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(4) set user charges for information dissemina-
tion products no higher than sufficient to recover
the cost of dissemination, except where required by
statute or specifically authorized by the Director.
SEC. 14007. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.
The head of each Executive branch agency shall—
(1) ensure that the public has timely and equi-
table access to the agency’s public information;
(2) disseminate public information in an effi-
cient, cost effective, and economical manner;
(3) provide notice to the Superintendent of
Documents and otherwise comply with the require-
ments of section 1710, title 44, United States Code;
(4) establish fees and other dissemination ar-
rangements in a manner consistent with the policies
and practices developed by the Director under Sec-
tion 14006 of this Act;
(5) consider whether information dissemination
products available from other Federal or nonfederal
sources are equivalent to any agency information
dissemination product and reasonably fulfill the dis-
semination responsibilities of the agency; and
(6) regularly solicit and consider public input
on the agency’s information dissemination program.
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SEC. 14008. DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM.
(a) Within 1 year of the date of enactment of this
Act, the Director shall, in consultation with the Secretary
of Commerce, the Superintendent of Documents, the Li-
brarian of Congress the Archivist of the United States,
and the public, propose such amendments to Chapter 19
of title 44, United States Code, as may be necessary and
appropriate to ensure the distribution of government in-
formation dissemination products to the depository librar-
ies.
(b) The policies promulgated pursuant to section
14005 of this Act shall reaffirm agency responsibilities to
cooperate with the Superintendent of Documents with re-
gard to the distribution of government publications to the
depository libraries.
(c) Agency information dissemination programs shall
include provisions to maximize the distribution of informa-
tion dissemination products to the depository libraries.
SEC. 14009. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF GOVERN-
MENT INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE.
Section 3511 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) In order to assist agencies and the public in re-
ducing the burden of agency information collection re-
quests by minimizing duplication, the Director shall main-
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tain a publicly accessible comprehensive inventory of all
approved Federal agency information collection requests.
‘‘(b) In order to assist agencies and the public in lo-
cating information and to promote information sharing
and equitable access by the public, the Director shall—
‘‘(1) cause to be established and maintained a
distributed agency-based electronic Government In-
formation Locator Service supported by agency in-
ventory systems which identify significant public in-
formation holdings consistent with the requirements
of Section 4101 of title 44, United States Code;
‘‘(2) require each agency having significant in-
formation dissemination products to establish and
maintain a comprehensive inventory of such prod-
ucts, and shall prescribe the minimum contents of
such inventories, subject to any technical standards
developed pursuant to paragraph (3); and
‘‘(3) establish an interagency committee, in co-
operation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Ar-
chivist of the United States, the Administrator of
General Services, the Public Printer, and the Librar-
ian of Congress, to develop such technical standards
for agency inventory systems as may be necessary
and appropriate.’’.
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SEC. 14010. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Section 103 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Government,’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
gressional and Judicial branch publications’’.
(b) Section 312 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
gress or the Judiciary (other than the Supreme Court)’’
in the first sentence of the section.
(c) Section 313 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘for the use of Congress or the Ju-
diciary (other than the Supreme Court)’’ after ‘‘other-
wise’’ in the first paragraph thereof.
(d) Section 501 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows: ‘‘Government printing, bind-
ing, and blank-book work for Congress and the Judiciary
(other than the Supreme Court) shall be done at the Gov-
ernment Printing Office, except classes of work the Public
Printer considers appropriate to be done elsewhere.’’.
(e) Sections 503, 504, 508, 509, 510, 512, 513, and
514 of title 44, United States Code, are repealed.
(f) Chapter 11 of title 44, United States Code, is re-
pealed in its entirety.
(g) Section 1502 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘and, together with the Public Print-
er,’’ after ‘‘custody’’ in the first section.
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(h) Section 1503 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking the sixth sentence, which reads, ‘‘The
Office shall transmit immediately to the Government
Printing Office for printing, as provided by this chapter,
one duplicate original or certified copy of each document
required or authorized to be published by section 1505 of
this title.’’.
(i) Section 1504 of title 44, United States Code, is
repealed.
(j) Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Public Printer or Acting Printer’’.
(k) Section 1701 of title 44, United States Code, is
repealed.
(l) Section 207 of Public Law 102–392, Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1993, is repealed.
TITLE XIV—REINVENTING
SUPPORT SERVICES
SEC. 14001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Government Informa-
tion Dissemination and Printing Improvement Act of
1993’’.
SEC. 14002. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.
(a) PUBLIC PRINTER.—The position of Public Printer
and all functions of the position of Public Printer (other
than functions of the Superintendent of Documents) under
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title 44, United States Code, or any other provision of law
are transferred from the legislative branch of the Govern-
ment to the executive branch of the Government.
(b) SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.—The position
of Superintendent of Documents and all functions of the
position of Superintendent of Documents under title 44,
United States Code, or any other provision of law are trans-
ferred to the Library of Congress and shall be carried out
by the Superintendent of Documents under the direction of
the Librarian of Congress. The Superintendent of Docu-
ments shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of,
the Librarian of Congress.
(c) REVOCATION OF CHARTERS.—All printing plant
charters authorized under section 501 of title 44, United
States Code, are revoked.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The transfer under subsection
(a) and the revocation under subsection (c) shall each take
effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this title.
The transfer under subsection (b) shall take effect one year
after the date of the enactment of this title.
SEC. 14003. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS TO BE AVAILABLE
THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT.
All Government publications shall be available
throughout the Government to any department, agency, or
entity of the Government for use or redissemination.
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SEC. 14004. INVENTORY AND FURNISHING OF GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS.
Each department, agency, and other entity of the Gov-
ernment shall—
(1) establish and maintain a comprehensive in-
ventory of its Government publications;
(2) make such inventory available through the
electronic directory under chapter 41 of title 44,
United States Code; and
(3) in the form and manner prescribed by the
Superintendent of Documents, furnish its Government
publications to the Superintendent of Documents.
SEC. 14005. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC
PRINTER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Printer shall, with re-
spect to the executive branch of the Government and the ju-
dicial branch of the Government—
(1) use all necessary measures to remedy neglect,
delay, duplication, and waste in the public printing
and binding of Government publications, including
the reduction and elimination of internal printing
and high-speed duplicating capacities of departments,
agencies, and entities;
(2) prescribe Government publishing standards,
which, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be con-
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under section 501 of title 44, United States Code, or other-
wise authorized by law, may be used if they provide print-
ing at the lowest cost to the Government, taking into consid-
eration the total expense of production, materials, labor,
equipment, and general and administrative expense, in-
cluding all levels of overhead.
SEC. 14006. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPER-
INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.
(a) GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS TO BE FURNISHED
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.—If a depart-
ment, agency, or other entity of the Government publishes
a Government publication, the head of the department,
agency, or entity shall furnish the Government publication
to the Superintendent of Documents not later than the date
of release of the material to the public.
(b) DISSEMINATION OR REPUBLICATION.—In addition
to any other dissemination provided for by law, the Super-
intendent of Documents shall disseminate or republish Gov-
ernment publications, if, as determined by the Superintend-
ent, the dissemination by the department, agency, or entity
of the Government is inadequate. The Superintendent shall
have authority to carry out the preceding sentence by ap-
propriate means, including the dissemination and republi-
cation of Government publications furnished under sub-
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section (a), with the cost of dissemination and republication
to be borne by the department, agency, or entity involved.
(c) COST.—The cost charged to the public by the Su-
perintendent of Documents under subsection (b) for any
Government publication (whether such Government publi-
cation is made available to the public by a department,
agency, or entity of the Government, or by the Superintend-
ent of Documents) may include the incremental cost of dis-
semination, but may not include any profit.
SEC. 14007. DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES.
In addition to any other distribution provided for by
law, the Superintendent of Documents shall make Govern-
ment publications available to designated depository librar-
ies and State libraries. The Superintendent shall have au-
thority to carry out the preceding sentence by appropriate
means, including the dissemination and republication of
Government publications furnished under section 14006(a),
with the cost of dissemination and republication to be borne
by the department, agency, or entity involved.
SEC. 14008. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title—
(1) the term ‘‘Government publication’’ means
any informational matter that is published at Gov-
ernment expense, or as required by law; and
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(2) the term ‘‘publish’’ means, with respect to in-
formational matter, make available for dissemination.
TITLE XV—STREAMLINING
MANAGEMENT CONTROL
SEC. 15001. AUTHORITY TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN RE-
PORTING TO CONGRESS.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to improve
the efficiency of Executive branch performance in imple-
menting statutory requirements for reports to Congress
and its committees. Examples of improvements in effi-
ciency intended by this subtitle are the elimination or con-
solidation of duplicative or obsolete reporting requirements
and adjustments to deadlines that will provide for more
efficient workload distribution or improve the quality of
reports.
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR.—The Director of
the Office of Management and Budget may publish annu-
ally in the President’s Budget his recommendations for
consolidation, elimination, or adjustments in frequency
and due dates of statutorily required periodic reports to
the Congress or its committees. For each recommendation,
the Director shall provide an individualized statement of
the reasons that support the recommendation. In addition,
for each report for which a recommendation is made, the
Director shall state with specificity the exact consolida-
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tion, elimination, or adjustment in frequency or due date
that is recommended. If the Director’s recommendations
are approved by law, they shall take effect.
(c) The Director’s recommendations shall be consist-
ent with the purpose stated in subsection (a).
(d) Prior to the publication of the recommendations
authorized in subsection (b), the Director or his designee
shall consult with the appropriate congressional commit-
tees concerning the recommendations.
TITLE XVI—FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 16001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Financial
Management Act of 1993’’.
Subtitle A—Electronic Payments
SEC. 16101. ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS.
(a) Section 3332 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘3332. Required direct deposit.
‘‘(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
all Federal wage, salary, and retirement payments shall
be paid to recipients of such payments by electronic funds
transfer, unless another method has been determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury to be appropriate.
‘‘(2) Each recipient of Federal wage, salary, or retire-
ment payments shall designate one or more financial insti-
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tutions or other authorized payment agents and provide
the payment certifying or authorizing agency information
necessary for the recipient to receive electronic funds
transfer payments through each institution so designated.
‘‘(b)(1) The head of each agency shall waive the re-
quirements of subsection (a) of this section for a recipient
of Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments author-
ized or certified by the agency upon written request by
such recipient.
‘‘(2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments
shall be paid to any recipient granted a waiver under para-
graph (1) of this subsection by any method determined
appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury.
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the
requirements of subsection (a) of this section for any
group of recipients upon request by the head of an agency
under standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury.
‘‘(2) Federal wage, salary, or retirement payments
shall be paid to any member of a group granted a waiver
under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any method de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury.
‘‘(d) This section shall apply only to recipients of
Federal wage or salary payments who begin to receive
such payments on or after January 1, 1995, and recipients
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of Federal retirement payments who begin to receive such
payments on or after January 1, 1995.
‘‘(e) The crediting of the amount of a payment to
the appropriate account on the books of a financial institu-
tion or other authorized payment agent designated by a
payment recipient under this section shall constitute a full
acquittance to the United States for the amount of the
payment.’’.
(b) The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by amending the item for
section 3332 to read:
‘‘3332. Required direct deposit.’’.
Subtitle B—Franchise Funds and
Innovation Funds
SEC. 16201. FRANCHISE FUNDS AND INNOVATION FUNDS.
(a) Title 31, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing, after section 1537, a section 1538, as follows:
‘‘§ 1538. Franchise funds
‘‘(a) There is hereby authorized to be established a
franchise fund in any executive agency which does not
have such a fund which shall be available, without further
appropriation action by the Congress, for expenses and
equipment necessary for the maintenance and operations
of such administrative services as the head of the agency,
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budg-