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         23.  IDENTIFICATION OF UNNECESSARY OR WASTEFUL REPORTS

  Continuing the progress made in the Congressional Reports Elimination 
Acts of 1980, 1982, and 1986, Section 3003(b) of the Federal Reports 
Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 requires the President to include in 
this Budget a list of unnecessary or wasteful reports. Table 23-1 
presents a list of over 400 such reports, grouped by department or 
agency, and includes a citation to the statute mandating each report, a 
recommendation whether the report should be eliminated or modified, and 
a brief explaination of the basis for this determination. The list is 
based on information solicited from the agencies that must prepare these 
reports.
  By adopting the actions recommended in this list, Congress will not 
only improve the efficiency of agency operations by eliminating and 
modifying unnecessary, obsolete, and duplicative reports, but will also 
streamline the information that flows from these agencies to Congress. 
This initiative carries forward the President's commitment to streamline 
government and reduce unnecessary and burdensome paperwork. Accordingly, 
Federal agencies will continue to work with Congress to identify 
additional reports for elimination or modification.

                                     

                                   Table 23-1.  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ELIMINATION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS IN 1997 BUDGET                                   
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                 Report                              Agency                     Authority                Recommendation                Comments         
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Compliance With the Requirements of       All agencies...............  P.L. 97-255, Federal         Modify by including      Under the CFO Council's    
 Internal Accounting and Administrative                                 Managers' Financial          information on           report streamlining       
 Control Systems.                                                       Integrity Act.               management controls in   initiative, agencies will 
                                                                                                     Accountability Report.   integrate Integrity Act   
                                                                                                                              information with other    
                                                                                                                              performance-related       
                                                                                                                              reporting into a broader  
                                                                                                                              Accountability Report, to 
                                                                                                                              be issued annually by the 
                                                                                                                              agency head. To allow     
                                                                                                                              agencies time to          
                                                                                                                              transition to this        
                                                                                                                              consolidated reporting,   
                                                                                                                              which includes audits of  
                                                                                                                              financial statements,     
                                                                                                                              elimination of the        
                                                                                                                              separate FMFIA report     
                                                                                                                              should not be mandated    
                                                                                                                              prior to 1999.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Civil Monetary Penalties Assessed and     All agencies...............  P.L. 101-41, Federal Civil   Eliminate for agencies   Asking agencies with       
 Collected.                                                             Penalties Inflation          with receivables under   receivables under $50     
                                                                        Adjustment Act of 1990.      $50 million.             million to report data on 
                                                                                                                              CMPs is unnecessary       
                                                                                                                              because the size of       
                                                                                                                              receivables is            
                                                                                                                              insignificant and does not
                                                                                                                              require central tracking. 
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Report on Section 22 of the Agricultural  United States Department of  P.L. 101-624, Sec. 1554(a)   Eliminate..............  Section 22 of the 1938 Act 
 Adjustment Act.                           Agriculture (USDA).          (104 Stat. 3697).                                     provided authority to     
                                                                                                                              restrict imports of       
                                                                                                                              agricultural products in  
                                                                                                                              times of surplus. This    
                                                                                                                              authority was subsumed by 
                                                                                                                              the General Agreements on 
                                                                                                                              Tariffs and Trade         
                                                                                                                              Agreement. Restrictions on
                                                                                                                              import due to unfair      
                                                                                                                              trading practices would   
                                                                                                                              come out of the Department
                                                                                                                              of Commerce Sec. 301      
                                                                                                                              analyses.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Findings and Data Regarding Decision Not  USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 1446(j)(4)(B).....  Eliminate..............  Analyses of the effects of 
 to Increase Price Support for                                                                                                sugar programs' price     
 Domestically Grown Sugarcane and Sugar                                                                                       support levels, including 
 Beets.                                                                                                                       the effects on the economy
                                                                                                                              as a whole, the           
                                                                                                                              environment, and sugar    
                                                                                                                              producers, are regularly  
                                                                                                                              produced by USDA's        
                                                                                                                              Economic Research Service.
                                                                                                                                                        
Agricultural Research, Extension, and     USDA.......................  7 U.S.C 3125, Sec. 1410 of   Eliminate or Modify....  The Department has         
 Teaching Activities.                                                   the National Agricultural,                            forwarded legislation to  
                                                                        Research, Extension, and                              the Congress and the      
                                                                        Teaching Policy Act of                                Senate has passed a bill  
                                                                        1977 (as amended).                                    which replaces the Joint  
                                                                                                                              Council on Food and       
                                                                                                                              Agricultural Sciences with
                                                                                                                              another Advisory Committee
                                                                                                                              with broader              
                                                                                                                              representation. Therefore,
                                                                                                                              this report should be     
                                                                                                                              eliminated.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Agricultural Research at Land-Grant       USDA.......................  7 U.S.C 3222(g)(4), Sec.     Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative 
 Colleges.                                                              1445 of the National                                  and unnecessary. This     
                                                                        Agricultural, Research,                               information is currently  
                                                                        Extension, and Teaching                               made available to the     
                                                                        Policy Act of 1977 (as                                Appropriations Committee  
                                                                        amended).                                             as part of another        
                                                                                                                              document.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
National Genetics Resources Program;      USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 5842(e), Sec.       Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative 
 Priorities of the Program.                                             1633(e) of the Food,                                  and unnecessary.          
                                                                        Agriculture, Conservation,                            Information requested for 
                                                                        and Trade Act of 1990 (as                             this report is currently  
                                                                        amended).                                             collected and reported in 
                                                                                                                              internal management       
                                                                                                                              systems and forwarded to  
                                                                                                                              the Congress as a part of 
                                                                                                                              our annual budget         
                                                                                                                              submission.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Amounts Obligated and Expended for the    USDA.......................  P.L. 101-161, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This provision requires an 
 Pocurement of Advisory and Assistance                                  641(a)(1), 7 U.S.C. 2207a.                            annual report to Congress 
 Services.                                                                                                                    concerning amounts        
                                                                                                                              obligated and expended by 
                                                                                                                              the Department for the    
                                                                                                                              procurement of advisory   
                                                                                                                              and assistance services.  
                                                                                                                              This report must include a
                                                                                                                              list of all contracts     
                                                                                                                              awarded for advisory and  
                                                                                                                              assistance services during
                                                                                                                              the fiscal year, and a    
                                                                                                                              justification for the     
                                                                                                                              award of each contract    
                                                                                                                              including the reason the  
                                                                                                                              work cannot be performed  
                                                                                                                              by civil servants. This   
                                                                                                                              report should be          
                                                                                                                              eliminated because it     
                                                                                                                              duplicates information    
                                                                                                                              available elsewhere.      
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports to Congress on Obligation and     USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 2207a.............  Eliminate..............  This report duplicates data
 Expenditure.                                                                                                                 available elsewhere and   
                                                                                                                              appears to have generated 
                                                                                                                              no inquires from the      
                                                                                                                              Congress in recent years. 
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Effects of Foreign Ownership of           USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 3504..............  Eliminate..............  This provision requires all
 Agricultural Land.                                                                                                           foreign persons acquiring 
                                                                                                                              or disposing of           
                                                                                                                              agricultural land to      
                                                                                                                              report such holdings with 
                                                                                                                              the Secretary of          
                                                                                                                              Agriculture. Such data    
                                                                                                                              collection and analysis is
                                                                                                                              costly. Between 1981 and  
                                                                                                                              1994, foreign ownership of
                                                                                                                              U.S. Agricultural land has
                                                                                                                              remained stable and low,  
                                                                                                                              varying slightly around   
                                                                                                                              one percent of total      
                                                                                                                              privately owned           
                                                                                                                              agricultural land in the  
                                                                                                                              U.S. Further, U.S.        
                                                                                                                              corporations with foreign 
                                                                                                                              interests account for 53  
                                                                                                                              percent of the total land 
                                                                                                                              held by foreigners, as    
                                                                                                                              defined by law            
                                                                                                                                                        
Effectiveness of the Farmer-to-Consumer   USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 3005..............  Eliminate..............  Assessment of the          
 Direct Marketing Act of 1976.                                                                                                effectiveness of the      
                                                                                                                              farmer-to-consumer        
                                                                                                                              marketing required a      
                                                                                                                              sample survey of farmers  
                                                                                                                              and farmer markets. The   
                                                                                                                              last report was issued in 
                                                                                                                              1982 (Farmer-to-Consumer  
                                                                                                                              Direct Marketing in       
                                                                                                                              Selected States, 1979-80  
                                                                                                                              ERS-USDA, February 1982). 
                                                                                                                              Subsequent reports have   
                                                                                                                              not been prepared because 
                                                                                                                              funds were not provided   
                                                                                                                              for the required survey.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination That There Has Been an      USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 3606..............  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Unwarranted Sugar Price Increase Due to                                                                                      necessary. The            
 the International Sugar Agreement of                                                                                         International Sugar       
 1977; or Failure of the International                                                                                        Agreement of 1977 expired 
 Sugar Council to take Corrective Action.                                                                                     years ago. The existing   
                                                                                                                              agreement has no economic 
                                                                                                                              or price provisions and   
                                                                                                                              therefore cannot affect   
                                                                                                                              the world price-from which
                                                                                                                              the U.S. is protected via 
                                                                                                                              its tariff-rate quota.    
                                                                                                                              Furthermore the U.S.      
                                                                                                                              withdrew from the         
                                                                                                                              International Sugar       
                                                                                                                              Organization in the early 
                                                                                                                              1990's.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Quota Allocations to Countries Importing  USDA.......................  P.L. 101-624, Sec. 903 (104  Eliminate..............  Quota allocations to       
 Sugar.                                                                 Stat. 3488).                                          countries importing sugar.
                                                                                                                              This report has never been
                                                                                                                              done because it was deemed
                                                                                                                              a low priority under the  
                                                                                                                              Dole Amendment to the 1990
                                                                                                                              FACT Act.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Secretary of Agriculture and              USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 1736bb-4..........  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Administrator of AID: Progress in                                                                                            necessary. Funding began  
 Implementation of Recommendations of                                                                                         and ended in the late     
 the Agricultural Aid and Trade Missions.                                                                                     1980's; the program no    
                                                                                                                              longer exists.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Status and Progress of Agreement With     USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 1736o(j)..........  Eliminate..............  This authority was         
 Developing Countries to Furnish                                                                                              eliminated by the FACT Act
 Commodities in Order to Promote                                                                                              of 1990 and combined into 
 Economic Freedom, Food Production for                                                                                        7 U.S.C. 1736a.           
 Domestic Consumption, and Creation of                                                                                                                  
 Efficient Domestic Markets.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Revised Regulations Governing Operations  USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 1736(b)(a),         Eliminate..............  This requirement duplicates
 Under Title I and III of the                                           1736b(d)(1).                                          information contained in  
 Agricultural Trade Development and                                                                                           the Annual Report prepared
 Assistance Act of 1954.                                                                                                      on P.L. 480 as required by
                                                                                                                              7 U.S.C. 1736(a). We also 
                                                                                                                              recommend elimination of 7
                                                                                                                              U.S.C. 1736b(d)(1) which  
                                                                                                                              requests a report on      
                                                                                                                              regulations every two     
                                                                                                                              years.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Effect of the Elimination of the          USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 2017..............  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary.
 Purchase Requirement for Food Stamps.                                                                                        When the Food Stamp Act   
                                                                                                                              was revised in 1977 to    
                                                                                                                              eliminate the purchase    
                                                                                                                              requirement, the effects  
                                                                                                                              of that action were       
                                                                                                                              assessed and reported.    
                                                                                                                              This was a one time action
                                                                                                                              that requires no further  
                                                                                                                              analysis.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Progress of Pilot Programs to Test        USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 2026(c)...........  Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
 Measurement of the Nutritional Status                                                                                        superceded by the         
 of Low-Income People.                                                                                                        requirements of the       
                                                                                                                              National Nutrition        
                                                                                                                              Monitoring and Related    
                                                                                                                              Research Act of 1990,     
                                                                                                                              which calls for the       
                                                                                                                              continuous monitoring of  
                                                                                                                              the nutritional status of 
                                                                                                                              the population. The CSFII,
                                                                                                                              which has been in         
                                                                                                                              operation since 1984,     
                                                                                                                              meets this requirement.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Estimate of Second Preceding Month's      USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)........  Eliminate..............  This report imposes an     
 Expenditures Under the Food Stamp                                                                                            unnecessary and redundant 
 Program.                                                                                                                     paperwork burden. The     
                                                                                                                              information it provides on
                                                                                                                              monthly food stamp benefit
                                                                                                                              and administrative costs  
                                                                                                                              is preliminary and is a   
                                                                                                                              less accurate             
                                                                                                                              representation of actual  
                                                                                                                              program costs than are    
                                                                                                                              data readily reported and 
                                                                                                                              available elsewhere.      
                                                                                                                              Agency may consider       
                                                                                                                              reinstituting the report  
                                                                                                                              whenever they estimate    
                                                                                                                              spending will exceed the  
                                                                                                                              base appropriation.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennially Report to Congress of the      USDA.......................  42 U.S.C. 1786(k)(4).......  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 National Advisory Council on Maternal,                                                                                       necessary. The public is  
 Infant, and Fetal Nutrition.                                                                                                 afforded other            
                                                                                                                              opportunities to provide  
                                                                                                                              input on WIC.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Decision Not to Raise Support   USDA.......................  Section 206(d) of the        Eliminate..............  This report to Congress is 
 Level for Sugar.                                                       Agricultural Act of 1949                              required when the         
                                                                        (as amended).                                         Secretary chooses not to  
                                                                                                                              exercise discretion under 
                                                                                                                              provisions of Sec. 206(d) 
                                                                                                                              of the 1949 Act to raise  
                                                                                                                              sugar loan rates. The     
                                                                                                                              report is considered      
                                                                                                                              unnecessary since         
                                                                                                                              regulatory analysis       
                                                                                                                              provides an appropriate   
                                                                                                                              vehicle for evaluation and
                                                                                                                              documentation of          
                                                                                                                              justification for price   
                                                                                                                              support levels.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Notification to Congress of Estimated     USDA.......................  Section 204 of the           Eliminate..............  This bi-annual report      
 Dairy Purchases.                                                       Agricultural Act of 1949                              required on dairy         
                                                                        (as amended).                                         purchases replicates      
                                                                                                                              information available in  
                                                                                                                              budget documents submitted
                                                                                                                              to Congress.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Report to Congress on Stocks-to-Use       USDA.......................  Sections 107B(2)(3) and      Eliminate..............  Report to Congress required
 Adjustments to Set Wheat and Feed Grain                                105B(2)(3) of the                                     when loan rates are       
 Loan Rates.                                                            Agricultural Act of 1949.                             reduced under provisions  
                                                                                                                              of Secs. 105 and 107 of   
                                                                                                                              the 1949 Act. Loan rates  
                                                                                                                              reduced from basic rates  
                                                                                                                              to reduce market          
                                                                                                                              interference and limit    
                                                                                                                              potential budget exposure.
                                                                                                                              The report is considered  
                                                                                                                              unnecessary since         
                                                                                                                              regulatory analysis       
                                                                                                                              provides appropriate      
                                                                                                                              vehicle for evaluation and
                                                                                                                              documentation of          
                                                                                                                              justification for price   
                                                                                                                              support levels.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Activities, Membership, and Expenses of   USDA.......................  7 U.S.C. 2284..............  Eliminate..............  The preparation of this    
 Each Advisory Committee.                                                                                                     report is time consuming  
                                                                                                                              and may not be of         
                                                                                                                              particular interest to    
                                                                                                                              Congress. If the          
                                                                                                                              requirement for an annual 
                                                                                                                              report is deleted, the    
                                                                                                                              information contained in  
                                                                                                                              the report would still be 
                                                                                                                              available upon request.   
                                                                                                                              All agencies with advisory
                                                                                                                              committees would continue 
                                                                                                                              to collect the information
                                                                                                                              for use within the        
                                                                                                                              Department.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Secondary Market Operations.............  USDA.......................  P.L. 100-233, Sec. 711(a)..  Eliminate..............  Section 711(a) of P.L.100- 
                                                                                                                              233 requires the Secretary
                                                                                                                              to report to Congress     
                                                                                                                              annually on operations to 
                                                                                                                              establish a secondary     
                                                                                                                              market for loans          
                                                                                                                              guaranteed by the former  
                                                                                                                              Farmers Home              
                                                                                                                              Administration. While such
                                                                                                                              loans may be sold in      
                                                                                                                              secondary markets, the    
                                                                                                                              Department is not         
                                                                                                                              currently involved in the 
                                                                                                                              establishment of any such 
                                                                                                                              markets. Further, recent  
                                                                                                                              legislation expanding the 
                                                                                                                              authorities of the Farm   
                                                                                                                              Credit System's Federal   
                                                                                                                              Agricultural Mortgage     
                                                                                                                              Corporation (Farmer Mac)  
                                                                                                                              makes it highly unlikely  
                                                                                                                              that the Department will  
                                                                                                                              become involved in this   
                                                                                                                              area in the future.       
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Report on Housing Preservation Grant      USDA.......................  42 U.S.C. 1490m(j).........  Eliminate..............  The Rural Housing Services 
 Program.                                                                                                                     manages many housing      
                                                                                                                              programs, without having  
                                                                                                                              annual reports to         
                                                                                                                              Congress. It is not       
                                                                                                                              meaningful to report on   
                                                                                                                              just this one program. A  
                                                                                                                              broader based report would
                                                                                                                              be more useful.           
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Long-Range Plan for Public Broadcasting   Department of Commerce       47 U.S.C. 394b.............  Eliminate..............  This plan has not been     
 Facilities.                               (DOC).                                                                             submitted since 1982. The 
                                                                                                                              first plan, although      
                                                                                                                              useful, did not create a  
                                                                                                                              demand for annual updates.
                                                                                                                                                        
Transfer of Funds for Reimbursements      DOC........................  P.L. 99-180, Title I (99     Eliminate..............  This material is           
 from Minority Business to Working                                      Stat. 1138).                                          transmitted to Congress in
 Capital Fund.                                                                                                                other DOC reports.        
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Baseline Description of a Designated      Department of Defense (DOD)  10 U.S.C. 2437(b)(1).......  Eliminate..............  Current acquisition reform 
 Defense Enterprise Program to be                                                                                             activities include and    
 Considered for Milestone Authorization.                                                                                      subsume intent of this    
                                                                                                                              legislation--all defense  
                                                                                                                              enterprise programs should
                                                                                                                              be canceled as they have  
                                                                                                                              not been effective        
                                                                                                                              management tools for DOD. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Notification of Receipt of a Defense      DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2437(d)(1) (A)...  Eliminate..............  Current acquisition reform 
 Enterprise Program Deviation Report on                                                                                       activities include and    
 a Program for Which Funds Have Been                                                                                          subsume intent of this    
 Authorized.                                                                                                                  legislation--all defense  
                                                                                                                              enterprise programs should
                                                                                                                              be canceled as they have  
                                                                                                                              not been effective        
                                                                                                                              management tools for DOD. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Waiver Notice on Restriction on Fuel      DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2690(b)..........  Modify by deleting       Since conversions from coal
 Sources for New Heating Systems.                                                                    requirement but          will be done only if they 
                                                                                                     retaining language on    meet the least life-cycle-
                                                                                                     the use of least life-   cost criterion, no        
                                                                                                     cycle-cost fuel.         congressional notification
                                                                                                                              should be required.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Defense Contractors and Consultants Who   DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2397(e)..........  Eliminate..............  Law enacted in 1969--other 
 During Past Three Years Held Positions                                                                                       laws now address identical
 at GS-13 and Above Within DOD.                                                                                               concerns by imposing      
                                                                                                                              ``strict revolving door'' 
                                                                                                                              restrictions on the entire
                                                                                                                              executive branch. Tkhis   
                                                                                                                              report has lost all value.
                                                                                                                                                        
Program to Provide Military Relocation    DOD........................  P.L. 101-189, Sec. 661(f)..  Eliminate..............  DOD has met all legal      
 Assistance to Service Members and Their                                                                                      requirements for          
 Families.                                                                                                                    relocation assistance.    
                                                                                                                              Specific information      
                                                                                                                              regarding relocation can  
                                                                                                                              be made available as      
                                                                                                                              needed by Congress or     
                                                                                                                              other outside sources.    
                                                                                                                              Elimination of this report
                                                                                                                              will mean more efficient  
                                                                                                                              use of resources and      
                                                                                                                              personnel.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Proposed Military Contingency             DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2804(b)..........  Eliminate..............  Redundant upon 10 U.S.C.   
 Construction Projects.                                                                                                       2810(b)(1).               
                                                                                                                                                        
Condition and Operation of Working        DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2208(I)..........  Eliminate..............  This report no longer      
 Capital Funds.                                                                                                               exists within DOD.        
                                                                                                                                                        
Limitations on the Performance of Depot-  DOD........................  P.L. 102-484, Sec.           Eliminate..............  There is no internal Army  
 Level Maintenance of Material.                                         352(c)(2).                                            requirement for this data,
                                                                                                                              nor does the information  
                                                                                                                              assist the Army in its    
                                                                                                                              budget process.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Inability to Reach Agreement with HUD     DOD........................  10 U.S.C. 2823(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary--
 Secretary on Availability of Suitable                                                                                        it can be replaced with   
 Private Housing for Military Housing.                                                                                        internal reports, if      
                                                                                                                              needed, by DOD.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Improved National Defense Control of      DOD........................  P.L. 102-484, Sec. 838(a)..  Eliminate..............  There are no existing      
 Technology Diversions Overseas.                                                                                              databases to identify     
                                                                                                                              which contractors are     
                                                                                                                              foreign-controlled--this  
                                                                                                                              requirement places        
                                                                                                                              additional burdens on     
                                                                                                                              contractors and DOD.      
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Use of Pell Grants by Prisoners.........  Department of Education....  Section 1411 of the Higher   Eliminate..............  Since prisoners are no     
                                                                        Education Amendments of                               longer eligible to receive
                                                                        1992.                                                 Pell grants, this         
                                                                                                                              reporting requirement is  
                                                                                                                              unnecessary.              
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Nuclear Test Ban Readiness Report.......  Department of Energy (DOE).  P.L. 100-456, Sec. 1436(e),  Eliminate..............  Redundant with information 
                                                                        42 U.S.C. 2121 note,                                  contained in the Nuclear  
                                                                        National Defense                                      Weapons Surety Report and 
                                                                        Authorization Act for 1989.                           the Stockpile Stewardship 
                                                                                                                              Report.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Summary of Underground Test Results.....  DOE........................  P.L. 83-703, Sec. 251 (as    Eliminate..............  This reporting requirement 
                                                                        amended), Atomic Energy                               is obsolete. No nuclear   
                                                                        Act of 1954.                                          tests are being conducted 
                                                                                                                              by the U.S. and none are  
                                                                                                                              planned. Furthermore, if  
                                                                                                                              any such activities were  
                                                                                                                              planned or conducted, this
                                                                                                                              information will be       
                                                                                                                              reported pursuant to Sec. 
                                                                                                                              507 of P.L. 102-577       
                                                                                                                              (Hatfield Amendment).     
                                                                                                                                                        
Resumption of Plutonium Operations at     DOE........................  P.L. 102-190, Sec. 3133(b),  Eliminate..............  This report is required to 
 Rocky Flats.                                                           National Defense                                      be submitted by the       
                                                                        Authorization Act of 1992-                            Defense Science Board, as 
                                                                        93.                                                   established by the Act.   
                                                                                                                              Once it is prepared, DOE  
                                                                                                                              and DOD are to submit     
                                                                                                                              their comments on the     
                                                                                                                              Board's report to         
                                                                                                                              Congress. Since Rocky     
                                                                                                                              Flats operations have been
                                                                                                                              shutdown, the need for    
                                                                                                                              this requirement is       
                                                                                                                              obviated.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Quarterly Report on Each Major National   DOE........................  P.L. 101-189, Sec. 3143, 42  Eliminate or Modify....  As part of the President's 
 Security Program.                                                      U.S.C. 7271c, National                                annual budget submission, 
                                                                        Defense Authorization Act                             each program office       
                                                                        of 1990-91.                                           prepares, where           
                                                                                                                              appropriate,              
                                                                                                                              ``Construction Project    
                                                                                                                              Data Sheets,'' for each of
                                                                                                                              their own programs/       
                                                                                                                              projects. These sheets    
                                                                                                                              provide the same data as  
                                                                                                                              this quarterly report.    
                                                                                                                              Moreover, there have not  
                                                                                                                              been any ``major national 
                                                                                                                              security programs,'' as   
                                                                                                                              defined in this           
                                                                                                                              requirement in over three 
                                                                                                                              years. Thus, no reports   
                                                                                                                              have been submitted during
                                                                                                                              that period. It is        
                                                                                                                              recommended that if the   
                                                                                                                              requirement is not        
                                                                                                                              eliminated in total, it   
                                                                                                                              then be modified into an  
                                                                                                                              annual reporting          
                                                                                                                              requirement, which would  
                                                                                                                              then be met by the annual 
                                                                                                                              submission of the         
                                                                                                                              construction projects data
                                                                                                                              sheets in the annual      
                                                                                                                              budget submission.        
                                                                                                                                                        
Evaluation of Development Potential.....  DOE........................  The Act of September 30,     Eliminate (one-time      In 1977, DOE evaluated     
                                                                        1995, P.L. 74-409, as        report).                 tidal currents as a       
                                                                        amended by the Energy                                 potential source of       
                                                                        Policy Act of 1992, P.L.                              energy. DOE determined    
                                                                        102-486, Sec. 2409.                                   that tidal power had very 
                                                                                                                              limited applications in   
                                                                                                                              the U.S. Only two         
                                                                                                                              prospects were identified:
                                                                                                                              Cook Inlet, AS and        
                                                                                                                              Passamaquoddy Bay, ME.    
                                                                                                                              Consequently, funding a   
                                                                                                                              demonstration project     
                                                                                                                              would not result in a     
                                                                                                                              meaningful energy supply  
                                                                                                                              option.                   
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Electric Utility Participation Study....  DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 825, 42   Eliminate (one-time      The Act requires the       
                                                                        U.S.C. 13295, Energy         report).                 Department to undertake a 
                                                                        Policy Act of 1992.                                   study to determine the    
                                                                                                                              means by which electric   
                                                                                                                              utilities may invest in,  
                                                                                                                              own, sell, lease, service,
                                                                                                                              or recharge batteries used
                                                                                                                              to power electric         
                                                                                                                              vehicles. The electric    
                                                                                                                              utility companies have    
                                                                                                                              been working cooperatively
                                                                                                                              with the automobile       
                                                                                                                              manufacturers, component  
                                                                                                                              industry, and standards   
                                                                                                                              setting organizations for 
                                                                                                                              several years to determine
                                                                                                                              the infrastructure        
                                                                                                                              requirements necessary for
                                                                                                                              recharging and servicing  
                                                                                                                              electric vehicle          
                                                                                                                              batteries. This work has  
                                                                                                                              been conducted through the
                                                                                                                              Infrastructure Working    
                                                                                                                              Council sponsored by the  
                                                                                                                              Electric Power Research   
                                                                                                                              Institute. Independent    
                                                                                                                              studies by utility        
                                                                                                                              companies have also       
                                                                                                                              examined the means for    
                                                                                                                              owning, selling, or       
                                                                                                                              leasing electric vehicle  
                                                                                                                              batteries. A separate     
                                                                                                                              study conducted by the    
                                                                                                                              Federal Government would  
                                                                                                                              not add meaningful        
                                                                                                                              information to the body of
                                                                                                                              knowledge that already    
                                                                                                                              exists.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report to the President and        DOE........................  Steel and Aluminum Energy    Eliminate or modify....  The Office of Industrial   
 Congress on Steel and Aluminum Research                                Conservation and                                      Technologies (OIT) has    
 and Development Activities.                                            Technology Competitiveness                            worked with the various   
                                                                        Act of 1988, P.L. 100-660,                            industries within its     
                                                                        Sec. 8, as amended by the                             purview to develop        
                                                                        Energy Policy Act of 1992,                            ``industry visions.''     
                                                                        P.L. 102-486, 2106(a)(2).                             These ``visions'' will    
                                                                                                                              serve as technology road  
                                                                                                                              maps for technologies to  
                                                                                                                              follow. The Aluminum and  
                                                                                                                              Steel ``vision'' of the   
                                                                                                                              future will act to        
                                                                                                                              coordinate the funding for
                                                                                                                              research and development  
                                                                                                                              with these industries.    
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             If a report to Congress is 
                                                                                                                              desired, the Department   
                                                                                                                              recommends one that       
                                                                                                                              highlights the ``visions''
                                                                                                                              of all seven of the       
                                                                                                                              industries within OIT's   
                                                                                                                              purview. Additionally,    
                                                                                                                              informal status briefings 
                                                                                                                              to congressional staff    
                                                                                                                              might provide a better,   
                                                                                                                              and more current, source  
                                                                                                                              of information for this   
                                                                                                                              issue than regular        
                                                                                                                              reporting by written      
                                                                                                                              annual updates.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Comprehensive Five-Year Program Plan for  DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 2025, 42  Modifyby making report   The Act requires the       
 Electric Motor Vehicles and Annual                                     U.S.C. 13435, Energy         biennial.                Secretary to prepare a    
 Updates.                                                               Policy Act of 1992.                                   comprehensive five-year   
                                                                                                                              program plan for carrying 
                                                                                                                              out the purposes of this  
                                                                                                                              section. This             
                                                                                                                              comprehensive plan must be
                                                                                                                              updated annually for a    
                                                                                                                              period of not less than 10
                                                                                                                              years after the date of   
                                                                                                                              enactment of this Act. The
                                                                                                                              first plan was prepared   
                                                                                                                              and submitted to the      
                                                                                                                              Congress in March 1994.   
                                                                                                                              Because programs do not   
                                                                                                                              change significantly on an
                                                                                                                              annual basis, and because 
                                                                                                                              the cost of preparing and 
                                                                                                                              approving new plans for   
                                                                                                                              congressional submittal is
                                                                                                                              extensive, annual updates 
                                                                                                                              are not justified. It is  
                                                                                                                              recommended that the      
                                                                                                                              comprehensive plan be     
                                                                                                                              updated for the Congress  
                                                                                                                              every two years as a cost-
                                                                                                                              savings measure.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Metal Casting Research and      DOE........................  P.L. 101-425, Secs. 10 and   Eliminate..............  The report should be       
 Development Activities (EE-797).                                       15 U.S.C. 5309, DOE Metal                             eliminated because the    
                                                                        Casting Competitiveness                               metal casting ``industry  
                                                                        Research Act of 1990.                                 vision'' report will act  
                                                                                                                              to coordinate the funding 
                                                                                                                              for the research and      
                                                                                                                              development for the       
                                                                                                                              industry, thus obviating  
                                                                                                                              the need for an annual    
                                                                                                                              report.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             (See justification for     
                                                                                                                              Annual Report to the      
                                                                                                                              President and Congress on 
                                                                                                                              Steel and Aluminum        
                                                                                                                              Research and Development  
                                                                                                                              Activities Report, above, 
                                                                                                                              for explanation of        
                                                                                                                              ``industry visions'' and  
                                                                                                                              the Energy Efficiency     
                                                                                                                              Program's proposed use of 
                                                                                                                              them to replace program   
                                                                                                                              status reports.)          
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Update to the National Advanced  DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 2201(b),  Eliminate..............  This program plan was      
 Materials Initiative Five-Year Program                                 Energy Policy Act of 1992.                            prepared and submitted to 
 Plan.                                                                                                                        Congress as required by   
                                                                                                                              EPACT but the program was 
                                                                                                                              never funded. With no     
                                                                                                                              funding, there are no     
                                                                                                                              Department-supported      
                                                                                                                              programs/projects, and,   
                                                                                                                              thus, no need to update   
                                                                                                                              the initial program plan. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Vibration Reduction             DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 173(c),   Eliminate..............  This report should be      
 Technologies.                                                          Energy Policy Act of 1992.                            eliminated. Unless        
                                                                                                                              technologies associated   
                                                                                                                              with vibration reduction  
                                                                                                                              are identified by industry
                                                                                                                              as a high priority in     
                                                                                                                              their ``industry          
                                                                                                                              visions'', these          
                                                                                                                              technologies do not match 
                                                                                                                              the mission of OIT.       
Report on Process-Oriented Industrial     DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Secs. 132(d)   Eliminate..............  The DOE decided to combine 
 Energy Efficiency and Industrial                                       and 133(c), 42 U.S.C.                                 the two requirements cited
 Insulation and Audit Guidelines.                                       6349(d) and 6350(a),                                  from the Act, for like    
                                                                        Energy Policy Act of 1992.                            subjects, into a single   
                                                                                                                              requirement. The Office of
                                                                                                                              Industrial Technology has 
                                                                                                                              worked with seven process-
                                                                                                                              oriented industries to    
                                                                                                                              develop ``industry        
                                                                                                                              visions,'' which include  
                                                                                                                              identification of         
                                                                                                                              technology needs and      
                                                                                                                              barriers in individual    
                                                                                                                              technology roadmaps. OIT  
                                                                                                                              will develop              
                                                                                                                              implementation plans to   
                                                                                                                              identify opportunities to 
                                                                                                                              overcome these barriers.  
                                                                                                                              This report is redundant  
                                                                                                                              and should be eliminated. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Report to Congress on Evaluation of       DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 2108(c),  Eliminate..............  This EPACT requirement     
 Opportunities for Energy Efficient                                     42 U.S.C. 13457, Energy                               would be better satisfied 
 Pollution Prevention.                                                  Policy Act of 1992.                                   by one over-arching       
                                                                                                                              document regarding the    
                                                                                                                              seven industries on which 
                                                                                                                              the Office of Industrial  
                                                                                                                              Technology has focused.   
                                                                                                                              Such a report could       
                                                                                                                              include an analysis of    
                                                                                                                              energy use and waste      
                                                                                                                              production.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Petroleum Product Information...........  DOE........................  Energy Policy and            Eliminate..............  While no specific report is
                                                                        Conservation Act, P.L. 94-                            required, this provision  
                                                                        163, Sec. 507, as amended                             requires the Energy       
                                                                        by the Energy Emergency                               Information Administration
                                                                        Preparedness Act of 1982.                             to continue collecting the
                                                                                                                              same petroleum product    
                                                                                                                              data that were collected  
                                                                                                                              in 1981. The provision was
                                                                                                                              enacted in the aftermath  
                                                                                                                              of petroleum decontrol to 
                                                                                                                              assure that data would be 
                                                                                                                              available to monitor the  
                                                                                                                              energy situation. This    
                                                                                                                              requirement unduly        
                                                                                                                              restricts EIA in changing 
                                                                                                                              the data it collects to   
                                                                                                                              respond to changing market
                                                                                                                              conditions.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on the U.S. Continental     DOE........................  P.L. 100-441, Sec. 4(b), 42  Eliminate or Modify....  The National Science       
 Scientific Drilling Program.                                           U.S.C. 31 note,                                       Foundation (NSF) is taking
                                                                        Continental Scientific                                the leadership role in    
                                                                        Drilling and Exploration                              internationalizing the    
                                                                        Act of 1988.                                          U.S. Continental          
                                                                                                                              Scientific Drilling       
                                                                                                                              Program by converting it  
                                                                                                                              to an International       
                                                                                                                              Continental Drilling      
                                                                                                                              Program. Thus, NSF is     
                                                                                                                              assuming much more of a   
                                                                                                                              ``lead'' agency role, with
                                                                                                                              the strong support of the 
                                                                                                                              DOE, the U.S. Geological  
                                                                                                                              Survey, and the Department
                                                                                                                              of the Interior (DOI).    
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             The Department of Energy   
                                                                                                                              recommends, with the      
                                                                                                                              support of the NSF, that  
                                                                                                                              the reporting requirement 
                                                                                                                              for DOE and DOI be        
                                                                                                                              eliminated and that these 
                                                                                                                              agencies assist in the    
                                                                                                                              preparation and submission
                                                                                                                              of a report through the   
                                                                                                                              Director of NSF. The      
                                                                                                                              Department further        
                                                                                                                              recommends that the       
                                                                                                                              reporting requirements be 
                                                                                                                              changed from ``annual'' to
                                                                                                                              an intermittent report of 
                                                                                                                              ``significant             
                                                                                                                              accomplishments.''        
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Triennial Report on Investigation of the  DOE........................  10 U.S.C. 7422(c)(2).......  Eliminate..............  Given that Congress has    
 Continued Production of the Naval                                                                                            recently authorized the   
 Petroleum Reserves Beyond April 5, 1997.                                                                                     sale of the Naval         
                                                                                                                              Petroleum Reserves, this  
                                                                                                                              report is not necessary   
                                                                                                                              nor of significant        
                                                                                                                              interest to Congress.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Reports on Coal Research,        DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 1301(d),  Eliminate or Modify....  The Department proposes to 
 Development, Demonstration, and                                        42 U.S.C. 13331(d), Energy                            eliminate biennial reports
 Commercialization Projects.                                            Policy Act of 1992.                                   on the status of actions  
                                                                                                                              identified under initial  
                                                                                                                              one-time reporting        
                                                                                                                              requirements of Sec. 1301.
                                                                                                                              Development of these      
                                                                                                                              technologies is not fast  
                                                                                                                              paced. Significant        
                                                                                                                              reportable change is not  
                                                                                                                              likely to occur in two-   
                                                                                                                              year increments. In       
                                                                                                                              addition, the program has 
                                                                                                                              sustained a significant   
                                                                                                                              decrease in funding, and  
                                                                                                                              will likely receive less  
                                                                                                                              in the future. If Congress
                                                                                                                              will not eliminate the    
                                                                                                                              current requirement, then 
                                                                                                                              the Department proposes   
                                                                                                                              another one-time report,  
                                                                                                                              to be submitted upon      
                                                                                                                              completion of the entire  
                                                                                                                              project.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Coke Oven Production Technology Study...  DOE........................  Clean Air Act, Sec.          Modify.................  The Department proposes to 
                                                                        112(n)(2)(c), as amended                              modify the reporting      
                                                                        by the Clean Air Act                                  requirements from an      
                                                                        Amendments of 1990, P.L.                              annual report to a one-   
                                                                        101-549, Sec. 301, 42                                 time report. The statute  
                                                                        U.S.C. 7412(w)(2)(c).                                 called for the Department 
                                                                                                                              and the EPA to conduct a  
                                                                                                                              five-year study of coke   
                                                                                                                              oven production emission  
                                                                                                                              technologies. The cost-   
                                                                                                                              sharing program was       
                                                                                                                              authorized at $5 million  
                                                                                                                              per year for 1992-97.     
                                                                                                                              However, a total of only  
                                                                                                                              $3.5 million was          
                                                                                                                              appropriated, causing     
                                                                                                                              various delays in project 
                                                                                                                              initiation. Given these   
                                                                                                                              budget-driven project     
                                                                                                                              delays, a single report   
                                                                                                                              upon completion of the    
                                                                                                                              project would be a more   
                                                                                                                              efficient use of resources
                                                                                                                              than maintaining the      
                                                                                                                              annual report requirement.
                                                                                                                                                        
Regional Petroleum Reserve Annual         DOE........................  P.L. 94-163, Sec. 157(b),    Eliminate..............  The Department is required 
 Computation.                                                           42 U.S.C. 6237(b), Energy                             to compute annually the   
                                                                        Policy and Conservation                               volumes of the petroleum  
                                                                        Act.                                                  reserves maintained by the
                                                                                                                              regions against unplanned 
                                                                                                                              interruptions. These data 
                                                                                                                              have not been routinely   
                                                                                                                              prepared; rather, the     
                                                                                                                              Strategic Petroleum       
                                                                                                                              Reserve Office has        
                                                                                                                              substituted the central   
                                                                                                                              reserve data, as permitted
                                                                                                                              under the Act. A proposal 
                                                                                                                              to repeal Sec. 157 is     
                                                                                                                              currently under review by 
                                                                                                                              OMB.                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Proposed Distribution of        DOE........................  P.L. 83-703, Sec. 54a, as    Eliminate..............  The requirements, as       
 Special Nuclear Materials.                                             amended, 42 U.S.C.                                    established by the        
                                                                        2074(a), Atomic Energy Act                            statutory citations, are  
                                                                        of 1954.                                              duplicative, and are      
                                                                                                                              currently being met by    
                                                                                                                              other means. Specifically,
                                                                                                                              each requirement for a    
                                                                                                                              proposed distribution of  
                                                                                                                              special nuclear material  
                                                                                                                              is published in the       
                                                                                                                              Federal Register by the   
                                                                                                                              Department or approved for
                                                                                                                              export by the Nuclear     
                                                                                                                              Regulatory Commission     
                                                                                                                              (which publishes a notice 
                                                                                                                              in the Federal Register). 
                                                                                                                              Once this information has 
                                                                                                                              been published, the       
                                                                                                                              Congress has 60 days to   
                                                                                                                              pass a concurrent         
                                                                                                                              resolution not favoring   
                                                                                                                              the action. Also, within  
                                                                                                                              30 days, a joint committee
                                                                                                                              of Congress is required to
                                                                                                                              submit a report to the    
                                                                                                                              whole Congress on the DOE 
                                                                                                                              submission. Additionally, 
                                                                                                                              a computation of the      
                                                                                                                              quantities of such        
                                                                                                                              material is included in   
                                                                                                                              the Nonproliferation      
                                                                                                                              Chapter of the Secretary's
                                                                                                                              Annual Report on the      
                                                                                                                              Department of Energy (P.L.
                                                                                                                              95-91, Sec. 657, 42 U.S.C.
                                                                                                                              7267).                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Report to Congress on the Use of Energy   DOE........................  P.L. 102-486, Sec. 3014(b),  Eliminate..............  The proposed activity lacks
 Futures for Fuel Purchases.                                            42 U.S.C. 13562, Energy                               support from sponsors and 
                                                                        Policy Act of 1992.                                   appropriators and no plans
                                                                                                                              are in effect to complete 
                                                                                                                              activity. The Department  
                                                                                                                              recommends eliminating the
                                                                                                                              reporting requirement.    
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Report on Implementation of the  DOE........................  P.L. 96-571, Sec. 6(a), 40   Eliminate..............  The purpose of the Act was 
 Alaska SWAP Act.                                                       U.S.C. 795d, Alaska                                   to take advantage of oil  
                                                                        Federal Civilian Energy                               conservation opportunities
                                                                        Efficiency SWAP Act of                                by expanding the use of   
                                                                        1980.                                                 coal-fired plants and     
                                                                                                                              realizing economies of    
                                                                                                                              scale in several remote   
                                                                                                                              communities. These        
                                                                                                                              opportunities were not    
                                                                                                                              numerous and all have been
                                                                                                                              taken advantage of for    
                                                                                                                              some time. No need exists 
                                                                                                                              for further reports.      
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Medicare Volume Performance Standards     Department of Health and     Section 1848(f)(3) of the    Modify by downgrading    The MVPS Quarterly Tracking
 (MVPS) Quarterly Tracking Report.         Human Services (HHS)--       Social Security Act.         to HCFA Direct Reply.    Report should be          
                                           Health Care Financing                                                              downgraded to the         
                                           Administration (HCFA).                                                             Administrator level or    
                                                                                                                              direct release from HCFA's
                                                                                                                              Office of the Actuary.    
                                                                                                                              This is an important      
                                                                                                                              report but the current    
                                                                                                                              clearance process for a   
                                                                                                                              one page report is too    
                                                                                                                              long.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Alternative Methods for Payment (Wage     HHS--HCFA..................  Section 1886 of the Social   Eliminate..............  Section 8403(b) of P.L. 100-
 Index).                                                                Security Act.                                         647 (Technical and        
                                                                                                                              Miscellaneous Revenue Act 
                                                                                                                              of 1988) and Sec.         
                                                                                                                              4005(a)(1) of P.L. 100-203
                                                                                                                              (OBRA87) require the      
                                                                                                                              Secretary to report on    
                                                                                                                              alternative methods of    
                                                                                                                              reimbursement to hospitals
                                                                                                                              located in areas affected 
                                                                                                                              by the adjustment of      
                                                                                                                              hospital wage indices.    
                                                                                                                              This report was to be     
                                                                                                                              included in the Single    
                                                                                                                              Standard Rate PPS Report. 
                                                                                                                              Most of the information   
                                                                                                                              was published in the Heath
                                                                                                                              Care Financing Review, a  
                                                                                                                              quarterly publication of  
                                                                                                                              HCFA's Office of Research 
                                                                                                                              and Demonstrations.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Development of Prospective Payment        HHS--HCFA-.................  P.L. 101-508, Sec.           Modify by extending due  The due date of the report 
 System for Home Health Services--                                      4027(c)(2)(B) (OBRA90).      date to 12/31/98.        is requested to be        
 Interim Report and Systems Proposal--                                                                                        extended to December 31,  
 Final Report.                                                                                                                1998. The current         
                                                                                                                              legislative debate will   
                                                                                                                              define the parameters for 
                                                                                                                              the implementation date   
                                                                                                                              for home health           
                                                                                                                              prospective payments.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Task Force on Long-Term Health Care       HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 99-272, Sec.            Eliminate..............  Congress requested a report
 Policies.                                                              9601(f)(2) (COBRA 85).                                on recommendations to be  
                                                                                                                              made 18 months after the  
                                                                                                                              release of a report on the
                                                                                                                              status of States' efforts 
                                                                                                                              at implementing the       
                                                                                                                              recommendations of the    
                                                                                                                              Task Force on Long-Term   
                                                                                                                              Health Care Policies. This
                                                                                                                              report requirement should 
                                                                                                                              be eliminated because HCFA
                                                                                                                              has presented its long-   
                                                                                                                              term health care          
                                                                                                                              legislative               
                                                                                                                              recommendations through   
                                                                                                                              several of the            
                                                                                                                              Administration's health   
                                                                                                                              care legislative          
                                                                                                                              proposals.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Single Standard Rate Prospective Payment  HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 101-239, Sec. 6003(I)   Eliminate..............   This report was required  
 System (PPS): Its Impact and Transition.                               (OBRA89).                                             by Sec. 6003(I) of OBRA89.
                                                                                                                              Under its provisions, HCFA
                                                                                                                              was to design a           
                                                                                                                              legislative proposal to   
                                                                                                                              eliminate the system for  
                                                                                                                              determining separate      
                                                                                                                              average standardized      
                                                                                                                              amounts under the hospital
                                                                                                                              inpatient prospective     
                                                                                                                              payment system (PPS). The 
                                                                                                                              report was due October 1, 
                                                                                                                              1990, and was to include  
                                                                                                                              the legislative proposal  
                                                                                                                              and an accompanying       
                                                                                                                              analysis of its impact.   
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             The report was originally  
                                                                                                                              prepared in the spring and
                                                                                                                              summer of 1990 and        
                                                                                                                              submitted to the          
                                                                                                                              Department for clearance  
                                                                                                                              in the fall of that year. 
                                                                                                                              Prior to final clearance, 
                                                                                                                              however, OBRA 90 (P.L. 101-
                                                                                                                              508) was enacted. That law
                                                                                                                              contained several         
                                                                                                                              provisions related to the 
                                                                                                                              issues addressed by the   
                                                                                                                              report, most notably      
                                                                                                                              providing that the        
                                                                                                                              separate rural            
                                                                                                                              standardized amount would 
                                                                                                                              be eliminated by 1995.    
                                                                                                                              HCFA revised the report to
                                                                                                                              incorporate these changes.
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                                                                                                                             Since then, the report has 
                                                                                                                              been recirculated and     
                                                                                                                              revised in response to    
                                                                                                                              comments several times.   
                                                                                                                              This report should now be 
                                                                                                                              eliminated. First,        
                                                                                                                              effective October 1, 1994,
                                                                                                                              the phase-out of the      
                                                                                                                              separate rural            
                                                                                                                              standardized amount was   
                                                                                                                              completed. Therefore, much
                                                                                                                              of the analysis and       
                                                                                                                              discussion in the report  
                                                                                                                              is moot. Second, other    
                                                                                                                              analysis contained in the 
                                                                                                                              report that may still be  
                                                                                                                              relevant is seriously     
                                                                                                                              outdated. The latest work 
                                                                                                                              was done in 1991 based on 
                                                                                                                              1989 data. Much of HCFA's 
                                                                                                                              analysis was published in 
                                                                                                                              the Winter 1992 edition of
                                                                                                                              the Health Care Financing 
                                                                                                                              Review and thus is already
                                                                                                                              public information.       
                                                                                                                              Finally, the time and     
                                                                                                                              effort that would be      
                                                                                                                              needed to bring the report
                                                                                                                              up-to-date would be       
                                                                                                                              extensive and better spent
                                                                                                                              on more current hospital  
                                                                                                                              payment issues.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Feasibility of Including Time in the      HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 101-239, Sec.           Eliminate..............  The need for this study was
 Definition of Visit Codes.                                             6102(e)(4) (OBRA89).                                  eliminated by the         
                                                                                                                              physician fee schedule and
                                                                                                                              the adoption of new visit 
                                                                                                                              codes which incorporate   
                                                                                                                              time in the visit code    
                                                                                                                              definition.               
                                                                                                                                                        
NAIC Model Transition Regulation State    HHS--HCFA..................  Medicare Catastrophic        Eliminate..............     The requirement is      
 Actions in Adopting Standards.                                         Coverage Act (MCCA).                                  outdated and should be    
                                                                                                                              eliminated. This reporting
                                                                                                                              requirement was added     
                                                                                                                              under MCCA to inform      
                                                                                                                              Congress about actions    
                                                                                                                              States had taken to adopt 
                                                                                                                              the NAIC Model Transition 
                                                                                                                              Regulation or the amended 
                                                                                                                              NAIC Model Regulation. The
                                                                                                                              required reports have been
                                                                                                                              submitted to Congress and 
                                                                                                                              the NAIC Model Regulation 
                                                                                                                              has been amended twice    
                                                                                                                              since this requirement was
                                                                                                                              added.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Medigap Loss Ratios and Refund of         HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 101-508, Sec.           Modify by extending due  The loss ratio data        
 Premiums.                                                              4355(a)(4) (OBRA90).         date.                    requested for this report 
                                                                                                                              was not available from    
                                                                                                                              States by February 1,     
                                                                                                                              1993. Therefore, an       
                                                                                                                              extension on this due date
                                                                                                                              is requested.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Study on Staffing Requirements in         HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 101-508, Sec. 4801(b)   Modify by extending due  The requirement is         
 Nursing Facilities.                                                    (OBRA90).                    date to January 1,       requested to be revised to
                                                                                                     1997.                    delay the due date until  
                                                                                                                              the minimum data set      
                                                                                                                              information is developed  
                                                                                                                              in a computerized,        
                                                                                                                              retrievable format. A     
                                                                                                                              study on nurse staffing   
                                                                                                                              ratios requires data from 
                                                                                                                              a nationally              
                                                                                                                              representative sample that
                                                                                                                              fully identifies the      
                                                                                                                              characteristics and care  
                                                                                                                              needs of various nursing  
                                                                                                                              home populations. This    
                                                                                                                              information, in a         
                                                                                                                              computerized and easily   
                                                                                                                              retrievable format, is    
                                                                                                                              currently unavailable.    
                                                                                                                              However, a partial listing
                                                                                                                              does exist (a limited data
                                                                                                                              base of four to six       
                                                                                                                              States) that will enable  
                                                                                                                              HCFA to gather the        
                                                                                                                              necessary information to  
                                                                                                                              conduct this study in     
                                                                                                                              1996. Thus, the due date  
                                                                                                                              should be revised to      
                                                                                                                              January 1, 1997.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Model System for Payment for Outpatient   HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 99-509, Sec. 9343(f)    Eliminate..............  This report should be      
 Hospital Services Other than Ambulatory                                (OBRA86)-.                                            eliminated because it was 
 Surgery.                                                                                                                     superseded by the report  
                                                                                                                              entitled Hospital         
                                                                                                                              Outpatient Prospective    
                                                                                                                              Payment-Final Report, Sec.
                                                                                                                              4151(b)(2) of P.L. 101-508
                                                                                                                              (OBRA90). That report was 
                                                                                                                              transmitted to Congress on
                                                                                                                              March 17, 1995.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Health Insurance, Information             HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 101-508, Sec. 4360(f)   Eliminate the 1991       Congress did not           
 Counseling, and Assistance Grants.                                     (OBRA90).                    Report.                  appropriate funds for     
                                                                                                                              activities in 1991;       
                                                                                                                              therefore, no report will 
                                                                                                                              be prepared. In addition, 
                                                                                                                              regardless of funding,    
                                                                                                                              there were no actions to  
                                                                                                                              report on for 1991. Funds 
                                                                                                                              were appropriated, and    
                                                                                                                              grants awarded, in 1992,  
                                                                                                                              and the report for 1992   
                                                                                                                              was transmitted to        
                                                                                                                              Congress on February 8,   
                                                                                                                              1996.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Adequacy of Medicare Part B Payment for   HHS--HCFA..................  P.L. 100-203, Sec. 4056(d)   Eliminate..............  The provisions of this     
 Chemotherapy Provided in Physicians'                                   (OBRA87).                                             mandate have been         
 Offices.                                                                                                                     addressed through the     
                                                                                                                              physicians fee schedule.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Activities of the National Vaccine        HHS........................  42 U.S.C. 300aa-4..........  Eliminate..............  This report summarizes the 
 Program.                                                                                                                     activities of the National
                                                                                                                              Vaccine Program. This     
                                                                                                                              program has been abolished
                                                                                                                              within the Office of the  
                                                                                                                              Assistant Secretary for   
                                                                                                                              Health and the Secretary  
                                                                                                                              has designated the Centers
                                                                                                                              for Disease Control and   
                                                                                                                              Prevention to serve as the
                                                                                                                              lead agency for vaccine   
                                                                                                                              policy development and    
                                                                                                                              coordination.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on the Administration of    HHS--Food and Drug           42 U.S.C. 2631(a), Sec. 540  Eliminate..............  Section 540 of the Food,   
 the Radiation Control for Health and      Administration (FDA).        of the Food, Drug, and                                Drug, and Cosmetic Act    
 Safety Act.                                                            Cosmetic Act.                                         requires the Secretary to 
                                                                                                                              submit to the President   
                                                                                                                              for transmittal to        
                                                                                                                              Congress an annual report 
                                                                                                                              on the administration of  
                                                                                                                              the Radiation Control for 
                                                                                                                              Health and Safety Act of  
                                                                                                                              1968. The FDA administers 
                                                                                                                              this act. HHS recommends  
                                                                                                                              eliminating this          
                                                                                                                              requirement since all the 
                                                                                                                              information in the annual 
                                                                                                                              report is more readily    
                                                                                                                              available to Congress     
                                                                                                                              through Center for Devices
                                                                                                                              and Radiological Health   
                                                                                                                              technical reports, the    
                                                                                                                              Radiological Health       
                                                                                                                              Bulletin, and other       
                                                                                                                              publicly available        
                                                                                                                              sources.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Tribal Organization Demonstration         HHS--Indian Health Service   P.L. 100-713, Sec. 402 (102  Eliminate..............  The programs participating 
 Program for Direct Billing of Medicare,   (IHS).                       Stat. 4818).                                          in this demonstration have
 Medicaid and Other Third Party Payors.                                                                                       elected to manage their   
                                                                                                                              health care programs      
                                                                                                                              through a self-governance 
                                                                                                                              compact. This has allowed 
                                                                                                                              them to directly bill     
                                                                                                                              Medicare, Medicaid, and   
                                                                                                                              other third party payors, 
                                                                                                                              separate from the         
                                                                                                                              demonstration program.    
                                                                                                                              Under self-governance,    
                                                                                                                              tribes are not required to
                                                                                                                              provide IHS any           
                                                                                                                              information required by   
                                                                                                                              the report.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Impact of the Final Rule Relating to      HHS--IHS...................  P.L. 100-173, Sec. 719(d)    Eliminate..............  Since 1988, a congressional
 Eligibility for Health Care Services of                                (102 Stat. 4838).                                     moratorium on implementing
 the Indian Health Services.                                                                                                  the final rule has been in
                                                                                                                              place. The moratorium     
                                                                                                                              continues to be upheld and
                                                                                                                              is unlikely to be lifted  
                                                                                                                              in the near future.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Mental Health Status of Indians.........  HHS--IHS...................  P.L. 101-630, Sec. 503(b)     Modify reporting        This report should be      
                                                                        (104 Stat. 4561).            schedule.                maintained but no longer  
                                                                                                                              as an annual report to    
                                                                                                                              Congress. As amended in   
                                                                                                                              P.L. 102-573, IHS is now  
                                                                                                                              required to include this  
                                                                                                                              report under Sec. 801 of  
                                                                                                                              the Indian Health Care    
                                                                                                                              Improvement Act. The      
                                                                                                                              current authority is Sec. 
                                                                                                                              209(j) of P.L. 102-573.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Urban NIAA Transferred Programs.........  HHS--IHS...................  P.L. 102-573, Sec. 504 (106   Modify reporting        All of the NIAA programs   
                                                                        Stat. 4570).                 schedule.                have not yet been         
                                                                                                                              transferred to IHS. This  
                                                                                                                              report is recommended to  
                                                                                                                              be maintained until all   
                                                                                                                              programs have been        
                                                                                                                              transferred. After the    
                                                                                                                              transfers are completed,  
                                                                                                                              the reporting requirement 
                                                                                                                              should be modified to once
                                                                                                                              every five years.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages--         HHS--Substance Abuse ad      42 U.S.C. 290aa(e)(2)......  Eliminate..............  The legislative authority  
 Prevention Activities in the Areas of     Mental Health Services                                                             for this report was       
 Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.                Administration (SAMHSA).                                                           repealed in 1992.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health     HHS--SAMHSA................  42 U.S.C. 290aa............  Eliminate..............  This is the same report    
 Administration--Description of the                                                                                           mentioned above. The      
 Prevention Research Activities                                                                                               legislative authority for 
 Undertaken by the Administration and                                                                                         this report was repealed  
 its Agencies, Including Expenditures.                                                                                        in 1992.                  
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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health    HHS--SAMHSA................  P.L. 99-570, Sec. 4003 (100  Eliminate..............  The legislative requirement
 Advisory Board--Activities During Prior                                Stat. 3207-109).                                      for this Board was        
 Year Including Recommendations for                                                                                           repealed in 1988.         
 Legislation and Administrative Action.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health    HHS--SAMHSA................  42 U.S.C. 290aa(c)(7)......  Eliminate..............  The legislative requirement
 Advisory Board--Activities of the Board.                                                                                     for this Board was        
                                                                                                                              repealed in 1988.----     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the Task Force on Aging         HHS--National Institutes of  Title III of P.L. 101-557,   Eliminate..............  The authorization of the   
 Research.                                 Health (NIH).                42 U.S.C. 242q-3.                                     appropriations for the    
                                                                                                                              Task Force on Aging       
                                                                                                                              Research expired at the   
                                                                                                                              end of 1993.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome        HHS--NIH...................  P.L. 103-43, 42 U.S.C. 285f- Eliminate..............  This reporting requirement 
 Research.                                                              1, Sec. 1903 of the NIH                               will be eliminated        
                                                                        Revitalization Act of 1993.                           automatically once the    
                                                                                                                              last of three reports is  
                                                                                                                              submitted.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin    HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 285d-7, Sec.       Eliminate..............  The charter for the Board  
 Diseases Advisory Board Annual Report.                                 442(j) of the Public                                  expired on September 30,  
                                                                        Health Services (PHS) Act.                            1994, and the Secretary   
                                                                                                                              has stated that HHS will  
                                                                                                                              not renew it.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of the Arthritis and              HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 285d-4, Sec.       Eliminate..............  The Executive Secretary of 
 Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency                                   439(c) of the PHS Act.                                each Interagency          
 Coordinating Committee and the Skin                                                                                          Coordinating Committee    
 Diseases Interagency Coordinating                                                                                            records and disseminates  
 Committees.                                                                                                                  minutes from all meetings 
                                                                                                                              to committee members;     
                                                                                                                              therefore, a record of all
                                                                                                                              the committees' activities
                                                                                                                              is already available.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Family Planning and Population Research   HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 300a-6a, Title X,  Eliminate..............  The requirement for this   
 Five-Year Plan and Progress Report.                                    Sec. 1009 of the PHS Act.                             report was enacted in 1970
                                                                                                                              and is now outdated.      
                                                                                                                              Furthermore, there is no  
                                                                                                                              evidence that it is useful
                                                                                                                              to Congress, NIH, or      
                                                                                                                              NICHD.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research     HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 300c-12, Title     Eliminate..............  HHS believes these reports 
 Reports.                                                               XI, Sec. 1122 (b) and (c)                             are of limited value and  
                                                                        of the PHS Act.                                       recommends their          
                                                                                                                              elimination. Similar      
                                                                                                                              information is available  
                                                                                                                              from NIH and other        
                                                                                                                              publicly available        
                                                                                                                              sources.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Triennial Report on Drug Abuse..........  HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 290aa-2, Title     Eliminate..............  The required information is
                                                                        IV, Sec. 503(b) of the PHS                            already available through 
                                                                        Act.                                                  NIDA publications and     
                                                                                                                              through the budget        
                                                                                                                              process.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Health Services Research......  HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 289c-1, Title IV,  Eliminate..............  There are more efficient   
                                                                        Sec. 494A(b) of the PHS                               ways of disseminating this
                                                                        Act.                                                  information to Congress   
                                                                                                                              than in a statutorily     
                                                                                                                              mandated report. Required 
                                                                                                                              data is available through 
                                                                                                                              NIDA's, NIAAA's, and      
                                                                                                                              NIMH's budget processes.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the National Diabetes Advisory  HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 285c-4, Title IV,  Eliminate..............   NIH, HHS, and OMB as part 
 Board.                                                                 Sec. 430 of the PHS Act                               of the Administration's   
                                                                        (re-chartered every two                               efforts to reduce the     
                                                                        years in accordance with                              number of advisory        
                                                                        P.L. 92-463).                                         committees throughout the 
                                                                                                                              Government. Legislation   
                                                                                                                              was introduced in the     
                                                                                                                              103rd Congress to         
                                                                                                                              eliminate it. The charter 
                                                                                                                              expired on September 30,  
                                                                                                                              1994.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the National Digestive          HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 285c-4, Title IV,  Eliminate..............  This committee has been    
 Diseases Advisory Board.                                               Sec. 430 of the PHS Act                               recommended for           
                                                                        (re-chartered every two                               termination by NIH, HHS,  
                                                                        years in accordance with                              and OMB as part of the    
                                                                        P.L. 92-463).                                         Administration's efforts  
                                                                                                                              to reduce the number of   
                                                                                                                              advisory committees       
                                                                                                                              throughout the government.
                                                                                                                              Legislation was introduced
                                                                                                                              in the 103rd Congress to  
                                                                                                                              eliminate it. The charter 
                                                                                                                              expired on September 30,  
                                                                                                                              1994.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the National Kidney and         HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 285c-4, Title IV,  Eliminate..............  This committee has been    
 Urologic Diseases Advisory Board.                                      Sec. 430 of the PHS Act                               recommended for           
                                                                        (re-chartered every two                               termination by NIH, HHS,  
                                                                        years in accordance with                              and OMB as part of the    
                                                                        P.L. 92-463).                                         Administration's efforts  
                                                                                                                              to reduce the number of   
                                                                                                                              advisory committees       
                                                                                                                              throughout the Government.
                                                                                                                              Legislation was introduced
                                                                                                                              in the 103rd Congress to  
                                                                                                                              eliminate it. The charter 
                                                                                                                              expired on September 30,  
                                                                                                                              1994.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the End-State Renal Disease     HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 1395rr (c)(7) (re- Eliminate..............  This committee has been    
 Data Advisory Committee.                                               chartered every two years                             recommended for           
                                                                        in accordance with P.L. 92-                           termination by NIH, HHS,  
                                                                        463).                                                 and OMB as part of the    
                                                                                                                              Administration's efforts  
                                                                                                                              to reduce the number of   
                                                                                                                              advisory committees       
                                                                                                                              throughout the government.
                                                                                                                              Legislation was introduced
                                                                                                                              in the 103rd Congress to  
                                                                                                                              eliminate it. The charter 
                                                                                                                              expired on September 30,  
                                                                                                                              1994.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the Digestive Diseases          HHS--NIH...................  P.L. 99-158................  Eliminate..............  In the interest of         
 Interagency Coordinating Committee.                                                                                          streamlining Federal      
                                                                                                                              activities, the limited   
                                                                                                                              usefulness of this report 
                                                                                                                              does not justify the      
                                                                                                                              effort to produce it.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the Diabetes Mellitus           HHS--NIH...................  P.L. 99-158................  Eliminate..............  In the interest of         
 Interagency Coordinating Committee.                                                                                          streamlining Federal      
                                                                                                                              activities, the limited   
                                                                                                                              usefulness of this report 
                                                                                                                              does not justify the      
                                                                                                                              substantial effort needed 
                                                                                                                              to produce it.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the Kidney and Urologic         HHS--NIH...................  P.L. 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 285c- Eliminate..............  In the interest of         
 Diseases Interagency Coordinating                                      3, Title IV, Sec. 429 of                              streamlining Federal      
 Committee.                                                             the PHS Act.                                          activities, the limited   
                                                                                                                              usefulness of this report 
                                                                                                                              does not justify the      
                                                                                                                              substantial effort needed 
                                                                                                                              to produce it.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Public Health Services Report...........  HHS--NIH...................  P.L. 91-513, 42 U.S.C. 3509  Eliminate..............  Nearly identical           
                                                                                                                              information is required   
                                                                                                                              for the GSA Fiscal Year   
                                                                                                                              Review of Federal Advisory
                                                                                                                              Committee Report (P.L. 92-
                                                                                                                              463; 5 U.S.C. App2, 6(c)).
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Annual Report on Administrative Expenses  HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 284c, Title IV,    Eliminate..............  As a part of the budget    
                                                                        Sec. 408 of the PHS Act.                              process, and in response  
                                                                                                                              to an Executive Order     
                                                                                                                              directing reductions in   
                                                                                                                              administrative expenses   
                                                                                                                              government-wide, HHS has  
                                                                                                                              developed a definition of 
                                                                                                                              administrative expenses   
                                                                                                                              that does not conform to  
                                                                                                                              the definition contained  
                                                                                                                              in the PHS Act. It is     
                                                                                                                              burdensome and confusing  
                                                                                                                              for NIH to present two    
                                                                                                                              different estimates for   
                                                                                                                              administrative costs in   
                                                                                                                              the budget request and the
                                                                                                                              annual report to Congress.
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Report of the Director NIH.....  HHS--NIH...................  42 U.S.C. 283, Title IV,     Eliminate..............  NIH has sufficient         
                                                                        Sec. 403 of the PHS Act.                              opportunities for         
                                                                                                                              reporting to Congress.    
                                                                                                                              Elimination of the report 
                                                                                                                              would save resources and  
                                                                                                                              staff time needed for     
                                                                                                                              other activities.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Report on the Scientific and     HHS--Health Resources and    42 U.S.C. 274d, Sec. 376 of  Eliminate..............  Information provided to the
 Clinical Status of Organ                  Services Administration      the PHS Act.                                          Congress via a report     
 Transplantation.                          (HRSA).                                                                            prepared by the United    
                                                                                                                              Network for Organ Sharing.
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Notification of a Proposed Grant          Department of Housing and    P.L. 100-242, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This statute has never been
 Contract or Cooperative Agreement         Urban Development (HUD).     561(e)(1) (101 Stat. 1943).                           adhered to. It requires 30
 Relative to Discriminatory Housing                                                                                           days advance reporting to 
 Practices.                                                                                                                   Congress of proposed grant
                                                                                                                              contracts.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Activities Under the Solar        HUD........................  42 U.S.C. 5510(d)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete    
 Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act                                                                                        because this program is   
 of 1974.                                                                                                                     not authorized.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Funding Relating to Evaluating and        HUD........................  P.L. 101-235, Sec. 124 (103  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Monitoring Programs Under Section 7 of                                 Stat. 2022).                                                                    
 the Department of Housing and Urban                                                                                                                    
 Development Act.                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
State and Local Strategies for the        HUD........................  P.L. 102-550, Sec. 1207      Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete    
 Removal of Barriers to Affordable                                      (106 Stat. 3941).                                                               
 Housing.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Comprehensive Review and Evaluation of    HUD........................  P.L. 102-550, Sec. 1409(b)   Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 the Effectiveness of Each Program Under                                (106 Stat. 4038).                                     completed.                
 Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney                                                                                                                    
 Homeless Assistance Act.                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Neighborhood Development Program........  HUD........................  P.L. 102-550, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
                                                                        132(f)(1) and (2) (106                                                          
                                                                        Stat. 3713).                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Homeownership Demonstration Program in    HUD........................  P.L. 102-550, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Omaha, NE.                                                             132(f)(1) and (2) (106                                necessary because this    
                                                                        Stat. 3713).                                          program has been          
                                                                                                                              completed.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Urban Homesteading Program..............  HUD........................  12 U.S.C. 810(e)...........  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Progress of the Recipients of Rental      HUD........................  12 U.S.C. 810(e)...........  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Housing Rehabilitation and Development                                                                                                                 
 Program Grants.                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Rural Rental Rehabilitation               HUD........................  42 U.S.C. 1490.............  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Demonstration Program.                                                                                                       necessary because this    
                                                                                                                              program has been          
                                                                                                                              completed.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Community Development Program, Including  HUD........................  42 U.S.C. 4822.............  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 the Rehabilitation Loan Program.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Summary of All Activities Carried Out     HUD........................  42 U.S.C. 5318.............  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Under the Neighborhood Development                                                                                                                     
 Demonstration Program.                                                                                                                                 
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Pacific Yew Act.........................  Department of the Interior   P.L. 102-335, 16 U.S.C.      Eliminate..............  FDA has approved a         
                                           (DOI)--Bureau of Land        4801 et seq.                                          synthetically produced    
                                           Management (BLM).                                                                  Taxol. USDA has requested 
                                                                                                                              Congress to sunset the    
                                                                                                                              requirement.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Statement of Public Lands Sales and       DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 101-67, Sec. 6(c) (103  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary.
 Accounting of Distribution of Receipts                                 Stat. 173).                                           Because of a moratorium on
 (Apex Project, NV).                                                                                                          the BLM budget, no action 
                                                                                                                              is to be taken on this    
                                                                                                                              project.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Size and Condition of the Tule Elk Herd   DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 97-375, 16 U.S.C 673f   Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 in California.                                                         (96 Stat. 1825).                                      useful. The herds that are
                                                                                                                              the subject of this report
                                                                                                                              have been reestablished.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Adjustments to Boundaries of Areas Added  DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 96-487, 16 U.S.C.       Eliminate..............  Recommendations have been  
 to or Established by the ANILCA as                                     3138(b), Sec. 103.                                    submitted to Congress for 
 Units of the National Park Service,                                                                                          enactment--advance notice 
 Wildlife Refuge, Wild and Scenic Rivers                                                                                      is therefore unnecessary. 
 or National Wilderness Preservation                                                                                                                    
 System.                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Oil and Gas Leasing Programs    DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 96-487, 16 U.S.C.       Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative;
 for Non-North-Slope Federal Lands.                                     3148(b)(4) (94 Stat. 2455).                           the data in this report is
                                                                                                                              also summarized in BLM's  
                                                                                                                              Annual Report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Reviews and Extensions of Withdrawals of  DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 94-579, 16 U.S.C.       Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative;
 Lands.                                                                 1714(f) (90 Stat. 2750).                              the data in this report is
                                                                                                                              also included in BLM's    
                                                                                                                              Annual Report.            
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Protection of Wild Horses and Burros Act  DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 92-195, 16 U.S.C. 134   Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative;
 (Status of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse                                 (85 Stat. 651).                                       the data in this report is
 and Burro Program).                                                                                                          also available in BLM's   
                                                                                                                              Annual Report, required by
                                                                                                                              the Federal Land Policy   
                                                                                                                              and Management Act        
                                                                                                                                                        
Owyhee Wild and Scenic River Boundaries,  DOI--BLM...................  16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(3) and     Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 Classification, and Development.                                       1274(b).                                              completed and submitted to
                                                                                                                              Congress in October 1979. 
                                                                                                                              The designation that is   
                                                                                                                              the subject of this report
                                                                                                                              has occurred.             
                                                                                                                                                        
National Wilderness Preservation Systems  DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 88-577, 16 U.S.C. 1136  Eliminate..............  This report is not useful  
                                                                                                                              and was prepared only for 
                                                                                                                              1987.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Compensatory Royalty Agreements Relating  DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 86-705, 30 U.S.C.       Eliminate..............  This report is not useful  
 to Oil and Gas.                                                        226(j).                                               and suffers from          
                                                                                                                              inconsistent reporting    
                                                                                                                              requirements.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Advisory Boards Recommendations on        DOI--BLM...................  P.L. 101-121, Sec. 318(h)    Modify by making report  It is not necessary to     
 Prospective Timber Sales.                                              (103 Stat. 750); OMB:        quarterly, semi-         issue this report monthly.
                                                                        Bureau of Land Management/   annual, or annual.                                 
                                                                        U.S. Fish and Wildlife                                                          
                                                                        Service, pp. 115-116.                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Recommendations to Ensure That Three      DOI--Bureau of               P.L. 96-375, Sec. 4 (94      Eliminate..............  The projects that are the  
 Proposed Water Resource Development       Reclamation(BOR).            Stat. 1506).                                          subject of this report    
 Projects in Contra Costa County, CA,                                                                                         have been built.          
 Will Not Result in Deterioration of the                                                                                                                
 Water Quality or Ecology of the                                                                                                                        
 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or San                                                                                                                    
 Francisco Bay Estuarine System.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Alternative Uses of Facilities in         DOI--BOR...................  P.L. 97-273, Sec. 3(b) (96   Eliminate..............  WBR will not build the Oahe
 Conjunction With Oahe Unit, Initial                                    Stat. 1181; 102 Stat.                                 Unit.                     
 Stage, James Division, Pick-Sloan                                      2572).                                                                          
 Missouri Basin Program.                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Actual Operations Under Adopted Criteria  DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 1552(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This report duplicates the 
 for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of                                                                                      work required each October
 the Colorado River Reservoirs.                                                                                               in the annual operating   
                                                                                                                              plan.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Studies on Colorado River Water Quality.  DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 1596.............  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
                                                                                                                                                        
Colorado River Floodway Maps............  DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 1600c(b)(2)......  Eliminate..............  WBR does this as a part of 
                                                                                                                              routine business.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that Each AGency Has        OI--BOR....................  U.S.C. 1600 et seq.........  Eliminate..............  WBR does this as a part of 
 Complied With the Provisions of 43                                                                                           routine business.         
 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that an Adequate Soil       DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 390a.............  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Survey of Land Classification Has Been                                                                                                                 
 Made and that the Lands to be Irrigated                                                                                                                
 are Susceptible to Agricultural                                                                                                                        
 Production by Irrigation.                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Proposals Received Under the Small        DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 422j.............  Eliminate..............  WBR is no longer receiving 
 Reclamation Project Act.                                                                                                     proposals under the Act.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Claims Submitted from the Teton Dam       DOI--BOR...................  P.L. 94-400, Sec. 8 (90      Eliminate..............  The dam failure that is the
 Failure.                                                               Stat. 1213).                                          subject of this report    
                                                                                                                              occurred almost 20 years  
                                                                                                                              ago; claims are no longer 
                                                                                                                              being made.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Proposed Contracts for Drainage Works     DOI--BOR...................  43 U.S.C. 505..............  Eliminate..............  This report is not useful  
 and Minor Construction Over $200,000 on                                                                                      and consumes scarce       
 Federal Reclamation Projects.                                                                                                resources.                
                                                                                                                                                        
National Trails System Plan.............  DOI--National Park Service   16 U.S.C. 1242(c)..........  Eliminate..............  A more appropriate         
                                           (NPS).                                                                             mechanism for identifying 
                                                                                                                              trail needs and activities
                                                                                                                              can be carried out as     
                                                                                                                              needed through periodic   
                                                                                                                              reports and documents     
                                                                                                                              issued to the trails      
                                                                                                                              community and to Congress,
                                                                                                                              rather than through a     
                                                                                                                              biennial reporting        
                                                                                                                              requirement.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Quarterly Reprogramming Report..........  DOI--NPS...................  House Report 99-714; 1987    Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
                                                                        Appropriation; DOI Budget                             useful.                   
                                                                        Handbook, Part IV, Ch. 5.                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Study of the Feasibility and Suitability  DOI--NPS...................  P.L. 102-50, Sec. 8(e) (105  Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 of Establishing Niobrara-Buffalo                                       Stat. 257).                                           completed and sent to     
 Prairie National Park.                                                                                                       Congress July 5, 1995.    
                                                                                                                                                        
Study of U.S. Route 66..................  DOI--NPS...................  P.L. 101-400, Sec. 3(b)      Eliminate..............  This report has been       
                                                                        (104 Stat. 861).                                      completed and sent to     
                                                                                                                              Congress October 6, 1995. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Interbureau and Interagency Details.....  DOI--NPS...................  P.L. 98-473, Sec. 112;       Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
                                                                        House Request.                                        useful.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Freedom of Information Act Report.......  DOI--NPS...................  5 U.S.C. 552(d), 383 DM      Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
                                                                        15.6.                                                 useful.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Commercial Printing Report..............  DOI--NPS...................  Title IV, JCP Regulations..  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
                                                                                                                              useful.                   
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Audit of the Federal Royalty Management   DOI--Office of Inspector     30 U.S.C. Sec. 1752........  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
 System.                                   General (OIG).                                                                     OIG regularly audits the  
                                                                                                                              Federal royalty management
                                                                                                                              system and provides copies
                                                                                                                              of those reports to       
                                                                                                                              congressional committees  
                                                                                                                              and subcommittees with    
                                                                                                                              oversight responsibility. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Audit of the Financial Report Submitted   DOI--OIG...................  48 U.S.C. 1422 and 1422(d).  Eliminate, but do not    This report is duplicative.
 by the Governor of Guam.                                                                            eliminate other          OIG regularly audits the  
                                                                                                     authorities of 48        financial report submitted
                                                                                                     U.S.C. 1422.             by the Governor of Guam   
                                                                                                                              and provides copies of    
                                                                                                                              those reports to          
                                                                                                                              congressional committees  
                                                                                                                              and subcommittees with    
                                                                                                                              oversight responsibility. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Audit of the Financial Report Submitted   DOI--OIG...................  48 U.S.C. 1692.............  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
 by the Governments of the Marshall                                                                                           OIG regularly audits the  
 Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and the                                                                                          financial report submitted
 Northern Mariana Islands.                                                                                                    by the governments of the 
                                                                                                                              Marshall Islands,         
                                                                                                                              Micronesia, Palau, and the
                                                                                                                              Northern Mariana Islands  
                                                                                                                              and provides copies of    
                                                                                                                              those reports to          
                                                                                                                              congressional committees  
                                                                                                                              and subcommittees with    
                                                                                                                              oversight responsibility. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Audit of the Financial Report Submitted   DOI--OIG...................  48 U.S.C. 1591.............  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative;
 by the Governor of the Virgin Islands.                                                                                       OIG regularly audits the  
                                                                                                                              financial report submitted
                                                                                                                              by the Governor of the    
                                                                                                                              Virgin Islands and        
                                                                                                                              provides copies of those  
                                                                                                                              reports to congressional  
                                                                                                                              committees and            
                                                                                                                              subcommittees with        
                                                                                                                              oversight responsibility. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Audit of the Financial Report Submitted   DOI--OIG...................  48 U.S.C. 1668(a)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
 by the Governor American Samoa.                                                                                              OIG regularly audits the  
                                                                                                                              financial report submitted
                                                                                                                              by the Governor of        
                                                                                                                              American Samoa and        
                                                                                                                              provides copies of those  
                                                                                                                              reports to congressional  
                                                                                                                              committees and            
                                                                                                                              subcommittees with        
                                                                                                                              oversight responsibility. 
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             Territorial financial      
                                                                                                                              reports are provided under
                                                                                                                              the Single Audit Act of   
                                                                                                                              1984, rather than these   
                                                                                                                              1982 provisions. The four 
                                                                                                                              preceding statutory       
                                                                                                                              requirementsshould be     
                                                                                                                              eliminated in favor of a  
                                                                                                                              single provision          
                                                                                                                              applicable only to the    
                                                                                                                              United States territories 
                                                                                                                              (not the FAS) with        
                                                                                                                              additional requirements   
                                                                                                                              imposed on any territory  
                                                                                                                              receiving operations funds
                                                                                                                              from the Federal          
                                                                                                                              government.               
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             At present American Samoa  
                                                                                                                              is the only territorial   
                                                                                                                              government with an        
                                                                                                                              operations grant.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Governor of Guam's Statement of Actions   DOI--OIG and Office of       48 U.S.C. 1422.............  Eliminate..............  This 1982 provision is     
 Taken or Contemplated on Federal Audit    Insular Affairs (OIA).                                                             duplicative of financial  
 Recommendations.                                                                                                             reporting requirements    
                                                                                                                              under the Single Audit Act
                                                                                                                              of 1984, which applies to 
                                                                                                                              the territories.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Governor of the Virgin Islands'           DOI--OIG and OIA...........  48 U.S.C. 1591.............  Eliminate..............  This 1982 provision is     
 Statement of Actions Taken or                                                                                                duplicative of financial  
 Contemplated on Federal Audit                                                                                                reporting requirements    
 Recommendations.                                                                                                             under the Single Audit Act
                                                                                                                              of 1984, which applies to 
                                                                                                                              the territories.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Statement of the Chief Executives of the  DOI--OIG and OIA...........  48 U.S.C. 1692-............  Eliminate-.............  This 1982 provision is     
 Governments of the Marshal Islands,                                                                                          duplicative of financial  
 Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern                                                                                          reporting requirements    
 Mariana Islands on the Actions Taken or                                                                                      under the Single Audit Act
 Contemplated on Federal Audit                                                                                                of 1984, which applies to 
 Recommendations---.                                                                                                          the territories.          
                                                                                                                                                        
The Indian Child Protection and Family    DOI--Bureau of Indian        P.L. 101-630, Sec. 412.....  Eliminate..............  Each year resources to     
 Violence Prevention (ICP and FVP) Act.    Affairs (BIA).                                                                     carry out activities have 
                                                                                                                              decreased. Because funding
                                                                                                                              is so limited, tribes and 
                                                                                                                              agencies have been unable 
                                                                                                                              to employ full-time Child 
                                                                                                                              Protection staff either to
                                                                                                                              provide essential services
                                                                                                                              or collect data for the   
                                                                                                                              annual report to Congress.
                                                                                                                                                        
Adjustment or Cancellation of             DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 1465.............  Eliminate..............  This report reflects       
 Obligations Related to the Indian                                                                                            requests prior to 1992    
 Revolving Loan Fund.                                                                                                         (pre-Credit Reform Act)   
                                                                                                                              loans. Each year ample    
                                                                                                                              funds are provided to     
                                                                                                                              cover any deficiencies    
                                                                                                                              ($11 million).            
                                                                                                                                                        
Status of the Education Programs          DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 2017(a)..........  Modify by making report  With the current downsizing
 Administered by BIA and Any Educational                                                             biennial.                and budget constraints the
 Problems Encountered During the Year.                                                                                        resources for compiling   
                                                                                                                              the report annually are no
                                                                                                                              longer available.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Regulations Governing BIA Education       DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 2019.............  Eliminate..............  The regulations were       
 Programs.                                                                                                                    developed and now appear  
                                                                                                                              within 25 CFR.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Applications Received and Actions Taken   DOI--BIA...................  P.L. 100-297, Sec. 5206(g)   Eliminate..............  Because of budgetary       
 on Grants for Tribally Controlled                                      (102 Stat. 391).                                      constraints, OIEP has     
 Colleges.                                                                                                                    neither the personnel or  
                                                                                                                              funds to compile this     
                                                                                                                              report.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Recruitment and Training of Indians for   DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 472a(d)..........  Eliminate..............  Employees with Indian      
 Positions Subject to Indian Preference.                                                                                      preference have been      
                                                                                                                              selected for training in a
                                                                                                                              variety of disciplines. 5 
                                                                                                                              CFR 410.511 allows the    
                                                                                                                              Federal Government to pay 
                                                                                                                              for education to fill     
                                                                                                                              certain positions, and the
                                                                                                                              use of Consolidated       
                                                                                                                              Training Funds throughout 
                                                                                                                              the bureau has provided   
                                                                                                                              training for advancement  
                                                                                                                              of low-graded employees   
                                                                                                                              into desired positions. It
                                                                                                                              is no longer the subject  
                                                                                                                              of current legislative    
                                                                                                                              action.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Placement of Non-Indian Employees of the  DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 472a(e)(2).......  Eliminate..............  Very few non-Indians have  
 BIA in Other Federal Positions.                                                                                              sought assistance from    
                                                                                                                              personnel offices since   
                                                                                                                              the enactment of P.L. 96- 
                                                                                                                              135. The percentage of non-
                                                                                                                              Indian employees within   
                                                                                                                              BIA has decreased to      
                                                                                                                              approximately 12 percent. 
                                                                                                                              It is no longer the       
                                                                                                                              subject of current        
                                                                                                                              legislation.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund   DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 497..............  Eliminate..............  This report refers to pre- 
 Deficiencies.                                                                                                                1992 loans. Each year     
                                                                                                                              ample funds are provided  
                                                                                                                              to cover any deficiencies 
                                                                                                                              that may appear ($11      
                                                                                                                              million).                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Positions Contracted Under Grants of      DOI--BIA...................  P.L. 100-297, Sec. 5115(2)   Eliminate..............  The report is no longer    
 Post Differential Authority in the BIA                                 (102 Stat. 310).                                      valid. The need for post  
 Schools.                                                                                                                     differentials is no longer
                                                                                                                              necessary as positions are
                                                                                                                              negotiated by individual  
                                                                                                                              tribes. Post differentials
                                                                                                                              are given to individuals  
                                                                                                                              based on the nearest      
                                                                                                                              public school.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Demonstration Projects Carried Out Under  DOI--BIA...................  P.L. 102-524, Sec. 4, 25     Eliminate..............  The Act was authorized,    
 the Native American Educational                                        U.S.C. 2001(c) (106 Stat.                             however, it was never     
 Assistance Act.                                                        3437).                                                funded. Tribes have since 
                                                                                                                              begun funding these       
                                                                                                                              projects under a separate 
                                                                                                                              authority                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Notification of the Proposed Closure or   DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 2001(h)(3) or (4)  Eliminate..............  This report has never been 
 Consolidation of a School Operated by                                                                                        compiled since            
 the BIA.                                                                                                                     congressional Directives  
                                                                                                                              prohibit the expansion,   
                                                                                                                              etc., of any schools      
                                                                                                                              because of budgetary      
                                                                                                                              constraints.              
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National Criteria for Dormitory           DOI--BIA...................  25 U.S.C. 2002(d)(3).......  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
 Situations.                                                                                                                  This information can be   
                                                                                                                              found elsewhere.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Implementation of the Indian Self-        DOI--BIA...................  45 U.S.C. 450j-1(c)........  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Determination and Education Assistance                                                                                       necessary; the Act has    
 Act.                                                                                                                         been implemented.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Applications Received and Actions Taken   DOI--BIA...................  P.L. 100-297, Sec. 3206(g)   Eliminate..............  Because of budgetary       
 on Grants for Tribally Controlled                                      (102 Stat. 391).                                      constraints, OIEP has     
 Colleges.                                                                                                                    neither the personnel nor 
                                                                                                                              the funds to compile this 
                                                                                                                              report.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Status of the Nationwide Geologic         DOI--United States           OMB: Public Lands and Real   Modify by making report  It is not necessary to     
 Mapping Program.                          Geological Survey.           Property, p. 113.            biennial.                issue this report more    
                                                                                                                              frequently than every     
                                                                                                                              other year.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Contract Awards Made to         DOI--Office of Policy,       50 U.S.C. 1434.............  Eliminate..............  There has been no need to  
 Facilitate the National Defense.          Managment, and Budget.                                                             file this report within at
                                                                                                                              least the last ten years. 
Essential Effects of Activities Under     DOI--Minerals Management     43 U.S.C. 1346(e)..........  Modify by making report  It is not necessary to     
 the OCS Lands Act.                        Service (MMS).                                            triennial.               issue this report more    
                                                                                                                              frequently than every     
                                                                                                                              three years.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Oil and Gas Leasing/Production Programs.  DOI--MMS...................  P.L. 95-372, Sec. 207(a)     Eliminate..............  This report mostly         
                                                                        (92 Stat. 648).                                       duplicates information    
                                                                                                                              available from other      
                                                                                                                              sources.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Lease Sales: Evaluation of Bidding        DOI--MMS...................  P.L. 95-372, Sec. 205(a)     Eliminate or modify by   This report is no longer   
 Results and Competition.                                               (92 Stat. 643).              requiring report every   necessary. Competition for
                                                                                                     five years..             OCS leases is not an      
                                                                                                                              active issue in the       
                                                                                                                              Congress, and we are not  
                                                                                                                              currently experimenting   
                                                                                                                              with alternative bidding  
                                                                                                                              systems.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Addendum to Study on the Effects of       DOI--MMS...................  P.L. 100-713...............  Eliminate or Defer.....  With no lease sales        
 Geophysical Acoustic Survey Operations                                                                                       scheduled for California  
 on Important Commercial Fisheries in                                                                                         in the near term, there is
 California.                                                                                                                  likely to be little       
                                                                                                                              interest in geophysical   
                                                                                                                              acoustic surveys in this  
                                                                                                                              region.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Anthracite Mine Water Control and Mine    DOI--Bureau of Mines (BOM).  30 U.S.C. 575..............  Eliminate or Transfer..  The Bureau of Mines has    
 Sealing and Filling Program.                                                                                                 been eliminated.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Helium Gas Conservation, Production,      DOI--BOM, BLM..............  50 U.S.C. 167n.............  Eliminate or Transfer..  The Bureau of Mines has    
 Purchase, and Sale.                                                                                                          been eliminated.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act   DOI--BOM...................  30 U.S.C. 804(f)(2)........  Eliminate or Transfer..  The Bureau of Mines has    
 Interim Compliance Panel.                                                                                                    been eliminated.          
                                                                                                                                                        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance      Department of Justice (DOJ)  P.L. 98-473, Sec. 609 (98    Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Report.                                                                Stat. 2106).                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Justice Programs Annual Reports.........  DOJ--Office of Justice       P.L. 98-473, Sec. 609B(f)    Consolidate all OJP      Assistant Attorney General,
                                           Programs (OJP).              and (i) (98 Stat. 2093,      Annual Reports.          OJP; Director, BJA;       
                                                                        2095).                                                Director, BJS; and        
                                                                                                                              Director NIJ each report  
                                                                                                                              on their activities during
                                                                                                                              previous calendar year by 
                                                                                                                              April 1. This report      
                                                                                                                              should be eliminated or   
                                                                                                                              consolidated into a single
                                                                                                                              OJP Annual Report.        
                                                                                                                                                        
BJA Grants Evaluation...................  DOJ--OJP...................  P.L. 101-690, Sec. 6091(a)   Consolidate all OJP      The Director of NIJ is to  
                                                                        (as amended), 42 U.S.C.      Annual Reports.          report on the nature and  
                                                                        3766.                                                 findings of the evaluation
                                                                                                                              and research and          
                                                                                                                              development activities    
                                                                                                                              funded by BJA grants. This
                                                                                                                              should be eliminated or   
                                                                                                                              consolidated into a single
                                                                                                                              OJP Annual Report.        
                                                                                                                                                        
OJP Annual Report.......................  DOJ--OJP...................  P.L. 98-473, Sec. 603 (98    Consolidate all OJP      All OJP annual reports     
                                                                        Stat. 2078).                 Annual Reports.          (including those listed   
                                                                                                                              above) can be consolidated
                                                                                                                              into one report.          
                                                                                                                                                        
INS Impact Report.......................  DOJ--Immigration and         P.L. 101-649, Sec. 142,      Eliminate..............  The Commissioner of INS, is
                                           Naturalization Service       Immigration Act of 1990                               to report annually        
                                           (INS).                       (104 Stat. 5004).                                     information useful in     
                                                                                                                              evaluating the social,    
                                                                                                                              economic, environmental,  
                                                                                                                              and demographic impact of 
                                                                                                                              immigration laws. All the 
                                                                                                                              statistical information is
                                                                                                                              already published in the  
                                                                                                                              INS yearbook--this        
                                                                                                                              reporting requirement is  
                                                                                                                              not beneficial.           
                                                                                                                                                        
INS Document Security Report............  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 101-238, Secs. 5 and    Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                        6, Immigration Nursing                                to Judiciary Committees on
                                                                        Relief Act of 1989.                                   the security of documents 
                                                                                                                              and any improvements in   
                                                                                                                              such documents that have  
                                                                                                                              occurred as a result of   
                                                                                                                              this Act. No funds have   
                                                                                                                              been appropriated and no  
                                                                                                                              actions taken. This report
                                                                                                                              is not possible.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Miscellaneous Visa Petitions Report.....  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 102-232, Sec. 207(c),   Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                        Misc. and Tech.                                       on petitions for H, O, P, 
                                                                        Immigration and                                       and Q nonimmigrant visas. 
                                                                        Naturalization Amendments                             This is only one element  
                                                                        of 1991 (107 Stat. 1741).                             of immigration            
                                                                                                                              administration and the    
                                                                                                                              report is obsolete.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Immigration User Fee Account Report.....  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 101-515, Sec. 210(a),   Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                        Departments of Commerce,                              an annual report on the   
                                                                        Justice, and State, the                               financial condition of the
                                                                        Judiciary and Related                                 Immigration User Fee      
                                                                        Agencies Appropriations                               Account, including INS's  
                                                                        Act of 1991 (104 Stat.                                success rate in meeting   
                                                                        2120).                                                the 45-minute inspection  
                                                                                                                              standard, and detailed    
                                                                                                                              port-by-port statistics.  
                                                                                                                              This report duplicates in 
                                                                                                                              large part annual         
                                                                                                                              financial statement and   
                                                                                                                              budget reports.           
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Land Border Fee Account Report..........  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 101-515, Sec.           Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                        210(d)(3), Departments of                             an annual statement on the
                                                                        Commerce, Justice, and                                financial condition of the
                                                                        State, the Judiciary and                              Land Border Immigration   
                                                                        Related Agencies                                      Fee Account. This report  
                                                                        Appropriations Act of 1991                            duplicates, in large part,
                                                                        (104 Stat. 2121).                                     annual financial statement
                                                                                                                              and budget reports.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Naturalization Fee Report...............  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 102-232, Sec. 102,      Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                        Misc. and Tech.                                       on the use of fees for    
                                                                        Immigration and                                       naturalization by the INS 
                                                                        Naturalization Amendments                             and the courts. This      
                                                                        of 1990 (107 Stat. 1736).                             duplicates in large part  
                                                                                                                              annual financial statement
                                                                                                                              and budget reports.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Diversion Control Fee Account...........  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 102-395, Sec. 111,      Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                        Departments of State,                                 financial statements on   
                                                                        Justice, and Commerce, the                            the Diversion Control Fee 
                                                                        Judiciary and Related                                 Account. This duplicates  
                                                                        Agencies Appropriations                               in large part annual      
                                                                        Act of 1992 (106 Stat.                                financial statement and   
                                                                        1843).                                                budget reports.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Breached Bond/Detention Account Report..  DOJ--INS...................  P.L. 102-395, Sec. 112,      Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                        Departments of State,                                 financial statements on   
                                                                        Justice, and Commerce, the                            the Breached Bond/        
                                                                        Judiciary and Related                                 Detention Account. This   
                                                                        Agencies Appropriations                               duplicates in large part  
                                                                        Act of 1992 (106 Stat.                                annual financial statement
                                                                        1844).                                                and budget reports.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Asset Forfeiture Report.................  DOJ........................  28 U.S.C. 524(c)(6)........  Eliminate..............  Congress attempted to      
                                                                                                                              eliminate this report in  
                                                                                                                              the Federal Reports       
                                                                                                                              Elimination and Sunset Act
                                                                                                                              of 1995, but repealed the 
                                                                                                                              wrong provision. This     
                                                                                                                              remains a report that is  
                                                                                                                              obsolete and should be    
                                                                                                                              eliminated.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Defense Contract Fraud Report...........  DOJ........................  P.L. 100-700, Sec. 6, Major  Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                        Fraud Act (102 Stat. 4634).                           on number of DOD referrals
                                                                                                                              of contractor fraud,      
                                                                                                                              number of open            
                                                                                                                              investigations, status,   
                                                                                                                              dispositions, and use of  
                                                                                                                              specified, authorized     
                                                                                                                              resources. The funds for  
                                                                                                                              this report were never    
                                                                                                                              appropriated.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Drug Free Schools Strategies Report.....  DOJ........................  20 U.S.C. 3192.............  Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                                                                              a report describing model 
                                                                                                                              strategies and tactics for
                                                                                                                              establishing and          
                                                                                                                              maintaining drug-free     
                                                                                                                              school zones found        
                                                                                                                              successful. Appropriations
                                                                                                                              for this report have not  
                                                                                                                              been provided.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Debt Collection Report..................  DOJ........................  31 U.S.C. 3718(c)..........  Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                                                                              on debt recoveries,       
                                                                                                                              including total number and
                                                                                                                              amount of claims referred,
                                                                                                                              collections thereon, and  
                                                                                                                              referrals to private      
                                                                                                                              counsel. Much of this     
                                                                                                                              information is provided   
                                                                                                                              through appropriations    
                                                                                                                              requests.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Civil Organized Crime Enforcement Report  DOJ........................  P.L. 100-690, Sec. 1054      Eliminate..............  The Attorney General is to 
                                                                        (102 Stat. 4190).                                     report at end of setting  
                                                                                                                              forth the extent of       
                                                                                                                              enforcement efforts       
                                                                                                                              regarding civil statutes  
                                                                                                                              applicable to organized   
                                                                                                                              crime and controlled      
                                                                                                                              substance violations. This
                                                                                                                              is only one of many       
                                                                                                                              ``area'' annual reports   
                                                                                                                              that are of little value  
                                                                                                                              or interest.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Civil FIRREA Report.....................  DOJ........................  P.L. 101-73, Sec. 918,       Eliminate..............  Attorney General to submit 
                                                                        Financial Institutions                                annual report on the      
                                                                        Reform, Recovery, and                                 number of civil           
                                                                        Enforcement Act of 1989                               enforcement actions,      
                                                                        (FIRREA) (103 Stat. 487).                             dispositions, enforcement 
                                                                                                                              efforts, criminal         
                                                                                                                              referrals, and funding    
                                                                                                                              needs. This report is now 
                                                                                                                              largely obsolete because  
                                                                                                                              the major FIRREA cases    
                                                                                                                              have been completed.      
                                                                                                                                                        
Damage Settlement Report................  DOJ........................  P.L. 101-203, Sec. 1, 31     Eliminate..............  Attorney General to report 
                                                                        U.S.C. 3724 (103 Stat.                                on all settlements for    
                                                                        1805).                                                damage claims against law 
                                                                                                                              enforcement personnel in  
                                                                                                                              DOJ. This is a unique     
                                                                                                                              report applicable only to 
                                                                                                                              Justice and no other law  
                                                                                                                              enforcement agency. It is,
                                                                                                                              in practice, of little    
                                                                                                                              value.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Banking Law Offense Report..............  DOJ........................  P.L. 101-647, Sec. 2546,     Eliminate..............   Attorney General to       
                                                                        Crime Control Act of 1990                             compile data, analyze, and
                                                                        (104 Stat. 4884-6).                                   report to Congress on the 
                                                                                                                              number of banking law     
                                                                                                                              offenses prosecuted, their
                                                                                                                              disposition, reasons for  
                                                                                                                              the outcomes, etc. This   
                                                                                                                              report is no longer       
                                                                                                                              necessary. Although       
                                                                                                                              reports continue to issue,
                                                                                                                              the bulk of cases are now 
                                                                                                                              completed or in litigation
                                                                                                                              and this area is not as   
                                                                                                                              problematic as when the   
                                                                                                                              report was first required.
                                                                                                                                                        
Banking Law Offense Rewards Report......  DOJ........................  P.L. 101-647, Sec. 2571,     Eliminate..............   Attorney General to issue 
                                                                        Crime Control Act of 1990                             semi-annual report on     
                                                                        (104 Stat. 4899).                                     awards from Financial     
                                                                                                                              Institution Fraud Awards  
                                                                                                                              Fund and on result of     
                                                                                                                              cases set in motion by    
                                                                                                                              declarants. This report is
                                                                                                                              no longer necessary.      
                                                                                                                              Although reports continue 
                                                                                                                              to issue, the bulk of     
                                                                                                                              cases are completed or in 
                                                                                                                              litigation and this area  
                                                                                                                              is not as problematic as  
                                                                                                                              when the report was first 
                                                                                                                              required.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Banking Institution Soundness Reports...  DOJ........................  P.L. 102-550, Sec. 1542,     Eliminate..............   Attorney General to report
                                                                        Housing and Community                                 to the Senate Banking,    
                                                                        Development Act of 1992                               Housing, and Urban Affairs
                                                                        (106 Stat. 4069).                                     Committee and the House   
                                                                                                                              Banking, Finance, and     
                                                                                                                              Urban Affairs Committee on
                                                                                                                              DOJ's use of the          
                                                                                                                              exceptions to the rule    
                                                                                                                              mandating reports on the  
                                                                                                                              soundness of depository   
                                                                                                                              institutions. This report 
                                                                                                                              is obsolete. Exceptions   
                                                                                                                              are not used or intended  
                                                                                                                              to be used and therefore  
                                                                                                                              reports are not filed.    
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Results of Testing Conducted to           Department of Labor (DOL)..  26 U.S.C. 51 note..........  Eliminate..............  This program's             
 Determine Eligibility of Certified                                                                                           authorization has expired.
 Members of Targeted Groups Under 26                                                                                                                    
 U.S.C. 51.                                                                                                                                             
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States Participating in Jobs for          DOL........................  29 U.S.C. 1791h............  Eliminate..............  This program has never been
 Employable Individuals Incentive Bonus                                                                                       financed or operated. Its 
 Program Under the Job Training                                                                                               authorization is proposed 
 Partnership Act.                                                                                                             for repeal in workforce   
                                                                                                                              development legislation   
                                                                                                                              currently in conference.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Effectiveness of Incentive Bonus          DOL........................  29 U.S.C. 1791j............  Eliminate..............  This program has never been
 Entitlement Program Authorized Under                                                                                         financed or operated. Its 
 Title V, Job Training Partnership Act.                                                                                       authorization is proposed 
                                                                                                                              for repeal in workforce   
                                                                                                                              development legislation   
                                                                                                                              currently in conference.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Safety Provisions and the Causes and      DOL........................  33 U.S.C. 941(b)...........  Eliminate..............  This report has never been 
 Prevention of Injuries in Employment                                                                                         filed. Its substance is   
 Covered by the Longshoremen's and                                                                                            covered in other reports. 
 Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (as                                                                                                                   
 amended).                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Emergency Employment Act of 1971........  DOL........................  42 U.S.C. 4882.............  Eliminate..............  This program has expired.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Black Lung Compensation Insurance Fund..  DOL........................  30 U.S.C. 943(h)...........  Eliminate..............  The fund for which this    
                                                                                                                              report is required has    
                                                                                                                              never been established.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act   DOL........................  30 U.S.C. 958(a)...........  Eliminate..............  This material is covered in
 of 1969.                                                                                                                     other reports.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Expenditures by the Bureau of Labor       DOL........................  29 U.S.C. 6................  Eliminate..............  This information is        
 Statistics.                                                                                                                  reported annually in the  
                                                                                                                              U.S. Budget. A separate   
                                                                                                                              report is not necessary.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Work Incentive Programs.................  DOL........................  42 U.S.C. 640..............  Eliminate..............  This program's             
                                                                                                                              authorization has been    
                                                                                                                              repealed.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
National Commission for Employment        DOL........................  29 U.S.C. 1775.............  Eliminate..............  This agency's funding was  
 Policy Findings and Recommendations.                                                                                         rescinded in 1995. No new 
                                                                                                                              funds have been proposed  
                                                                                                                              or requested in 1996 or   
                                                                                                                              1997.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Secretaries of the Interior,              DOL--USDA--DOI.............  29 U.S.C. 997..............  Eliminate..............  This program's             
 Agriculture, and Labor: Young Adult                                                                                          authorization has been    
 Conservation Corps.                                                                                                          repealed.                 
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Foreign Policy Reasons for the            DOS........................  47 U.S.C. 701..............  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete. It
 President's Determination to Pursue                                                                                          is required under         
 Establishment of a Separate                                                                                                  circumstances which have  
 International Telecommunications                                                                                             not occurred in the 10    
 Satellite System.                                                                                                            years following the       
                                                                                                                              establishment of this     
                                                                                                                              requirement.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Notice of Proposed Adoption of Issuance   DOS........................  P.L. 99-570, Sec. 2010.....  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 of Diplomatic Passports for Drug                                                                                             because diplomatic        
 Enforcement Agency (DEA) Agents Abroad.                                                                                      passports for DEA agents  
                                                                                                                              are issued on a regular   
                                                                                                                              basis.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Countries Which Failed to Negotiate       DOS........................  46 U.S.C. 1902.............  Consolidate with annual  This report is duplicative.
 Procedures Facilitating Interdiction of                                                             International            This information is often 
 Foreign Vessels Suspected of Carrying                                                               Narcotics Control        included in the U.S. Coast
 Illicit Narcotics.                                                                                  Strategy Report          Guard's (USCG) input to   
                                                                                                     (INCSR).                 both the certification    
                                                                                                                              process and the INCSR.    
                                                                                                                              This input generally      
                                                                                                                              includes information      
                                                                                                                              regarding: nations which  
                                                                                                                              have been offered, but    
                                                                                                                              have yet to sign maritime 
                                                                                                                              counter-drug agreements;  
                                                                                                                              nations which have placed 
                                                                                                                              constraints or failed to  
                                                                                                                              authorize USCG boarding of
                                                                                                                              suspected drug-laden      
                                                                                                                              vessels; and nations which
                                                                                                                              have signed agreements or 
                                                                                                                              otherwise demonstrated    
                                                                                                                              exceptional cooperation.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Operation of Foreign Language Competence  DOS........................  P.L. 101-246, Sec. 161(c)..  Eliminate..............  This was a reporting       
 Posts.                                                                                                                       requirement for 1995 only.
                                                                                                                                                        
Other Nation's and Groups of Nations'     DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 3261.............  Eliminate..............  This report is burdensome  
 Commitments to Energy Resource                                                                                               and has few benefits.     
 Development Programs in Developing                                                                                                                     
 Countries.                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Country Reports on Economic Policy and    DOS........................  15 U.S.C. 4711.............  Eliminate..............  The report is burdensome   
 Trade Practices.                                                                                                             and is derived from other 
                                                                                                                              widely distributed reports
                                                                                                                              mandated by Congress      
                                                                                                                              (Human Rights Report,     
                                                                                                                              National Trade Estimates  
                                                                                                                              Report on Foreign Trade   
                                                                                                                              Barriers, the Title VII   
                                                                                                                              Procurement Report), or   
                                                                                                                              produced annually by each 
                                                                                                                              embassy (the comprehensive
                                                                                                                              ``Country Commercial      
                                                                                                                              Guide''). This report is  
                                                                                                                              not linked to significant 
                                                                                                                              policy initiatives or     
                                                                                                                              commercial support        
                                                                                                                              programs, and there is no 
                                                                                                                              evidence that Congress    
                                                                                                                              uses it for oversight. The
                                                                                                                              annual cost for producing 
                                                                                                                              these reports is, at      
                                                                                                                              minimum, $500,000 and     
                                                                                                                              10,000 labor hours--a     
                                                                                                                              severe drain on resources,
                                                                                                                              especially at smaller     
                                                                                                                              posts.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Human Rights in Countries Receiving       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2151n(d).........  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative--
 Development Assistance.                                                                                                      the information is also   
                                                                                                                              part of the annual Human  
                                                                                                                              Rights Report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Steps Taken by AID to Alter Any Program   DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2151n(d).........  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative--
 in Any Country Because of Human Rights                                                                                       the information is also   
 Violations.                                                                                                                  part of the annual Human  
                                                                                                                              Rights Report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Human Rights in Countries Receiving       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2304(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative--
 Security Assistance.                                                                                                         the information is also   
                                                                                                                              part of the annual Human  
                                                                                                                              Rights Report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Proposed Regulations to Control           DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2712(g)(1).......  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Terrorism-Related Services Provided to                                                                                                                 
 a Foreign Government.                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Equal Employment Opportunity and          DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 3905(d)(2).......  Eliminate..............  This reporting requirement 
 Affirmative Action Programs and                                                                                              has been superseded by    
 Minority Recruitment Programs.                                                                                               P.L. 98-124, Sec. 185,    
                                                                                                                              under which the Department
                                                                                                                              of State submits a report 
                                                                                                                              to the EEOC with a copy   
                                                                                                                              forwarded to Congress.    
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Reasons for Accepting Reimbursement for   DOS........................  P.L. 99-88, Ch. II; P.L. 99- Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete--  
 Damage Arising From Delays in the                                      93, Sec. 154(c).                                      the Embassy issue was     
 Construction of the U.S. Embassy in                                                                                          settled June 1992.        
 Moscow for Less Than the Amount                                                                                                                        
 Determined to be the Responsibility of                                                                                                                 
 the Soviet Union.                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that a Substantial Number   DOS........................  P.L. 99-88, Ch. II; P.L. 99- Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete--  
 of Claims Resulting from Construction                                  93, Sec. 154(d).                                      the Embassy issue was     
 of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow are                                                                                            settled June 1992.        
 Settled.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Feasibility, Cost, Location, and          DOS........................  P.L. 99-83, Sec. 705(b)....  Eliminate..............  This one-time report has   
 Requirements of a Structure to House                                                                                         been completed.           
 U.S. Arms Control Negotiating Teams in                                                                                                                 
 Geneva.                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Study Regarding any Offer of a Gift       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2697.............  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Official Residence for the Secretary of                                                                                      necessary.                
 State.                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Delegation of Responsibility by the       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 4021.............  Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 Administrator of General Services to                                                                                         completed.                
 the Secretary of State for Operation,                                                                                                                  
 Maintenance, and Security of Foreign                                                                                                                   
 Service Institute Facilities.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Expenditures Made From Appropriations     DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2352.............  Modify by making report  It is not necessary to     
 for Emergencies in the Diplomatic and                                                               annual instead of        report more frequently    
 Consular Service.                                                                                   quarterly.               than once a year.         
                                                                                                                                                        
U.N. Educational, Scientific, and         DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 287r.............  Eliminate..............  This one-time report was   
 Cultural Organizations' Policies that                                                                                        sent to Congress in April 
 Would Restrict the Free Flow of                                                                                              1990.                     
 Information.                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that Free and Fair          DOS........................  P.L.101-240, Sec. 102 (103   Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Elections Have Been Held in Angola With                                Stat. 2495).                                          Certification is no longer
 Respect to Extension of Credit.                                                                                              necessary with respect to 
                                                                                                                              Angola.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination with Respect to             DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2057(c)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Prohibition on Nuclear Trade with South                                                                                      in light of legislation   
 Africa.                                                                                                                      and Presidential          
                                                                                                                              Directives lifting        
                                                                                                                              sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that No Combat Forces or    DOS........................  12 U.S.C. 635(b)(11).......  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 Military Advisors of the Republic of                                                                                         Positive changes in       
 Cuba or Any Other Marxist-Leninist                                                                                           Angola's leadership make  
 Country Remain in Angola.                                                                                                    this report unnecessary.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia;      DOS........................  P.L. 100-456, Sec. 1310(c)   Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
 U.S. Response.                                                         (102 Stat. 2065).                                     Leadership changes in     
                                                                                                                              Ethiopia make this report 
                                                                                                                              unnecessary.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Funds Made Available for Kenya..........  DOS........................  P.L. 101-513, Sec. 593 (104  Eliminate..............  There is no longer any     
                                                                        Stat. 2060).                                          funding to which this     
                                                                                                                              report would apply.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Reprogramming of Funds for Panama to      DOS........................  P.L. 101-243, Sec. 102.....  Eliminate..............  This mandate is no longer  
 Procure Law Enforcement Equipment.                                                                                           applicable and should be  
                                                                                                                              repealed because it       
                                                                                                                              applied to the former     
                                                                                                                              regime of Manuel Noriega. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Willingness or Unwillingness of the       DOS........................  P.L. 101-513, Sec. 531(1)..  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Government of El Salvador and FMLN to                                                                                        necessary. A permanent    
 Negotiate Achieving a Permanent                                                                                              settlement to the 12-year 
 Settlement to the Conflict in El                                                                                             civil conflict was reached
 Salvador.                                                                                                                    with the 1992 Peace       
                                                                                                                              Accords.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Recommendations on Changes to Panama      DOS........................  P.L. 102-484, Sec. 3522(a).  Eliminate..............  This is no longer          
 Canal Commission Structure.                                                                                                  applicable--it was a one- 
                                                                                                                              time requirement under the
                                                                                                                              1993 Authorization Bill.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Amounts Obligated and Expended in         DOS........................  P.L. 97-113, Sec. 724(e)...  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Nicaragua for International Security                                                                                         necessary. In 1990        
 and Development Assistance.                                                                                                  Nicaragua underwent a     
                                                                                                                              democratic election in    
                                                                                                                              which the Sandinista      
                                                                                                                              regime was removed from   
                                                                                                                              power.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Evaluation of Condition, Operations, and  DOS........................  P.L. 100-203...............  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
 Effects of the Panamanian Government on                                                                                      The information this seeks
 the Panama Canal.                                                                                                            to make available to      
                                                                                                                              Congress is already a     
                                                                                                                              component of the annual   
                                                                                                                              treaty report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that Ethiopia, Somalia,     DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2151 note........  Eliminate..............  This no longer applies to  
 and Sudan Have Begun to Implement Peace                                                                                      Ethiopia. The U.S. does   
 Agreements, National Reconciliation                                                                                          not give aid to Somalia or
 Agreements, or Both.                                                                                                         Sudan.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Proposed Military or Paramilitary         DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2293.............  Eliminate..............  This is no longer          
 Operations in Angola.                                                                                                        applicable to Angola.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination that Significant Progress   DOS........................  12 U.S.C. 635(b)(9)........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 has Been Made in Eliminating Apartheid                                                                                       in light of legislation   
 in South Africa.                                                                                                             and Presidential          
                                                                                                                              Directives lifting        
                                                                                                                              sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
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Compliance of the Government of Haiti     DOS........................  P.L. 99-529, Sec. 203(c)...  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 With Conditions for Military Assistance                                                                                      necessary. This Act was in
 as Set Forth in Section 203(b) of the                                                                                        response to the military  
 Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1986.                                                                                      regime that ruled Haiti in
                                                                                                                              1986. Democracy has been  
                                                                                                                              restored to Haiti and     
                                                                                                                              military assistance has   
                                                                                                                              been provided.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Determinations that Negotiations Based    DOS........................  P.L. 99-83, Sec. 722(k)....  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 on the Contadora Document of Objectives                                                                                      necessary. The conflict in
 Have Produced Progress in Central                                                                                            Central America during the
 American Peace Process, or that Other                                                                                        1980's has been resolved. 
 Trade and Economic Measures Will Assist                                                                                      There is a Peace Accord in
 in the Resolution of the Conflict.                                                                                           El Salvador. Guatemala is 
                                                                                                                              expected to sign one in   
                                                                                                                              1996, and in 1990 power in
                                                                                                                              Nicaragua was peaceably   
                                                                                                                              transferred from the      
                                                                                                                              Sandinista regime to a    
                                                                                                                              democratically-elected    
                                                                                                                              government.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination that Negotiations Based on  DOS........................  P.L. 99-83, Sec. 722(p)....  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 the Contadora Document of Objectives                                                                                         necessary. The conflict   
 Have Failed to Produce an Agreement or                                                                                       has been resolved.        
 that Other Trade and Economic Measures                                                                                                                 
 Have Failed to Resolve the Conflict.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that the Government of      DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2151.............  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Panama Has Met the Necessary Conditions                                                                                      necessary. This mandate   
 to Have Assistance Restored.                                                                                                 was in response to the    
                                                                                                                              repressive dictatorship of
                                                                                                                              Manuel Noriega who is no  
                                                                                                                              longer in power.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification of Chilean Progress in      DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2370 note........  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Human Rights, that the Provision of Aid                                                                                      necessary. Chile is a full-
 to Chile is in the U.S. National                                                                                             fledged democracy since   
 Interest, and that Chile is Not                                                                                              its return to civilian    
 Promoting International Terrorism and                                                                                        rule in 1990. It has      
 is Cooperating in the Prosecution of                                                                                         vigorously sought to      
 the Accused Murderers of Orlando                                                                                             protect human rights and  
 Letelier and Ronnie Moffit.                                                                                                  it has incarcerated       
                                                                                                                              individuals connected to  
                                                                                                                              the murders of Letelier   
                                                                                                                              and Moffit.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Significant Hostilities or Terrorist      DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 276(c)(2)........  Eliminate..............  The provision dates back to
 Acts, or a Change in the Status                                                                                              a time when larger numbers
 Thereof, Which May Endanger American                                                                                         of American trainers where
 Lives or Property in a Country Where                                                                                         overseas and there was    
 American Personnel are Performing                                                                                            concern about possible    
 Defense Services Under the AECA or FAA.                                                                                      attacks on them. With the 
                                                                                                                              advent of faster          
                                                                                                                              communications, such a    
                                                                                                                              formal report is not      
                                                                                                                              necessary to keep Congress
                                                                                                                              informed of fast-breaking 
                                                                                                                              developments.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination that the Government of      DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5061(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 South Africa has Released Nelson                                                                                             in light of legislation   
 Mandela and All Political Prisoners,                                                                                         and Presidential          
 Has Repealed the Department of State                                                                                         Directives lifting        
 Emergency, Has Unbanned Democratic                                                                                           sanctions against South   
 Political Parties, Has Repealed the                                                                                          Africa.                   
 Group Areas Act and the Population                                                                                                                     
 Registration Act, and Has Agreed to                                                                                                                    
 Enter into Good Faith Negotiations With                                                                                                                
 the Black Majority.                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Intent to Allow the Export to South       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5068(a)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Africa of any Items on the U.S.                                                                                              in light of legislation   
 Munitions List Not Covered by UNSC                                                                                           and Presidential          
 Resolution 418.                                                                                                              Directives lifting        
                                                                                                                              sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Extent to Which Significant Progress Has  DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5091(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Been Made Toward Ending Apartheid in                                                                                         in light of legislation   
 South Africa.                                                                                                                and Presidential          
                                                                                                                              Directives lifting        
                                                                                                                              sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination that a Prohibition Imposed  DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5092.............  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Against South Africa Would Increase                                                                                          in light of legislation   
 U.S. Dependence on Any Member or                                                                                             and Presidential          
 Observer Country of the Council for                                                                                          Directives lifting        
 Mutual Economic Assistance for                                                                                               sanctions against South   
 Importation of Coal or Any Strategic                                                                                         Africa.                   
 and Critical Material.                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Extension of Trade Benefits to the        DOS........................  P.L. 101-382, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This provision duplicates  
 Andean Region.                                                         243(b)(2).                                            reporting requirements in 
                                                                                                                              the Trade Preference for  
                                                                                                                              the Andean Region Act (105
                                                                                                                              Stat. 1236).              
                                                                                                                                                        
International Coffee Agreement of 1983    DOS........................  19 U.S.C. 1356(p)..........  Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
 (ICA).                                                                                                                       member of ICA.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Actions and Resulting Changes After       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 2349aa-9(c)......  Eliminate..............  This report is an          
 Importation Ban of Goods and Services                                                                                        unnecessary burden. Major 
 From Countries Supporting Terrorism                                                                                          changes can be reported   
 (semi-annual).                                                                                                               only if they take place,  
                                                                                                                              not semi-annually.        
                                                                                                                                                        
Intention to Enter Into Cooperative       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5081(d)(1).......  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Arrangements With Other Industrial                                                                                           in light of legislation   
 Democracies to Bring About the Complete                                                                                      and Presidential          
 Dismantling of Apartheid in South                                                                                            Directives lifting        
 Africa.                                                                                                                      sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
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Determination that There Has Been an      DOS........................  19 U.S.C. 1356m............  Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
 Unwarranted Coffee Price Increase Due                                                                                        member of ICO or ICA. The 
 to the International Coffee Agreement                                                                                        current ICA has no        
 or Market Manipulation by Members of                                                                                         economic provisions.      
 the International Coffee Organization                                                                                                                  
 (ICO).                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Recommendations for Correcting High       DOS........................  19 U.S.C. 1356m............  Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
 Coffee Prices, If the International                                                                                          member of ICA. The current
 Coffee Council Fails to Take Corrective                                                                                      ICA has no economic       
 Action in a Reasonable Time After                                                                                            provisions.               
 Notice.                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Determination that There Sugar Price      DOS........................  7 U.S.C. 3606..............  Eliminate..............  The U.S. no longer a member
 Increase Due to the International Sugar                                                                                      of ISO. The current ISA   
 Agreement of 1977 (ISA); or Failure of                                                                                       does not have economic    
 the International Sugar Council to Take                                                                                      provisions.               
 Corrective Action.                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Operation and Effect of the               DOS........................  7 U.S.C. 3605..............  Eliminate..............  The U.S. no longer a member
 International Sugar Agreement of 1977.                                                                                       of the ISO. The current   
                                                                                                                              ISA does not have economic
                                                                                                                              provisions.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Final Legal Test of Agreements With       DOS........................  22 U.S.C. 5081(d)(2).......  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 Other Industrial Democracies to Bring                                                                                        in light of legislation   
 About the Complete Dismantling of                                                                                            and Presidential          
 Apartheid in South Africa.                                                                                                   Directives lifting        
                                                                                                                              sanctions against South   
                                                                                                                              Africa.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Secretaries of Department of State and    DOS........................  P.L.101-623, Sec. 14.......  Eliminate..............  This report was completed  
 Defense: Procurement of Surface War                                                                                          December 1990.            
 Craft for Counternarcotics Programs.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
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Report on Implementation of               Department of                14 U.S.C. 693..............  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary.
 Environmental Compliance and              Transportation (DOT)--                                                             The total amount of funds 
 Restoration Program.                      United States Coast Guard                                                          expended annually on      
                                           (USCG).                                                                            environmental clean-up    
                                                                                                                              actions at all Coast Guard
                                                                                                                              facilities is less than   
                                                                                                                              $25 million, spread across
                                                                                                                              several hundred projects. 
                                                                                                                              The number of staff hours 
                                                                                                                              needed to document,       
                                                                                                                              gather, and collate data  
                                                                                                                              required to develop this  
                                                                                                                              report is excessive, given
                                                                                                                              the relatively small      
                                                                                                                              amount of funds involved. 
                                                                                                                              In addition, most, if not 
                                                                                                                              all, of the data in the   
                                                                                                                              report is already provided
                                                                                                                              to Congress and contained 
                                                                                                                              in the Coast Guard's      
                                                                                                                              annual budget submission  
                                                                                                                              reporting to the          
                                                                                                                              Environmental Protection  
                                                                                                                              Agency.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on Coast Guard User Fees..  DOT--USCG..................  14 U.S.C. 664..............  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative 
                                                                                                                              of information already    
                                                                                                                              provided to Congress in   
                                                                                                                              the annual budget         
                                                                                                                              submission. User fees     
                                                                                                                              levels have been          
                                                                                                                              established in this area. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Coast Guard Military Retirement    DOT--USCG..................  31 U.S.C. 9503(a)..........  Eliminate..............  This report does not serve 
 System Report.                                                                                                               its intended function with
                                                                                                                              respect to the Coast      
                                                                                                                              Guard. 31 U.S.C. 9503(a)  
                                                                                                                              should not apply to the   
                                                                                                                              USCG. The purpose of this 
                                                                                                                              report is to protect the  
                                                                                                                              interests of the U.S. and 
                                                                                                                              of the participants and   
                                                                                                                              their beneficiaries in    
                                                                                                                              Government pension plans  
                                                                                                                              by requiring complete     
                                                                                                                              disclosure of the         
                                                                                                                              financial condition of the
                                                                                                                              plans. The Coast Guard    
                                                                                                                              retirement system is      
                                                                                                                              currently on a pay-as-you-
                                                                                                                              go basis. Therefore, the  
                                                                                                                              type of financial         
                                                                                                                              information one would     
                                                                                                                              expect from such a report 
                                                                                                                              is not provided, since the
                                                                                                                              retirement system is      
                                                                                                                              funded annually through   
                                                                                                                              appropriations.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Quarterly Report on Major Acquisitions    DOT--USCG..................  P.L. 102-388, Sec. 337.....  Modify to semi-annual    This report is unnecessary 
 Projects.                                                                                           report.                  and burdensome. This      
                                                                                                                              report requires about 200 
                                                                                                                              man hours to prepare, in  
                                                                                                                              addition to one month for 
                                                                                                                              review by middle and      
                                                                                                                              senior management levels  
                                                                                                                              at the Coast Guard and in 
                                                                                                                              the Department. The Coast 
                                                                                                                              Guard has made significant
                                                                                                                              strides in its acquisition
                                                                                                                              management practices, and 
                                                                                                                              a semi-annual reporting   
                                                                                                                              requirement is far more   
                                                                                                                              reasonable at this time.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Report of the Interagency        DOT--USCG..................  P.L. 101-380, Sec. 7001(e),  Eliminate..............  This report has no purpose.
 Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution                                33 U.S.C. 2761(e).                                    This report is intended to
 Research.                                                                                                                    describe the activities of
                                                                                                                              the Interagency           
                                                                                                                              Coordinating Committee    
                                                                                                                              established by the Oil    
                                                                                                                              Pollution Act of 1990.    
                                                                                                                              This committee, comprised 
                                                                                                                              of members from 13        
                                                                                                                              separate agencies, was    
                                                                                                                              authorized to expend      
                                                                                                                              approximately $51 million 
                                                                                                                              but, to date, none of the 
                                                                                                                              agencies involved has     
                                                                                                                              appropriated funds to this
                                                                                                                              effort.                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Applied Research and Technology Program   DOT--Federal Highway         23 U.S.C. 307(e)(11).......  Eliminate..............  This report should be      
 Annual Report (Highways).                 Administration (FHWA).                                                             eliminated because the    
                                                                                                                              information contained in  
                                                                                                                              it can be obtained from   
                                                                                                                              other sources. All of the 
                                                                                                                              results from this program 
                                                                                                                              are separately            
                                                                                                                              disseminated in other     
                                                                                                                              research and technology   
                                                                                                                              publications. The         
                                                                                                                              Department notes that     
                                                                                                                              these other publications, 
                                                                                                                              which are generally more  
                                                                                                                              current, are released     
                                                                                                                              periodically whereas this 
                                                                                                                              report to Congress is only
                                                                                                                              made on an annual basis.  
                                                                                                                              The estimated cost to FHWA
                                                                                                                              of compiling this report  
                                                                                                                              is $25,000 annually.      
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on Railway-Highway          DOT--FHWA..................  23 U.S.C. 130(g)...........  Eliminate Federal and    The State and Federal      
 Crossings Program.                                                                                  State reporting          material has been         
                                                                                                     requirements.            submitted to Congress for 
                                                                                                                              20 years, and no longer   
                                                                                                                              serves its original       
                                                                                                                              purpose. The data are     
                                                                                                                              cumulative, and very      
                                                                                                                              little new information is 
                                                                                                                              provided each year. The   
                                                                                                                              annual reports on the     
                                                                                                                              railway-highway crossings 
                                                                                                                              program and highway hazard
                                                                                                                              elimination program       
                                                                                                                              combined impose a cost of 
                                                                                                                              approximately $20,000 on  
                                                                                                                              each of the states, in    
                                                                                                                              addition to the annual    
                                                                                                                              $20,000 cost to FHWA to   
                                                                                                                              prepare the two reports.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on Highway Hazard           DOT--FHWA..................  23 U.S.C 152(g)............  Eliminate Federal and    The State and Federal      
 Elimination Program.                                                                                State reporting          material has been         
                                                                                                     requirements.            submitted to Congress for 
                                                                                                                              20 years, and no longer   
                                                                                                                              serves its original       
                                                                                                                              purpose. The data are     
                                                                                                                              cumulative, and very      
                                                                                                                              little new information is 
                                                                                                                              provided each year. The   
                                                                                                                              annual reports on the     
                                                                                                                              railway-highway crossings 
                                                                                                                              program and highway hazard
                                                                                                                              elimination program       
                                                                                                                              combined impose a cost of 
                                                                                                                              approximately $20,000 on  
                                                                                                                              each of the states, in    
                                                                                                                              addition to the annual    
                                                                                                                              $20,000 cost to FHWA to   
                                                                                                                              prepare the two reports.  
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Transportation/Air Quality Report to      DOT--FHWA and Environmental  P.L. 101-549, Sec. 111 (104  Eliminate..............  This report is no longer   
 Congress (Triennial Report).              Protection Agency (EPA).     Stat. 2471).                                          necessary. DOT and EPA are
                                                                                                                              required to review and    
                                                                                                                              analyze for Congress State
                                                                                                                              and local air quality-    
                                                                                                                              related transportation    
                                                                                                                              programs every three      
                                                                                                                              years. The first report   
                                                                                                                              was submitted in 1993.    
                                                                                                                              Little has changed in the 
                                                                                                                              marginal effectiveness of 
                                                                                                                              improving air quality     
                                                                                                                              through transportation in 
                                                                                                                              the past three years.     
                                                                                                                              Furthermore, emissions    
                                                                                                                              from transportation have  
                                                                                                                              consistently declined over
                                                                                                                              the past 20 years, and EPA
                                                                                                                              projects that this trend  
                                                                                                                              will continue until 2005  
                                                                                                                              in the least. This trend  
                                                                                                                              argues strongly that there
                                                                                                                              is little to be gained    
                                                                                                                              from continuation of this 
                                                                                                                              report. The relevant      
                                                                                                                              question is whether air   
                                                                                                                              quality nationwide is     
                                                                                                                              improving and emissions   
                                                                                                                              are being reduced from all
                                                                                                                              sources. In this respect, 
                                                                                                                              the DOT/EPA ``Triennial   
                                                                                                                              Report'' is duplicative of
                                                                                                                              the annual EPA ``Trends   
                                                                                                                              Report.'' Finally, the    
                                                                                                                              data for this report is   
                                                                                                                              cumbersome to collect,    
                                                                                                                              relying heavily on        
                                                                                                                              information from State and
                                                                                                                              local agencies and        
                                                                                                                              creating a burden on them.
                                                                                                                                                        
Demonstration Project Reports: Highway    DOT--FHWA..................  P.L. 97-424, Sec.            Eliminate..............  These reporting            
 Design and Construction Report                                         131(b)(2), (f)(7), and                                requirements impose       
 (Altoona, PA); Highway Completion,                                     (I)(4); P.L. 100-17, Sec.                             unreasonable burdens on   
 Time, and Cost Reduction Report                                        149(j)(4).                                            the states because the    
 (Vermont); Primary Segment Safety and                                                                                        information to be gathered
 Railroad Crossing Report (Idaho);                                                                                            and reported is unlikely  
 Improvement of Highway Safety and                                                                                            to be useful. In the past,
 Acceleration of Highway Construction                                                                                         when reports of this kind 
 Report (Arkansas-Missouri).                                                                                                  have actually been        
                                                                                                                              completed, they have      
                                                                                                                              proven to be unnecessary  
                                                                                                                              because the projects      
                                                                                                                              concerned generally do not
                                                                                                                              demonstrate any           
                                                                                                                              extraordinarily innovative
                                                                                                                              technological developments
                                                                                                                              that would render reports 
                                                                                                                              on such projects          
                                                                                                                              informative.              
                                                                                                                                                        
ISTEA Demonstration Project Reports.....  DOT--FHWA..................  P.L. 102-240, Sec. 1107(g).  Eliminate..............  Given the limited amount of
                                                                                                                              funding available to cover
                                                                                                                              the cost of completing and
                                                                                                                              reporting on these        
                                                                                                                              projects, it is unlikely  
                                                                                                                              that these projects       
                                                                                                                              themselves will be        
                                                                                                                              completed, much less any  
                                                                                                                              of the corresponding      
                                                                                                                              reports. This reporting   
                                                                                                                              requirement is also       
                                                                                                                              particularly burdensome   
                                                                                                                              because it mandates that  
                                                                                                                              the states submit a report
                                                                                                                              on each of the 204        
                                                                                                                              projects funded through   
                                                                                                                              Sec. 1107 of the ISTEA.   
                                                                                                                              This requirement imposes  
                                                                                                                              an unjustifiable burden on
                                                                                                                              the States, especially    
                                                                                                                              given the fact that these 
                                                                                                                              reports will most likely  
                                                                                                                              be uninformative and will 
                                                                                                                              waste scarce resources.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Indian Reservation Roads Study..........  DOT--FHWA..................  P.L. 102-240, Sec. 1042....  Eliminate..............  Congress has not funded    
                                                                                                                              this report. The Federal- 
                                                                                                                              Aid Secondary System,     
                                                                                                                              around which this report  
                                                                                                                              originally centered, has  
                                                                                                                              been eliminated, and other
                                                                                                                              studies mandated by       
                                                                                                                              Congress will accomplish  
                                                                                                                              much of the same          
                                                                                                                              objectives.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Study on Impact of Climatic Conditions..  DOT--FHWA..................  P.L. 102-240, Sec. 1101-02.  Eliminate..............  This report requires a     
                                                                                                                              contractor, but no funding
                                                                                                                              was provided. In addition,
                                                                                                                              the FHWA is already       
                                                                                                                              involved in a more        
                                                                                                                              comprehensive study of the
                                                                                                                              impact of environmental   
                                                                                                                              factors on pavement.      
                                                                                                                                                        
Fatal and Injury Accident Rates on        DOT--FHWA..................  P.L. 97-424, Sec. 207, 23    Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary.
 Public Roads in the United States.                                     U.S.C. 401 note.                                      The vast majority of the  
                                                                                                                              data contained in this    
                                                                                                                              report are disseminated in
                                                                                                                              detail and often at a much
                                                                                                                              earlier date in a variety 
                                                                                                                              of other publications,    
                                                                                                                              including the ``Fatal     
                                                                                                                              Accident Reporting System 
                                                                                                                              Annual Report,'' ``General
                                                                                                                              Estimate System           
                                                                                                                              Summaries,'' and the      
                                                                                                                              widely distributed annual 
                                                                                                                              report entitled ``Highway 
                                                                                                                              Statistics.'' Congress has
                                                                                                                              expressed no interest in  
                                                                                                                              this report for many      
                                                                                                                              years, and the cost of    
                                                                                                                              producing this report is  
                                                                                                                              $20,000 annually.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Nation's Highways and Bridges.  DOT--FHWA..................  23 U.S.C. 307(h)...........  Modify by revising due   This proposed amendment and
                                                                                                     date from January to     the preceding one combine 
                                                                                                     March 1996.              to permit filing of two   
                                                                                                                              inter-related biennial    
                                                                                                                              reports from the          
                                                                                                                              Department's agencies as a
                                                                                                                              single report on the same 
                                                                                                                              schedule and to make      
                                                                                                                              explicit that a single    
                                                                                                                              report may be used to     
                                                                                                                              fulfill both statutory    
                                                                                                                              requirements.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Air Traffic Controller Staffing           DOT--Federal Aviation        49 U.S.C. 44506(d).........  Eliminate..............  This report has become     
 Standards Annual Report.                  Administration (FAA).                                                              redundant of the annual   
                                                                                                                              budgeting process.        
                                                                                                                              Staffing shortages        
                                                                                                                              experienced during        
                                                                                                                              rebuilding of the air     
                                                                                                                              traffic controller        
                                                                                                                              workforce have been       
                                                                                                                              alleviated. Measurements  
                                                                                                                              to calculate staffing     
                                                                                                                              requirements have been    
                                                                                                                              revised, and improvements 
                                                                                                                              have been made in         
                                                                                                                              determining staffing      
                                                                                                                              requirements at           
                                                                                                                              facilities.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Aviation Security Report.........  DOT--FAA...................  49 U.S.C. 44938(b).........  Modify by making report  Modifying this report      
                                                                                                     biennial.                requirement by changing   
                                                                                                                              its frequency from annual 
                                                                                                                              to biennial would save FAA
                                                                                                                              and the government time   
                                                                                                                              and money. Since          
                                                                                                                              information on urgent     
                                                                                                                              security matters is       
                                                                                                                              communicated immediately  
                                                                                                                              to Congress by a high-    
                                                                                                                              level briefing or another 
                                                                                                                              appropriate mechanism, the
                                                                                                                              information contained in  
                                                                                                                              the report is largely     
                                                                                                                              ``digest'' information.   
                                                                                                                              Biennial submissions would
                                                                                                                              not hinder Congress'      
                                                                                                                              opportunity to receive    
                                                                                                                              information on sensitive  
                                                                                                                              matters (that could not in
                                                                                                                              any event be published in 
                                                                                                                              a public report) in a     
                                                                                                                              timely manner. Separately,
                                                                                                                              as a technical amendment, 
                                                                                                                              the requirement of 49     
                                                                                                                              U.S.C. 44938 for another  
                                                                                                                              annual report in 1991 and 
                                                                                                                              1992 should be deleted,   
                                                                                                                              because these reports have
                                                                                                                              already been provided to  
                                                                                                                              Congress.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Reports on Natural Gas and       DOT--Research and Special    49 U.S.C. 60124............  Eliminate..............  Although Congress acted to 
 Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety.         Programs Administration                                                            reduce the reporting cycle
                                           (RSPA).                                                                            from annual to biennial,  
                                                                                                                              most of the relevant      
                                                                                                                              information required in   
                                                                                                                              these reports is already  
                                                                                                                              provided to Congress in   
                                                                                                                              the annual appropriations 
                                                                                                                              process through a         
                                                                                                                              compilation of the        
                                                                                                                              Department's actions to   
                                                                                                                              administer the statute. A 
                                                                                                                              separate biennial reported
                                                                                                                              is therefore unjustified. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Reports to Congress on the         DOT--National Highway        49 U.S.C. 30169............  Eliminate..............  The Secretary is required  
 Administration of Chapter 301 of Title    Traffic Safety                                                                     to report annually on the 
 49 U.S.C. (Motor Vehicle Safety) and on   Administration (NHTSA).                                                            agency's administration of
 the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance                                                                                       Chapter 301 29 U.S.C.     
 Act of 1988.                                                                                                                 Since this report         
                                                                                                                              duplicates information    
                                                                                                                              provided each year to the 
                                                                                                                              House and Senate          
                                                                                                                              Appropriations Committees,
                                                                                                                              which Committees both     
                                                                                                                              publish the information on
                                                                                                                              a timely basis,           
                                                                                                                              eliminating this          
                                                                                                                              duplicative requirement   
                                                                                                                              will preserve scarce      
                                                                                                                              agency resources. The     
                                                                                                                              Secretary is required to  
                                                                                                                              report annually on the    
                                                                                                                              effectiveness of the      
                                                                                                                              agency's actions to ensure
                                                                                                                              the compliance of certain 
                                                                                                                              imported motor vehicles   
                                                                                                                              with Federal motor vehicle
                                                                                                                              safety standards. Since   
                                                                                                                              implementation of these   
                                                                                                                              actions is proceeding     
                                                                                                                              well, the report can now  
                                                                                                                              be eliminated.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report to Congress on Bumper       DOT--NHTSA.................  49 U.S.C. 32510............  Eliminate..............  The Secretary is required  
 Standards.                                                                                                                   to report annually on the 
                                                                                                                              cost savings resulting    
                                                                                                                              from Federal motor vehicle
                                                                                                                              bumper requirements issued
                                                                                                                              to reduce economic costs  
                                                                                                                              to the public and to      
                                                                                                                              consumers. Since this     
                                                                                                                              information has remained  
                                                                                                                              relatively constant for   
                                                                                                                              many years, and is no     
                                                                                                                              longer a matter of        
                                                                                                                              continuing public concern,
                                                                                                                              the report can now be     
                                                                                                                              eliminated.               
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Annual Report on the Administration of    DOT--NHTSA.................  23 U.S.C. 401 note, Sec.     Eliminate..............  The Secretary is required  
 the Highway Safety Act of 1966.                                        202 of the Highway Safety                             to report annually on the 
                                                                        Act of 1966.                                          agency's administration of
                                                                                                                              the Highway Safety Act of 
                                                                                                                              1966 (including Chapter 4,
                                                                                                                              23 U.S.C.) for the        
                                                                                                                              preceding calendar year.  
                                                                                                                              Since this report         
                                                                                                                              duplicates information    
                                                                                                                              provided each year to the 
                                                                                                                              House and Senate          
                                                                                                                              Appropriations Committees,
                                                                                                                              which both Committees     
                                                                                                                              publish on a timely basis,
                                                                                                                              eliminating this          
                                                                                                                              duplicative requirement   
                                                                                                                              will preserve scarce      
                                                                                                                              agency resources.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report to Congress on the          DOT--Maritime                46 U.S.C. 1123(c), Sec. 213  Eliminate..............  The information submitted  
 Relative Cost of Shipbuilding in the      Administration (MARAD).      of the Merchant Marine Act                            in this report to Congress
 Various Coastal Districts of the United                                of 1936 (as amended).                                 no longer serves its      
 States.                                                                                                                      original purpose. The     
                                                                                                                              report was intended to    
                                                                                                                              monitor geographical cost 
                                                                                                                              factors associated with   
                                                                                                                              constructing or           
                                                                                                                              reconditioning comparable 
                                                                                                                              ocean vessels in shipyards
                                                                                                                              in the various coastal    
                                                                                                                              districts of the United   
                                                                                                                              States. Congress would use
                                                                                                                              this information to       
                                                                                                                              determine whether a       
                                                                                                                              regional cost             
                                                                                                                              differential, to be paid  
                                                                                                                              by the Government, is     
                                                                                                                              appropriate under         
                                                                                                                              competitive bidding       
                                                                                                                              situations. This          
                                                                                                                              differential was          
                                                                                                                              applicable to the         
                                                                                                                              Construction Differential 
                                                                                                                              Subsidy (CDS) program     
                                                                                                                              which has not been funded 
                                                                                                                              since 1981. A report has  
                                                                                                                              been submitted by the     
                                                                                                                              Maritime Administration   
                                                                                                                              (MARAD) each year since   
                                                                                                                              1962. Since 1990, simple  
                                                                                                                              letter reports have been  
                                                                                                                              submitted. Each year, this
                                                                                                                              report has concluded that,
                                                                                                                              in competitive bidding    
                                                                                                                              situations, geographical  
                                                                                                                              shipbuilding cost         
                                                                                                                              differences are not       
                                                                                                                              sufficiently significant  
                                                                                                                              to justify an action by   
                                                                                                                              Congress to equalize      
                                                                                                                              selling prices. Rather,   
                                                                                                                              market conditions         
                                                                                                                              effectively drive         
                                                                                                                              competitive costs of      
                                                                                                                              shipbuilding throughout   
                                                                                                                              the United States.        
                                                                                                                              Therefore, for more than  
                                                                                                                              34 years, Congress has not
                                                                                                                              considered establishing a 
                                                                                                                              regional cost             
                                                                                                                              differential. There is no 
                                                                                                                              indication that such a    
                                                                                                                              cost differential would   
                                                                                                                              ever be justified.        
                                                                                                                                                        
Quarterly Report on State-by-State        DOT--Federal Transit         49 U.S.C. 5335(b)..........  Eliminate..............  This provision requires FTA
 Obligation of Federal Transit             Administration (FTA).                                                              to submit quarterly       
 Assistance.                                                                                                                  reports to Congress on    
                                                                                                                              obligations, commitments, 
                                                                                                                              and reservations made     
                                                                                                                              during that quarter.      
                                                                                                                              Special legislation is not
                                                                                                                              required for such a       
                                                                                                                              fundamental activity. FTA 
                                                                                                                              already produces, for     
                                                                                                                              internal purposes, a      
                                                                                                                              report on cumulative      
                                                                                                                              fiscal year obligations   
                                                                                                                              which can be provided to  
                                                                                                                              Congress on a quarterly   
                                                                                                                              basis.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Assured Timetable for Projects in         DOT--FTA...................  49 U.S.C. 5328(b)(3).......  Eliminate..............  The problem originally     
 Alternatives Analysis, Preliminary                                                                                           addressed by this report  
 Engineering, or Final Design States.                                                                                         (delay in the processing  
                                                                                                                              of new start projects) has
                                                                                                                              been resolved, and there  
                                                                                                                              no longer remains a need  
                                                                                                                              for the report. There has 
                                                                                                                              been no call for the      
                                                                                                                              report since its          
                                                                                                                              inception.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on Suspended Light Rail     DOT--FTA...................  49 U.S.C. 5320(k)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary 
 System Technology Pilot Project.                                                                                             and there has never been  
                                                                                                                              any activity. Beginning in
                                                                                                                              1994, Congress has        
                                                                                                                              provided no funding for   
                                                                                                                              this project. Moreover,   
                                                                                                                              this project does not     
                                                                                                                              differ from any other     
                                                                                                                              major capital investment  
                                                                                                                              project undertaken by FTA 
                                                                                                                              and does not require a    
                                                                                                                              special individual report.
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Public Transportation.........  DOT--FTA...................  49 U.S.C. 308(e)(1)........  Modify by revising due   This proposed amendment and
                                                                                                     date from January to     the following one combine 
                                                                                                     March 1996 and from      to permit filing of two   
                                                                                                     even to odd years.       inter-related biennial    
                                                                                                                              reports from the          
                                                                                                                              Department's agencies as a
                                                                                                                              single report on the same 
                                                                                                                              schedule and to make      
                                                                                                                              explicit that a single    
                                                                                                                              report may be used to     
                                                                                                                              fulfill both statutory    
                                                                                                                              requirements.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Needs Survey and Transferability Study..  DOT--Comptroller General...  49 U.S.C. 5335 and (d).....  Eliminate..............  This report is duplicative.
                                                                                                                              This provision requires   
                                                                                                                              the General Accounting    
                                                                                                                              Office to prepare a report
                                                                                                                              in January of odd-numbered
                                                                                                                              years, evaluating the     
                                                                                                                              extent to which current   
                                                                                                                              transit needs are         
                                                                                                                              adequately addressed and  
                                                                                                                              estimating the future     
                                                                                                                              transit needs of the      
                                                                                                                              Nation. This requirement  
                                                                                                                              is redundant with 49      
                                                                                                                              U.S.C. 308(e)(1) which    
                                                                                                                              currently directs the     
                                                                                                                              Secretary to submit a     
                                                                                                                              report to Congress in     
                                                                                                                              January of even-numbered  
                                                                                                                              years, estimating the     
                                                                                                                              performance and condition 
                                                                                                                              of transit systems and    
                                                                                                                              assessing future transit  
                                                                                                                              needs.                    
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Whether Foreign Governments or Companies  Department of Treasury       50 U.S.C. 2170, Sec. 163 of  Eliminate..............  The report in both its     
 Have a Coordinated Strategy to Acquire    Committee on Foreign         Defense Production Act.                               classified and            
 United States Critical Technology         Investment in the United                                                           unclassified versions     
 Companies and Whether Foreign             States (CFIUS).                                                                    covers information that   
 Governments Use Espionage Activities to                                                                                      the intelligence community
 Obtain Commercial U.S. Critical                                                                                              provides to Congress      
 Technology Secrets.                                                                                                          regularly. This is true   
                                                                                                                              for both sections         
                                                                                                                              (Acquisitions and         
                                                                                                                              Espionage) of the report. 
                                                                                                                              The report is limited to  
                                                                                                                              acquisitions and espionage
                                                                                                                              as conduits for technology
                                                                                                                              transfer; it does not     
                                                                                                                              address many other forms  
                                                                                                                              of technology transfer,   
                                                                                                                              such as licensing,        
                                                                                                                              exports, and sponsorship  
                                                                                                                              of university research.   
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             The report simply          
                                                                                                                              summarizes data already   
                                                                                                                              sent to Congress by       
                                                                                                                              agencies. The report, as  
                                                                                                                              required by the statute,  
                                                                                                                              is burdensome to complete 
                                                                                                                              and there is no evidence  
                                                                                                                              that Congress uses it for 
                                                                                                                              oversight.                
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Health Professional Educational           Department of Veterans       38 U.S.C. 7632.............  Eliminate..............  This program is being      
 Assistance Program.                       Affairs (VA).                                                                      phased-out and receives no
                                                                                                                              appropriation in 1996 or  
                                                                                                                              1997.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
VA Health Professional Scholarship        VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 7632(3)..........  Eliminate..............  This program is being      
 Program.                                                                                                                     phased out and receives no
                                                                                                                              appropriation in 1996 or  
                                                                                                                              1997.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Special Pay for Physicians and Dentists.  VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 7440.............  Eliminate..............  This report is labor-      
                                                                                                                              intensive and redundant-- 
                                                                                                                              the same information is   
                                                                                                                              contained in the          
                                                                                                                              ``Adequacy of Special Pay 
                                                                                                                              for Physicians and        
                                                                                                                              Dentists in VA'' report   
                                                                                                                              (P.L. 96-33).             
                                                                                                                                                        
Adequacy of Hospital and Nursing Home     VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(3)(B)....  Eliminate..............  This report recapitulates  
 Beds.                                                                                                                        already available data on 
                                                                                                                              operating beds and work   
                                                                                                                              load statistics; the need 
                                                                                                                              for it has been superseded
                                                                                                                              by VHA's focus on         
                                                                                                                              ambulatory care.          
                                                                                                                                                        
VHA Preventative Health Services........  VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 1704.............  Eliminate..............  This report creates an     
                                                                                                                              unnecessary burden on the 
                                                                                                                              Department. It is time-   
                                                                                                                              consuming and the         
                                                                                                                              information has little    
                                                                                                                              relevance to current      
                                                                                                                              health promotion programs.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reportable Major Construction Projects..  VA.........................  Appropriations Language....  Eliminate..............  Preparation of this report 
                                                                                                                              is labor-intensive and the
                                                                                                                              results are of little     
                                                                                                                              benefit. GAO concurs that 
                                                                                                                              this report is            
                                                                                                                              unnecessary.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Education...............................  VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 3036.............  Eliminate..............  The portion of this report 
                                                                                                                              addressing program        
                                                                                                                              enhancements already goes 
                                                                                                                              to Congress as legislative
                                                                                                                              proposals. Other data on  
                                                                                                                              participation and usage   
                                                                                                                              can be supplied, if       
                                                                                                                              needed, upon request.     
                                                                                                                                                        
VA's Influencing Requirements...........  VA.........................  P.L. 101-121, Sec. 1352....  Modify.................  All reports since enactment
                                                                                                                              of this requirement have  
                                                                                                                              been negative reporting   
                                                                                                                              (reporting that there are 
                                                                                                                              no incidents to report).  
                                                                                                                              This should be revised to 
                                                                                                                              require a submission only 
                                                                                                                              when there is information 
                                                                                                                              to report.                
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Employment Floor........................  VA.........................  P.L. 103-446...............  Eliminate..............  This report is redundant-- 
                                                                                                                              essential employment      
                                                                                                                              information is already    
                                                                                                                              conveyed in the annual VA 
                                                                                                                              budget submission.        
                                                                                                                                                        
Commercial Printing Report..............  VA.........................  44 U.S.C. 501-02...........  Modify.................  This report should be      
                                                                                                                              revised. Currently, it    
                                                                                                                              requires the Department to
                                                                                                                              report, at fixed          
                                                                                                                              intervals, even when there
                                                                                                                              is no information to      
                                                                                                                              report. This should be    
                                                                                                                              changed to require a      
                                                                                                                              submission only when there
                                                                                                                              is information to report. 
                                                                                                                                                        
Beneficiary Travel Ratios...............  VA.........................  38 U.S.C. 111(g)(1)........  Modify.................  This requirement is        
                                                                                                                              redundant and should only 
                                                                                                                              be filed if GSA changes   
                                                                                                                              Federal travellers'       
                                                                                                                              reimbursements.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Use of Contract Care Authorities........  VA.........................  P.L. 100-322, Sec. 112(a)    Eliminate..............  This report is redundant   
                                                                        (102 Stat. 499).                                      and the information is    
                                                                                                                              already reported in the   
                                                                                                                              budget process.           
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Effect of Pollution on Estuaries and      Environmental Protection     33 U.S.C. 1254(n)(3), Clean  Eliminate..............  Similar, more useful,      
 U.S. Estuarine Zones.                     Agency (EPA).                Water Act.                                            information is available  
                                                                                                                              on a more frequent basis  
                                                                                                                              through the water quality 
                                                                                                                              inventory required under  
                                                                                                                              Sec. 305(b) of the Clean  
                                                                                                                              Water Act (CWA) and       
                                                                                                                              specific estuary studies  
                                                                                                                              conducted by EPA.         
                                                                                                                              Preparation of this report
                                                                                                                              is resource and time      
                                                                                                                              intensive and the finished
                                                                                                                              product provides few      
                                                                                                                              benefits.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Clean Lakes Report......................  EPA........................  33 U.S.C. 1324(a)(3), Clean  Eliminate..............  This report is unnecessary,
                                                                        Water Act.                                            duplicative of other CWA  
                                                                                                                              reports, and should be    
                                                                                                                              eliminated. The same      
                                                                                                                              information is required to
                                                                                                                              be part of the biennial   
                                                                                                                              CWA ``305(b) Report'' to  
                                                                                                                              Congress. EPA has         
                                                                                                                              consolidated these        
                                                                                                                              requirements together     
                                                                                                                              administratively in the   
                                                                                                                              ``305(b) Report.''        
                                                                                                                                                        
Nonpoint Source Management Programs.....  EPA........................  33 U.S.C. 1329(m), Clean     Eliminate..............  EPA has fulfilled the      
                                                                        Water Act.                                            requirements of this      
                                                                                                                              section. Annual reports   
                                                                                                                              were submitted and a final
                                                                                                                              report furnished to       
                                                                                                                              Congress in 1990. To avoid
                                                                                                                              confusion regarding any   
                                                                                                                              post-1990 preparation of  
                                                                                                                              the report, this section  
                                                                                                                              should be eliminated.     
                                                                                                                                                        
Measures Taken to Meet Objectives of the  EPA........................  33 U.S.C. 1375(a), Clean     Eliminate..............  The requirements for this  
 Clean Water Act.                                                       Water Act.                                            report largely duplicate  
                                                                                                                              and overlap the           
                                                                                                                              information collected for 
                                                                                                                              Congress and the public in
                                                                                                                              connection with numerous, 
                                                                                                                              more specifically targeted
                                                                                                                              reports produced by EPA as
                                                                                                                              well as congressional     
                                                                                                                              information requests      
                                                                                                                              received in connection    
                                                                                                                              with hearings at which EPA
                                                                                                                              testifies.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Safe Drinking Water Act Costs of          EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 300j-1(a)(3)(B),   Eliminate..............  The basic information      
 Compliance.                                                            Safe Drinking Water Act.                              required in this one-time 
                                                                                                                              report has been provided  
                                                                                                                              through other mechanisms  
                                                                                                                              including the September   
                                                                                                                              1993 report ``Technical   
                                                                                                                              and Economic Capacity of  
                                                                                                                              States and Public Waste   
                                                                                                                              Systems to Implement      
                                                                                                                              Drinking Water            
                                                                                                                              Regulations.''            
                                                                                                                                                        
Final Report on Medical Waste Management  EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 6992(g)(a),        Eliminate..............  EPA submitted interim      
                                                                        Medical Waste Tracking Act                            reports in May and        
                                                                        of 1988.                                              December of 1990 as       
                                                                                                                              required under Sec.       
                                                                                                                              6992(g)(b). Much of the   
                                                                                                                              information required in   
                                                                                                                              the final report is       
                                                                                                                              obsolete and has been     
                                                                                                                              overtaken by technological
                                                                                                                              and regulatory advances.  
                                                                                                                              OSHA, DOT, States, and    
                                                                                                                              others have in place      
                                                                                                                              regulations and guidelines
                                                                                                                              which have resulted in a  
                                                                                                                              substantial improvement in
                                                                                                                              handling these wastes over
                                                                                                                              the last ten years.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Interim Report of the National Advisory   EPA--National Advisory       42 U.S.C. 6981 note, Sec.    Eliminate..............  The Commission was         
 Commission on Resource Conservation and   Commission on Resource       33(a)(7) of the Solid                                 established and appointed 
 Recovery.                                 Conserv-ation and Recovery.  Waste Disposal Act                                    in 1981. It has never met,
                                                                        Amendments of 1980-.                                  nor have funds ever been  
                                                                                                                              appropriated to support   
                                                                                                                              its activities. It is     
                                                                                                                              likely that such a        
                                                                                                                              commission is now defunct 
                                                                                                                              and its mission overtaken 
                                                                                                                              by events of the past 15  
                                                                                                                              years.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Pollution Prevention Report....  EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 13107, Sec. 6608,  Eliminate..............  This formal report is      
                                                                        of the Pollution                                      redundant and of little   
                                                                        Prevention Act of 1990..                              use. EPA has a variety of 
                                                                                                                              other opportunities to    
                                                                                                                              communicate its progress  
                                                                                                                              in implementing the       
                                                                                                                              provisions of this Act.   
                                                                                                                              These include the annual  
                                                                                                                              Toxic Release Inventory,  
                                                                                                                              congressional hearings,   
                                                                                                                              and briefings.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Conditional Registration of Pesticides..  EPA........................  7 U.S.C. 136w-4............  Eliminate..............  Because this report        
                                                                                                                              contains production volume
                                                                                                                              information, the entire   
                                                                                                                              report must be protected  
                                                                                                                              and handled as            
                                                                                                                              confidential business     
                                                                                                                              information, which adds   
                                                                                                                              considerably to the       
                                                                                                                              resources needed to       
                                                                                                                              develop and produce this  
                                                                                                                              report. There is no       
                                                                                                                              evidence that Congress    
                                                                                                                              uses this information for 
                                                                                                                              oversight. Resources would
                                                                                                                              be better utilized to     
                                                                                                                              track registrations with  
                                                                                                                              outstanding data          
                                                                                                                              requirements, rather than 
                                                                                                                              report on conditional     
                                                                                                                              registrations.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Comprehensive Report on Activities of     EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 6915, Solid Waste  Eliminate..............  This report, as required by
 the Office of Solid Waste.                                             Disposal Act (as amended).                            the statute, is burdensome
                                                                                                                              and resource intensive.   
                                                                                                                              The information required  
                                                                                                                              is already sent to        
                                                                                                                              Congress by EPA through   
                                                                                                                              numerous more specific    
                                                                                                                              reporting requirements.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on State and Local Training Needs  EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 6977(c)..........  Eliminate..............  This one-time report was   
 and Obstacles to Employment in Solid                                                                                         originally authorized in  
 Waste Management and Resource Recovery.                                                                                      1976. To undertake such a 
                                                                                                                              report at this time would 
                                                                                                                              serve little purpose.     
                                                                                                                              States and localities are 
                                                                                                                              much further advanced in  
                                                                                                                              their practices and the   
                                                                                                                              Federal role in this field
                                                                                                                              has been substantially    
                                                                                                                              reduced over the last 20  
                                                                                                                              years.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Study on Environmental Problems           EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 6932 note, Used    Eliminate..............  This information has       
 Associated with Improper Management of                                 Oil Recycling Act of 1980.                            already been provided to  
 Used Oil.                                                                                                                    Congress in other ways and
                                                                                                                              production of a formal    
                                                                                                                              report would be a needless
                                                                                                                              duplication of effort. In 
                                                                                                                              1981, EPA transmitted to  
                                                                                                                              Congress ``Listing of     
                                                                                                                              Waste Oil as a Hazardous  
                                                                                                                              Waste.'' Since then,      
                                                                                                                              regulatory impact analyses
                                                                                                                              of regulations on the oil 
                                                                                                                              recycling industry have   
                                                                                                                              been conducted. The last  
                                                                                                                              three elements required in
                                                                                                                              the study have been       
                                                                                                                              subjects of detailed      
                                                                                                                              studies by DOE over the   
                                                                                                                              past ten years.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Status of Demonstration         EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 7401 note, Sec.    Eliminate..............  The purpose of this report 
 Program to Test Method and Technologies                                118(k)(2)(B) of the                                   is to transmit information
 of Reducing/Eliminating Radon Gas.                                     Superfund Amendments and                              on new radon mitigation   
                                                                        Reauthorization Act of                                techniques. Progress in   
                                                                        1986..                                                technology innovations has
                                                                                                                              decreased to a rate that  
                                                                                                                              no longer warrants annual 
                                                                                                                              reporting. This report is 
                                                                                                                              duplicative of other      
                                                                                                                              reports and information   
                                                                                                                              provided by EPA is such as
                                                                                                                              radon briefings, journal  
                                                                                                                              articles, and the Radon   
                                                                                                                              Fact Book.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Audit of Superfund Trust Fund....  EPA--Inspector General.....  42 U.S.C. 9611(k),           Eliminate..............  The audits of cooperative  
                                                                        Comprehensive                                         agreements and claims, and
                                                                        Environmental Response                                the remedial              
                                                                        Compensation and Liability                            investigations/feasibility
                                                                        Act of 1980 (as amended).                             studies (RI/FS) required, 
                                                                                                                              limit the Inspector       
                                                                                                                              General's flexibility to  
                                                                                                                              focus on the most         
                                                                                                                              significant problems. For 
                                                                                                                              example, reviewing        
                                                                                                                              individual RI/FS does not 
                                                                                                                              provide an adequate       
                                                                                                                              assessment of             
                                                                                                                              accomplishments in        
                                                                                                                              achieving Superfund site  
                                                                                                                              clean-up goals. It is more
                                                                                                                              advisable to prioritize   
                                                                                                                              work based on relative    
                                                                                                                              risk and potential impact.
                                                                                                                              This audit is also        
                                                                                                                              duplicative of the annual 
                                                                                                                              audit of EPA financial    
                                                                                                                              statements required by the
                                                                                                                              Chief Financial Officers  
                                                                                                                              Act of 1990.              
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Urban Area Source Strategy..............  EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 7412(k)(3)(A),     Modify by delaying to    EPA is integrating this    
                                                                        Clean Air Act Amendments.    November 1997 and        strategy with the         
                                                                                                     every four years         development of the mobile 
                                                                                                     thereafter.              sources toxics strategy.  
                                                                                                                              An integrated strategy    
                                                                                                                              will take longer but will 
                                                                                                                              eliminate duplication and 
                                                                                                                              enable better evaluation  
                                                                                                                              of the relative           
                                                                                                                              contributions of toxics   
                                                                                                                              from mobile and area      
                                                                                                                              sources.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Great Waters Report to Congress.........  EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 7412(m)(5), Clean  Modify by delaying and   A report every two years is
                                                                        Air Act Amendments.          reducing frequency to    too frequent to show      
                                                                                                     once every 4 years,      meaningful progress in the
                                                                                                     postpone regulatory      efforts needed to answer  
                                                                                                     determination until      the questions posed by    
                                                                                                     next reporting cycle.    this provision. The       
                                                                                                                              regulatory determination  
                                                                                                                              should be delayed since   
                                                                                                                              the science and resulting 
                                                                                                                              understanding of          
                                                                                                                              atmospheric deposition    
                                                                                                                              have not progressed       
                                                                                                                              sufficiently to support a 
                                                                                                                              determination at this     
                                                                                                                              time.                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Report, on Canadian Acid Rain Control     EPA........................  P.L. 101-549, Sec. 408 of    Eliminate..............  Under the 1991 U.S.-Canada 
 Program to Be Submitted in January of                                  the Clean Air Act                                     Air Quality Agreement, EPA
 1994, 1999, 2005.                                                      Amendments of 1990.                                   prepares a report in even-
                                                                                                                              numbered years            
                                                                                                                              encompassing all the      
                                                                                                                              required elements of the  
                                                                                                                              Sec. 408 report. This     
                                                                                                                              treaty-based report is    
                                                                                                                              submitted to the          
                                                                                                                              International Joint       
                                                                                                                              Commission, the Congress, 
                                                                                                                              and made available to the 
                                                                                                                              general public. The       
                                                                                                                              submission of a nearly    
                                                                                                                              identical report would be 
                                                                                                                              duplicative and wasteful  
                                                                                                                              of existing limited       
                                                                                                                              resources.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Analysis of Alternative Motor    EPA........................  42 U.S.C. 6374(d),           Eliminate..............  Budgetary constraints may  
 Vehicle Fuels Use on the Environment.                                  Alternative Motor Fuels                               prevent EPA from work on  
                                                                        Act of 1988.                                          this report. Existing     
                                                                                                                              resources have been       
                                                                                                                              targeted to areas of      
                                                                                                                              higher priority. Much of  
                                                                                                                              the alternative fuel use  
                                                                                                                              data is already being     
                                                                                                                              produced by DOE.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on the Implementation of    EPA........................  15 U.S.C. 2629, Sec. 30 of   Eliminate..............  The report prepared under  
 the Toxic Substances Control Act During                                the Toxic Substances                                  this section of the Act   
 the Preceding Fiscal Year.                                             Control Act.                                          since 1976 has proved to  
                                                                                                                              be of little or no value. 
                                                                                                                              Changes in program focus  
                                                                                                                              over the last 20 years    
                                                                                                                              have made the required    
                                                                                                                              information obsolete and  
                                                                                                                              not reflective of work    
                                                                                                                              being performed under the 
                                                                                                                              Act.                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Explanatory Statement of Proposed         General Services             40 U.S.C. 484(e)(6)........  Eliminate..............  Elimination of this report 
 Negotiated Sale of Surplus Real           Administration (GSA).                                                              will avoid delays in      
 Property.                                                                                                                    consummating sales,       
                                                                                                                              unnecessary appraisal     
                                                                                                                              costs, and substantially  
                                                                                                                              reduce expenditures for   
                                                                                                                              interim protection and    
                                                                                                                              maintenance.              
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Negotiated Sales Report.................  GSA........................  40 U.S.C. 484(e)(6)(D).....  Eliminate..............  Few properties worth less  
                                                                                                                              than $100,000 are disposed
                                                                                                                              of by negotiation. Thus,  
                                                                                                                              the expense of reporting  
                                                                                                                              on such transactions is   
                                                                                                                              unwarranted.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Freedom of Information Act Activity.....  GSA........................  5 U.S.C. 552(e)............  Modify by changing       Biennial reports should be 
                                                                                                     frequency of reporting   sufficient to track trends
                                                                                                     from annual to           (Privacy Act reports are  
                                                                                                     biennial and             already biennial). The    
                                                                                                     eliminating sections     Department of Justice     
                                                                                                     of the report listing    should take action to     
                                                                                                     denying officials and    modify sections of report 
                                                                                                     fee collections.         that are burdensome to    
                                                                                                                              collect and contribute    
                                                                                                                              little to purpose of Act. 
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Performance of Industrial Application     National Aeronautics and     12 U.S.C. 648(f)...........  Eliminate..............  Report was already         
 Centers.                                  Space Administration                                                               eliminated by P.L. 104-66.
                                           (NASA).                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Contingent Liability of the Government    NASA.......................  42 U.S.C. 2463.............  Eliminate..............  The contract for tracking  
 Under Termination of Provisions of Any                                                                                       and data relay satellite  
 Contract for Tracking and Data Relay                                                                                         services is completed.    
 Satellite Services.                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Activities of the National Space Grant    NASA.......................  42 U.S.C. 2486(j)..........  Eliminate..............  Similar information is     
 and Fellowship Program.                                                                                                      contained within the      
                                                                                                                              ``Space Grant Annual      
                                                                                                                              Report'' and the biennial 
                                                                                                                              ``Space Grant Conference  
                                                                                                                              Report,'' both of which   
                                                                                                                              are available to members  
                                                                                                                              of Congress.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Notification of Procurement of Long-Lead  NASA.......................  P.L. 100-147, Sec. 121d      Eliminate..............  The solid rocket motor     
 Materials for Solid Rocket Motors on                                   (101 Stat. 869).                                      program has been canceled.
 Other Than Competitive Basis.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Contracts to Facilitate the National      NASA.......................  50 U.S.C. 1434.............  Eliminate..............  This report was already    
 Defense Entered Into, Amended, or                                                                                            eliminated by P.L. 104-66.
 Modified.                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Capital Development Plan for Space        NASA.......................  P.L. 100-147, Sec. 107(a)    Eliminate..............  This report refers to Space
 Station Program.                                                       (101 Stat. 864).                                      Station Freedom program,  
                                                                                                                              which was terminated;     
                                                                                                                              similar information on the
                                                                                                                              current Space Station     
                                                                                                                              program is provided to    
                                                                                                                              Congress within NASA's    
                                                                                                                              annual Project Status     
                                                                                                                              Reports.                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Certification that the Payloads           NASA.......................  P.L. 101-611, Sec. 112c      Eliminate..............  Identical information is   
 Scheduled to be Launched on the Shuttle                                (104 Stat. 3199).                                     transmitted to Congress   
 for the Next Four Years are Consistent                                                                                       via NASA's annual budget  
 With the Policy.                                                                                                             submission.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Notice of Modification of NASA            NASA.......................  P.L. 98-361, Sec. 103 (98    Modify.................  This requirement was       
 Facilities.                                                            Stat. 424; 99 Stat. 1014;                             revised per P.L. 102-588. 
                                                                        101 Stat. 63).                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Expenditures Exceeding Authorizations     NASA.......................  P.L. 98-52, Sec. 104 (97     Eliminate..............  Information is already     
 for the Physics and Astronomy Program.                                 Stat. 284).                                           provided in NASA's        
                                                                                                                              Operating Plan submitted  
                                                                                                                              to Congress each year.    
                                                                                                                                                        
Launch Voucher Demonstration Program....  NASA.......................  15 U.S.C. 5803.............  Eliminate..............  Program is no longer       
                                                                                                                              effective after September 
                                                                                                                              30, 1995.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Establishment of Space Settlements......  NASA.......................  42 U.S.C. 2451 note........  Eliminate..............  Report was already         
                                                                                                                              discontinued per letter   
                                                                                                                              from NASA to appropriate  
                                                                                                                              congressional committees. 
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Proposed Decision or Policy to            NASA.......................  42 U.S.C. 2465.............  Eliminate..............  NASA no longer owns or     
 Commercialize Existing Expendable                                                                                            operates any expendable   
 Launch Vehicle Technologies and                                                                                              launch vehicles.          
 Associated Facilities and Equipment.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Joint Former Soviet Union Studies in      NASA.......................  42 U.S.C. 2487e............  Eliminate (one-time      This report was a one-time 
 Biomedical Research.                                                                                report).                 requirement; the          
                                                                                                                              information was           
                                                                                                                              transmitted to Congress   
                                                                                                                              via letter from NASA dated
                                                                                                                              March 1993.               
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Administrative Law Judges and Hearing     Office of Personnel          5 U.S.C. 1305..............  Eliminate..............  The law states that OPM    
 Examiners.                                Management (OPM).                                                                  ``may'' submit such a     
                                                                                                                              report, but is not        
                                                                                                                              required to do so. OPM has
                                                                                                                              not ever done so since the
                                                                                                                              information that might be 
                                                                                                                              reported would be of      
                                                                                                                              little value.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Civil Service Retirement and Disability   OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 1308(a)...........  Eliminate..............  The CFOs Act requirement   
 Fund.                                                                                                                        for financial statements  
                                                                                                                              includes the same data.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance   OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 1308(b)...........  Eliminate..............  The CFOs Act requirement   
 Program.                                                                                                                     for financial statements  
                                                                                                                              includes the same data.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Employees' Health Benefits        OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 1308(c)...........  Eliminate..............  The CFOs Act requirement   
 Program.                                                                                                                     for financial statements  
                                                                                                                              includes the same data.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Operation of the Senior Executive         OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 3135(a) and         Delete from              Eliminated by P.L. 104-66. 
 Service.                                                               4314(d).                     congressional list.                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Effectiveness of the Performance          OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 5408..............  Delete from list.......  The performance management 
 Management and Recognition System.                                                                                           and recognition system has
                                                                                                                              been eliminated.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service   OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 8347(f)...........  Delete from list.......  OPM does not make this     
 Retirement System.                                                                                                           report. Law does not      
                                                                                                                              require Board to report to
                                                                                                                              Congress.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Sums Credited to the Civil Service        OPM........................  5 U.S.C. 8348(g)...........  Eliminate..............  This information is already
 Retirement and Disability Fund as a                                                                                          included in CFOs Act as   
 Government Contribution.                                                                                                     part of required financial
                                                                                                                              statements, and is also   
                                                                                                                              included in the CSRDF     
                                                                                                                              Annual Report.            
                                                                                                                                                        
Placement of Non-Indian Employees of the  OPM........................  25 U.S.C. 472a(e)(2).......  Eliminate..............  No report on this activity 
 Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian                                                                                      has ever been prepared.   
 Health Service in Other Federal                                                                                              Data collection for the   
 Positions.                                                                                                                   report, which would yield 
                                                                                                                              little substantive        
                                                                                                                              information, would be     
                                                                                                                              burdensome. OPM is working
                                                                                                                              with appropriate          
                                                                                                                              congressional staff to    
                                                                                                                              have this reporting       
                                                                                                                              requirement eliminated.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Employment of Disabled Veterans and       OPM........................  38 U.S.C. 2014(a)..........  Modify by combining      This report has been       
 Vietnam Veterans in the Federal                                                                     with Veterans            combined with the report  
 Government.                                                                                         Employment in the        below.                    
                                                                                                     Federal Government                                 
                                                                                                     Report.                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Veterans Employment in the Federal        OPM........................  38 U.S.C. 4214(e)(1).......  Modify by combining      This report has been       
 Government.                                                                                         with Employment of       combined with the report  
                                                                                                     Disabled Veterans and    above.                    
                                                                                                     Vietnam Veterans in                                
                                                                                                     the Federal Government                             
                                                                                                     Report.                                            
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Fees and Other Expenses Awarded Each      Administrative Confer- ence  5 U.S.C. 504(e)............  Eliminate..............  ACUS has been terminated.  
 Fiscal Year.                              of the United States                                                                                         
                                           (ACUS).                                                                                                      
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Activities of the Commission............  Advisory Commission on       42 U.S.C. 4275(3)..........  Eliminate..............  This agency has been       
                                           Intergovernmental Affairs.                                                         terminated.               
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Results of Audits Conducted by the        Appalachian Regional         P.L. 95-452, Sec. 8 (102     Modify by requiring      This report is currently   
 Office of the Inspector General.          Commission (ARC).            Stat. 2525).                 only annual report..     submitted semi-annually,  
                                                                                                                              but should only be        
                                                                                                                              required annually because 
                                                                                                                              small agencies often have 
                                                                                                                              limited issues. Additional
                                                                                                                              reports in any given year 
                                                                                                                              should be voluntary. Other
                                                                                                                              designated Federal entity 
                                                                                                                              Inspectors General have   
                                                                                                                              also expressed interest in
                                                                                                                              moving to annual          
                                                                                                                              reporting.                
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Discrimination Against Eastern and        Civil Rights Commission....  42 U.S.C. 1975(c), (f), and  Eliminate..............  This report was eliminated 
 Southern European Ethnic Groups, and                                   (g).                                                  from the Commission's     
 Consequences of Affirmative Action                                                                                           statute many years ago.   
 Programs on Them.                                                                                                                                      
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Determination on Whether the Export-      Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im    12 U.S.C. 635e(a)(2)(A)....  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete and
 Import Bank's Authority is Sufficient     Bank).                                                                             no longer serves any      
 to Meet Its Needs.                                                                                                           useful purpose.           
                                                                                                                                                        
Request for Legislation If the Amount of  Ex-Im Bank.................  12 U.S.C. 635e(a)(2)(A)(I).  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete and
 Direct Loan Authority or Guarantee                                                                                           no longer serves any      
 Authority Available to the Export-                                                                                           useful purpose.           
 Import Bank for the Fiscal Year                                                                                                                        
 Involved Exceeds the Amount Necessary.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations as of the Close of Business    Ex-Im Bank.................  12 U.S.C. 635g(a)..........  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete and
 Each Year.                                                                                                                   no longer serves any      
                                                                                                                              useful purpose. Ex-Im Bank
                                                                                                                              prepares an annual report 
                                                                                                                              that sufficiently details 
                                                                                                                              yearly operations.        
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East-West Trade Statistics..............  International Trade          19 U.S.C. 2440.............  Eliminate..............  This report is obsolete.   
                                           Commission (ITC).                                                                                            
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Report on Feasibility of Transmitting     National Science Foundation  42 U.S.C 1864..............  Eliminate..............  NSF prepared a report in   
 Solar Energy to Earth by Orbital          (NSF).                                                                             the 1970s upon completion 
 Structures.                                                                                                                  of a feasibility study and
                                                                                                                              has conducted no further  
                                                                                                                              work. NSF has since       
                                                                                                                              transferred research on   
                                                                                                                              advanced energy systems to
                                                                                                                              DOE.                      
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Annual Report of Advisory Committee on    Nuclear Regulatory           Section 29 of the Atomic     Eliminate..............  Preparation of an annual   
 Reactor Safeguards (ACRS).                Commission (NRC).            Energy Act of 1954.                                   comprehensive report has  
                                                                                                                              not been an effective use 
                                                                                                                              of NRC's limited          
                                                                                                                              resources. ACRS members   
                                                                                                                              serve as part-time        
                                                                                                                              governmental employees and
                                                                                                                              devote the limited time   
                                                                                                                              they have to perform      
                                                                                                                              safety reviews in areas of
                                                                                                                              primary concern. With the 
                                                                                                                              elimination of this       
                                                                                                                              report, the ACRS would    
                                                                                                                              continue to prepare safety
                                                                                                                              research reports on       
                                                                                                                              specific issues, and      
                                                                                                                              significant reports would 
                                                                                                                              continue to be provided by
                                                                                                                              NRC to NRC oversight      
                                                                                                                              committees.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on the Price-Anderson Act.  NRC........................  Section 170 of the Atomic    Eliminate..............  This report outlines the   
                                                                        Energy Act of 1954.                                   NRC activities under the  
                                                                                                                              Price-Anderson Act, which 
                                                                                                                              provides for              
                                                                                                                              indemnification and       
                                                                                                                              limitation of liability   
                                                                                                                              for claims resulting from 
                                                                                                                              certain nuclear accidents.
                                                                                                                              Congress has shown only   
                                                                                                                              periodic interest in this 
                                                                                                                              subject. Rather than      
                                                                                                                              preparing this report     
                                                                                                                              annually, a more cost     
                                                                                                                              effective approach would  
                                                                                                                              be to provide relevant    
                                                                                                                              information to Congress on
                                                                                                                              an as-requested basis.    
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual Report on Conditions at DOE's      NRC........................  Section 1701(b) of the       Modify reporting         Currently, the Atomic      
 Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment                                   Atomic Energy Act of 1954.   requirement to track     Energy Act of 1954        
 Facilities.                                                                                         the timing of the        stipulates that this      
                                                                                                     related certification    report be prepared at     
                                                                                                     requirement.             least annually. The 104th 
                                                                                                                              Congress, however, has    
                                                                                                                              proposed that enrichment  
                                                                                                                              facilities no longer be   
                                                                                                                              certified annually, but on
                                                                                                                              a five year basis. To     
                                                                                                                              avoid disassociation of   
                                                                                                                              the reporting and         
                                                                                                                              certification             
                                                                                                                              requirements, the         
                                                                                                                              reporting requirement     
                                                                                                                              language in Sec.          
                                                                                                                              1701(b)(1) should be      
                                                                                                                              modified to track the     
                                                                                                                              timing of the             
                                                                                                                              certification requirement 
                                                                                                                              of Sec. 1702(c)(2).       
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Management of Agency Debt Collection      Office of Management and     P.L. 97-365, Debt            Modified in 1994         This separate report by OMB
 Activities.                               Budget (OMB).                Collection Act of 1982.      (included in Federal     is unnecessary because we 
                                                                                                     Financial Management     include summary           
                                                                                                     Status Report and Five-  information on this       
                                                                                                     Year Plan).              subject annually in the   
                                                                                                                              Federal Financial         
                                                                                                                              Management Status Report  
                                                                                                                              and Five-Year Plan.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Voluntary Contributions by the U.S. to    OMB and the Dept. of State.  22 U.S.C. 2226, Sec.         Eliminate..............  This report is burdensome  
 International Organizations.                                           306(b)(1).                                            and conveys little        
                                                                                                                              additional informaiton    
                                                                                                                              that is not already       
                                                                                                                              available from other      
                                                                                                                              reports, including the    
                                                                                                                              President's annual budget 
                                                                                                                              submission.               
                                                                                                                                                        
Financial Management by State and Local   OMB........................  P.L. 98-502, Single Audit    Eliminate..............  This report by OMB is      
 Governments of Federal Financial                                       Act of 1984.                                          unnecessary and wasteful. 
 Assistance Programs.                                                                                                         It has been recommended   
                                                                                                                              for immediate elimination 
                                                                                                                              in the proposed revision  
                                                                                                                              to the Single Audit Act.  
                                                                                                                                                        
Civil Monetary Penalities Assessed and    OMB........................  P.L. 101-410, Federal Civil  Eliminate separate       This separate report by OMB
 Collected by Federal Agencies.                                         Penalties Inflation          report by OMB on all     is unnecessary because    
                                                                        Adjustment Act of 1990.      agency CMPs; OMB will    summary information for   
                                                                                                     still report summary     the agencies with         
                                                                                                     information for          receivables of over $50   
                                                                                                     agencies with            million can be included in
                                                                                                     receivables over $50     the Federal Financial     
                                                                                                     million.                 Management Status Report  
                                                                                                                              and Five-Year Plan.       
                                                                                                                                                        
Agency Compliance With Requirements of    OMB........................  P.L. 97-177, Prompt Payment  Modified in 1994         This separate report by OMB
 Prompt Payment Act.                                                    Act of 1982.                 (included in Federal     is unnecessary because we 
                                                                                                     Financial Management     include summary           
                                                                                                     Status Report and Five-  information on this       
                                                                                                     Year Plan).              subject annually in the   
                                                                                                                              Federal Financial         
                                                                                                                              Management Status Report  
                                                                                                                              and 5-Year Plan.          
                                                                                                                                                        
Procurement Regulatory Activity Report..  OMB--Office of Federal       41 U.S.C. 421(g)...........  Eliminate..............  This report duplicates the 
                                           Procurement Policy.                                                                Unified Agenda of Federal 
                                                                                                                              Regulations.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Computer Matching Report................  OMB--Office of Information   5 U.S.C. 552a(u), Computer   Eliminate..............  The report simply          
                                           and Regulatory Affairs       Matching Act.                                         summarizes data already   
                                           (OIRA).                                                                            sent to Congress by       
                                                                                                                              agencies. The report, as  
                                                                                                                              required by the statute,  
                                                                                                                              is burdensome to complete 
                                                                                                                              and there is no evidence  
                                                                                                                              that Congress uses it for 
                                                                                                                              oversight.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Information Resources Management Plan of  OMB--OIRA..................  44 U.S.C. 3514(a),           Modify by combining      The recent approval of the 
 the Federal Government (IRM/ICB).                                      Paperwork Reduction Act of   with Annual Report.      1995 Paperwork Reduction  
                                                                        1995.                                                 Act (PRA) makes it        
                                                                                                                              difficult to request      
                                                                                                                              outright elimination of   
                                                                                                                              this report. However, the 
                                                                                                                              statute does provide      
                                                                                                                              sufficient flexibility to 
                                                                                                                              allow this report to be   
                                                                                                                              combined with the PRA     
                                                                                                                              Implementation Annual     
                                                                                                                              Report, which will        
                                                                                                                              significantly reduce the  
                                                                                                                              burden and cost of        
                                                                                                                              compiling and clearing two
                                                                                                                              separate reports.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Paperwork Reduction Act Implementation    OMB--OIRA..................  44 U.S.C. 3514(a),           Modify by combining      The recent approval of the 
 (Annual Report).                                                       Paperwork Reduction Act of   with IRM/ICB Report.     1995 Paperwork Reduction  
                                                                        1995.                                                 Act (PRA) makes it        
                                                                                                                              difficult to request      
                                                                                                                              outright elimination of   
                                                                                                                              this report. However, the 
                                                                                                                              statute does provide      
                                                                                                                              sufficient flexibility to 
                                                                                                                              allow this report to be   
                                                                                                                              combined with the ``IRM/  
                                                                                                                              ICB Report,'' which will  
                                                                                                                              significantly reduce the  
                                                                                                                              burden and cost of        
                                                                                                                              compiling and clearing two
                                                                                                                              separate reports.         
                                                                                                                                                        
Privacy Act Report......................  OMB--OIRA..................  5 U.S.C. 552(a)(p), Privacy  Eliminate..............  The information required to
                                                                        Act.                                                  be reported is not very   
                                                                                                                              useful and does not       
                                                                                                                              provide Congress or the   
                                                                                                                              public a sufficient       
                                                                                                                              overview of the relevant  
                                                                                                                              privacy issues.           
                                                                                                                              Furthermore, the statutory
                                                                                                                              requirement for a         
                                                                                                                              congressional report makes
                                                                                                                              completing the report more
                                                                                                                              burdensome than necessary 
                                                                                                                              and there is no evidence  
                                                                                                                              that Congress uses the    
                                                                                                                              report for oversight. OIRA
                                                                                                                              could continue to publish 
                                                                                                                              the report without the    
                                                                                                                              statutory mandate in a way
                                                                                                                              that presents more useful 
                                                                                                                              data.                     
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Obligation of Funds Appropriated Under    Peace Corps................  P.L. 97-121, Sec. 514 (95    Eliminate..............  Peace Corps does not find  
 the Foreign Assistance and Related                                     Stat. 1655).                                          this report useful and has
 Programs Appropriation Act of 1982, For                                                                                      not published it.         
 Any Appropriation Account to Which They                                                                                                                
 Were Not Appropriated.                                                                                                                                 
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Future Direction of the Peace Corps.....  Peace Corps National         22 U.S.C. 2511(b)(2)(C)....  Eliminate..............  This Council has not met   
                                           Advisory Council.                                                                  for years and Peace Corps 
                                                                                                                              does not plan to resume   
                                                                                                                              its meetings or publish   
                                                                                                                              this report.              
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USIA Posts to be Downgraded or Closed...  United States Information    P.L. 100-204, Sec. 204(d)..  Modify.................  This requirement was       
                                           Agency (USIA).                                                                     repealed and replaced by a
                                                                                                                              similar requirement in    
                                                                                                                              P.L. 102-138, Sec. 206(b).
                                                                                                                                                        
Near and Middle East Research and         USIA.......................  P.L. 102-238, Sec. 228(b)..  Eliminate..............  This report summarizes data
 Training.                                                                                                                    for a minor program, is   
                                                                                                                              burdensome to complete,   
                                                                                                                              and has little            
                                                                                                                              significance.             
                                                                                                                                                        
Company Selected to Conduct Survey of     USIA.......................  P.L. 100-204, Sec. 209(d)..  Eliminate..............  This report required USIA  
 Worldnet Program.                                                                                                            to conduct a market survey
                                                                                                                              in Europe of its Worldnet 
                                                                                                                              programming. It is a one- 
                                                                                                                              time requirement that     
                                                                                                                              should be eliminated.     
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International Economic Report...........  United States Trade          P.L. 92-412, Sec. 207(a),    Eliminate..............  Section was omitted as     
                                           Representative (USTR).       22 U.S.C. 2846 (86 Stat.                              terminated by the express 
                                                                        48; 87 Stat. 448).                                    terms of former 22 U.S.C. 
                                                                                                                              2848 on September 30,     
                                                                                                                              1977, there being no      
                                                                                                                              extension by congressional
                                                                                                                              legislation.              
                                                                                                                                                        
Negotiation in Response to Investigation  USTR.......................  P.L. 100-418, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
                                                                        1375(b)(2)(B), 19 U.S.C.                              obsolete.                 
                                                                        3104(b)(2)(B),                                                                  
                                                                        Telecommunications Trade                                                        
                                                                        Act of 1988 (102 Stat.                                                          
                                                                        1219).                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Actions to be Taken if No Agreement       USTR.......................  P.L. 100-418, Sec. 1376      Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
 Obtained.                                                              (c)(2)(B), 19 U.S.C.                                  obsolete.                 
                                                                        3105(c)(2)(B),                                                                  
                                                                        Telecommunications Trade                                                        
                                                                        Act of 1988 (102 Stat.                                                          
                                                                        1221).                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Actions to be Taken if No Agreement       USTR.......................  P.L. 100-418, Sec. 1376(e),  Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
 Obtained.                                                              19 U.S.C. 3105(e),                                    obsolete.                 
                                                                        Telecommunications Trade                                                        
                                                                        Act of 1988 (102 Stat.                                                          
                                                                        1221).                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Export Enhancement......................  USTR.......................  P.L. 100-418, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
                                                                        4301(c)(4) (102 Stat.                                 obsolete; in light of the 
                                                                        1396).                                                conclusion of the Uruguay 
                                                                                                                              Round.                    
                                                                                                                                                        
(Annual) Report to Congress.............  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 1356n,             Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
                                                                        International Coffee                                  party to the Agreement.   
                                                                        Agreement of 1983.                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Reciprocal Nondiscrimination Treatment..  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2136(c), Trade     Eliminate..............  This requirement is        
                                                                        Act of 1974.                                          obsolete.                 
                                                                                                                                                        
East-West Foreign Trade Board--Report of  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2441(c), Trade     Eliminate..............  This provision is obsolete.
 Board to Congress.                                                     Act of 1974.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Approval of Trade Agreements............  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2503(b), Trade     Eliminate..............  This report has been       
                                                                        Agreements Act of 1979.                               completed.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Relationship of Trade Agreements to U.S.  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2504(c), Trade     Eliminate..............  This provision is obsolete.
 Law.                                                                   Agreements Act of 1979.                               The Tokyo Round has long  
                                                                                                                              since been completed and  
                                                                                                                              the U.S.-Canada Free Trade
                                                                                                                              Agreement has been        
                                                                                                                              suspended by the North    
                                                                                                                              American Free Trade       
                                                                                                                              Agreement (NAFTA).        
                                                                                                                                                        
Report to Congress on Access to Canadian  USTR.......................  P.L. 103-465, Sec. 424, 19   Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 Dairy and Poultry Markets.                                             U.S.C. 3622, Uruguay Round                            completed.                
                                                                        Agreements Act (108 Stat.                                                       
                                                                        4965).                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Biennial Report.........................  USTR.......................  P.L. 100-449, Sec. 304(f),   Eliminate..............  This provision has been    
                                                                        U.S.-Canada Free Trade                                suspended by Sec. 107 of  
                                                                        Agreement (102 Stat. 1875).                           the NAFTA (see also Sec.  
                                                                                                                              501(c)(3) of the U.S.-    
                                                                                                                              Canada FTA Implementation 
                                                                                                                              Act of 1988), until such  
                                                                                                                              time as the suspension of 
                                                                                                                              the FTA may be terminated.
                                                                                                                                                        
Delegation of Presidential Powers and     USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 1356m,             Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
 Duties.                                                                International Coffee                                  party to the Agreement.   
                                                                        Agreement of 1983.                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Congressional Approval of U.S. Accession  USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 3003,              Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 to the Convention.                                                     Implementation of the                                 completed.                
                                                                        Harmonized Tariff Schedule.                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Protection of Interests of U.S.           USTR.......................  7 U.S.C. 3606, 1977 Sugar    Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
 Consumers.                                                             Agreement Implementation.                             party to the Agreement.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Continuing Appropriations, 1988.........  USTR.......................  P.L. 100-202, Sec.           Eliminate..............  This provision is obsolete.
                                                                        109(c)(3)(C), 40 U.S.C.                                                         
                                                                        601 note (101 Stat. 1329-                                                       
                                                                        435).                                                                           
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Reports to Congress.....................  USTR.......................  7 U.S.C. 3605, 1977 Sugar    Eliminate..............  The U.S. is no longer a    
                                                                        Agreement Implementation.                             party to the Agreement.   
                                                                                                                                                        
Purchases of U.S. Made Automotive Parts   USTR.......................  P.L. 100-418, Sec. 1934(c),  Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 by Japan.                                                              Omnibus Trade and                                     completed.                
                                                                        Competitiveness Act (102                                                        
                                                                        Stat. 1322).                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Government Procurement--Reports on        USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2514(d)(1), Trade  Eliminate..............  This provision is obsolete.
 Negotiations.                                                          Agreements Act of 1979.                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Government Procurement--General Report    USTR.......................  19 U.S.C. 2515(k)..........  Eliminate..............  This report has been       
 on Actions Under This Section.                                                                                               completed.                
                                                                                                                                                        
Report of the Trade and Environment       USTR.......................  Executive Order No. 12905,   Eliminate..............  This reporting requirement 
 Advisory Committee.                                                    March 25, 1994, 9 F.R.                                is obsolete.              
                                                                        14733, set forth as a note                                                      
                                                                        to 19 U.S.C. 2155.                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Working Party on Worker Rights..........  USTR.......................  P.L. 103-465, Sec. 131(c),   Eliminate..............  This provision is obsolete.
                                                                        19 U.S.C. 3551(c), Uruguay                                                      
                                                                        Round Agreements Act (108                                                       
                                                                        Stat. 4839).                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Report on Determinations Regarding        USTR.......................  P.L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), 49  Eliminate..............  This is no longer a        
 Access to Foreign Public Works                                         U.S.C. 49104(d)(2),                                   reporting requirement.    
 Construction Markets.                                                  Airport and Airway                                                              
                                                                        Improvement Act of 1982                                                         
                                                                        (108 Stat. 1299).                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Negotiations on Financial Services......  USTR.......................  P.L. 103-465, Statement of   Eliminate..............  This report has been       
                                                                        Administrative Action,                                completed.                
                                                                        Uruguay Round Agreements                                                        
                                                                        Act.                                                                            
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