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TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL GOVERN-
MENT 
INFORMATION 
MAN-
AGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
SEC. 601. STRENGTHENING THE STATISTICAL POLICY AND
COORDINATION FUNCTIONS OF THE DIREC-
TOR.
Section 3504(d) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d)(1) The statistical policy and coordination func-
tions of the Director shall include—
‘‘(A) coordinating and providing leadership for
development of the Federal statistical system;
‘‘(B) developing and periodically reviewing and,
as necessary, revising long-range plans for the im-
proved coordination and performance of the statis-
tical activities and programs of the Federal Govern-
ment;
‘‘(C) ensuring the integrity, objectivity, impar-
tiality and confidentiality of the Federal statistical
system;
‘‘(D) reviewing budget proposals of agencies to
ensure that the proposals are consistent with such
long-range plans and developing a summary and
analysis of the budget submitted by the President to
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the Congress for each fiscal year of the allocation for
all statistical activities;
‘‘(E) coordinating, through the review of budget
proposals and as otherwise provided under this chap-
ter, the functions of the Federal Government with
respect to gathering, interpreting and sharing statis-
tics and statistical information;
‘‘(F) developing and implementing Government-
wide policies, principles, standards and guidelines
concerning statistical collection procedures and
methods, statistical data classification, statistical in-
formation presentation and sharing, and such statis-
tical data sources as may be required for the admin-
istration of Federal programs;
‘‘(G) evaluating statistical program perform-
ance and agency compliance with Governmentwide
policies, principles, standards and guidelines;
‘‘(H) promoting the timely release by agencies
of statistical data to the public;
‘‘(I) coordinating the participation of the
United States in international statistical activities;
‘‘(J) preparing an annual report to submit to
the Congress on the statistical policy and coordina-
tion function;
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‘‘(K) integrating the functions described under
this paragraph with the other information resources
management functions specified under this chapter;
and
‘‘(L) appointing a chief statistician who is a
trained and experienced professional to carry out the
functions described under this paragraph.
‘‘(2) The Director shall establish an interagency
working group on statistical policy, consisting of the heads
of the agencies with major statistical programs, headed
by the chief statistician to coordinate agency activities in
carrying out the functions under paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) The Director shall provide opportunities for
long-term training in the statistical policy functions of the
chief statistician to employees of the Federal Government.
Each trainee shall be selected at the discretion of the Di-
rector based on agency requests and shall serve for at least
6 months and no more than 1 year. All costs of the train-
ing are to be paid by the agency requesting training.’’.
SEC. 602. USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION COLLECTION
AND DISSEMINATION TECHNIQUES TO RE-
DUCE BURDEN.
Section 3504(g)(1) of title 44, United States Code,
is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘development and’’ after
‘‘overseeing the’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘(including standards that im-
prove the ability of agencies to use technology to
reduce burden)’’ after ‘‘establishment of standards’’.
SEC. 603. AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.
Section 3514(a) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (9)(C) by striking out ‘‘and’’
at the end thereof;
(2) in paragraph (10)(C) by striking out the pe-
riod and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(11) a listing of any increase in the burden
imposed on the public during the year covered by the
report resulting from a collection of information con-
ducted or sponsored by or for an agency, which was
imposed by such agency—
‘‘(A) as specifically mandated by the provi-
sion of a statute; or
‘‘(B) as necessary to implement a statutory
requirement, which requirement shall be identi-
fied with particularity; and
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‘‘(12) a description of each such agency’s ef-
forts in implementing, and plans to implement, the
applicable policies, standards and guidelines with re-
spect to the functions under this chapter; and
‘‘(13) a strategic information resources man-
agement plan for the Federal Government, developed
in consultation with the Administrator of General
Services, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Archi-
vist of the United States, that includes an analysis
of cross-cutting issues of Governmentwide impor-
tance.’’.
SEC. 604. AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
PLAN.
Section 3504(g) of title 44, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) developing and annually revising, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of General Services,
a 5-year plan for meeting the automatic data proc-
essing equipment (including telecommunications)
and other information technology needs of the Fed-
eral Government in accordance with the require-
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ments of sections 110 and 111 of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 757 and 759) and the purposes of this
chapter;’’.
SEC. 605. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3502(10) of title 44,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘the Fed-
eral Housing Finance Board’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Federal Housing Finance Board’’.
(b) REVIEW PERIODS.—Section 3507(g)(1) of title
44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) is needed prior to the expiration of the time periods
for public notice and review by the Director pursuant to
the requirements of this chapter,’’.
(c) DIRECTOR REVIEW.—Section 3513(a) of title 44,
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by
inserting ‘‘resources’’ after ‘‘information’’.
(d) RESPONSIVENESS.—Section 3514(a) of title 44,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9)(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at
the end thereof;
(2) in paragraph (9)(B) by striking out the
semicolon and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking out paragraph (9)(C).
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TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATES
SEC. 701. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the provisions of this Act shall become effective 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) IN PARTICULAR.—Section 101 and this section
shall become effective upon the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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