Reports Reduction Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2925
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2014-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Animal and plant health
Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Border security and unlawful immigration
Burma
Canada
Child health
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Costa Rica
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Homeland Security
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability and paralysis
Dominican Republic
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
El Salvador
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Free trade and trade barriers
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Guatemala
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Honduras
Housing and community development funding
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Israel
Latin America
Libraries and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Nicaragua
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Palestinians
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Puget Sound
Research administration and funding
Space flight and exploration
Special education
Sudan
Tariffs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
United Nations
Vietnam
Visas and passports
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-13
text: 
Reports Reduction Act of 2014 - Eliminates or modifies reporting requirements for programs of the: (1) Department of Agriculture (USDA), (2) Department of Defense (DOD), (3) Department of Education, (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), (5) U.S. Coast Guard, (6) Department of State, (7) Executive Office of the President, (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and (9) National Science Foundation (NSF). 
 
Amends the Children's Health Act of 2000 to eliminate the report on blood lead screening tests received by children. 
 
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to eliminate the annual reporting requirement on disbursements from the Oil Pollution Fund and the biennial report on the oil pollution research and development program.
 
Eliminates the annual report of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the number of federally-assisted housing units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD. 
 
Amends the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to eliminate the reporting requirement on labor obligations.
 
Eliminates the annual report on investigations of travel costs of federal employees on official business. 
 
Eliminates the requirement that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States be compiled and published in printed form. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate