

6 SEC. 1051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) REPORTS ON PERFORMANCE AND DISPOSAL OF

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 (d) REPORTS ON SUBSEABED DISPOSAL OF SPENT

21 NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE

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

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

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

2 and 806 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

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

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

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

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

9 (g) REPORT ON NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE

10 RESERVES PRODUCTION.—Section 7434 of title 10,

11 United States Code, is repealed.

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

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

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

18 (i) REPORT ON WRITTEN AGREEMENTS REGARDING

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

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

21 10137(c)) is amended by striking the following: ‘‘If such

22 written agreement is not completed prior to the expiration

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

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

25 such period on the status of negotiations to develop such
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1 agreement and the reasons why such agreement has not

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

3 Congress, the Secretary shall transmit such report to the

4 Governor of such State or the governing body of such af5 fected Indian tribe, as the case may be, for their review

6 and comments. Such comments shall be included in such

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

8 (j) QUARTERLY REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM

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

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

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

12 The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15

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

14 SEC. 1052. REPORTS MODIFIED.

15 (a) REPORTS ON PROCESS-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL

16 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION

17 AUDIT GUIDELINES.—

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

19 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6349(d)) is amended—

20 (A) in the language preceding paragraph

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

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

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

24 and biennially thereafter’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

2 the end;

3 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(6) the information required under section

8 133(c).’’.

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

10 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended—

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

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

13 (B) inserting ‘‘as part of the report re14 quired under section 132(d),’’ after ‘‘and bien15 nially thereafter,’’.

16 (b) REPORT ON AGENCY REQUESTS FOR WAIVER

17 FROM FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIRE18 MENTS.—Section 543(b)(2) of the National Energy Con19 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(b)(2)) is amended—

20 (1) by inserting ‘‘, as part of the report re21 quired under section 548(b),’’ after ‘‘the Secretary

22 shall’’; and

23 (2) by striking ‘‘promptly’’.

24 (c) REPORT ON THE PROGRESS, STATUS, ACTIVI25 TIES, AND RESULTS OF PROGRAMS REGARDING THE PRO-
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1 CUREMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT

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

3 1992 (42 U.S.C. 8262g(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘of

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

5 of the report required under section 548(b) of the Na6 tional Energy Conservation Policy Act,’’.

7 (d) REPORT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EN8 ERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 548(b) of the

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

10 8258(b)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1)—

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

13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as

15 subparagraph (C); and

16 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A)

17 the following new subparagraph:

18 ‘‘(B) the information required under sec19 tion 543(b)(2); and’’;

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

21 the semicolon;

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

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) the information required under section

2 161(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.’’.

3 (e) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY SE4 LECTED FEDERAL VEHICLES.—Section 400AA(b)(1)(B)

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

6 6374(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and annually

7 thereafter’’.

8 (f) REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF STATE ENERGY

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

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

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

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

13 Department of Energy Organization Act, report’’.

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

15 Section 657 of the Department of Energy Organization

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 7267) is amended by inserting after ‘‘sec17 tion 15 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of

18 1974,’’ the following: ‘‘section 365(c) of the Energy Policy

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

20 Waste Policy Act of 1982,’’.

21 (h) REPORT ON COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO IN22 CREASE HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION AT FEDERAL WATER

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

24 1992 (16 U.S.C. 797 note) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec2 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of the In3 terior and the Secretary of the Army,’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of

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

6 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec7 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Interior,

8 or the Secretary of the Army,’’.

9 (i) REPORT ON PROGRESS MEETING FUSION EN10 ERGY PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Section 2114(c)(5) of the

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

12 amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting

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

14 submitted to the Congress each year under section 1105

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

16 Secretary describing the progress made in meeting the

17 program objectives, milestones, and schedules established

18 in the management plan.’’.

19 (j) REPORT ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

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

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

22 to read as follows:

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

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

25 the report required under section 101(a)(3)(A), the Sec-
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1 retary of Energy shall report on activities taken to carry

2 out this Act.’’.

3 (k) REPORT ON NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE

4 COMPUTING PROGRAM.—Section 101(a)(4) of the High5 Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C.

6 5511(a)(4)) is amended—

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

8 the end;

9 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub10 paragraph (F); and

11 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol12 lowing new subparagraph:

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

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

15 (l) REPORT ON NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL PRO16 GRAM.—Section 304(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

17 of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224(d)) is amended to read as fol18 lows:

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

20 of the Congress (or any committee thereof) or if consid21 ered necessary by the Comptroller General, the General

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

23 accord with such regulations as the Comptroller General

24 may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access

25 to such books, records, accounts, and other materials of
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1 the Office as the Comptroller General determines to be

2 necessary for the preparation of such audit. The Comp3 troller General shall submit a report on the results of each

4 audit conducted under this section.’’.

5 CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

6 AND HUMAN SERVICES

7 SEC. 1061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

8 (a) REPORT ON COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE

9 AND NEGLECT PREVENTION GRANTS.—Section 208 of

10 the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.

11 5116g) is repealed.

12 (b) REPORT ON CHILDREN PLACED IN FOSTER

13 CARE.—Subsection (e) of section 102 of the Adoption As14 sistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 672

15 note) is repealed.

16 (c) REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC SUB17 STANCES.—Subsection (c) of section 27 of the Toxic Sub18 stance Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2626(c)) is repealed.

19 (d) REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL.—Section

20 239 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h)

21 is repealed.

22 (e) REPORT ON THE STATUS OF HEALTH INFORMA23 TION AND HEALTH PROMOTION.—Section 1705 of the

24 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–4) is repealed.
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1 (f) REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 308(a)

2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(a)) is

3 amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph

5 (A); and

6 (2) by striking paragraph (2).

7 (g) REPORT ON HEALTH COSTS OF POLLUTION AND

8 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.—Subsection (d)

9 of section 304 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

10 242b(d)) is repealed.

11 (h) REPORT ON DISEASE CONTROL ACTIVITIES.—

12 Subsection (h) of section 317 of the Public Health Service

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 246b(h)) is repealed.

14 (i) REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE RADIATION

15 CONTROL FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT.—Section 540

16 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.

17 360qq) is repealed.

18 (j) 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.

22 10006(d)) is repealed.

23 (k) 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 (l) REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONG2 TERM HEALTH CARE POLICIES.—Subsection (f) of sec3 tion 9601 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili4 ation Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 1395b note) is repealed.

5 (m) REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING TIME

6 IN DEFINITION OF VISIT CODES.—Paragraph (4) of sec7 tion 6102(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

8 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4 note) is repealed.

9 (n) REPORT ON MODEL SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT FOR

10 OUT-PATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of

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

12 1320b–5(d)(6)) is repealed.

13 (o) REPORT ON MEDICARE TREATMENT OF UNCOM14 PENSATED CARE.—Paragraph (2) of section 603(a) of the

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

16 note) is repealed.

17 (p) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF MEDICARE PART B

18 PAYMENTS FOR CHEMOTHERAPY.—Subsection (d) of sec19 tion 4055 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

20 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1395l note) is repealed.

21 (q) REPORT ON MEDICAID DRUG REBATE.—Sub22 section (d) of section 601 of the Veterans Health Care

23 Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8 note) is repealed.

24 (r) REPORT ON PROGRAM TO ASSIST HOMELESS IN25 DIVIDUALS.—Subsection (d) of section 9117 of the Omni-
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1 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1383

2 note) is repealed.

3 SEC. 1062. REPORTS MODIFIED.

4 (a) REPORT ON FAMILY PLANNING.—Section

5 1009(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

6 300a–7(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and

7 insert ‘‘fiscal year 1994, and each third fiscal year there8 after,’’.

9 (b) REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH AC10 TIVITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 494A of the Public

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

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

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

14 30 thereafter’’.

15 (c) REPORT ON MEDIGAP LOSS RATIOS AND REFUND

16 OF PREMIUMS.—Paragraph (4) of section 1882(r) of the

17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(r)(4)) is amended

18 by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

19 (d) REPORT ON STAFFING REQUIREMENTS IN NURS20 ING FACILITIES.—Section 4801(e)(17)(B) of the Omnibus

21 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 is amended (Public

22 Law 101–508) is amended by ‘‘1992’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘1997’’.

24 (e) REPORT ON PREEFFECTUATION REVIEWS.—Sec25 tion 221(c)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1 421(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end thereof

2 the following new sentence: ‘‘The annual report required

3 under this section may be consolidated with the annual

4 report required under section 704.’’.

5 (f) REPORT ON STEWART B. MCKINNEY HOMELESS

6 ASSISTANCE ACT.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Stewart

8 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

9 11304) is amended—

10 (A) by striking out ‘‘annually’’ and insert11 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘biennially’’; and

12 (B) by striking out ‘‘annual’’ and inserting

13 in lieu thereof ‘‘biennial’’.

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) The

15 heading for section 105 of the Stewart B. McKinney

16 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11304) is

17 amended by striking out ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof ‘‘Biennial’’.

19 (B) The item relating to section 105 in the

20 table of contents in section 101(b) of the Stewart B.

21 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is amended to

22 read as follows:

‘‘Sec. 105. Biennial Program summary by Comptroller General.’’.
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1 CHAPTER 7—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

2 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 SEC. 1071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORTS ON PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNER5 SHIP AND MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—Section 21(f)

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

7 1437s(f)) is repealed.

8 (b) INTERIM REPORT ON PUBLIC HOUSING MIXED

9 INCOME NEW COMMUNITIES STRATEGY DEMONSTRA10 TION.—Section 522(k)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na11 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is

12 repealed.

13 (c) BIENNIAL REPORT ON INTERSTATE LAND SALES

14 REGISTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1421 of the Inter15 state Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719a)

16 is repealed.

17 (d) QUARTERLY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE

18 FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM.—Section

19 561(e)(2) of the Housing and Community Development

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

21 (e) COLLECTION OF AND ANNUAL REPORT ON RA22 CIAL AND ETHNIC DATA.—Section 562(b) of the Housing

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

24 3608a(b)) is repealed.
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1 SEC. 1072. REPORTS MODIFIED.

2 (a) REPORT ON HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY

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

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

5 amended—

6 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN7 NUAL’’; and

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

9 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall biennially’’.

10 (b) TRIENNIAL AUDIT OF TRANSACTIONS OF NA11 TIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP FOUNDATION.—Section

12 107(g)(1) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of

13 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701y(g)(1)) is amended by striking the

14 last sentence.

15 (c) REPORT ON LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY AS16 SISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 2605(h) of the Low-In17 come Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (Public Law

18 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 8624(h)), is amended by striking out

19 ‘‘(but not less frequently than every three years),’’.

20 CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF THE

21 INTERIOR

22 SEC. 1081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 (a) REPORT ON AUDITS IN FEDERAL ROYALTY MAN24 AGEMENT SYSTEM.—Section 17(j) of the Mineral Leasing

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

26 sentence.
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1 (b) REPORT ON DOMESTIC MINING, MINERALS, AND

2 MINERAL RECLAMATION INDUSTRIES.—Section 2 of the

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

4 is amended by striking the last sentence.

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

6 STATES GROUNDWATER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—

7 Section 3(d) of the High Plains States Groundwater Dem8 onstration Program Act of 1983 (43 U.S.C. 390g–1(d))

9 is repealed.

10 (d) REPORT ON RECLAMATION REFORM ACT COM11 PLIANCE.—Section 224(g) of the Reclamation Reform Act

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

13 last 2 sentences.

14 (e) REPORT ON AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION

15 FUND.—Section 2103 of the African Elephant Conserva16 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 4213) is repealed.

17 (f) REPORT ON WETLANDS.—Section 10 of the

18 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.

19 4409) is repealed.

20 (g) REPORT ON GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED

21 OUTSIDE THE DOMAIN OF THE UNITED STATES.—Sec22 tion 2 of Public Law 87–626 (43 U.S.C. 31(c)) is re23 pealed.
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1 (h) 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 (i) 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 COST ANALYSIS OF ALL FEDERAL

12 EXPENDITURES FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES.—Section 18

13 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1544)

14 is amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the

16 semicolon the following: ‘‘, other than land acquisi17 tion expenditures, which shall be included as a sepa18 rate item only when the primary purpose of the land

19 acquisition is the conservation of endangered or

20 threatened species’’; and

21 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the pe22 riod the following: ‘‘, other than land acquisition ex23 penditures, which shall be included as a separate

24 item only when the primary purpose of the land ac-
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1 quisition is the conservation of endangered or threat2 ened species’’.

3 (b) REPORT ON LEVELS OF THE OGALLA AQUI4 FER.—Title III of the Water Resources Research Act of

5 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—

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

7 inserting ‘‘biennially’’; and

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

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

10 (c) REPORT ON EFFECTS OF OUTER CONTINENTAL

11 SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES ON HUMAN, MARINE, AND

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

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

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

15 ‘‘every 3 fiscal years’’.

16 CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

17 SEC. 1091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 (a) REPORT ON BANKING ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.—

19 Section 2546 (a)(2) and (b) of the Crime Control Act of

20 1990 (Public Law 101–647; 104 Stat. 4885) is repealed.

21 (b) REPORT ON CRIME AND CRIME PREVENTION.—

22 (1) Section 3126 of title 18, United States Code, is re23 pealed.
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1 (2) The table of sections for chapter 206 of title 18,

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

3 relating to section 3126.

4 (c) REPORT ON DRUG INTERDICTION TASK

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

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

7 99–570; 100 Stat. 3207–98) is repealed.

8 (d) REPORT ON EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.—Sec9 tion 2412(d)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is re10 pealed.

11 (e) REPORT ON FEDERAL OFFENDER CHARACTERIS12 TICS.—Section 3624(f)(6) of title 18, United States Code,

13 is repealed.

14 (f) REPORT ON COSTS OF DEATH PENALTY.—The

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

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

17 out section 7002.

18 (g) MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT.—Section 8B of

19 the Mineral Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 208–2) is re20 pealed.

21 (h) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Subsection (c) of section

22 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is re23 pealed.

24 (i) 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 inter3 vals as are appropriate based on significant developments

4 and issues, reports’’.

5 CHAPTER 10—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

6 SEC. 1101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) REPORT ON THE ARMED FORCES EMPLOYMENT

8 AND TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 408(d) of the

9 Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of

10 1989 (38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is repealed.

11 (b) REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE

12 APPLICATION OF WAGE AND HOUR EXEMPTIONS.—Sec13 tion 4(d)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29

14 U.S.C. 204(d)(2)) is amended by striking the second sen15 tence.

16 (c) REPORT ON THE BLACK LUNG COMPENSATION

17 INSURANCE FUNDS.—Section 433 of the Black Lung

18 Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 943) is amended—

19 (1) by striking subsection (h); and

20 (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection

21 (h).

22 (d) REPORT ON LABOR STATISTICS EXPENDI23 TURES.—Section 8 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish

24 a Department of Labor’’, approved June 13, 1888 (29

25 U.S.C. 6) is amended by striking the third sentence.
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1 (e) REPORT ON JOBS FOR EMPLOYABLE, DEPEND2 ENT INDIVIDUALS.—Section 508 of the Job Training

3 Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1791g) is amended to read

4 as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 508. EVALUATION.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct or

7 provide for an evaluation of the incentive bonus program

8 assisted under this title.

9 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall con10 sider—

11 ‘‘(1) whether the program results in increased

12 service under this Act to absent parents of children

13 receiving aid to families with dependent children

14 under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act

15 and to recipients of supplemental security income

16 under title XVI of the Social Security Act;

17 ‘‘(2) whether the program results in increased

18 child support payments;

19 ‘‘(3) whether the program is administratively

20 feasible and cost-effective;

21 ‘‘(4) whether the services provided to other eli22 gible participants under part A of title II are af23 fected by the implementation and operation of the

24 incentive bonus program; and
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1 ‘‘(5) such other factors as the Secretary deter2 mines to be appropriate.’’.

3 (f) REPORT ON TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PRO4 GRAM.—Section 408 of the Veterans Education and Em5 ployment Amendments of 1989 (Public Law 101–237; 103

6 Stat. 2084; 38 U.S.C. 2000 note) is amended by striking

7 out subsection (d).

8 SEC. 1102. REPORTS MODIFIED.

9 (a) REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED

10 UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.—

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

12 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’

13 and inserting ‘‘triennially’’.

14 (b) STUDY ON PREVENTION OF CURTAILMENT OF

15 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—Section 4(d)(3) of the

16 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(3))

17 is amended by striking in the third sentence ‘‘two-year’’

18 and inserting ‘‘three-year’’.

19 (c) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF WORKERS’

20 COMPENSATION.—

21 (1) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

22 LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSA23 TION ACT.—Section 42 of the Longshore and Har24 bor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 942) is

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘beginning of each’’ and all

2 that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 1984’’

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

4 (B) by adding the following new sentence

5 at the end: ‘‘Such report shall include the an6 nual reports required under section 426(b) of

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

8 936(b)) and section 8194 of title 5, United

9 States Code, and shall be identified as the An10 nual Report of the Office of Workers’ Com11 pensation Programs.’’.

12 (2) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

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

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

15 is amended—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘Congress the’’ and inserting ‘‘At

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

19 (B) by adding the following new sentence

20 at the end: ‘‘Each such report shall be prepared

21 and submitted to Congress in accordance with

22 the requirement with respect to submission

23 under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

24 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944).’’.
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1 (3) REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE

2 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ACT.—Chap3 ter 81 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

4 adding to the end the following new section:

5 ‘‘§ 8194. Annual report

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

7 fiscal year, prepare a report with respect to the adminis8 tration of this chapter. Such report shall be submitted to

9 Congress in accordance with the requirement with respect

10 to submission under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor

11 Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944).’’.

12 (d) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF

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

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

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

16 all that follows through ‘‘the department’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘prepare and submit to Congress the financial statements

18 of the Department that have been audited’’.

19 CHAPTER 11—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

20 SEC. 1111. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

21 Section 8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance

22 Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2606) is amended by striking sub23 section (b), and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

24 (b).
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1 CHAPTER 12—DEPARTMENT OF

2 TRANSPORTATION

3 SEC. 1121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

6 1519) is repealed.

7 (b) REPORT ON COAST GUARD LOGISTICS CAPABILI8 TIES CRITICAL TO MISSION PERFORMANCE.—Sections

9 5(a)(2) and 5(b) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act

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

11 (c) REPORT ON MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION RE12 SEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 1987.—Section 2201(a)

13 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act

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

15 ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘triennially’’.

16 (d) REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF COLLISION

17 AVOIDANCE SYSTEM.—Section 401 of the Aviation Safety

18 and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 1348

19 note) is repealed.

20 (e) REPORT ON APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECH21 NOLOGY PROGRAM.—Section 307(e)(11) of title 23, Unit22 ed States Code, is repealed.

23 (f) REPORTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

24 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 (g) 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 (h) REPORTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM

12 STANDARDS.—

13 (1) REPORT ON NONPRIORITY PROGRAMS.—

14 Section 402(a) of title 23, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking the fifth sentence.

16 (2) REPORT ON DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—

17 Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is

18 amended—

19 (A) in subsection (e) by striking out the

20 last sentence; and

21 (B) in subsection (f) by striking out the

22 last sentence.

23 (i) REPORT ON RAILROAD-HIGHWAY DEMONSTRA24 TION PROJECTS.—Section 163(o) of the Federal-Aid

25 Highway Act of 1973 (23 U.S.C. 130 note) is repealed.
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1 (j) REPORT ON UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AMEND2 MENTS OF 1987.—Section 103(b)(2) of the Uniform Relo3 cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies

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

5 (k) REPORT ON FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY ACT OF

6 1970.—Section 211 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act

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

8 (l) REPORT ON RAILROAD FINANCIAL ASSIST9 ANCE.—Section 308(d) of title 49, United States Code,

10 is repealed.

11 (m) REPORT ON USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

12 BY THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.—Section 305 of the

13 Automotive Propulsion Research and Development Act of

14 1978 (15 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the last

15 sentence.

16 (n) REPORTS ON NEEDS SURVEY AND TRANSFER17 ABILITY.—Section 27 of the Federal Transit Act (49

18 U.S.C. App. 1623) is repealed.

19 (o) REPORT ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 4(b) of the

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

21 (p) REPORT ON SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM

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

23 Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(11)) is re24 pealed.
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1 (q) REPORT ON SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVEL2 OPMENT CORPORATION.—Section 10(a) of the Act of May

3 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 96, chapter 201; 33 U.S.C. 989(a))

4 is repealed.

5 (r) REPORTS ON PIPELINES ON FEDERAL LANDS.—

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

7 185(w)(4)) is repealed.

8 (s) REPORTS ON PIPELINE SAFETY.—

9 (1) REPORT ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFE10 TY ACT OF 1968.—Section 16(a) of the Natural Gas

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

12 1683(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking

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

14 year’’.

15 (2) REPORT ON HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE

16 SAFETY ACT OF 1979.—Section 213 of the Hazard17 ous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C.

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

19 striking ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘of each odd20 numbered year’’.

21 SEC. 1122. REPORTS MODIFIED.

22 (a) REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY.—Sec23 tion 315(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49

24 U.S.C. App. 1356(b)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31

2 of calendar year 1991’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31 of

3 calendar year 1995’’; and

4 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘in the 12-

5 month period ending on the date of such report’’

6 and inserting ‘‘for the previous calendar year’’.

7 (b) REPORT ON MAJOR ACQUISITION PROJECTS.—

8 Section 337 of the Department of Transportation and Re9 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law

10 102–338; 106 Stat. 1551) is amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘quarter of any fiscal year be12 ginning after December 31, 1992, unless the Com13 mandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quar14 terly report’’ and inserting ‘‘half of any fiscal year

15 beginning after December 31, 1995, unless the Com16 mandant of the Coast Guard first submits a semi17 annual report’’; and

18 (2) by striking ‘‘quarter.’’ and inserting ‘‘half19 fiscal year.’’.

20 (c) REPORT ON OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST

21 FUND.—The quarterly report regarding the Oil Spill Li22 ability Trust Fund required to be submitted to the House

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations under House

24 Report 101–892, accompanying the appropriations for the

25 Coast Guard in the Department of Transportation and
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1 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, shall be sub2 mitted not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal

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

4 (d) REPORT ON JOINT FEDERAL AND STATE MOTOR

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

6 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

7 of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by striking

8 ‘‘September 30 and’’.

9 (e) REPORT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.—Section

10 308(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by

11 striking ‘‘January of each even-numbered year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘March 1994, March 1995, and March of each

13 odd-numbered year thereafter’’.

14 (f) REPORT ON NATION’S HIGHWAYS AND

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

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1983, and in Jan17 uary of every second year thereafter’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘March 1994, March 1995, and March of each odd-num19 bered year thereafter’’.

20 CHAPTER 13—DEPARTMENT OF THE

21 TREASURY

22 SEC. 1131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

23 (a) REPORT ON THE OPERATION AND STATUS OF

24 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL ASSISTANCE

25 TRUST FUND.—Paragraph (8) of section 14001(a) of the
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1 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

2 (31 U.S.C. 6701 note) is repealed.

3 (b) REPORT ON THE ANTIRECESSION PROVISIONS OF

4 THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976.—Sec5 tion 213 of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976

6 (42 U.S.C. 6733) is repealed.

7 (c) REPORT ON MERCHANDISE DAMAGE STATIS8 TICS.—Subsection (c) of section 124 of the Customs and

9 Trade Act of 1990 (19 U.S.C. 2071 note) is repealed.

10 (d) REPORT ON THE ASBESTOS TRUST FUND.—

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

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

13 repealed.

14 (e) REPORT ON THE JAMES MADISON-BILL OF

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

16 section 506 of the James Madison-Bill of Rights Com17 memorative Coin Act (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is repealed.

18 (f) REPORT ON FORFEITURE FUNDS.—

19 (1) CUSTOMS.—Section 613A(e) of the Tariff

20 Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1613b(e)) is amended by

21 striking out paragraph (2).

22 (2) JUSTICE.—Section 524(c) of title 28,

23 United States Code, is amended—

24 (A) by striking out paragraph (7); and
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8)

2 through (12) as paragraphs (7) through (11),

3 respectively.

4 (g) REPORT ON AUDITS AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF

5 TAXPAYER INFORMATION.—Section 719 of title 31, Unit6 ed States Code, is amended—

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

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g),

9 (h), and (i) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h),

10 respectively.

11 SEC. 1132. REPORTS MODIFIED.

12 (a) REPORT ON THE WORLD CUP USA 1994 COM13 MEMORATIVE COIN ACT.—Subsection (g) of section 205

14 of the World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act

15 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘month’’

16 and inserting ‘‘calendar quarter’’.

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

18 of section 321 of title 31, United States Code, is amend19 ed—

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

21 (5),

22 (2) by striking the period at the end of para23 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

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

25 new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(7) notwithstanding any other provision of

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

3 financial condition of any fund on the books of the

4 Treasury by including the required information in a

5 consolidated report, except that information with re6 spect to a specific fund shall be separately reported

7 if the Secretary determines that the consolidation of

8 such information would result in an unwarranted

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

10 CHAPTER 14—DEPARTMENT OF

11 VETERANS AFFAIRS

12 SEC. 1141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

13 (a) REPORT ON FURNISHING CONTRACT CARE SERV14 ICES.—Section 1703(c) of title 38, United States Code,

15 is repealed.

16 (b) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF RATES FOR STATE

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

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

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

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

21 (c) REPORT ON LOANS TO PURCHASE MANUFAC22 TURED HOMES.—Section 3712 of such title is amended—

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

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub25 section (l).
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1 (d) REPORT ON LEVEL OF TREATMENT CAPACITY.—

2 Section 8110(a)(3) of such title is amended—

3 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

4 (A) by striking out ‘‘(A)’’; and

5 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as

6 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

7 (2) by striking out subparagraph (B).

8 (e) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDED PER9 SONNEL CODING.—

10 (1) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sec11 tion 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking out subparagraph (C).

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section

14 8110(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is

15 amended by—

16 (A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as

17 subparagraph (D);

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

19 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there20 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; and

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

22 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting in lieu there23 of ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’.
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1 TITLE II—INDEPENDENT

2 AGENCIES

3 CHAPTER 1—ACTION

4 SEC. 2011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

5 Section 226 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act

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

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

8 (2) in subsection (a)—

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

10 and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (1)—

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

13 ‘‘(1)’’; and

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B)—

15 (I) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘(2)’’; and

17 (II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph

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

19 CHAPTER 2—ENVIRONMENTAL

20 PROTECTION AGENCY

21 SEC. 2021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

23 102 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

24 U.S.C. 1252) is amended by striking subsection (d).
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1 (b) REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON

2 ESTUARIES.—Section 104(n) of the Federal Water Pollu3 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(n)) is amended—

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

5 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para6 graph (3).

7 (c) REPORT ON VARIANCE REQUESTS.—Section

8 301(n) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

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

10 (d) REPORT ON WATER QUALITY IN LAKES.—Sec11 tion 314(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

12 (33 U.S.C. 1324(a)) is amended—

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

14 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para15 graph (3).

16 (e) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN LAKES

17 PROJECTS.—Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollu18 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended—

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

20 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para21 graph (3).

22 (f) REPORT ON NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT

23 PROGRAMS.—Section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution

24 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1329) is amended—

25 (1) by striking subsection (m); and
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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub2 section (m).

3 (g) REPORT ON MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT

4 THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.—Sec5 tion 516 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

6 U.S.C. 1375) is amended—

7 (1) by striking subsection (a);

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e)

9 as subsections (a) through (d), respectively; and

10 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub11 section (e).

12 (h) REPORT ON USE OF MUNICIPAL SECONDARY EF13 FLUENT AND SLUDGE.—Section 516 of the Federal Water

14 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) (as amended by

15 subsection (g)) is further amended—

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

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

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

19 (i) REPORT ON CERTAIN WATER QUALITY STAND20 ARDS AND PERMITS.—Section 404 of the Water Quality

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

22 is amended—

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

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub25 section (c).
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1 (j) REPORT ON CLASS V WELLS.—Section 1426 of

2 title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly

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

4 300h–5) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) MON6 ITORING METHODS.—’’; and

7 (2) by striking subsection (b).

8 (k) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DEM9 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Section 1427 of title XIV of the

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

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

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

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

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

15 (l) REPORT ON SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING

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

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

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

19 (1) by striking subsection (c);

20 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (c); and

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

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

24 (m) REPORT ON REGISTRATION PROCESS UNDER

25 FIFRA.—
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1 (1) Section 29 of the Federal Insecticide, Fun2 gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–4) is re3 pealed.

4 (2) Such Act is amended by redesignating sec5 tions 30 and 31 (7 U.S.C. 136x and 136y) as sec6 tions 29 and 30, respectively.

7 (3) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such

8 Act (7 U.S.C. prec. 121) is amended—

9 (A) by striking the item relating to section

10 29; and

11 (B) by redesignating the items relating to

12 sections 30 and 31 as relating to sections 29

13 and 30, respectively.

14 (n) REPORT ON NONNUCLEAR ENERGY AND TECH15 NOLOGIES.—Section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy

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

17 is repealed.

18 (o) REPORT ON EMISSIONS AT COAL-BURNING POW19 ERPLANTS.—

20 (1) Section 745 of the Powerplant and Indus21 trial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8455) is re22 pealed.

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

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

25 striking the item relating to section 745.
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1 (p) 5-YEAR PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH,

2 DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—

3 (1) Section 5 of the Environmental Research,

4 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

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

6 (2) Section 4 of the Environmental Research,

7 Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act

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

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

10 amended—

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

12 (B) by redesignating subsections (d)

13 through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), re14 spectively.

15 (q) 5-YEAR ACTION PLAN BY INTERAGENCY COORDI16 NATING COMMITTEE.—Section 2001(b) of the Solid Waste

17 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6911(b)) is amended by striking

18 paragraph (3).

19 (r) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF

20 SOLID WASTE.—

21 (1) Section 2006 of the Solid Waste Disposal

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 6915) is repealed.

23 (2) The table of contents in section 1001 of

24 such Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) is amended by

25 striking the item relating to section 2006.
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1 (s) COOPERATIVE REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IS2 SUES ASSOCIATED WITH USED OIL.—Section 9 of the

3 Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–463; 42

4 U.S.C. 6932 note) is repealed.

5 (t) INTERIM REPORTS OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COM6 MISSION ON RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOV7 ERY.—Section 33(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act

8 Amendments of 1980 (Public Law 96–482; 42 U.S.C.

9 6981 note) is amended—

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

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para12 graph (7).

13 (u) 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 (v) REPORT ON RADON MITIGATION DEMONSTRA20 TION PROGRAM.—Section 118(k)(2) of the Superfund

21 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public

22 Law 99–499; 42 U.S.C. 7401 note) is amended—

23 (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and

24 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub25 paragraph (B).
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1 (w) REPORT ON COSTS OF AIR POLLUTION CON2 TROL.—Section 812 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of

3 1990 (Public Law 101–549; 42 U.S.C. 7612 note) is

4 amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘(a) ECO6 NOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES.—’’; and

7 (2) by striking out subsection (b).

8 CHAPTER 3—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

9 OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

10 SEC. 2031. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

12 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–4(k)(2)(C)) is amended—

13 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik14 ing ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘including informa15 tion, presented in the aggregate, relating to’’;

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

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

18 persons and entities’’;

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

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

21 and

22 (4) in clause (iii)—

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

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

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

3 CHAPTER 4—FEDERAL AVIATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 2041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

7 1988 (Public Law 100–690; 102 Stat. 4428; 49 U.S.C.

8 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 En12 ergy Inspector General’’.

13 CHAPTER 5—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

14 COMMISSION

15 SEC. 2051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

19 744(c)) is repealed.

20 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR AMATEUR EXAMINATION

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

22 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154(f)(4)(J)) is amended by strik23 ing out the last sentence.
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1 CHAPTER 6—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; 22 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended

7 by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence:

8 ‘‘A report shall not be required to be submitted under this

9 paragraph for any quarter in which the Corporation has

10 not borrowed funds from the Treasury.’’.

11 CHAPTER 7—FEDERAL EMERGENCY

12 MANAGEMENT AGENCY

13 SEC. 2071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

15 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2281(h)) is amended by striking

16 the second proviso.

17 CHAPTER 8—FEDERAL RETIREMENT

18 THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

19 SEC. 2081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

20 Chapter 95 of title 31, United States Code, is amend21 ed—

22 (1) in the table of sections by amending the

23 item relating to section 9503 to read as follows:

‘‘9503. Government pension plans.’’;

24 (2) in section 9503—
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1 (A) in the section heading by striking out

2 ‘‘Reports about’’; and

3 (B) in subsection (a)—

4 (i) by striking out paragraphs (1) and

5 (4);

6 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2),

7 (3), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), and

8 (3), respectively; and

9 (iii) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated

10 by clause (ii) of this paragraph) by adding

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and

12 (3) in section 9504(1) by striking out ‘‘to de13 cide whether the reporting requirements of section

14 9503 are adequate to carry out section 9501 of this

15 title’’.

16 CHAPTER 9—GENERAL SERVICES

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 2091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

19 (a) REPORT ON PROPERTIES CONVEYED FOR HIS20 TORIC MONUMENTS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.—

21 Section 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administra22 tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amend23 ed—

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.—Sec8 tion 203(e)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

9 Services 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

12 Act authorizing the transfer of certain real property for

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

14 U.S.C. 667d; 62 Stat. 241) is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘and shall be included in the annual budget transmitted

16 to the Congress’’.

17 CHAPTER 10—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

23 not sufficient to allow for completion of necessary proceed24 ings, the Commission may grant a further extension in
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1 an extraordinary situation if a majority of the Commis2 sioners agree to the further extension by public vote.’’.

3 CHAPTER 11—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 CHAPTER 12—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 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION CENTERS.—The

16 National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in17 dustrial application centers supported by the National

18 Aeronautics and Space Administration are authorized and

19 directed to cooperate with small business development cen20 ters participating in the program.’’.

21 CHAPTER 13—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 CHAPTER 14—NATIONAL SCIENCE

5 FOUNDATION

6 SEC. 2141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

7 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEER8 ING EDUCATION.—Section 107 of the Education for Eco9 nomic 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

12 amended by striking subsection (j).

13 CHAPTER 15—NATIONAL

14 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

15 SEC. 2151. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

16 Section 305 of the Independent Safety Board Act of

17 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1904) is repealed.

18 CHAPTER 16—NEIGHBORHOOD

19 REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

20 SEC. 2161. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

21 Section 607(c) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment

22 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8106(c)) is amended by strik23 ing the second sentence.
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1 CHAPTER 17—NUCLEAR REGULATORY

2 COMMISSION

3 SEC. 2171. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

4 (a) REPORT ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS.—Section 29

5 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2039) is

6 amended by striking the last 2 sentences.

7 (b) REPORT ON SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION.—Sec8 tion 147(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.

9 2167(e)) is repealed.

10 (c) REPORT ON THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT.—Sec11 tion 170(p) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.

12 2210(p)) is repealed.

13 SEC. 2172. REPORTS MODIFIED.

14 Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of

15 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5848) is amended by striking ‘‘each

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

17 annual report listing for the previous fiscal year’’.

18 CHAPTER 18—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

19 MANAGEMENT

20 SEC. 2181. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

21 (a) REPORT ON CAREER RESERVED POSITIONS.—(1)

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

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

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

25 relating to section 3135.
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1 (b) REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—Section

2 4314(d)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

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

4 4113 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

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

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

7 relating to section 4113.

8 (d) REPORT ON PREVAILING RATE SYSTEM.—Sec9 tion 5347 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

10 striking out the fourth and fifth sentences.

11 (e) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE MERIT SYSTEMS

12 PROTECTION BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

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

14 Code, is amended—

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

16 (2) by striking subsection (b).

17 SEC. 2182. REPORTS MODIFIED.

18 (a) REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSI19 TIONS.—Section 3135(a) of title 5, United States Code,

20 is amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out ‘‘, and the

22 projected number of Senior Executive Service posi23 tions to be authorized for the next 2 fiscal years, in

24 the aggregate and by agency’’;

25 (2) by striking out paragraphs (3) and (8); and
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1 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6),

2 (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6),

3 (7), and (8), respectively.

4 (b) REPORT ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIRE5 MENT FUND.—Section 145 of the District of Columbia

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

7 882) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (b)—

9 (A) in paragraph (1)—

10 (i) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’;

11 (ii) by striking out ‘‘and the Comp12 troller General shall each’’ and inserting in

13 lieu thereof ‘‘shall’’; and

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

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

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

17 Comptroller General and’’ each place it appears.

18 (c) REPORT ON REVOLVING FUND.—Section

19 1304(e)(6) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

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

21 CHAPTER 19—OFFICE OF THRIFT

22 SUPERVISION

23 SEC. 2191. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

25 Act (12 U.S.C. 1438(c)(6)(B)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking out ‘‘annually’’;

2 (2) by striking out ‘‘audit, settlement,’’ and in3 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘settlement’’; and

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

5 all that follows through ‘‘enacted’’.

6 CHAPTER 20—PANAMA CANAL

7 COMMISSION

8 SEC. 2201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

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

12 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

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

14 by striking out the item relating to section 1312.

15 CHAPTER 21—POSTAL SERVICE

16 SEC. 2211. REPORTS MODIFIED.

17 (a) REPORT ON CONSUMER EDUCATION PRO18 GRAMS.—Section 2402 of title 39, United States Code, is

19 amended in the last sentence by striking out ‘‘the Con20 gress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘include such report

21 in the report required under section 5 of the Inspector

22 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

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1 to the Congress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘include

2 such report in the report required under section 5 of the

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

4 CHAPTER 22—RAILROAD RETIREMENT

5 BOARD

6 SEC. 2221. REPORTS MODIFIED.

7 Section 502 of the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act

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

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

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

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

12 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u(a))’’.

13 CHAPTER 23—THRIFT DEPOSITOR

14 PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD

15 SEC. 2231. REPORTS MODIFIED.

16 (a) REPORT ON THE RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORA17 TION, THE THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT

18 BOARD, AND THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE COR19 PORATION.—Section 21A(k)(5)(A) of the Federal Home

20 Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(5)(A)) is amended

21 by striking out all following ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting in

22 lieu thereof ‘‘an annual report for each calendar year no

23 later than June 30 following such calendar year on the

24 activities and efforts of the Corporation, the Federal De-
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1 posit Insurance Corporation, and the Thrift Depositor

2 Protection Oversight Board.’’.

3 (b) REPORT ON TROUBLED THRIFTS.—Section

4 21A(k)(9) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12

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

6 of each calendar quarter’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

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

8 CHAPTER 24—UNITED STATES

9 INFORMATION AGENCY

10 SEC. 2241. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

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

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

13 otherwise required under such section shall not cover the

14 activities of the United States Information Agency.

15 TITLE III—REPORTS BY ALL

16 DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

17 SEC. 3001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

18 (a) REPORT ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT.—(1) Sec19 tion 3407 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.

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

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

22 relating to section 3407.

23 (b) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV24 ICES.—(1) Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code,

25 is repealed.
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1 (2) The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31,

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

3 relating to section 1114.

4 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON LOBBYING.—Section

5 1352 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

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

7 (2) redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and

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

9 (d) REPORTS ON PROGRAM FRAUD AND CIVIL REM10 EDIES.—(1) Section 3810 of title 31, United States Code,

11 is repealed.

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

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

14 relating to section 3810.

15 (e) REPORT ON RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY

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

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

18 (f) REPORT ON FOREIGN LOAN RISKS.—Section

19 913(d) of the International Lending Supervision Act of

20 1983 (12 U.S.C. 3912(d)) is repealed.

21 (g) REPORT ON PLANS TO CONVERT TO THE METRIC

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

23 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205j–1) is repealed.

24 (h) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION AND IN25 TELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—Section 11(f) of the
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1 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15

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

3 (i) REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY CONTRACTUAL AC4 TIONS TO FACILITATE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE.—Sec5 tion 4(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the mak6 ing, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate

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

8 U.S.C. 1434(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘all such ac9 tions taken’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘if any such ac10 tion has been taken’’.

11 (j) REPORTS ON DETAILING EMPLOYEES.—Section

12 619 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Govern13 ment Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–393;

14 106 Stat. 1769), is repealed.

15 SEC. 3002. REPORTS MODIFIED.

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

17 amended to read as follows:

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

19 section shall annually report to the Congress regarding the

20 following:

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

22 of the agency under this section that have occurred

23 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

6 section 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 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE

11 SEC. 4001. EFFECTIVE DATE.

12 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provi13 sions of this Act and amendments made by this Act shall

14 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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