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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5301 
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list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 29, 2023 
Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California (for himself and Mr. GROTHMAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
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to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminate Useless Re-
ports Act of 2023’’. 
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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 sub-
section (d); 
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION
MATERIALS.— 
The term ‘budget justification materials’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(b)(2) of the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 109– 
282). 
‘‘(2) RECURRING PLAN OR REPORT.—The term 
‘recurring plan or report’— 
‘‘(A) means any plan or report submitted 
to Congress by not less than 1 agency on a re-
curring basis— 
‘‘(i) in accordance with Federal law; 
or 
‘‘(ii) at the direction of a congres-
sional report; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any plan or report 
that is required to be submitted to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
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‘‘(3) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEE.—The term ‘relevant congressional com-
mittee’ means a congressional committee to which a 
recurring plan or report is required to be submitted. 
‘‘(b) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION
OF UNNECESSARY 
REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency 
shall include in the budget justification materials of 
the agency— 
‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (2), a list of 
each recurring plan or report submitted by the 
agency that the head of the agency determines 
to be outdated or duplicative; 
‘‘(B) with respect to each recurring plan or 
report described in subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) a recommendation on whether to 
sunset, modify, consolidate, or reduce the 
frequency of the submission of the recur-
ring plan or report; 
‘‘(ii) a citation to each provision of 
law or directive in a congressional report 
that requires or requests the submission of 
the recurring plan or report; and 
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‘‘(iii) a list of the relevant congres-
sional committees for the recurring plan or 
report; and 
‘‘(C) a justification explaining, with respect 
to each recommendation described in subpara-
graph (B)(i) relating to a recurring plan or re-
port— 
‘‘(i) why the head of the agency made 
the recommendation, which may include an 
estimate of the resources expended by the 
agency to prepare and submit the recur-
ring 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 submit-
ting a recurring plan or report, an agency is re-
quired to coordinate or consult with another 
agency or entity, the head of the agency sub-
mitting the recurring plan or report shall con-
sult with the head of each agency or entity with 
whom consultation or coordination is required. 
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‘‘(B) INCLUSION IN LIST.—If, after a con-
sultation under subparagraph (A), the head of 
each agency or entity consulted under that sub-
paragraph agrees that a recurring plan or re-
port is outdated or duplicative, the head of the 
agency required to submit the recurring plan or 
report shall— 
‘‘(i) include the recurring plan or re-
port in the list described in paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) identify each agency or entity 
with which the head of the agency is re-
quired to coordinate or consult in submit-
ting 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 re-
port is outdated or duplicative, the head of the 
agency required to submit the recurring 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 
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by not less than 2 agencies, the Director of the Of-
fice 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. 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to a rec-
ommendation on a recurring plan or report included 
in budget justification materials by the head of an 
agency under subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), the chair and 
ranking member of each relevant congressional com-
mittee may— 
‘‘(A) in coordination with any other rel-
evant congressional committee, as necessary, 
agree or disagree with the recommendation or 
postpone a decision on the recommendation; 
and 
‘‘(B) notify each agency that submits a 
recommendation of the disposition of the rec-
ommendation under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) LEGISLATIVE STEPS.—If a relevant con-
gressional committee agrees with an agency rec-
ommendation 
submitted 
under 
subsection 
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