[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6113 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 6113


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2008

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to 
    include contact information for the agency in its collection of 
                              information.

    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 ``Paperwork Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.

    Section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subclause (IV) by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI) contact information for the 
                                agency, including a website and a 
                                telephone number, by which a person may 
                                obtain a specific contact person 
                                responsible for answering questions 
                                about the information collection and 
                                other information to assist in 
                                responding to the information 
                                collection; and''.

SEC. 3. REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall include 
in the report required by section 3514(a)(1)(B) of title 44, United 
States Code, covering fiscal year 2010 the following:
            (1) The status of implementation by agencies of the 
        requirement in section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii)(VI) of such title 44, 
        as added by section 2 of this Act.
            (2) A description of how each agency has responded to 
        complaints made to the agency related to the agency's 
        compliance with such requirement.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to new or revised 
collections of information approved by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.