[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1971 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 1971

 To require the reauthorization of executive reporting requirements at 
                          least every 5 years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 24 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the reauthorization of executive reporting requirements at 
                          least every 5 years.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reporting Requirement Sunset Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION IN 5 YEARS.

    (a) In General.--Each provision of law requiring the submittal to 
Congress (or any committee of the Congress) of any report, except those 
related to financial accountability, specified on the list described in 
section 3 shall, with respect to that requirement, cease to be 
effective 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Presidential Extension.--
            (1) Additional report.--If the President determines that a 
        report described in section 3 is necessary after the 
        authorization for the report is terminated pursuant to 
        subsection (a), the President may submit the report one 
        additional time in accordance with the law authorizing the 
        report.
            (2) Limitations.--The President shall include in the report 
        the reasons for continuing the report.
    (c) Identification of Wasteful Reports.--The President shall 
include in the first annual budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, after the date of enactment of this 
Act a list of reports that the President has determined are unnecessary 
or wasteful and the reasons for such determination.

SEC. 3. LIST OF REPORTS.

    The list referred to in section 2 is the list prepared by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives for the second session of the 103d 
Congress pursuant to clause 2 of rule III of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

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