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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2463

To provide, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, for

the repeal of advisory committees no longer carrying out the purposes

for which they were established.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Mr. GLENN (for himself, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. ROTH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DECONCINI, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. STEVENS) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To provide, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, for the repeal of advisory committees no longer

carrying out the purposes for which they were established.

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 ‘‘Advisory Committee

5 Termination Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

7 (a) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—
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1 (1) SWINE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—

2 Section 11 of the Swine Health Protection Act (7

3 U.S.C. 3810), which required the Secretary of Agri4 culture to appoint a swine health advisory committee

5 or committees, is repealed.

6 (2) CASCADE HEAD SCENIC-RESEARCH AREA

7 ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8 of the Act of De8 cember 22, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 541g), which required

9 the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a Cascade

10 Head Scenic-Research Area Advisory Council, is re11 pealed.

12 (3) GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL AD13 VISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2404 of the Food, Ag14 riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7

15 U.S.C. 6703), which required the Secretary of Agri16 culture to appoint a Global Climate Change Tech17 nical Advisory Committee, is repealed.

18 (4) MONO BASIN NATIONAL FOREST SCENIC

19 AREA ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 306 of the Califor20 nia Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 543e), which

21 established the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic

22 Area Advisory Board, is repealed.

23 (5) NEZ PERCE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL AD24 VISORY COUNCIL.—Section 5(d) of the National

25 Trails System Act, (16 U.S.C. 1244(d)), which re-
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1 quired the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an

2 advisory council for the Nez Perce National Historic

3 Trail, is amended in the first sentence by inserting

4 before the period at the end ‘‘and the Advisory

5 Council established for the Nez Perce National His6 toric Trail shall terminate on the effective date of

7 the Advisory Committee Termination Act of 1994.’’.

8 (b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 3306 of

9 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

10 1993 (50 U.S.C. 98h–1 note), which authorized the Gov11 ernment-Industry Advisory Committee on the Operation

12 and Modernization of the National Defense Stockpile, is

13 repealed.

14 (c) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; IMPROVEMENT

15 AND REFORM OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHING FUND

16 BOARD.—

17 (1) FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND RE18 FORM OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHING ACT.—The Fund

19 for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and

20 Teaching Act (20 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.), which estab21 lished the Fund Board, is amended—

22 (A) in section 3231 (20 U.S.C. 4831)—

23 (i) in the heading by striking

24 ‘‘BOARD AUTHORIZED’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘DIRECTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES’’;
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1 (ii) by striking subsection (a) and re2 designating subsections (b) through (f) as

3 subsections (a) through (e), respectively;

4 (iii) in subsection (b)—

5 (I) by amending paragraph

6 (3)(A) to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(A) coordinate the work of the Fund with

8 the work of the Fund for the Improvement of

9 Postsecondary Education,’’;

10 (II) by amending paragraph

11 (3)(C) to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(C) identify promising initiatives and so13 licit proposals,’’;

14 (III) by striking paragraph (2);

15 and

16 (IV) by redesignating paragraph

17 (3) as paragraph (2); and

18 (iv) in subsection (c)—

19 (I) by striking ‘‘PRIORITIES

20 RULE’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECT

21 SUMMARY’’; and

22 (II) by striking the first two sen23 tences;

24 (B) in section 3233 (20 U.S.C. 4833), by

25 striking the second sentence; and
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1 (C) in section 3243 (20 U.S.C. 4843)—

2 (i) by striking paragraph (2); and

3 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

4 and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec5 tively.

6 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 551 of

7 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1107)

8 is amended—

9 (A) in subsection (a)—

10 (i) by striking paragraph (2); and

11 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as

12 paragraph (2);

13 (B) by striking subsection (c); and

14 (C) by redesignating subsections (d)

15 through (k) as subsections (c) through (j), re16 spectively.

17 (d) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY—

18 (1) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VER19 IFICATION OF FISSILE MATERIAL AND NUCLEAR

20 WARHEAD CONTROLS.—Section 3151(c) of the Na21 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

22 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. (839)), which

23 authorized the Technical Advisory Committee on

24 Verification of Fissile Material and Nuclear War25 head Controls, is repealed.
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1 (2) TECHNICAL PANEL ON MAGNETIC FU2 SION.—Section 7 of the Magnetic Fusion Energy

3 Engineering Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9306), which

4 authorized a technical panel on magnetic fusion, is

5 repealed.

6 (e) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV7 ICES.—

8 (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HAZARDOUS SUB9 STANCES RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Section

10 311(a)(5) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re11 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42

12 U.S.C. 9660(a)(5)), which authorized an advisory

13 council on hazardous substances research and train14 ing, is repealed.

15 (2) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA CARE SYS16 TEMS.—Section 1202 of the Public Health Service

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–1), which authorized the Advi18 sory Council on Trauma Care Systems, is repealed.

19 (3) JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS

20 TRAINING PROGRAM ADVISORY PANEL.—Section

21 203(c)(4) of the Family Support Act of 1988 (42

22 U.S.C. 681 note), which authorized an advisory

23 panel for the evaluation of the Job Opportunities

24 and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program, is re25 pealed.
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1 (4) BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS.—Section 4 of the

2 Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 42), which author3 ized a board of tea experts, is repealed.

4 (5) DEVICE GOOD MANUFACTURING ADVISORY

5 COMMITTEE.—Section 520(f)(3) of the Federal

6 Food, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(f)(3)),

7 which authorized a device good manufacturing prac8 tice advisory committee, is repealed.

9 (6) END STAGE RENAL DISEASE DATA ADVI10 SORY COMMITTEE.—The second sentence of section

11 1881(c)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

12 1395rr(c)(7)), which authorized a professional advi13 sory group to assist in formulation of policies and

14 procedures relevant to the management of the end

15 stage renal disease registry, is amended by striking

16 everything after ‘‘purpose of such’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘registry and shall determine the appropriate loca18 tion of the registry.’’.

19 (7) FEDERAL HOSPITAL COUNCIL.—Section

20 641 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

21 291k), which authorized the Federal Hospital Coun22 cil, is repealed.

23 (8) NATIONAL ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULO24 SKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES ADVISORY BOARD.—

25 Section 442 of the Public Health Service Act (42
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1 U.S.C. 285d–7), which authorized the National Ar2 thritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advi3 sory Board, is repealed.

4 (9) NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ALCOHOLISM

5 AND OTHER ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS.—Sec6 tion 18 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Al7 coholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

8 Act Amendments of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 4541 note),

9 which authorized the National Commission on Alco10 holism and Other Alcohol-Related Problems, is re11 pealed.

12 (10) NATIONAL DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMU13 NICATION DISORDERS ADVISORY BOARD.—Section

14 464D of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

15 285m–4), which authorized the National Deafness

16 and Other Communication Disorders Advisory

17 Board, is repealed.

18 (11) NATIONAL DIABETES ADVISORY BOARD,

19 NATIONAL DIGESTIVE DISEASES ADVISORY BOARD,

20 AND NATIONAL KIDNEY AND UROLOGIC DISEASES

21 ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 430 of the Public

22 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c–4), which au23 thorized the National Diabetes Advisory Board, Na24 tional Digestive Diseases Advisory Board, and Na-
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1 tional Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory

2 Board, is repealed.

3 (12) TASK FORCE ON AGING RESEARCH.—Title

4 III of the Home Health Care and Alzheimer’s Dis5 ease Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 242q through

6 242q–5), which authorized the Task Force on Aging

7 Research, is repealed.

8 (f) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—

9 (1) CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECRE10 ATION AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION.—Section 106

11 of Public Law 95–344 (16 U.S.C. 460ii–5), which

12 authorized the Chattahoochee River National Recre13 ation Area Advisory Commission, is repealed.

14 (2) GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE ADVI15 SORY COMMISSION.—Section 10 of Public Law 91–

16 660 (16 U.S.C. 459h–9), which authorized the Gulf

17 Islands National Seashore Advisory Commission, is

18 repealed.

19 (3) JEFFERSON NATIONAL EXPANSION MEMO20 RIAL COMMISSION.—Section 7 of the Act of August

21 24, 1984 (68 Stat. 98, chapter 204; 98 Stat. 1467;

22 16 U.S.C. 450jj–6), which authorized the Jefferson

23 National Expansion Memorial Commission, is re24 pealed.
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1 (4) POTOMAC HERITAGE NATIONAL SCENIC

2 TRAIL ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The first sentence of

3 section 5(d) of the National Trails System Act (16

4 U.S.C. 1244(d)), which required the Secretary of the

5 Interior to establish an advisory council for the Po6 tomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, is amended

7 by inserting ‘‘except the Potomac Heritage Trail’’

8 after ‘‘respective trail’’.

9 (g) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—Section 5002 of title

10 18, United States Code, which authorized the Advisory

11 Corrections Council, is repealed.

12 (h) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—

13 (1) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REG14 ULATORY REVIEW PANEL.—Section 31134 of title

15 49, United States Code, as enacted by Public Law

16 103–472 (formerly section 209 of the Motor Carrier

17 Safety Act of 1984 (49 U.S.C. App. 2508)), which

18 authorized the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

19 Regulatory Review Panel, is repealed.

20 (2) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER ADVISORY

21 COMMITTEE.—Section 209 of the National Driver

22 Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note), which

23 authorized the National Driver Register Advisory

24 Committee, is repealed.
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1 (3) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADVISORY

2 COMMITTEE.—Section 404 of title 23, United States

3 Code, which authorized the National Highway Safety

4 Advisory Committee, is repealed.

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