H. R. 5301 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
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outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget justifications, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminate Useless Reports Act 
of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. SUNSETS FOR AGENCY REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1125 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.—The term ‘budget 
justification materials’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3(b)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 109– 
282). 
‘‘(2) PLAN OR REPORT.—The term ‘plan or report’ means 
any plan or report submitted to Congress, any committee of 
Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by not less than 1 agency— 
‘‘(A) in accordance with Federal law; or 
‘‘(B) at the direction or request of a congressional 
report. 
‘‘(3) RECURRING PLAN OR REPORT.—The term ‘recurring plan 
or report’ means a plan or report submitted on a recurring 
basis. 
‘‘(4) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.—The term ‘rel-
evant congressional committee’— 
‘‘(A) means a congressional committee to which a recur-
ring plan or report is required to be submitted; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any plan or report that is required 
to be submitted solely to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives or the Senate. 
‘‘(b) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION OF UNNECESSARY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency shall include 
in the budget justification materials of the agency the following: 
‘‘(A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following: 
‘‘(i) A list of each recurring plan or report sub-
mitted by the agency.
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‘‘(ii) An identification of whether the recurring plan 
or report listed in clause (i) was included in the most 
recent report issued by the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives concerning the reports that any agency 
is required by law or directed or requested by a com-
mittee report to make to Congress, any committee 
of Congress, or subcommittee thereof. 
‘‘(iii) If applicable, the unique alphanumeric identi-
fier for the recurring plan or report as required by 
section 7243(b)(1)(C)(vii) of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (Public Law 117–263). 
‘‘(iv) The identification of any recurring plan or 
report the head of the agency determines to be outdated 
or duplicative. 
‘‘(B) With respect to each recurring plan or report 
identified in subparagraph (A)(iv), the following: 
‘‘(i) A recommendation on whether to sunset, 
modify, consolidate, or reduce the frequency of the 
submission of the recurring plan or report. 
‘‘(ii) A citation to each provision of law or directive 
or request in a congressional report that requires or 
requests the submission of the recurring plan or report. 
‘‘(iii) A list of the relevant congressional commit-
tees for the recurring plan or report. 
‘‘(C) A justification explaining, with respect to each 
recommendation described in subparagraph (B)(i) relating 
to a recurring plan or report— 
‘‘(i) why the head of the agency made the rec-
ommendation, which may include an estimate of the 
resources expended by the agency to prepare and 
submit the recurring plan or report; and 
‘‘(ii) the understanding of the head of the agency 
of the purpose of the recurring plan or report. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In preparing the list required under 
paragraph (1)(A), if, in submitting a recurring plan or 
report, an agency is required to coordinate or consult with 
another agency or entity, the head of the agency submitting 
the recurring plan or report shall consult with the head 
of each agency or entity with whom consultation or 
coordination is required. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN LIST.—If, after a consultation under 
subparagraph (A), the head of each agency or entity con-
sulted under that subparagraph agrees that a recurring 
plan or report is outdated or duplicative, the head of the 
agency required to submit the recurring plan or report 
shall— 
‘‘(i) include the recurring plan or report in the 
list described in paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) identify each agency or entity with which the 
head of the agency is required to coordinate or consult 
in submitting the recurring plan or report. 
‘‘(C) DISAGREEMENT.—If the head of any agency or 
entity consulted under subparagraph (A) does not agree 
that a recurring plan or report is outdated or duplicative, 
the head of the agency required to submit the recurring
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plan or report shall not include the recurring plan or report 
in the list described in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT-WIDE OR MULTI-AGENCY PLAN AND REPORT 
SUBMISSIONS.—With respect to a recurring plan or report 
required to be submitted by not less than 2 agencies, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall— 
‘‘(A) determine whether the requirement to submit the 
recurring plan or report is outdated or duplicative; and 
‘‘(B) make recommendations to Congress accordingly. 
‘‘(4) PLAN AND REPORT SUBMISSIONS CONFORMITY TO THE 
ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORTS ACT.—With 
respect to an agency recommendation, citation, or justification 
made under subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) or a 
recommendation by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget under paragraph (3), the agency or Director, as 
applicable, shall also provide this information to the Director 
of the Government Publishing Office in conformity with the 
agency submission requirements under section 7244(a) of the 
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; chapter 41 of title 44 note) 
in conformity with guidance issued by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget under section 7244(b) of such Act. 
‘‘(c) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION
ON AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the head 
of an agency from a requirement to submit a recurring plan or 
report.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘in 
the budget of the United States Government, as provided by 
section 1105(a)(37)’’ and inserting ‘‘in the budget justification 
materials of each agency’’. 
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (39). 
(c) CONFORMITY TO THE ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONALLY MAN-
DATED REPORTS ACT.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section 7244 
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; chapter 41 of title 
44, United States Code, note), are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF REPORTS.—Not ear-
lier than 30 days or later than 60 days after the date on which 
a congressionally mandated report is submitted to either House 
of Congress or to any committee of Congress or subcommittee 
thereof, the head of the Federal agency submitting the congression-
ally mandated report shall submit to the Director the information 
required under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 7243(b)(1) 
with respect to the congressionally mandated report. Notwith-
standing section 7246, nothing in this subtitle shall relieve a Fed-
eral agency of any other requirement to publish the congressionally 
mandated report on the online portal of the Federal agency or 
otherwise submit the congressionally mandated report to Congress 
or specific committees of Congress, or subcommittees thereof. 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection and periodically thereafter as 
appropriate, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Director, shall issue guidance to agencies 
on the implementation of this subtitle as well as the requirements 
of section 1125(b) of title 31, United States Code.’’.
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(2) UPDATED
OMB
GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall issue updated 
guidance to agencies to ensure that the requirements under 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 1125 of title 31, United States 
Code, as amended by this Act, for agency submissions of rec-
ommendations and justifications for plans and reports to sunset, 
modify, consolidate, or reduce the frequency of the submission 
of are also submitted as a separate attachment in conformity 
with the agency submission requirements of electronic copies 
of reports submitted by agencies under section 7244(a) of the 
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; chapter 41 of title 44, United 
States Code, note) for publication on the online portal estab-
lished under section 7243 of such Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.