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[H.R. 6113 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 500
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6113

                          [Report No. 110-781]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2008

Mrs. Boyda of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

                             July 28, 2008

 Additional sponsors: Ms. Foxx, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
                       Mr. Cohen, and Ms. Hirono

                             July 28, 2008

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


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

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subclause (IV) by striking ``and'' at the 
        end; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(VI) the agency's 
                                contact telephone number; 
                                and''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) conduct a study on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the number of complaints made to an 
                agency or other entity by a person receiving the 
                collection of information from an agency with respect 
                to such agency's contact telephone number, or lack 
                thereof; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the status of the resolution of such 
                complaints by such agency; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) submit a report on the findings of such study 
        to each House of Congress.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The amendment made by section 1 shall take effect 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

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.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 44, 
        United States Code, to require each agency to include contact 
        information for the agency in its collection of information.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 500

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6113

                          [Report No. 110-781]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 28, 2008

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed