IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5301 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies 

to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting 

requirements in annual budget justifications, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminate Useless Re3 ports Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SUNSETS FOR AGENCY REPORTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1125 of title 31, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub8 section (d); 

9 (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in10 serting the following: 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.— 

13 The term ‘budget justification materials’ has the 

14 meaning given the term in section 3(b)(2) of the 

15 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

16 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 109– 

17 282). 

18 ‘‘(2) PLAN OR REPORT.—The term ‘plan or re19 port’ means any plan or report submitted to Con20 gress, any committee of Congress, or subcommittee 

21 thereof, by not less than 1 agency— 

22 ‘‘(A) in accordance with Federal law; or 

23 ‘‘(B) at the direction or request of a con24 gressional report. 


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1 ‘‘(3) RECURRING PLAN OR REPORT.—The term 

2 ‘recurring plan or report’ means a plan or report 

3 submitted on a recurring basis. 

4 ‘‘(4) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COM5 MITTEE.—The term ‘relevant congressional com6 mittee’— 

7 ‘‘(A) means a congressional committee to 

8 which a recurring plan or report is required to 

9 be submitted; and 

10 ‘‘(B) does not include any plan or report 

11 that is required to be submitted solely to the 

12 Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

13 Representatives or the Senate. 

14 ‘‘(b) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION OF UNNECESSARY

15 REPORTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency 

17 shall include in the budget justification materials of 

18 the agency the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(i) A list of each recurring plan or 

22 report submitted by the agency. 

23 ‘‘(ii) An identification of whether the 

24 recurring plan or report listed in clause (i) 

25 was included in the most recent report 


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1 issued by the Clerk of the House of Rep2 resentatives concerning the reports that 

3 any agency is required by law or directed 

4 or requested by a committee report to 

5 make to Congress, any committee of Con6 gress, or subcommittee thereof. 

7 ‘‘(iii) If applicable, the unique alpha8 numeric identifier for the recurring plan or 

9 report as required by section 

10 7243(b)(1)(C)(vii) of the James M. Inhofe 

11 National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

13 ‘‘(iv) The identification of any recur14 ring plan or report the head of the agency 

15 determines to be outdated or duplicative. 

16 ‘‘(B) With respect to each recurring plan 

17 or report identified in subparagraph (A)(iv), the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(i) A recommendation on whether to 

20 sunset, modify, consolidate, or reduce the 

21 frequency of the submission of the recur22 ring plan or report. 

23 ‘‘(ii) A citation to each provision of 

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1 sional report that requires or requests the 

2 submission of the recurring plan or report. 

3 ‘‘(iii) A list of the relevant congres4 sional committees for the recurring plan or 

5 report. 

6 ‘‘(C) A justification explaining, with re7 spect to each recommendation described in sub8 paragraph (B)(i) relating to a recurring plan or 

9 report— 

10 ‘‘(i) why the head of the agency made 

11 the recommendation, which may include an 

12 estimate of the resources expended by the 

13 agency to prepare and submit the recur14 ring plan or report; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the understanding of the head of 

16 the agency of the purpose of the recurring 

17 plan or report. 

18 ‘‘(2) AGENCY CONSULTATION.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In preparing the list 

20 required under paragraph (1)(A), if, in submit21 ting a recurring plan or report, an agency is re22 quired to coordinate or consult with another 

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1 sult with the head of each agency or entity with 

2 whom consultation or coordination is required. 

3 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN LIST.—If, after a con4 sultation under subparagraph (A), the head of 

5 each agency or entity consulted under that sub6 paragraph agrees that a recurring plan or re7 port is outdated or duplicative, the head of the 

8 agency required to submit the recurring plan or 

9 report shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) include the recurring plan or re11 port in the list described in paragraph 

12 (1)(A); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) identify each agency or entity 

14 with which the head of the agency is re15 quired to coordinate or consult in submit16 ting the recurring plan or report. 

17 ‘‘(C) DISAGREEMENT.—If the head of any 

18 agency or entity consulted under subparagraph 

19 (A) does not agree that a recurring plan or re20 port is outdated or duplicative, the head of the 

21 agency required to submit the recurring plan or 

22 report shall not include the recurring plan or 

23 report in the list described in paragraph (1)(A). 

24 ‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT-WIDE OR MULTI-AGENCY

25 PLAN AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS.—With respect to 


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1 a recurring plan or report required to be submitted 

2 by not less than 2 agencies, the Director of the Of3 fice of Management and Budget shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) determine whether the requirement to 

5 submit the recurring plan or report is outdated 

6 or duplicative; and 

7 ‘‘(B) make recommendations to Congress 

8 accordingly. 

9 ‘‘(4) PLAN AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS CON10 FORMITY TO THE ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONALLY

11 MANDATED REPORTS ACT.—With respect to an 

12 agency recommendation, citation, or justification 

13 made under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph 

14 (1) or a recommendation by the Director of the Of15 fice of Management and Budget under paragraph 

16 (3), the agency or Director, as applicable, shall also 

17 provide this information to the Director of the Gov18 ernment Publishing Office in conformity with the 

19 agency submission requirements under section 

20 7244(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

22 117–263; chapter 41 of title 44 note) in conformity 

23 with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of 

24 Management and Budget under section 7244(b) of 

25 such Act. 


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1 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON AGENCY REQUIRE2 MENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to ex3 empt the head of an agency from a requirement to submit 

4 a recurring plan or report.’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

6 striking ‘‘in the budget of the United States Govern7 ment, as provided by section 1105(a)(37)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘in the budget justification materials of each 

9 agency’’. 

10 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS.—Section 1105(a) of title 

11 31, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph 

12 (39). 

13 (c) CONFORMITY TO THE ACCESS TO CONGRESSION14 ALLY MANDATED REPORTS ACT.— 

15 (1) AMENDMENT.—Subsections (a) and (b) of 

16 section 7244 of the James M. Inhofe National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Pub18 lic Law 117–263; chapter 41 of title 44, United 

19 States Code, note), are amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE21 PORTS.—Not earlier than 30 days or later than 60 days 

22 after the date on which a congressionally mandated report 

23 is submitted to either House of Congress or to any com24 mittee of Congress or subcommittee thereof, the head of 

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1 dated report shall submit to the Director the information 

2 required under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 

3 7243(b)(1) with respect to the congressionally mandated 

4 report. Notwithstanding section 7246, nothing in this sub5 title shall relieve a Federal agency of any other require6 ment to publish the congressionally mandated report on 

7 the online portal of the Federal agency or otherwise sub8 mit the congressionally mandated report to Congress or 

9 specific committees of Congress, or subcommittees thereof. 

10 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this subsection and periodically 

12 thereafter as appropriate, the Director of the Office of 

13 Management and Budget, in consultation with the Direc14 tor, shall issue guidance to agencies on the implementation 

15 of this subtitle as well as the requirements of section 

16 1125(b) of title 31, United States Code.’’. 

17 (2) UPDATED OMB GUIDANCE.—Not later than 

18 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg20 et shall issue updated guidance to agencies to ensure 

21 that the requirements under subsections (a) and (b) 

22 of section 1125 of title 31, United States Code, as 

23 amended by this Act, for agency submissions of rec24 ommendations and justifications for plans and re25 ports to sunset, modify, consolidate, or reduce the 


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1 frequency of the submission of are also submitted as 

2 a separate attachment in conformity with the agency 

3 submission requirements of electronic copies of re4 ports submitted by agencies under section 7244(a) 

5 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza6 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 

7 chapter 41 of title 44, United States Code, note) for 

8 publication on the online portal established under 

9 section 7243 of such Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 12, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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