An Act to discontinue certain reports now required by law
PL 83-706 (H.R.6290), enacted 08/30/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 706-AUG. 30, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
August 30, 1954 
[H. R. 6290] 
Public Law 706 
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CHAPTER 1076 
AN ACT 
To discontinue certain reports now required by law. 
By-law reports. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoin^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,, That the following 
reports or statements now required by law are hereby discontinued, and 
all Acts or parts of Acts herein cited as requiring the submission of 
such reports or statements are hereby repealed to the extent of such 
requirement: 
REPORTS UNDER EACH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND INDEPENDENT 
ESTABLISHMENT 
R e c e i p t s from 
fees. 
Relief 
ants. 
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41 u s e 106 note. 
1. The inclusion in the annual report to Congress of each executive 
department or independent establishment of a statement of receipts 
from fees or charges paid to such department or establishment under 
all Acts of Congress (47 Stat. 411; 5 U. S. C. 104a). 
'1. The quarterly report to Congress by each deparlment and agency 
of the name of each claimant to Avhom relief has been granted under 
the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended, together with the amount of 
such relief and a brief statement of the facts and the administrative 
decision (60 Stat. 902; 41 U. S. C. 106). 
Research l a b o -
ratories. 
Farm 
t e n a n t 
claims. 
Farm tenant in-
surance. 
E3q>enditures. 
Research 
under 
contracts. 
REPORTS UNDER T H E DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
3. The annual report to Congress of the activities of, expenditures by, 
and donations to the four regional research laboratories authorized by 
the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. L. 37; 7 U. S. C. 
1292 (e)). 
4. The annual report to the Congress of all persons against whom 
claims under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act in excess of $1,000 
have been compromised, the address of such person, the nature of the 
claim, the amount of the compromise and the reason therefor (60 
Stat. 1066; 7 U. S. C. 1015 (g)). 
5. The statement of the Secretary of Agriculture required to be 
included in his annual report to Congress, with respect to the status 
of the Farm Tenant-Mortgage Insurance Fund (60 Stat. L. 1076; 
7 U . S . C . 1005a). 
6. The annual report by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Presi-
dent accounting for all moneys received and expended by him (45 
Stat. 993; 5 U . S . C. 557). 
7. The annual report by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Congress 
on research work being performed under contracts or cooperative 
agreements pursuant to the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1086, 
1090; 7 U. S. C. 427j and 1624). 
Federal-aidhigh-
ways. 
2 3 u s e 
2 0 ; 5 
u s e 133t note; 15 
u s e 192a note. 
REPORTS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT o r COMMERCE 
8. The report to the Congress on Federal-aid highways required of 
the Secretary of Commerce on or before the first Monday in January 
of each year, giving a detailed statement of the work done, the status 
of each project undertaken, the allocation of appropriations, an item-
ized statement of the expenditures and receipts during the preceding 
fiscal year, an itemized statement of travel and other expenses, includ-
ing a list of employees, their duties, salaries and travel expenses, and 
his recommendations, if any, for new legislation amending or supple-
menting existing law (42 Stat. 216; 48 Stat. 995; 53 Stat. 1426; 60 Stat. 
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Airport construc-
tion. 
866; Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress; Reorganization Plan io7o ^*^*' ^^^' 
Numbered 7 of 1949). 
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9. The report of the Maritime Commission on coordination of for- note, 
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warding water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the 
United States required by section 217 of the Merchant Marine Act of 
1936 as amended (56 Stat. 171; 46 U. S. C. 1127). 
10. Annual report submitted in accordance with section 4 of S. Res. 
136, Eighty-first Congress, providing Congress with data on contem-
plated airport and Federal airways construction. 
11. Annual report concerning messing facilities in Alaska and other 
points outside the continental United States, submitted to Congress by 
the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with Public Law 390, Eighty-
first Congress (63 Stat. 907; 5 U. S. C. 596a). 
12. The requirement that two thousand eight hundred copies of the 
report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey be printed in 
quarto form (28 Stat. 612; 44 U. S. C. 247). 
13. The annual coast survey report submitted to Congress in accord-
ance with section 4690 of the Revised Statutes (33 U. S. C. 888). 
REPORTS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
14. The quarterly reports by the Secretary of Defense to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the amounts 
obligated under the contract authorizations provided for in the 
Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1948 (Public 
Law 547, Eightieth Congress), as required by section 2 of that Act 
(5U.S.C.17laNote). 
15. The following statements of expenses included in the annual 
report of the Chief of Engineers in respect of: (1) gaging of waters 
on the Mississippi River and its tributaries (33 U. S. C. 4) ; (2) main-
tenance of the channel through, and securing uninterrupted exami-
nations and surveys of the South Pass of the Mississippi River (33 
U. S. C. 602) ; (3) removal of obstructions from the Mississippi and 
certain other rivers (33 U. S. C. 604 and 606); (4) operation of snag 
boats on the upper Mississippi River and certain other rivers (33 
U. S. C. 605); (5) operating, maintaining, keeping in repair and 
reconstructing locks, canals, etc., other than Panama Canal (33 
U.S.C.5). 
16. Annual report pursuant to Revised Statutes 429 (5 U. S. C. 
466), of the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress in the form of a 
statement of amounts expended for wages of mechanics and laborers 
employed in building, repairing, or equipping vessels of the Navy 
or m receiving and securing stores and materials for those purposes 
and for the purchase of materials and stores for the same purpose. 
17. Statement in the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy to 
the Congress of all acts done in making sale of any vessel or materials 
of the Navy (Revised Statutes 429, 5 U. S. C. 466). 
18. Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress 
of charges included in the cost of work under naval appropriations 
pursuant to title 31, United States Code, section 647. 
19. Annual report of the Secretary of each military department of 
transportation services furnished under Public Law 560, Eightieth 
Congress (62 Stat. 276-277), as required by section 2 of that Act. 
20. Report to the Congress by Federal authorities of transfer of 
jurisdiction over Government properties within the District of Colum-
bia among Federal and District authorities pursuant to title 40, 
United States Code, section 122. 
Contract author-
izations. 
62 Stat. 259. 
River expenses. 
Mechanics, etc., 
Navy. 
Sale of vessels, 
etc. 
36 Stat. 1267, 
5 u s e 189d. 
47 Stat. 161. 
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21. Annual report of the Department of the Navy pursuant to sec-
tion 61, Statutes at Large, page 705 (34 U. S. C. 1076b), concerning 
the number and salaries of professors and instructors employed at 
the Naval Post Graduate School. 
REPORTS UNDER T H E DEPARTMENT OF T H E 
INTERIOR 
22. The annual report and financial statement by the Secretary of 
the Interior of operations under section 13 of the Boulder Canyon 
Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 779; 43 U. S. C. 618 letter "1"). 
23. The annual report and financial statement by the Secretary of 
the Interior as to the transmission and sale of electric energy generated 
at the Fort Peck project during the preceding governmental fiscal 
year (52 Stat. 406; 16 U. S. C. 833g (c)). 
24. The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives of the fiscal affairs of all Indian tribes 
for whose benefit expenditures from either public or tribal funds shall 
have been made by any officer, clerk, or employee in the Interior De-
partment during the preceding fiscal year (36 Stat. 1077; 25 U. S. C. 
143). 
25. The annual report by the National Park Trust Fund Board to 
the Congress of the moneys or securities received and held by it, and 
of its operations (49 Stat. 478; 16 U. S. C. 19d). 
REPORT UNDER T H E DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
26. The annual report of the Attorney General to Congress of all 
stlt i m "*' '^^ s^i^ ^^^^^ ^^® ^"^^^ i^ Admiralty Act (46 U. S. C. 752), and the 
Public Vessels Act (46 U. S. C. 790), in which final judgment has been 
rendered. 
REPORT UNDER T H E DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
27. The annual report by the Secretary of Labor of the findings 
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on studies of productivity and labor 
costs in various industries (54 Stat. 249; 29 U. S. C. 2b). 
REPORT UNDER T H E DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
54 Stat. 10. 
28. The semiannual report of the National Munitions Control Board 
(22U. S. C.452). 
REPORT UNDER T H E TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
29. The report on regulations as to lifesaving appliances on ocean, 
lake, and sound steamers and foreign vessels (46 U. S. C. 481). 
REPORTS UNDER T H E GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
30. Report by the Comptroller General on Farm Credit Admin-
istration transactions under the agricultural marketing revolving fund, 
in violation of law, together with such recommendations as deemed 
desirable (46 Stat. 18; 12 U. S. C. 1141i). 
31. Report by the Comptroller General containing recommendations 
for such changes in existing law relating to inactive and permanent 
48 Stat. 1236. 
appropriation (48 Stat. 1236; 31 U. S. C. 725w). 
32. Report by the Comptroller General of any transaction or condi-
tion found to be in conflict with the powers or duties entrusted to the 
Tennessee Valley Authority by law (48 Stat. 63,64; 49 Stat. 1080,1081; 
16U. S. C. 831h). 
Approved August 30, 1954.