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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Services and 
Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Applications for naturalization have increased 
        dramatically in recent years, outpacing the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service's ability to process them.
            (2) The dramatic increase in applications for 
        naturalization and the inability of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service to deal with them adequately has 
        resulted in an unacceptably large backlog in naturalization 
        adjudications.
            (3) The processing times in the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service's other immigration benefits have been 
        unacceptably long. Applicants for family- and employment-based 
        visas are waiting as long as 3 to 4 years to obtain a visa or 
        an adjustment to lawful permanent resident status.
            (4) In California, the delays in processing adjustment of 
        status applications have averaged 52 months. In Texas, the 
        delays have averaged 69 months. Residents of New York have had 
        to wait up to 28 months; in Florida, 26 months; in Illinois, 37 
        months; in Oregon, 31 months; and in Arizona, 49 months. Most 
        other States have experienced unacceptably long processing and 
        adjudication delays.
            (5) Applicants pay fees to have their applications 
        adjudicated in a timely manner. These fees have increased 
        dramatically in recent years without a commensurate increase in 
        the capability of that Immigration and Naturalization Service 
        to process and adjudicate these cases in an efficient manner.
            (6) Processing these applications in a timely fashion is 
        critical. Each 12-month delay in adjudicating an adjustment of 
        status application requires the alien to file applications to 
        extend employment authorization to work and advance parole 
        documents to travel.
            (7) The enormous delays in processing applications for 
        families and businesses have had a negative impact on the 
        reunification of spouses and minor children and the ability of 
        law-abiding and contributing members of our communities to 
        participate fully in the civic life of the United States.
            (8) United States employers have also experienced 
        debilitating delays in hiring employees who contribute to the 
        economic growth of the United States. These delays have forced 
        employers to send highly skilled and valued employees out of 
        the United States because their immigrant petitions were not 
        approved in a timely fashion. Such disruptions seriously 
        threaten the competitive edge of the United States in the 
        global marketplace.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to--
            (1) provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service with 
        the mechanisms it needs to eliminate the current backlog in the 
        processing of immigration benefit applications within 1 year 
        after enactment of this Act and to maintain the elimination of 
        the backlog in future years; and
            (2) provide for regular congressional oversight of the 
        performance of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 
        eliminating the backlog and processing delays in immigration 
        benefits adjudications.
    (c) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an 
immigration benefit application should be completed not later than 180 
days after the initial filing of the application, except that a 
petition for a nonimmigrant visa under section 214(c) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act should be processed not later than 30 
days after the filing of the petition.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Backlog.--The term ``backlog'' means, with respect to 
        an immigration benefit application, the period of time in 
        excess of 180 days that such application has been pending 
        before the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
            (2) Immigration benefit application.--The term 
        ``immigration benefit application'' means any application or 
        petition to confer, certify, change, adjust, or extend any 
        status granted under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

SEC. 4. IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.

    (a) Authority of the Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall 
take such measures as may be necessary to--
            (1) reduce the backlog in the processing of immigration 
        benefit applications, with the objective of the total 
        elimination of the backlog not later than one year after the 
        date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) make such other improvements in the processing of 
        immigration benefit applications as may be necessary to ensure 
        that a backlog does not develop after such date; and
            (3) make such improvements in infrastructure as may be 
        necessary to effectively provide immigration services.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Department of Justice from time to time such sums as may be 
        necessary for the Attorney General to carry out subsection (a).
            (2) Designation of account in treasury.--Amounts 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be referred to as 
        the ``Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements 
        Account''.
            (3) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
        expended.
            (4) Limitation on expenditures.--None of the funds 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be expended until 
        the report described in section 5(a) has been submitted to 
        Congress.

SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Backlog Elimination Plan.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a 
        report to the Committees on the Judiciary and Appropriations of 
        the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning--
                    (A) the backlogs in immigration benefit 
                applications in existence as of the date of enactment 
                of this Act; and
                    (B) the Attorney General's plan for eliminating 
                such backlogs.
            (2) Report elements.--The report shall include--
                    (A) an assessment of the data systems used in 
                adjudicating and reporting on the status of immigration 
                benefit applications, including--
                            (i) a description of the adequacy of 
                        existing computer hardware, computer software, 
                        and other mechanisms to comply with the 
                        adjudications and reporting requirements of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) a plan for implementing improvements 
                        to existing data systems to accomplish the 
                        purpose of this Act, as described in section 
                        2(b);
                    (B) a description of the quality controls to be put 
                into force to ensure timely, fair, accurate, and 
                complete processing and adjudication of such 
                applications;
                    (C) the elements specified in subsection (b)(2);
                    (D) an estimate of the amount of appropriated funds 
                that would be necessary in order to eliminate the 
                backlogs in each category of immigration benefit 
                applications described in subsection (b)(2); and
                    (E) a detailed plan on how the Attorney General 
                will use any funds in the Immigration Services and 
                Infrastructure Improvements Account to comply with the 
                purposes of this Act.
    (b) Annual Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Beginning 90 days after the end of the 
        first fiscal year for which any appropriation authorized by 
        section 4(b) is made, and 90 days after the end of each fiscal 
        year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
        the Committees on the Judiciary and Appropriations of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the status 
        of--
                    (A) the Immigration Services and Infrastructure 
                Improvements Account including any unobligated balances 
                of appropriations in the Account; and
                    (B) the Attorney General's efforts to eliminate 
                backlogs in any immigration benefit application 
                described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Report elements.--The report shall include--
                    (A) State-by-State data on--
                            (i) the number of naturalization cases 
                        adjudicated in each quarter of each fiscal 
                        year;
                            (ii) the average processing time for 
                        naturalization applications;
                            (iii) the number of naturalization 
                        applications pending for up to 6 months, 12 
                        months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 48 
                        months or more;
                            (iv) estimated processing times 
                        adjudicating newly submitted naturalization 
                        applications;
                            (v) an analysis of the appropriate 
                        processing times for naturalization 
                        applications; and
                            (vi) the additional resources and process 
                        changes needed to eliminate the backlog for 
                        naturalization adjudications;
                    (B) the status of applications or, where 
                applicable, petitions described in subparagraph (C), by 
                Immigration and Naturalization Service district, 
                including--
                            (i) the number of cases adjudicated in each 
                        quarter of each fiscal year;
                            (ii) the average processing time for such 
                        applications or petitions;
                            (iii) the number of applications or 
                        petitions pending for up to 6 months, 12 
                        months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 48 
                        months or more;
                            (iv) the estimated processing times 
                        adjudicating newly submitted applications or 
                        petitions;
                            (v) an analysis of the appropriate 
                        processing times for applications or petitions; 
                        and
                            (vi) a description of the additional 
                        resources and process changes needed to 
                        eliminate the backlog for such processing and 
                        adjudications; and
                    (C) a status report on--
                            (i) applications for adjustments of status 
                        to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
                        permanent residence;
                            (ii) petitions for nonimmigrant visas under 
                        section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                        Act;
                            (iii) petitions filed under section 204 of 
                        such Act to classify aliens as immediate 
                        relatives or preference immigrants under 
                        section 203 of such Act;
                            (iv) applications for asylum under section 
                        208 of such Act;
                            (v) registrations for Temporary Protected 
                        Status under section 244 of such Act; and
                            (vi) a description of the additional 
                        resources and process changes needed to 
                        eliminate the backlog for such processing and 
                        adjudications.
            (3) Absence of appropriated funds.--In the event that no 
        funds are appropriated subject to section 4(b) in the fiscal 
        year in which this Act is enacted, the Attorney General shall 
        submit a report to Congress not later than 90 days after the 
        end of such fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
        containing the elements described in paragraph (2).

Ex Output:
Authorizes appropriations which shall be designated in the Treasury as the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account.
Directs the Attorney General to make specified backlog elimination reports.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Welfare Accountability and 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REGULATORY RECORDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall maintain and 
promptly make available to the public in an online searchable database 
in a machine-readable format on the website of the Department of 
Agriculture information relating to the administration of the Animal 
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) and the Horse Protection Act (15 
U.S.C. 1821 et seq.), including--
            (1) the entirety of each report of any inspection 
        conducted, and record of any enforcement action taken, under--
                    (A) either of those Acts; or
                    (B) any regulation issued under those Acts;
            (2) with respect to the Animal Welfare Act--
                    (A) the entirety of each annual report submitted by 
                a research facility under section 13 of that Act (7 
                U.S.C. 2143); and
                    (B) the name, address, and license or registration 
                number of each research facility, exhibitor, dealer, 
                and other person or establishment--
                            (i) licensed by the Secretary under section 
                        3 or 12 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2133, 2142); or
                            (ii) registered with the Secretary under 
                        section 6 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2136); and
            (3) with respect to the Horse Protection Act, the name and 
        address of--
                    (A) any person that is licensed to conduct any 
                inspection under section 4(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 
                1823(c)); or
                    (B) any organization or association that is 
                licensed by the Department of Agriculture to promote 
                horses through--
                            (i) the showing, exhibiting, sale, auction, 
                        or registry of horses; or
                            (ii) the conduct of any activity that 
                        contributes to the advancement of horses.

SEC. 3. USE OF ALTERNATIVE DEPRECIATION SYSTEM FOR TAXPAYERS VIOLATING 
              CERTAIN ANIMAL PROTECTION RULES.

    (a) In General.--Section 168(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by 
inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E), and by inserting 
after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) any property placed in service by a 
                disqualified taxpayer during an applicable period,''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 168(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Disqualified taxpayer; applicable period.--For 
        purposes of paragraph (1)(F)--
                    ``(A) Disqualified taxpayer.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `disqualified 
                        taxpayer' means any taxpayer if such taxpayer--
                                    ``(I) has been assessed a civil 
                                penalty under section 19(b) of the 
                                Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2149(b)) 
                                or section 6(b) of the Horse Protection 
                                Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(b)) and either the 
                                period for seeking judicial review of 
                                the final agency action has lapsed or 
                                there has been a final judgment with 
                                respect to an appeal of such 
                                assessment, or
                                    ``(II) has been convicted under 
                                section 19(d) of the Animal Welfare Act 
                                (7 U.S.C. 2149(d)) or section 6(a) of 
                                the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
                                1825(a)) and there is a final judgment 
                                with respect to such conviction.
                            ``(ii) Aggregation rules.--All persons 
                        treated as a single employer under subsection 
                        (a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection (m) or 
                        (o) of section 414, shall be treated as one 
                        taxpayer for purposes of this subparagraph.
                    ``(B) Applicable period.--The term `applicable 
                period' means, with respect to any violation described 
                in subparagraph (A), the 5-taxable-year period 
                beginning with the taxable year in which the period for 
                seeking judicial review of a civil penalty described in 
                subparagraph (A)(i) has lapsed or in which there has 
                been a final judgment entered with respect to the 
                violation, whichever is earlier.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The last sentence of section 179(d)(1) 
is amended by inserting ``or any property placed in service by a 
disqualified taxpayer (as defined in section 168(g)(8)(A)) during an 
applicable period (as defined in section 168(g)(8)(B))'' after 
``section 50(b)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service in taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this section.

Ex Output:
Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act  This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website.  The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who has been convicted or assessed civil penalties for violating certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act or the Horse Protection Act to use the alternative depreciation system that increases the number of years over which property is depreciated. The taxpayer must use the system for any property placed in service during the five-year period beginning with the year in which the period for seeking judicial review of a civil penalty has lapsed or in which there has been a final judgment entered with respect to the violation, whichever is earlier. 


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Paperwork Relief Act 
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Requirements Applicable to the Director of OMB.--Section 
3504(c) of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
``Paperwork Reduction Act''), is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
    semicolon;
        (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting a 
    semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(6) publish in the Federal Register and make available on the 
    Internet (in consultation with the Small Business Administration) 
    on an annual basis a list of the compliance assistance resources 
    available to small businesses, with the first such publication 
    occurring not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
    Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002.''.
    (b) Establishment of Agency Point of Contact.--Section 3506 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i)(1) In addition to the requirements described in subsection 
(c), each agency shall, with respect to the collection of information 
and the control of paperwork, establish 1 point of contact in the 
agency to act as a liaison between the agency and small business 
concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632)).
    ``(2) Each point of contact described under paragraph (1) shall be 
established not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002.''.
    (c) Additional Reduction of Paperwork for Certain Small 
Businesses.--Section 3506(c) of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
    semicolon;
        (2) in paragraph (3)(J), by striking the period and inserting 
    ``; and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(4) in addition to the requirements of this chapter regarding 
    the reduction of information collection burdens for small business 
    concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
    U.S.C. 632)), make efforts to further reduce the information 
    collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
    employees.''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE ON INFORMATION COLLECTION AND 
              DISSEMINATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) by redesignating section 3520 as section 3521; and
        (2) by inserting after section 3519 the following:

``Sec. 3520. Establishment of task force on information collection and 
            dissemination

    ``(a) There is established a task force to study the feasibility of 
streamlining requirements with respect to small business concerns 
regarding collection of information and strengthening dissemination of 
information (in this section referred to as the `task force').
    ``(b)(1) The Director shall determine--
        ``(A) subject to the minimum requirements under paragraph (2), 
    the number of representatives to be designated under each 
    subparagraph of that paragraph; and
        ``(B) the agencies to be represented under paragraph (2)(K).
    ``(2) After all determinations are made under paragraph (1), the 
members of the task force shall be designated by the head of each 
applicable department or agency, and include--
        ``(A) 1 representative of the Director, who shall convene and 
    chair the task force;
        ``(B) not less than 2 representatives of the Department of 
    Labor, including 1 representative of the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
    and 1 representative of the Occupational Safety and Health 
    Administration;
        ``(C) not less than 1 representative of the Environmental 
    Protection Agency;
        ``(D) not less than 1 representative of the Department of 
    Transportation;
        ``(E) not less than 1 representative of the Office of Advocacy 
    of the Small Business Administration;
        ``(F) not less than 1 representative of the Internal Revenue 
    Service;
        ``(G) not less than 2 representatives of the Department of 
    Health and Human Services, including 1 representative of the 
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
        ``(H) not less than 1 representative of the Department of 
    Agriculture;
        ``(I) not less than 1 representative of the Department of the 
    Interior;
        ``(J) not less than 1 representative of the General Services 
    Administration; and
        ``(K) not less than 1 representative of each of 2 agencies not 
    represented by representatives described under subparagraphs (A) 
    through (J).
    ``(c) The task force shall--
        ``(1) identify ways to integrate the collection of information 
    across Federal agencies and programs and examine the feasibility 
    and desirability of requiring each agency to consolidate 
    requirements regarding collections of information with respect to 
    small business concerns within and across agencies, without 
    negatively impacting the effectiveness of underlying laws and 
    regulations regarding such collections of information, in order 
    that each small business concern may submit all information 
    required by the agency--
            ``(A) to 1 point of contact in the agency;
            ``(B) in a single format, such as a single electronic 
        reporting system, with respect to the agency; and
            ``(C) with synchronized reporting for information 
        submissions having the same frequency, such as synchronized 
        quarterly, semiannual, and annual reporting dates;
        ``(2) examine the feasibility and benefits to small businesses 
    of publishing a list by the Director of the collections of 
    information applicable to small business concerns (as defined in 
    section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), organized--
            ``(A) by North American Industry Classification System 
        code;
            ``(B) by industrial sector description; or
            ``(C) in another manner by which small business concerns 
        can more easily identify requirements with which those small 
        business concerns are expected to comply;
        ``(3) examine the savings, including cost savings, and develop 
    recommendations for implementing--
            ``(A) systems for electronic submissions of information to 
        the Federal Government; and
            ``(B) interactive reporting systems, including components 
        that provide immediate feedback to assure that data being 
        submitted--
                ``(i) meet requirements of format; and
                ``(ii) are within the range of acceptable options for 
            each data field;
        ``(4) make recommendations to improve the electronic 
    dissemination of information collected under Federal requirements;
        ``(5) recommend a plan for the development of an interactive 
    Governmentwide system, available through the Internet, to allow 
    each small business to--
            ``(A) better understand which Federal requirements 
        regarding collection of information (and, when possible, which 
        other Federal regulatory requirements) apply to that particular 
        business; and
            ``(B) more easily comply with those Federal requirements; 
        and
        ``(6) in carrying out this section, consider opportunities for 
    the coordination--
            ``(A) of Federal and State reporting requirements; and
            ``(B) among the points of contact described under section 
        3506(i), such as to enable agencies to provide small business 
        concerns with contacts for information collection requirements 
        for other agencies.
    ``(d) The task force shall--
        ``(1) by publication in the Federal Register, provide notice 
    and an opportunity for public comment on each report in draft form; 
    and
        ``(2) make provision in each report for the inclusion of--
            ``(A) any additional or dissenting views of task force 
        members; and
            ``(B) a summary of significant public comments.
    ``(e) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the task force shall 
submit a report of its findings under subsection (c) (1), (2), and (3) 
to--
        ``(1) the Director;
        ``(2) the chairpersons and ranking minority members of--
            ``(A) the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the 
        Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 
        and
            ``(B) the Committee on Government Reform and the Committee 
        on Small Business of the House of Representatives; and
        ``(3) the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement 
    Ombudsman designated under section 30(b) of the Small Business Act 
    (15 U.S.C. 657(b)).
    ``(f) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the task force shall 
submit a report of its findings under subsection (c) (4) and (5) to--
        ``(1) the Director;
        ``(2) the chairpersons and ranking minority members of--
            ``(A) the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the 
        Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 
        and
            ``(B) the Committee on Government Reform and the Committee 
        on Small Business of the House of Representatives; and
        ``(3) the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement 
    Ombudsman designated under section 30(b) of the Small Business Act 
    (15 U.S.C. 657(b)).
    ``(g) The task force shall terminate after completion of its work.
    ``(h) In this section, the term `small business concern' has the 
meaning given under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 3520 and inserting the following:

``3520. Establishment of task force on information collection and 
          dissemination.
``3521. Authorization of appropriations.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (b) In General.--
        (1) Initial report.--Not later than December 31, 2003, each 
    agency shall submit an initial report to--
            (A) the chairpersons and ranking minority members of--
                (i) the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the 
            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
            Senate; and
                (ii) the Committee on Government Reform and the 
            Committee on Small Business of the House of 
            Representatives; and
            (B) the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory 
        Enforcement Ombudsman designated under section 30(b) of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657(b)).
        (2) Final report.--Not later than December 31, 2004, each 
    agency shall submit a final report to the members and officer 
    described under paragraph (1) (A) and (B).
        (3) Content.--The initial report under paragraph (1) shall 
    include information with respect to the 1-year period beginning on 
    October 1, 2002, and the final report under paragraph (2) shall 
    include information with respect to the 1-year period beginning on 
    October 1, 2003, on each of the following:
            (A) The number of enforcement actions in which a civil 
        penalty is assessed.
            (B) The number of enforcement actions in which a civil 
        penalty is assessed against a small entity.
            (C) The number of enforcement actions described under 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) in which the civil penalty is reduced 
        or waived.
            (D) The total monetary amount of the reductions or waivers 
        referred to under subparagraph (C).
        (4) Definitions in reports.--Each report under this subsection 
    shall include definitions selected at the discretion of the 
    reporting agency of the terms ``enforcement actions'', ``reduction 
    or waiver'', and ``small entity'' as used in the report.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Ex Output:

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, annually, to publish in the Federal Register and make available on the Internet a list of the regulatory compliance assistance resources available to small businesses. Requires each Federal agency, with respect to the collection of information and the control of paperwork, to establish one agency point of contact to act as a liaison with small businesses.Requires each agency to make efforts to further reduce the information collection burden for small businesses with fewer than 25 employees.Establishes a task force to: (1) identify ways to integrate the collection of information across Federal agencies and programs; (2) examine the feasibility and benefits of publishing a list of the collections of information applicable to small businesses; (3) recommend a plan for the development of an interactive Government-wide system regarding the collection of information as it applies to small business; and (4) report on its findings and recommendations to the Director, specified congressional committees, and the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman.Requires each agency with Federal regulatory authority to submit an initial and final report to the Ombudsman and specified congressional committees on: (1) the number of enforcement actions in which a civil penalty is assessed; (2) the number of such actions against a small entity; (3) the number of actions in which the penalty is reduced or waived; and (4) the total monetary amount of the reductions or waivers.