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[H.R. 4194 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4194

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
  To provide for the elimination or modification of Federal reporting 
                              requirements.

    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 ``Government Reports Elimination Act 
of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.

                   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sec. 101. Reports eliminated.

                    TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Sec. 201. Reports eliminated.

        TITLE III--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sec. 301. Reports eliminated.

                     TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Sec. 401. Reports eliminated.

                    TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 501. Report on Impact Aid construction justifying discretionary 
          grant awards eliminated.

                     TITLE VI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sec. 601. Reports eliminated.

               TITLE VII--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Sec. 701. Great Lakes management comprehensive report eliminated.

              TITLE VIII--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Sec. 801. Report relating to waiver of certain sanctions against North 
          Korea eliminated.

               TITLE IX--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Sec. 901. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 902. Reports modified.

                TITLE X--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Sec. 1001. Reports eliminated.

                  TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sec. 1101. Royalties in-kind report eliminated.

                     TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Sec. 1201. Report eliminated.

       TITLE XIII--OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Sec. 1301. Report eliminated.

                     TITLE XIV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 1401. Report eliminated.

                 TITLE XV--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 1501. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1502. Report modified.

                  TITLE XVI--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 1601. Reports eliminated.

               TITLE XVII--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Sec. 1701. Report eliminated.

                   TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    SEC. 101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Peanut Base Acres Data Collection and Publication.--Section 
1302(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8752(d)) is amended--
        (1) by striking paragraph (3);
        (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Paragraphs (1) through 
    (3)'' and inserting ``Paragraphs (1) and (2)''; and
        (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (b) Report on Export Credit Guarantees to Emerging Markets.--
Section 1542(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``(1) Effect of credits.--''; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (2).
    (c) Evaluation of the Rural Development, Business and Industry 
Guaranteed Loan Program Financing of Locally or Regionally Produced 
Food Products.--Section 310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)) is amended--
        (1) by striking clause (iv); and
        (2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv).
    (d) Quarterly Export Assistance Reports.--Section 603 of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5713) is repealed.
    (e) Rural Collaborative Investment Program.--
        (1) Secretarial report on regional rural investment boards.--
    Section 385C(b)(7) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
    Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd-2(b)(7)) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (C) by striking subparagraph (D).
        (2) Report by regional rural investment board to national rural 
    investment board and the secretary.--Section 385D(a)(7) of 
    Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd-
    3(a)(7)) is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (B) by striking subparagraph (D); and
            (C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).
    (f) Status Report for Foreign Market Development.--Section 702 of 
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5722) is amended by 
striking subsection (c).

                    TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    SEC. 201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Efforts and Progress in Becoming Designated as Sea Grant 
College or Institute.--Section 207 of the National Sea Grant Program 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1126) is amended by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Enterprise Integration Standardization and Implementation.--
Section 3 of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 278g-5) 
is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (c); and
        (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) 
    and (d), respectively.
    (c)  Ensuring Equal Access to Sea Grant Fellowship Program.--
Section 208(a) of the National Sea Grant Program Act (33 U.S.C. 
1127(a)) is amended by striking the fourth sentence.
    (d) Technology Innovation Program Activities.--Section 28 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (g);
        (2) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as subsections 
    (g) through (k), respectively; and
        (3) in subsection (k)(5), as redesignated, by striking ``under 
    subsection (k)'' and inserting ``under subsection (j)''.
    (e) TIP Advisory Board Annual Report.--Section 28 of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is further 
amended in subsection (j), as redesignated by subsection (d), by 
striking paragraph (5).
    (f) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Activities.--Section 212 of the 
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5611) is 
repealed.

       TITLE III--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

    SEC. 301. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Service-Learning Impact Study.--The National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 is amended by repealing part IV of subtitle B of 
title I (42 U.S.C. 12565).
    (b) Reports by Other Federal Agencies to the Corporation.--Section 
182 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12642) 
is amended--
        (1) by striking the following:
    ``(a) Design of Programs.--''; and
        (2) by striking subsection (b).

                    TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

    SEC. 401. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Display of Annual Budget Requirements for Air Sovereignty Alert 
Mission.--Section 354 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 10 U.S.C. 
221 note) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Annual Report on Reliability of Department of Defense Financial 
Statements.--Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
        (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``(b) or''.

                    TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    SEC. 501. REPORT ON IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION JUSTIFYING 
      DISCRETIONARY GRANT AWARDS ELIMINATED.
    Section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (7).

                     TITLE VI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    SEC. 601. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Science and Engineering Education Pilot Program.--Section 983 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16323) is amended by 
striking subsection (d).
    (b) Strategic Unconventional Fuels Development Program.--Section 
369(i) of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(i)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (3).
    (c) Energy Efficiency Standards for Industrial Equipment.--Section 
342(a)(6)(C) of Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6313(a)(6)(C)) is amended--
        (1) by striking clause (v); and
        (2) by redesignating clause (vi) (as added by section 310(a)(4) 
    of Public Law 112-110; 126 Stat. 1524) as clause (v).

               TITLE VII--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    SEC. 701. GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended--
        (1) by striking paragraph (10); and
        (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs 
    (10) through (12), respectively.

             TITLE VIII--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

    SEC. 801. REPORT RELATING TO WAIVER OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST 
      NORTH KOREA ELIMINATED.
    Section 1405 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (22 
U.S.C. 2799aa-1 note) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (c); and
        (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

               TITLE IX--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

    SEC. 901. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Expenditures of Local Educational Agencies.--Section 1904 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6574) is 
repealed.
    (b) Use of Recovery Act Funds by States and Localities Report.--
Section 901 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 191) is repealed.
    (c) Help America Vote Act Funds Audit.--
        (1) Elimination of audit.--Section 902(b) of the Help America 
    Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15542(b)) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (4)'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (5).
        (2) Preservation of authority to recoup funds resulting from 
    prior audits.--Section 902(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15542(c)) is 
    amended by inserting after ``subsection (b)'' the following: 
    ``prior to the date of the enactment of the Government Reports 
    Elimination Act of 2014''.
    (d) State Small Business Credit Initiative Audit and Report.--
Section 3011 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5710) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (b); and
        (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) 
    and (c), respectively.
    (e) Small Business Lending Fund Program Audit and Report.--Section 
4107 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (c); and
        (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) 
    and (d), respectively.
    (f) Housing Assistance Council Financial Statement Audit Report.--
Section 6303(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (42 
U.S.C. 1490e note) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    SEC. 902. REPORTS MODIFIED.
    (a) National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health 
Council.--Subsection (i) of section 4001 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-10) is amended by striking ``The 
Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
jointly conduct periodic reviews'' and inserting ``The Secretary shall 
conduct periodic reviews''.
    (b) Postcard Mandate.--Section 719(g)(2) of title 31, United States 
Code is amended--
        (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: 
    ``The Comptroller General shall make each list available through 
    the public website of the Government Accountability Office.''; and
        (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``of Congress'' after 
    ``committee or member''.
    (c) Annual Audit of the Congressional Award Foundation.--
        (1) Use of private independent public accountant.--Section 107 
    of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 807) is amended to read as 
    follows:


                                 ``audits

    ``Sec. 107.  (a) Contracts With Independent Public Accountant.--The 
Board shall enter into a contract with an independent public accountant 
to conduct an annual audit in accordance with generally accepted 
government auditing standards, of the financial records of the Board 
and of any corporation established under section 106(i), and shall 
ensure that the independent public accountant has access for the 
purpose of the audit to any books, documents, papers, and records of 
the Board or such corporation (or any agent of the Board or such 
corporation) which the independent public accountant reasonably 
determines to be pertinent to the Congressional Award Program.
    ``(b) Annual Report to Congress on Audit Results.--Not later than 
May 15 of each calendar year, the Board shall submit to appropriate 
officers, committees, and subcommittees of Congress and to the 
Comptroller General of the United States a report on the results of the 
most recent audit conducted pursuant to this section, and shall include 
in the report information on any such additional areas as the 
independent public accountant who conducted the audit determines 
deserve or require evaluation.
    ``(c) Review by the Comptroller General of Annual Audit.--
        ``(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review 
    each annual audit conducted under subsection (a).
        ``(2) For purposes of a review under paragraph (1), the 
    Comptroller General, or any duly authorized representative of the 
    Comptroller General, shall have access to any books, documents, 
    papers, and records of the Board or such corporation, or any agent 
    of the Board or such corporation, including the independent 
    external auditor designated under subsection (a), which, in the 
    opinion of the Comptroller General, may be pertinent.
        ``(3) Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
    Comptroller General receives a report under subsection (b), the 
    Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing 
    the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1) with 
    respect to the preceding year.''.
        (2) Amendments relating to compliance with fiscal control and 
    accounting policies and procedures.--Section 104(c) of the 
    Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 804(c)) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by--
                (i) inserting ``policies and'' before ``procedures''; 
            and
                (ii) striking ``fund''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``The 
            Comptroller General of the United States'' and inserting 
            ``The independent public accountant conducting the annual 
            audit of the financial records of the Board pursuant to 
            section 107(a)''; and
                (ii) in the second sentence, by striking ``the 
            Comptroller General'' and inserting ``the independent 
            public accountant''.
        (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
    shall take effect on October 1, 2014.
    (d) Annual GAO Review of Proposed HHS Recovery Threshold.--The 
third sentence of section 1862(b)(9)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(9)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ``for a year'' and 
inserting ``for 2014''.

                TITLE X--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SEC. 1001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Prohibition on Importation of Products Made With Dog or Cat 
Fur.--Section 308 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1308) is amended 
by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study and National Land 
Border Security Plan.--The Border Infrastructure and Technology 
Modernization Act of 2007 (title VI of division E of Public Law 110-
161; 6 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by striking sections 603 and 
604.
    (c) Fees for Certain Customs Services.--
        (1) Repeal.--Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
    Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-272; 19 U.S.C. 58c) is 
    amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(9), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
        redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and
            (B) in subsection (f)--
                (i) in paragraph (3)--

                    (I) by striking subparagraph (D); and
                    (II) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
                subparagraph (D);

                (ii) by striking paragraph (4); and
                (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
            paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.
        (2) Conforming amendments.--Subsection (f) of such section is 
    further amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (4)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
    (d) Modernization of National Distress and Response System.--
        (1) Repeal.--Section 346 of the Maritime Transportation 
    Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-295; 14 U.S.C. 88 note) is 
    repealed.
        (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) 
    of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 
    346.

                  TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SEC. 1101. ROYALTIES IN-KIND REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 342 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15902) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (e); and
        (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections 
    (e) through (i), respectively.

                     TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

SEC. 1201. REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 207 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3205) is 
repealed.

      TITLE XIII--OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

SEC. 1301. REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate resolution advising and consenting to 
ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the 
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 
1990, adopted at Vienna May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-5) (commonly 
referred to as the ``CFE Flank Document''), 105th Congress, agreed to 
May 14, 1997, is repealed.

                     TITLE XIV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 1401. REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 620F of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2376) 
is amended by striking subsection (c).

                 TITLE XV--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 1501. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Reports of Air Traffic Services Committee.--Section 106(p)(7) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking subparagraph (H); and
        (2) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (H).
    (b) Annual Summaries of Airport Financial Reports.--
        (1) In general.--Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, 
    is amended by striking subsection (k).
        (2) Conforming amendments.--
            (A) Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, as 
        amended by paragraph (1), is further amended--
                (i) by redesignating subsections (l) through (t) as 
            subsections (k) through (s), respectively;
                (ii) in paragraph (5) of subsection (k), as 
            redesignated by clause (i)--

                    (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``subsection (n)(7)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (m)(7)''; and
                    (II) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection 
                (n)'' and inserting ``subsection (m)'';

                (iii) in subsection (m), as so redesignated--

                    (I) by striking ``subsections (b) and (l)'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``subsections (b) and 
                (k)''; and
                    (II) by striking ``subsection (o)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``subsection (n)'';

                (iv) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by striking 
            ``subsection (n)'' each place it appears and inserting 
            ``subsection (m)'';
                (v) in subsection (o), as so redesignated, by striking 
            ``subsection (o)'' and inserting ``subsection (n)'';
                (vi) in subsection (p), as so redesignated, by striking 
            ``subsections (a) through (p)'' and inserting ``subsections 
            (a) through (o)''; and
                (vii) in subsection (q), as so redesignated, by 
            striking ``subsections (q)(1) through (3)'' and inserting 
            ``paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (p)''.
            (B) Section 46301(d)(2) of such title is amended by 
        striking ``section 47107(l)'' and inserting ``section 
        47107(k)''.
            (C) Section 47111(e) of such title is amended by striking 
        ``section 47107(l)'' and inserting ``section 47107(k)''.
            (D) Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
        amended by striking ``section 47107(n)'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``section 47107(m)''.
    (c) Annual Report on Pipeline Safety Information Grants to 
Communities.--Section 60130 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (c); and
        (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
    (d) Annual Report on Pilot Program for Innovative Financing of Air 
Traffic Control Equipment.--Section 182 of the Vision 100--Century of 
Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2515; 49 U.S.C. 44502 note) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (e); and
        (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
    (e) Reports on Justifications for Air Defense Identification 
Zones.--Section 602 of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2563), and the item relating to that 
section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, 
are repealed.
    (f) Annual Report on Standards for Aircraft and Aircraft Engines To 
Reduce Noise Levels.--Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 
Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (114 Stat. 167; 49 
U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 1502. REPORT MODIFIED.
    Section 1138(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``at least annually, but may be conducted''.

                 TITLE XVI--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SEC. 1601. REPORTS ELIMINATED.
    (a) Annual Report on the North American Development Bank.--Section 
2 of Public Law 108-215 (22 U.S.C. 290m-6) is repealed.
    (b) Report on Voting on International Financial Institutions Loan 
Proposals.--Section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act 
(22 U.S.C. 262d) is amended by striking subsection (c) and 
redesignating subsection (d) through subsection (g) (as added by 
section 501(g) of Public Law 96-259) as subsections (c) through (f), 
respectively.
    (c) Report on New IMF Arrangements Regarding Rates and 
Maturities.--Section 605 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-222), as 
enacted into law by section 101(d) of division A of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-277), is amended by striking subsection (d).
    (d) Report on Significant Modifications.--The Government Securities 
Act Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103-202; 31 U.S.C. 3121 note) is 
amended--
        (1) by striking section 203; and
        (2) in the table of contents for such Act, by striking the item 
    relating to section 203.

               TITLE XVII--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SEC. 1701. REPORT ELIMINATED.
    Section 8125 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (d); and
        (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.