[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3607 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3607

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as 
   the Paperwork Reduction Act, to ensure that Federal agencies give 
priority to reducing paperwork burdens on small businesses having 50 or 
                            fewer employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1996

 Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the 
Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as 
   the Paperwork Reduction Act, to ensure that Federal agencies give 
priority to reducing paperwork burdens on small businesses having 50 or 
                            fewer employees.

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

SECTION 1. PRIORITY TO REDUCING PAPERWORK BURDENS ON CERTAIN SMALL 
              BUSINESSES.

    Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the 
Paperwork Reduction Act, is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 3501(1) is amended by inserting 
        ``microenterprises,'' after ``small businesses,''.
            (2) Section 3502 is amended by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end of paragraph (13)(D), by striking the 
        period at the end of paragraph (14) and inserting ``; and'', 
        and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(15) the term `microenterprise' means a person--
                    ``(A) engaged in business solely in the United 
                States or its territories; and
                    ``(B) that employs 50 or fewer individuals.''.
            (3) Section 3504 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) by inserting ``, 
                especially burden affecting microenterprises'' before 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subsection (c)(3) by inserting ``, 
                microenterprises,'' after ``individuals''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(5) by inserting ``, with a 
                particular emphasis on potential harmful effects on 
                microenterprises'' before the period at the end.
            (4) Section 3505(a)(2) is amended by inserting ``on 
        individuals, microenterprises, and entities most adversely 
        affected'' before the semicolon.
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