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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Electronic Reporting Streamlining
Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To streamline governmentwide use of electronic data
transmissions in place of paperwork submissions to Federal
agencies from non-Federal persons, including businesses and
State and local governments.
(2) To ensure that full advantage is taken of private-
sector standard setting for electronic data transmission for
the benefit of small and large organizations alike.
(3) To reduce costs to business and government by avoiding
further proliferation of incompatible formats and methods for
transmitting data in an electronic format.
(4) To stimulate Government adoption of comprehensive
standards for electronic data exchange.
(5) To increase effective public access to data and other
forms of information transmitted to or from Federal agencies,
through electronic means.
(6) To minimize costs to the public of reviewing,
obtaining, and searching for data and other forms of
information that are available in electronic form.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING FOR DATA STANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC
INTERCHANGE OF DATA.

Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.) is
amended to read as follows:

''electronic data management advisory committee

''Sec. 15. (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall establish and appoint a negotiated
rulemaking committee in accordance with subchapter III of chapter 5 of
title 5, United States Code, for the purpose of establishing electronic
data reporting standards for the electronic interchange of certain data
that is required to be reported under existing Federal law. The
committee shall be known as the Electronic Data Management Advisory
Committee. The Director shall designate the subject matter of the
negotiated rulemaking to be conducted by the Committee, which shall
consist of an existing data reporting requirement that applies to 3 or
more agencies and that relates to the reporting of data commonly
managed by the private sector in accordance with uniform standards.
''(b) Membership of Committee.--In addition to the membership
requirements for the Committee under section 565(b) of title 5, United
States Code--
''(1) one-third of the membership of the Committee shall be
composed of individuals representing private industry;
''(2) the membership of the Committee shall include--
''(A) at least one representative of each Federal
agency having regulatory authority with respect to the
subject matter; and
''(B) representatives of organizations devoted to
the public interest in the subject matter; and
''(3) not more than one-quarter of the membership of the
Committee may be composed of individuals representing a
particular department or agency.
''(c) Negotiated Rulemaking by Committee.--
''(1) In general.--The Committee shall conduct a negotiated
rulemaking in accordance with subchapter III of chapter 5 of
title 5, United States Code, for the purpose set forth in
subsection (a) and on the subject matter. In conducting the
rulemaking, the Committee shall seek comment and participation
from all persons interested in the subject matter.
''(2) Requirements for proposed rule.--Any proposed rule
promulgated by the Committee shall--
''(A) provide data necessary to satisfy existing
regulatory reporting requirements comprising the
subject matter, under a format and protocol that will
reasonably accommodate future or revised data element
specifications without requiring users to make costly
or substantial modifications to hardware or software
that they use to submit electronic data;
''(B) give deference to existing, operational,
comprehensive electronic data interchange standards for
reporting under the subject matter;
''(C) establish data standards that use electronic
file formats that are nonproprietary, royalty free, or
in the public domain;
''(D) include a list of data elements to be used
under the rule, including a description of the
characteristics of each data element;
''(E) use data elements that are suitable for
placing in publicly accessible electronic databases, to
the extent such placement is not otherwise prohibited
by law;
''(F) provide for electronic dissemination of data
reported under the proposed rule through one or more
publicly accessible, searchable databases identified by
the Committee, to the extent such dissemination is not
otherwise prohibited by law;
''(G) include a schedule for implementation of
electronic data interchange for each Federal program to
which the proposed rule would apply; and
''(H) set forth a schedule for the dissemination of
all publicly releasable information obtained under the
proposed rule through electronic data interchange in
accordance with chapter 35 of title 44, United States
Code, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
130 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this
section).
''(3) Participation of nongovernmental persons.--In
developing standards under this section, the Committee shall--
''(A) solicit the participation of nongovernmental
persons;
''(B) solicit from such persons proposals for
meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph (2);
and
''(C) authorize demonstrations by such persons of
the operational capacity of any standard proposed to be
adopted under this section.
''(4) Demonstration of proposed standards.--Before issuing
a proposed rule under this section, the Committee shall provide
for the demonstration and thorough testing of the proposed
standard included in the proposed rule.
''(d) Report of Committee.--Not later than 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Committee shall transmit to the
Director, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report under section 566(f) of title 5, United States Code, on
the rulemaking required by this section.
''(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
''(1) Committee.--The term 'Committee' means the Electronic
Data Management Advisory Committee established under subsection
(a).
''(2) Director.--The term 'Director' means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
''(3) Subject matter.--The term 'subject matter' means the
subject matter designated by the Director under subsection
(a).''.
Electronic Reporting Streamlining Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Advisory Committee Act to establish the Electronic Data Management Advisory Committee to conduct negotiated rulemaking for the purpose of establishing electronic data reporting standards for the electronic interchange of certain data.
Provides for the demonstration and thorough testing of the proposed standard included in the proposed rule.