[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 327 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 327

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of 
   facilitating compliance by small businesses with certain Federal 
  paperwork requirements and to establish a task force to examine the 
feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small 
                              businesses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2001

Mr. Burton of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
   Speaker, in each case of 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, for the purpose of 
   facilitating compliance by small businesses with certain Federal 
  paperwork requirements and to establish a task force to examine the 
feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small 
                              businesses.

    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 ``Small Business Paperwork Relief 
Act''.

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

    (a) Requirements Applicable to the Director of OMB.--Section 
3504(c) of chapter 35 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 new paragraphs:
            ``(6) publish in the Federal Register on an annual basis a 
        list of the requirements applicable to small-business concerns 
        (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 631 et seq.)) with respect to collection of information 
        by agencies, organized by North American Industrial 
        Classification System code and industrial/sector description 
        (as published by the Office of Management and Budget), with the 
        first such publication occurring not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of the Small Business Paperwork 
        Relief Act; and
            ``(7) make available on the Internet, not later than one 
        year after the date of the enactment of such Act, the list of 
        requirements described in paragraph (6).''.
    (b) Establishment of Agency Point of Contact.--Section 3506 of such 
chapter 35 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) 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 one point of contact in the agency 
to act as a liaison between the agency and small-business concerns 
(within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
631 et seq.)).''.
    (c) Additional Reduction of Paperwork for Certain Small 
Businesses.--Section 3506(c) of such chapter 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 new paragraph:
            ``(4) in addition to the requirements of this Act regarding 
        the reduction of paperwork for small-business concerns (within 
        the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        631 et seq.)), make efforts to further reduce the paperwork 
        burden for small-business concerns with fewer than 25 
        employees.''.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE TO STUDY STREAMLINING OF PAPERWORK 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL-BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is 
further amended by adding at the end of subchapter I the following new 
section:
``Sec. 3521. Establishment of task force on feasibility of streamlining 
              information collection requirements
    ``(a) There is hereby established a task force to study the 
feasibility of streamlining requirements with respect to small-business 
concerns regarding collection of information (in this section referred 
to as the `task force').
    ``(b) The members of the task force shall be appointed by the 
Director, and shall include the following:
            ``(1) At least two representatives of the Department of 
        Labor, including one representative of the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics and one representative of the Occupational Safety 
        and Health Administration.
            ``(2) At least one representative of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency.
            ``(3) At least one representative of the Department of 
        Transportation.
            ``(4) At least one representative of the Office of Advocacy 
        of the Small Business Administration.
            ``(5) At least one representative of each of two agencies 
        other than the Department of Labor, the Environmental 
        Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation, and the 
        Small Business Administration.
            ``(6) At least two representatives of the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, including one representative of the 
        Health Care Financing Administration.
    ``(c) The task force shall examine the feasibility of requiring 
each agency to consolidate requirements regarding collections of 
information with respect to small-business concerns, in order that each 
small-business concern may submit all information required by the 
agency--
            ``(1) to one point of contact in the agency;
            ``(2) in a single format, or using a single electronic 
        reporting system, with respect to the agency; and
            ``(3) on the same date.
    ``(d) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act, the task force shall submit a 
report of its findings under subsection (c) to the chairmen and ranking 
minority members of the Committee on Government Reform and the 
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Small Business 
of the Senate.
    ``(e) As used in this section, the term `small-business concern' 
has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 3520 the following new item:

``3521. Establishment of task force on feasibility of streamlining 
                            information collection requirements.''.
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