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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Simon, and Mr. Bumpers):
  S. 2148. A bill to delay procurement of the CVN-76 aircraft carrier; 
to the Committee on Armed Services.


  the cvn-76 procurement termination and deficit reduction act of 1994

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, today I am introducing the CVN-76 
Procurement Termination and Deficit Reduction Act of 1994, which would 
direct the Department of Defense to terminate plans to procure the next 
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered carrier in fiscal year 1995. This action 
alone will save $3.7 billion in fiscal year 1995 budget authority, and 
I am pleased to say that the senior Senator from Illinois, Senator 
Simon, and the senior Senator from Arkansas, Senator Bumpers, are 
cosponsors.
  I came to this body last year with a strong personal conviction that 
it is really very simple. If the Government does not need to spend 
money on some project, then it should not spend the money. We cannot 
afford it with a $4.5 trillion deficit. Consequently, I do not believe 
that there can ever be a magic number, a dollar total etched in stone, 
that shields any department or agency budget from Congress' careful 
scrutiny. That is why I opposed firewalls in the budget debate and why 
I frankly believe that President Clinton was wrong to say ``no more 
defense cuts'' in his State of the Union Address. In that same vein, I 
am reminded of the views expressed by my colleague from Nebraska, 
Senator Exon, during our debate on defense firewalls in the budget 
resolution. He claimed that firewalls would undercut the authority of 
the authorizers and appropriators in this body. I would extend the Exon 
argument to conclude that this doctrine of ``no more defense cuts'' 
will undercut the entire congressional role in budgeting by impairing 
our constitutional efforts to provide for a defense befitting our 
available resources as well as all threats--foreign and domestic.

  We all know and believe we need a strong defense. We in Congress have 
a responsibility to provide for the common defense and I take that 
responsibility to provide for the common defense and I take that 
responsibility very seriously. In fact, I take it so seriously that I 
insist upon subjecting the assumption behind the defense budget to the 
sunshine of careful scrutiny and debate. When we find and eliminate 
excesses we not only strengthen defense we also have the opportunity to 
reduce the deficit and, I think we increase public confidence in our 
Government. I offer this bill today in the confidence that these cuts 
will not harm our national defense and in the expectation that most of 
these savings would go either toward deficit reduction, other defense 
programs, or other nondefense programs which service the national 
interest. This bill simply keeps the Pentagon from spending the 
taxpayers' money on programs it does not truly need.
  Mr. President, less than a year ago the then Secretary of Defense, 
Les Aspin, released the results of a comprehensive review of post-cold-
war military requirements, intended to ensure the security of our 
Nation. That so-called Bottom-Up Review assumed that the United States 
might be faced with the requirement to fight two nearly simultaneous 
major regional conflicts, or MRC's, and that that would happen 
potentially without the help of our allies. As my colleagues know, the 
Bottom-Up Review has become the canonical foundation for the 
President's defense strategy. Let me quote from that report.

       * * * the analysis confirmed that a force of 10 carriers 
     would be adequate to fight two nearly simultaneous MRC's. 
     That assessment was based on many factors, from potential 
     sortie generation capability and arrival periods on station 
     to the interdependence of carrier-based air aviation and its 
     criticality if land-based air elements are delayed in 
     arriving in the theater.

  The Bottom-Up Review claims that the Navy needs 2 additional 
carriers--above the 10 needed for war-fighting--in order to operate in 
peacetime. The report says the Navy will begin fiscal year 1995 with a 
force of 12 carriers: 5 of those are conventionally powered and 7 
powered with nuclear reactors. The Navy plans to retire two of its 
conventional carriers before the year 2000. Two nuclear carriers, the 
Stennis and the United States, are currently under construction and 
will both be in operation by 2000. To replace the Kitty Hawk, though, 
which will be retired by 2003, the Navy wants to begin building an 
additional nuclear-powered, Nimitz-class carrier, called CVN-76, next 
year. My bill will terminate plans to procure the CVN-76 next year, and 
would, in effect, delay procurement of the next carrier until fiscal 
year 2000, when the Navy plans to procure still another nuclear 
carrier.

  The authors of the Bottom-Up Review considered options which closely 
parallel the provisions of my bill. They recognized that delaying CVN-
76 procurement until fiscal year 2000 would produce significant savings 
in the near term. Yet they rejected postponing procurement of the CVN-
76 because of the excessive costs of building carriers frequently 
enough after fiscal year 2000 to sustain a 12 carrier force. They 
appropriately called these excessive costs a procurement ``bow wave.'' 
I agree if we went through with that and stuck with the 12 that we 
would have an excessive bow wave, but it would be unnecessary. Under 
the provisions of my bill, I would expect that the carrier force would 
drop from 12 to 11--or perhaps to 10--in the year 2003 when the USS 
Kitty Hawk is retired.
  My bill would provide a carrier force level equal to that requested 
by the Pentagon through the remainder of this century while saving $3.7 
billion in 1995 alone. Yet, I expect that many of my colleagues will 
say that the measures called for in this bill will dangerously weaken 
our Navy, significantly diminish our peacetime influence in the world, 
and even threaten our future shipbuilding capacity.
  To begin with, how does this bill dangerously weaken our Navy? We 
will reduce the number of carriers to that level above that judged as 
sufficient by the Pentagon to fight not just one major regional 
conflict but two nearly simultaneous conflicts which we have to handle 
unilaterally. Moreover, this bill calls for this reduction in 9 years 
so as to permit ample opportunities for the administration to make the 
necessary accommodations and to plan accordingly. To say that this bill 
dangerously weakens the Navy is to argue that the Bottom-Up Review is 
flawed or that Navy planners are somehow inept. To reach either of 
those conclusions is to undermine the entire conceptual foundation of 
defense planning for the 1990's and beyond.
  How will this bill diminish our peacetime influence in the world? The 
Pentagon says there are three critical ocean areas in which they would 
like to maintain an aircraft carrier presence in peacetime. Let us 
assume that somehow we reduced the carrier force immediately from 12 to 
11, or even 10. Would that end the practice of sending carriers to 
these ocean areas in peacetime? Certainly not. The Pentagon's own 
calculations show that, with 12, 11, or 10 carriers there will be a 
continuous carrier present in at least one of these three areas. Even 
with 12 carriers, there would be gaps in the carrier peacetime presence 
in the other two ocean areas. Having 11 carriers increases the gap in 
carrier peacetime presence by only 60 days.
  So the question for naval planners posed by this bill is how can they 
fill these additional gaps during peacetime operations? There are 
several possibilities. Perhaps they will choose to adopt some of the 
alternatives described in their own Bottom-Up Review such as using 
other classes of Navy ships to do some of these peacetime presence 
patrols. In 1993, for instance, the General Accounting Office 
identified 46 Tomahawk-equipped combatants--capital ships in their own 
right--that would be available for such operations. An earlier 
Congressional Research Service study considered an even broader range 
of Navy ships which are suitable for most of these peacetime missions. 
Besides substituting other ships, there are other alternatives 
available which the Navy knows all too well--even if we cut the force 
today. But I want to emphasize, this bill does not cut the force today. 
Even if all those issues had not been resolved this permits the Navy to 
carefully evolve remedies for its reduced force level over the next 9 
years.
  Mr. President, some experts dispute the Navy's exclusive use of 
aircraft carriers for peacetime missions and have advocated a prompt 
reduction of the Navy's carrier force to levels as low as six. Others, 
including the CBO have produced sophisticated operational analyses 
which show how the peacetime mission might be achieved with as few as 
seven carriers. Let me be very clear. My bill takes a more moderate and 
prudent stance that does not call for abrupt or draconian measures and 
does not challenge the Pentagon's military analysis of its war-fighting 
needs with respect to aircraft carriers.
  Finally, how will this bill threaten the critical industrial base 
needed to build nuclear-powered ships and submarines? It will not. The 
Navy argues that delaying the CVN-76 will create a dangerous gap in the 
workload at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., one of the two 
private shipyards that make up our nuclear shipbuilding industry. The 
other yard is Electric Boat which builds the Seawolf attack submarine. 
Mr. President, the fact is that our country has excess capacity in this 
nuclear shipbuilding industry. Moreover, we will have this excess 
capacity regardless of what we do about the CVN-76--of the Seawolf for 
that matter. That is not the fault of bad planning nor of bad faith on 
anyone's part. It is the result of the good fortune of winning the cold 
war--a result which we should translate into a peace dividend for the 
American taxpayer, a result that I think is still very much long 
overdue.
  The Navy's solution to date has been to preserve the status quo. In 
other words, as the argument goes, we have to keep these highly skilled 
workers fully employed and the specialized suppliers in business or 
they will disband and this critical industry will be lost forever. I 
know this is a serious and complex problem, but again the Bottom-Up 
Review has provided an insightful answer. The authors studied this 
problem very carefully and estimated that delaying CVN-76 funding until 
fiscal year 2000 would be a matter of increased risk and cost growth 
rather than a question of actual survival of the industry. In other 
words, according to the Pentagon, the provisions of this bill will have 
a quantifiable effect on the shipbuilding industry but will not--repeat 
not--do irreparable harm and furthermore, it will produce a net savings 
in the billions. So saving the industrial base cannot be a sufficient 
justification for procuring the CVN-76 now. It is not even the issue at 
hand.

  Mr. President, saving the industrial base is an important issues, 
however, and the Bottom-Up Review has already provided critical 
analysis for resolving this problem as well. I paraphrase the authors 
who concluded that consolidating all carrier and submarine construction 
at Newport News would save an additional $1.8 billion because Newport 
News would not need a contract for the third Seawolf if all future 
carrier and other submarine construction were consolidated there. I am 
not saying that this is the solution to this problem. Furthermore, my 
colleagues do not need to solve this problem in order to support this 
bill.
  I am saying that we can no longer afford to perpetuate the myth that 
the Navy must preserve the status quo because our excess capacity 
problem has no solution. To quote the GAO in recent testimony last 
month before the House Armed Services Committee:

       DOD and the Navy have not provided information needed to 
     judge the overall cost/benefit implications of moving to 
     nuclear shipyard consolidation. DOD has not identified which 
     critical vendors and which skills would be lost, the cost of 
     reconstituting those vendors and skills, or alternative ways 
     of preserving them. DOD has also not explained how nuclear 
     work currently conducted by the public shipyards would be 
     maintained under this option. Without these industrial base 
     assessments it is difficult to determine the optimum approach 
     to achieve the Navy's force and modernization objectives in 
     the most cost effective manner.
       We have asked for that analysis and we have not gotten it. 
     If it is available, we have not seen it, and I think that 
     you, in making your decision, should ask to see that 
     information.
       We do not know what the impact of not building the CVN-76 
     would be on critical vendors. There is not even a consensus 
     within the Department of the Navy as to how you define 
     critical vendors. We do not know what initiatives at all have 
     taken place to look for alternatives for critical vendors.

  Mr. President, it is obvious from this testimony that we are paying 
billions of dollars each year to avoid the tough decisions which our 
victory in the cold war calls us to make. In inflation-adjusted 
dollars, the proposed defense budget is actually larger than those 
under Eisenhower or Ford, and only 1 percent below the Nixon 
administration--all those during the cold war. The CVN-76 is merely 
low-hanging fruit in the Pentagon's orchard of cold war programs and 
terminating it is a prudent start to right-sizing our defense in a 
post-cold war era.

  So, Mr. President I reject the notion that this bill will weaken the 
Navy, significantly diminish our ability to patrol peacetime oceans, or 
damage our shipbuilding industry. I suspect that the Navy may actually 
benefit from being forced to examine alternative force structures and 
ship designs for the 21st century. Earlier this year, for instance, the 
chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said:

       There is serious doubt whether the muscular naval battle 
     groups bought for the cold war, centered around the nuclear 
     aircraft carrier, are necessary or even appropriate for the 
     more delicate missions of the new era.

  Are we sure, for instance, that we want to continue to build nuclear 
carriers? According to the Navy, we will decommission our first nuclear 
carrier 20 years from now. By then, we will have an all-nuclear carrier 
force. How will we handle the additional nuclear fuel disposal? How 
much will environmentally sound disposal cost? Early Navy estimates 
place the costs at over 10 times that for decommissioning a 
conventional carrier. Is nuclear power justified from a military 
viewpoint? When we consider the military capabilities of the CVN-76 
design, let us compare CVN-76 to a contemporary conventional carrier 
design in order to judge the value of nuclear power. Instead, the Navy 
is all too anxious to compare CVN-76 to the carrier it is scheduled to 
replace--the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk which was built in 1961.
  Finally, I would be remiss if I did not again recognize another 
critical aspect of this debate.
  I am sure that my colleagues will be eager to remind me of President 
Clinton's exhortation last January in his State of the Union address, 
``No more defense cuts.'' And as I said earlier, I still cannot accept 
the rationale for that position. I do not understand how shielding 
certain departments of the Executive from deficit-minded scrutiny by 
this Congress either strengthens that department or strengthens the 
country. I also suspect that my colleagues will remind me of how the 
Navy proudly heralds a comment made by President Clinton during his 
1993 visit as a new President to the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. 
According to the President:

       When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no 
     accident that the first question that comes to everyone's 
     lips is: where is the nearest carrier?

  I do not dispute the President's view and this bill takes that into 
account. But I would note that, in the same speech the President said:

       A changed security environment demands not less security 
     but a change in our security arrangements. * * * You've 
     changed your crew and your equipment to reflect the new 
     challenges of the post-cold war era. * * * That enables you 
     to operate perhaps with fewer ships and personnel but with 
     greater efficiency and effectiveness. This isn't down-sizing 
     for its own sake. It's right-sizing for security's sake. The 
     changes on board the Theodore Roosevelt preview the changes I 
     believe we must pursue throughout the military.

  I offer this bill as an essential step toward the same goal. I ask 
unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2148

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``The CVN-76 Procurement 
     Termination and Deficit Reduction Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CVN-76 AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.

       No contract may be entered into for procurement of 
     (including advance procurement of long lead items for) a CVN-
     76 aircraft carrier before October 1, 1999. Any such 
     contracts entered into before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act shall be terminated.
                                 ______

      By Mr. COHEN:
  S. 2149. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
establish a special enrollment period under part B of the Medicare 
Program for certain military retirees and dependents living near 
military bases that are closed and to provide for the payment by the 
Department of Defense of the late enrollment penalty imposed on such 
enrollment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.


           medicare eligible military retiree protection act

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce 
legislation today that will exempt Medicare-eligible military retirees 
living in base closure areas from the late-enrollment penalty imposed 
upon individuals who defer enrollment in Medicare part B. The bill will 
provide a degree of financial relief to retirees who are facing 
significant increases in their out-of-pocket health costs due to a base 
closing in their area and the resultant loss of the medical facilities 
upon which they had come to depend for their care. This issue has been 
raised again and again in community meetings in my State as we have 
attempted to assess the impact of the closing of Loring Air Force Base, 
and I know that it is of concern to thousands of military retirees in 
other parts of the country as well.
  Mr. President, we all recognize the necessity of base closure and 
realignment. However, particularly in my role as ranking minority 
member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, I believe that we must 
be sensitive not only to the affect that these closings will have on 
civilian employees and the surrounding communities, but also on our 
Nation's military retirees.
  Many retirees have purposely selected their retirement homes based 
upon their proximity to military health care, commissary, exchange, and 
other facilities. In fact, the Retired Officers' Association estimates 
that almost 70 percent of its members deliberately located near 
military installations so that they would have ready access to health 
care services. While these retirees were never officially guaranteed 
that the bases would remain open indefinitely, most can recite 
``chapter and verse'' about how their recruiters, commanders, and 
retention counselors advertised free health care for life for 
themselves and their dependents as an inducement to extend their 
service obligations.
  Mr. President, as you know, eligibility for Medicare part A--which 
primarily covers inpatient hospital and skilled nursing care--is 
automatic for Social Security-eligible individuals aged 65 or over. 
However, participation in part B--which is financed by a combination of 
beneficiary premiums and general revenues and which covers physician 
and other outpatient care--is voluntary. Beneficiaries who want part B 
must file an application within 4 months of becoming eligible. Those 
who fail to apply are allowed to apply for coverage later during an 
annual general enrollment period. However, they are assessed a steep 
late penalty, an additional 10 percent of the premium for each full 12-
month period they could have been enrolled in the part B program but 
were not.
  For example, the part B premium is currently $41.10 a month. 
Therefore, an individual who had deferred enrollment for 12 months 
would pay, in 1994, $45.21 a month for part B coverage. If they had 
deferred enrollment for 10 years, the premium would double to $82.20 a 
month or $986.40 a year.

  Military retirees become eligible for Medicare when they turn 65, and 
most do, in fact, enroll in part B. While we do not have good national 
statistics on the Medicare status of military retirees in base closure 
areas, of the 6,600 Medicare-eligible retirees and spouses living near 
Fort Ord in California, all but 214 individuals--almost all of whom 
were lower grade enlisted retirees--had part B coverage.
  However, military health care has many advantages over Medicare, 
particularly for lower-income retirees. There are no premiums, 
copayments, or deductibles and prescription drugs are generally 
provided free of charge. Therefore, many retirees living near bases 
have continued to rely upon military facilities for their health care 
needs and have elected not to enroll in part B. If that base is slated 
for closing, they are therefore understandably concerned that, not only 
will they lose access to the free health care services they believe 
they were promised, but also that they are going to be socked with a 
substantial financial penalty--in addition to the new premiums, 
deductibles, and copayments--when they do enroll in Medicare.
  The burden of this late enrollment penalty will be particularly 
onerous for the retired enlisted personnel who make up the bulk of the 
military retiree population and who have average incomes of between 
$12,000 and $15,000 a year. For the 75-year-old retired E-7 and his 
wife, living on a military retirement income of about $13,000 a year, 
coming up with the $986.40 a year to cover their Medicare monthly 
premiums will be difficult.
  To impose a late-enrollment penalty on this couple would be almost 
usurious, exacting far more than the proverbial ``pound of flesh.'' It 
would effectively double their annual out-of-pocket costs for Medicare 
premiums alone to almost $2,000, or 15 percent of their total military 
retirement income. And the older the retiree, the greater the penalty 
is likely to be.
  The legislation I am introducing today would establish a special, 
one-time only part B enrollment period for Medicare-eligible retirees 
living in base closure areas and would exempt them from the premium 
penalty if they enroll during this time. I understand the Health Care 
Financing Administration's concern that granting a straight group 
waiver would set a dangerous precedent and have therefore provided that 
the Department of Defense pay the late enrollment penalty for these 
retirees. This is consistent with the action taken when the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applied for a waiver of the late 
enrollment penalty for its retirees when Medicare coverage became 
mandatory for State and local employees and the State phased out its 
retiree health program.
  Mr. President, this legislation will help to protect military 
retirees adversely affected by base closures from dramatic increases in 
their out-of-pocket health care costs, and I urge my colleagues to join 
me in cosponsoring the measure.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill and 
additional material be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record as follows:

                                S. 2149

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

     SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE SPECIAL ENROLLMENT 
                   PERIOD FOR CERTAIN MILITARY RETIREES AND 
                   DEPENDENTS AND PAYMENT OF LATE ENROLLMENT 
                   PENALTY BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Special Enrollment Period.--Section 1837 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) In the case of an individual described in section 
     1839(g)(2), there shall be a 90-day special enrollment 
     period--
       ``(1) beginning 45 days before the scheduled date of the 
     closure of the individual's military treatment facility (as 
     defined in section 1839(g)(3)(C)), or
       ``(2) in the case of a military treatment facility that 
     closed prior to January 1, 1995, beginning January 1, 
     1995.''.
       (b) Coverage Period for Special Enrollments.--Section 1838 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395q) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of an 
     individual who enrolls during a special enrollment period 
     pursuant to section 1837(j), the coverage period shall begin 
     on the first day of the month that begins at least 15 days 
     after the date of such enrollment.''.
       (c) Payment by Department of Defense of Medicare Part B 
     Late Enrollment Penalty.--Section 1839 of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(g)(1) The increase in premiums under subsection (b) due 
     to late enrollment under this party by an individual 
     described in paragraph (2) who enrolls under this program 
     during a special enrollment period provided under section 
     1837(j) shall be paid by the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned.
       ``(2) An individual described in this paragraph is an 
     individual who, as of the date of the announcement of the 
     closure of the individual's military treatment facility--
       ``(A) is 65 years of age or older;
       ``(B) is eligible for health care under section 1074(b) or 
     1076(b) of title 10, United States Code;
       ``(C) has never, since attaining the age of 65, been 
     enrolled under this part; and
       ``(D) has continuously maintained a primary residence 
     within 65 miles of a military treatment facility since 
     attaining the age of 65.
       ``(3) For purposes of this subsection:
       ``(A) The date of the announcement of the closure of a 
     military treatment facility is the date of the submission to 
     Congress under a base closure law of a report recommending 
     the closure of the military base at which the facility is 
     located.
       ``(B) The term `base closure law' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 2825(d) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (10 U.S.C. 
     2687 note).
       ``(C) The term `closure of the individual's military 
     treatment facility' means, with respect to an individual, the 
     closure under a base closure law of the last military 
     treatment facility within 65 miles of the primary residence 
     of the individual.
       ``(D) The term `military treatment facility' means a 
     facility of a uniformed service referred to in section 
     1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, in which health care 
     is provided.''.
                                  ____



                                       The Military Coalition,

                                     Alexandria, VA, May 10, 1994.
     Hon. William S. Cohen,
     U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Military Coalition (List enclosed)--
     a consortium of nationally prominent military and veterans 
     associations representing 3.7 million members of the seven 
     uniformed services--is greatly concerned that many Medicare-
     eligible military retirees and spouses, who did not apply for 
     Medicare Part B coverage when they became 65, will be further 
     impacted as a result of closure of their military treatment 
     facility (MTF). Many thought the base hospital would always 
     be there for them and never close. With the closure of the 
     MTF, beneficiaries who now enroll in Medicare Part B must pay 
     a 10 percent per year penalty for late enrollment.
       Over 500,000 retirees have lost or will lose their access 
     to military health care as a result of MTF closures. With the 
     fourth round of closures scheduled for 1995, the impact will 
     be even greater for many more beneficiaries in the years to 
     come. DoD's BRAC Beneficiary Working Group, which was 
     mandated by Congress in the Defense Authorization Act for 
     1993 (P.L. 102-484) has conducted 15 site visits through 
     December 1993. At each ``Town Hall Meeting'' retirees 
     strongly stated they believed that medical care would always 
     be provided through the MTF. It was the main reason for 
     retiring near a military installation. Many strongly 
     expressed their objection for now having to pay a penalty for 
     late enrollment into Medicare's Part B program. MTFs have 
     aided military Medicare-eligible retirees in obtaining 
     individual waivers through their local Social Security 
     Administration (SSA) office. Individual letters signed by the 
     retiree provided the rationale that they were not informed 
     about the potential of the MTF closing and believed that MTF-
     based care would ``always be there for them''. We understand 
     that most SSA offices have honored these requests on the 
     basis that they had been ``misinformed'' about the equipment 
     for enrolling in Medicare Part B. Such waivers are subjective 
     and it is our understanding that they may not be granted in 
     the future.
       Two solutions are offered to avoid financial penalties for 
     older military retirees, especially those who are enlisted 
     retirees, and who are on limited retirement incomes. The 
     Coalition supports waiving the penalty by means of statutory 
     provision and overcoming the subjective determination of SSA 
     program managers. If this approach is politically 
     objectionable and not viable because it would be precedent-
     setting, we propose that DoD funds, which are set aside for 
     base closures, be used to pay for any penalties brought on by 
     Congressionally approved base closings. Under no 
     circumstances would we support funds being taken from 
     military pay accounts or the operation of DoD health care 
     programs.
       The Coalition greatly appreciates your initiative to free 
     military members and their spouses from the unintended 
     consequences of base closures. Further, we enthusiastically 
     urge you to introduce your bill seeking statutory relief for 
     those Medicare-eligible military retirees who may incur 
     penalties for late enrollment in Medicare Part B and who have 
     been, and will be, adversely impacted as a result of base 
     closures.
           Sincerely,
     Paul W. Arcari,
             Colonel, USAF (Ret.), The Retired Officers Assn., Co-
                                                         Chairman.
     Michael Quellette,
       Sgt. Maj., USA (Ret.), Non Commissioned Officers Assn., Co-
                                                 Chairman.
                                 ______

      By Mr. INOUYE (for himself and Mr. Akaka):
  S. 2150. A bill to establish a Native Hawaiian housing program; to 
the Committee on Indian Affairs.


             native hawaiian housing assistance act of 1994

 Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President today I am introducing a measure 
which seeks to ensure that native Hawaiian families are eligible to 
receive the very same housing benefits available to all other qualified 
American families.
  This bill, entitled ``The Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act of 
1994'' seeks to provide assistance to those families most in need of 
housing in Hawaii--lower income native Hawaiian families.
  At the time of the arrival of captain Cook to Hawaii's shores in 
1778, There was a thriving community of nearly one million indigenous 
inhabitants. But over time, diseases and the devastating physical, 
cultural, social, emotional, and spiritual effects of western contact 
nearly decimated the native Hawaiian population. In 1826, the 
population had decreased to an estimated 142,650 Hawaiians, and by 
1919, the native Hawaiian population had declined to an alarming 22,600 
people.
  In recognition of this catastrophic decline, in 1921, the Congress 
enacted the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which set aside 200,000 
acres of ceded public lands for homesteading by native Hawaiians. 
Congress sought to return the Hawaiian people to the lands, thereby 
revitalizing ``a dying race.''
  Then Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane was quoted in the 
Committee report to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is saying:

       One thing that impressed me * * * was the fact that the 
     natives of the islands who are our wards, I should say, and 
     for whom in a sense we are trustees, are falling off rapidly 
     in numbers and many are in poverty.

  And yet, despite what arguably were good intentions, the Congress 
subsequently and systematically failed to appropriate sufficient funds 
for the administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. Faced with 
no means of securing the necessary funding which would enable the 
development of infrastructure or housing, the administrators of the 
Hawaiian homelands were forced to lease large tracts of the homelands 
to nonhawaiians for commercial and other purposes in order to generate 
revenue to administer and operate the program, Hawaiians were thereby 
denied the benefits of residing on those very lands set aside for their 
survival as the indigenous inhabitants of Hawaii.
  In recent years, I am sad to report, this Government has taken the 
anomalous legal position that native Hawaiians must be excluded from 
access to Federal Housing and infrastructure development programs in 
which other Americans are entitled to participate. They had maintained 
that the expenditure of Federal funds to benefit the Hawaiian homelands 
was somehow unconstitutional, because the lands had been set aside 
exclusively for native Hawaiians.
  While the Clinton administration has now reversed this position--
arguing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the homelands 
were not set aside exclusively for native Hawaiians--there are those in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development who seem to want it 
both ways.
  They want to deny any Federal responsibility flows from the 
provisions of a Federal law, and yet they want to bar native people 
from their equal right of access to programs that are intended to 
address the housing needs of all Americans.
  It is this reverse discrimination that I find repugnant and 
unacceptable, and why I believe that one of the most important 
justifications for this measure is that Federal housing assistance that 
is intended to benefit every citizen of the United States will no 
longer be denied to native Hawaiians.
  It is unconscionable that low-income native Hawaiian families are 
precluded from qualifying for low-income rental assistance, or mutual 
help homeownership programs, or community development block grant 
funds, merely because they reside on lands set aside for their benefit 
by the Congress.
  The congressionally-mandated national commission on American Indian, 
Alaska native, and native Hawaiian housing found that:
  (1) Native Hawaiians are seriously over-represented in the States 
homeless population;
  (2) Of those applicants on the waiting list for Hawaiian homelands, 
19.5 percent of the applicants and 17.8 percent of their spouses are 
unemployed at a substantially higher rate than that of the general 
state population;
  (3) The average household size is 4.25 persons, as compared to the 
statewide average of 2.97 persons; and
  (4) The median family income is substantially below the 1988 state 
average of $39,600.
  These are families in need by any standard.
  Moreover, the commission's investigation documented that native 
Hawaiians have the worst housing conditions in the State of Hawaii and 
the highest percentage of homelessness, representing over 30 percent of 
the state's homeless population.
  This measure seeks to provide greater housing opportunities to low-
income native Hawaiian families, but this bill does not attempt to do 
so by creating a gamut of new Federal housing programs.
  This bill would enable native Hawaiian families, who qualify in every 
single respect, to secure access to existing housing programs.
  This bill would authorize the creation of a native Hawaiian housing 
authority, and would enable that authority to establish, develop, and 
manage low-income rental programs, a mutual help homeownership program, 
and a section 8 rental assistance program.
  This bill would also establish a native Hawaiian loan guarantee 
program, and would earmark 0.2 percent of the annual Federal 
appropriations for the ``home'' program and for the community 
development block grants for native Hawaiian housing.
  I hope that my colleagues will join me in this effort to correct a 
long-standing injustice. It could not have been the intent of the 
Congress in 1921 to set aside lands for native Hawaiians, only to have 
that very act of the Congress be held against those families who seek 
to reside on those lands.
  Let us move towards swift consideration and favorable action on this 
measure. I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to introduce 
a measure of great importance to the native people of the State of 
Hawaii.
                                 ______

      By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
  S. 2152. A bill to provide for the transfer of lands contiguous to 
the Holloman Air Force Base, NM, by the Secretary of the Interior to 
the Department of the Air Force for the construction of evaporation 
ponds to support a wastewater treatment facility, and for other 
purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


           HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE LAND TRANSFER ACT OF 1994

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise today along with my colleague 
from New Mexico, Senator Bingaman, to introduce legislation which will 
transfer approximately 1,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in 
New Mexico to the U.S. Air Force. This land will allow the Air Force to 
construct a greatly needed wastewater treatment facility near Holloman 
Air Force Base, in Alamagordo, NM.
  The Air Force will be responsible for managing the lands to ensure 
compliance with all applicable environmental laws of the Federal 
Government and the State of New Mexico.
  Holloman Air Force Base is the home of the F-117 Stealth fighter, and 
this facility will help to assure the increased operations at the base 
take place in an environmentally sound manner.
  This bill has the support of the Bureau of Land Management and the 
U.S. Air Force. I look forward to the Senate's swift consideration of 
this matter.
                                 ______

      By Mr. JEFFORDS:
  S. 2154. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the 
requirement that amounts paid to a member of the Armed Forces under the 
Special Separation Benefits program of the Department of Defense, or 
under the Voluntary Separation Incentive program of that Department, be 
offset from amounts subsequently paid to that member by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as disability compensation; to the Committee on 
Veterans Affairs.


               MILITARY VOLUNTARY SEPARATION ACT OF 1994

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill which 
will correct a great injustice made to our Nation's veterans. As we all 
know, the cold war is over, however, this does not mean that military 
service is obsolete. In fact, we have called on service men and women 
most recently for military support in Saudi Arabia during the Persian 
Gulf war, in Somalia, and in Haiti. Many of these men and women, 
especially those returning from the Persian Gulf war were given an 
opportunity to assist the Department of Defense in it's downsizing by 
being offered one of two options, a special separation bonus [SSB] or a 
voluntary separation incentive [VSI], for voluntary separation from the 
military. Unfortunately, provisions in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 states that any 
military personnel who receives the SSB lump sum payment or the VSI 
monthly payments cannot receive any disability compensation from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs concurrently, until the separation 
compensation is offset completely.
  This is indeed an injustice and I am introducing a bill today which 
will repeal these provisions and allow for concurrent receipt. SSB and 
VSI separation compensation is for services rendered and compensation 
for assisting the Department of Defense in it's downsizing. Veterans' 
disability compensation pay is compensation for a physical or mental 
disability incurred from service. These are two separate issues and two 
compensations for very different purposes. Why should veterans be 
penalized by having these two compensations offset when they are 
serving different means? They should not.
  Many veterans who chose to receive one of these voluntary separation 
incentives after returning from the Persian Gulf war are now coming 
down with strange illnesses which are believed to be related to their 
service in the Persian Gulf. Not only are these men and women suffering 
physically, but also financially, as many cannot continue to work under 
the physical conditions they are suffering. On top of this, after 
devoting their service to our country, the Government tells them that 
if they are eligible to receive VA disability compensation and they 
separated from the military with SSB or VSI, they must incur an offset 
in their compensations. This is not good policy.
  This bill will repeal provisions not allowing concurrent receipt of 
SSB or VSI and VA disability compensation. The legislation is also 
retroactive so that service members not able to receive payment 
concurrently since 1991 will be reimbursed for their lost compensation. 
It is important that Congress works to correct these injustices. Our 
Nation's veterans have devoted their service to our country and deserve 
proper care and compensation.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2154

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF SPECIAL 
                   SEPARATION BENEFIT OR VOLUNTARY SEPARATION 
                   INCENTIVE AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION.

       (a) Special Separation Benefit.--Section 1174a(g) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``subsection (e)(2)(A)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``subsections (e)(2)(A) and (h)(2)''.
       (b) Voluntary Separation Incentive.--Section 1175(e) of 
     such title is amended by striking out paragraph (4).
       (c) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by subsections 
     (a) and (b) shall take effect as of December 5, 1991.
                                 ______

      By Mr. HATFIELD:
  S. 2155. A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds for the 
Federal share of the cost of the construction of a Forest Ecosystem 
Research Laboratory at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR, and 
for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry.


       the forest ecosystem laboratory authorization act of 1994

 Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, the forests of Oregon and the 
Pacific Northwest are among the most magnificent and productive in the 
world. They produce a host of important products, services, and values. 
Due to the broad range of values they represent, the forests of the 
Pacific Northwest are at the center of an intense national debate about 
how resources should be used.
  As a participant in this debate, I am constantly aware of the 
importance of sound scientific information to the development of 
effective natural resource policy. In order to improve our ability to 
understand the complexities of these important national assets, I am 
pleased to introduce legislation to authorize the construction of the 
Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory at Oregon State University in 
Corvallis, OR. The total cost of this project is $20 million. A State 
level match of $10 million is already in place. This legislation would 
authorize an equal $10 million Federal match through USDA's Cooperative 
State Research Service [CSRS].
  Oregon State University is a national focal point for forestry 
research. The goal of the legislation I introduce today is to provide a 
modern facility to support innovative research in critical areas of 
forest ecology and utilization. The laboratory will improve the 
capacity of ongoing research activities of the Oregon Forest Research 
Laboratory, founded at Oregon State University in 1941. It will also 
unite the personnel of the existing departments of Forest Science and 
Forest Products with the Forest Research Laboratory. Research conducted 
in the Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory will focus on such 
important questions as the impact of climate change on forests, forest 
health, biotechnology, the structure and function of forests, 
sustainable forestry, and designing new products from a changing 
resource base.
  Mr. President, recent developments across the nation are ushering in 
a new wave of land management based on the natural boundaries 
established through the evolution of river basins and watersheds. I 
have long recognized the need to manage resources on a landscape level. 
In fact, I first suggested that the forests of the Pacific Northwest be 
managed on an ecosystem basis in 1991. It is true that I do not support 
every effort now being undertaken by the Federal Government to 
facilitate ecosystem management, but I strongly believe the Oregon 
Forest Ecosystem Research Laboratory will provide us with a uniquely 
valuable tool for the development of sound, scientifically-based 
ecosystem management planning for the 21st century.
  I thank my colleagues for their consideration of this legislation. I 
look forward to working with members of the Senate Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to gain the necessary review of 
this proposal.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2155

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Ecosystem Research 
     Laboratory Authorization Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. FOREST ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY.

       (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of funds 
     appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State Research 
     Service, shall provide the Federal share of the cost of 
     planning and constructing a Forest Ecosystem Research 
     Laboratory at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.
       (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share provided under 
     subsection (a) shall be 50 percent.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.
                                 ______

      By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Roth, and 
        Mr. Stevens):
  S. 2156. A bill to provide for the elimination and modification of 
reports by Federal departments and agencies to the Congress, and for 
other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.


          The Reports Elimination and Modification Act of 1994

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, today, Senator Cohen and I are introducing 
legislation which would eliminate or modify nearly 300 outdated or 
unnecessary congressionally mandated reporting requirements. Senators 
Glenn, Roth, and Stevens are original cosponsors of the bill.
  This is the second-wave of reports elimination from the Subcommittee 
on Overnight of Government Management which I chair and on which 
Senator Cohen serves as the ranking Republican. In 1985, under Senator 
Cohen's chairmanship of the Oversight Subcommittee, we were able to 
enact a reports elimination bill that, as introduced, contained 127 
recommendations for eliminations or modifications for an estimated 
savings of $5 million; 8 years later it is again time to take a large 
number of these reporting requirements off our books. But, as we 
learned in 1985, that is not an easy process. There are literally 
thousands, over 5,000, different congressionally mandated reporting 
requirements. Each was enacted into law for some seemingly legitimate 
reason at the time and now that reason must be identified and evaluated 
as to whether it remains valid. That times time, and reasonable people 
will differ about the conclusions.
  To begin this process, we decide to start with the agencies; in most 
cases the agencies have the greatest self-interest in eliminating 
unnecessary reporting requirements. The 1985 legislation was based on a 
list of agency recommendations generated by the Office of Management 
and Budget. This time around, there was no such list available, so we 
had to generate our own. Last year, Senator Cohen and I wrote to all 89 
executive and independent agencies and asked that they identify reports 
required by law that they believe are no longer necessary or useful 
and, therefore, that could be eliminated or modified. In our request 
letter, we stressed the importance of a clear and substantiated 
justification for each recommendation made. In 1985, some 
recommendations had inadequate or no justifications, and, not 
surprisingly, those recommendations were not enacted.
  To date, we have received responses from about 80 percent of the 
agencies and, while many agencies made a serious effort to review and 
recommend a respectable number of reporting requirements for 
elimination, others were surprisingly less aggressive. Certain agencies 
already had report elimination projects underway. For example, the 
Department of Defense is currently conducting a review of the 
congressionally mandated reporting requirements imposed on all its 
services to achieve eliminations or modifications.
  After receiving the agency responses, a member of the subcommittee 
staff generated a master list of all the agency recommendations. At the 
same time we sent to the chairman and ranking member of each of the 
relevant Senate committees, for their review and comment, the 
recommendations made by the agencies under their respective 
jurisdictions. Feedback from the committees of jurisdiction is 
necessary to ensure that this effort eliminates as many reporting 
requirements as possible without losing needed information. We also 
asked that the committees provide us with any additional 
recommendations for eliminations or modifications they might have. 
Many, but not all, committees have supplied their comments. We have 
adjusted the list of eliminations and modifications based on those 
committee comments. Subcommittee staff then worked with the Senate 
legislative counsel's office to check statutory references to make sure 
we are addressing the correct provisions in law. This was time-
consuming, painstaking work.
  Having followed these steps, it is time to introduce this bill and 
begin moving it through the legislative process. We will continue to be 
open to, and actively seek the comments of, the committees and 
individual Members. In fact, once introduced and printed, we plan to 
circulate the bill, again, to the committees of jurisdiction for a 
final comment.
  While most of the recommendations we received from the agencies and 
included in the bill concern targeted, agency-specific reporting 
requirements, we did receive several recommendations regarding 
Governmentwide reporting requirements. Again, we turned to the 
committees of jurisdiction for guidance on how or whether to enact 
these Governmentwide agency recommendations. A number of these 
recommendations concerned reporting requirements that fall under 
various financial management statutes such as the Chief Financial 
Officers Act. Our bill does not address these particular 
recommendations due to the proposal contained in H.R. 3400 and other 
legislation to allow the administration to set up a pilot program aimed 
at streamlining the reporting and other requirements contained in these 
laws.
  We are in the process of reviewing other Governmentwide reporting 
requirements to see if some changes can be made. For instance, there 
were several recommendations to change inspector general [IG] reports 
from semiannual to annual. From our initial discussions with the IG 
community and the relevant committee staff it seems that it might be 
possible to make this shift without jeopardizing the oversight 
responsibilities of the IG's. We will continue to discuss this 
recommendation to see if we cannot achieve some change. Another issue 
that we will be looking at is creating thresholds for Governmentwide 
reporting requirements. We received several recommendations from 
smaller agencies that talked of the burden of complying with certain 
Governmentwide reporting requirements that have no relevance to their 
small agency.
  An additional issue which we are working on is a sunset provision to 
achieve an ongoing review of congressionally mandated reporting 
requirements. The Vice President's National Performance Review and the 
Joint Committee on The Organization of Congress have made 
recommendations for sunset provisions. Individual committees have also 
begun placing sunset provisions in new reporting requirements and 
Members, such as Senator McCain, have introduced sunset bills.
  I support the concept of sunsetting reporting requirements, but we 
have to be careful about how we go about doing it with respect to 
current reporting requirements to make sure we do not gut those 
requirements that are necessary to the oversight of Federal programs.
  In that regard, Senator Cohen and I wrote in March to the Senate 
committees and asked them to specify those congressionally mandated 
reports that they believe are important to continue. This request 
requires committees to identify the reports they want to save instead 
of selecting out those reports they are willing to eliminate. We did 
this in preparation for a possible sunset provision that would address 
all the current reporting requirements not covered by the bill we are 
introducing today. Committees have begun to respond to this request, 
and we will continue to develop this approach.

  With the bill we are introducing today, we are trying to get at those 
reports that no one uses. These are the reports that come into our 
offices and sit in staff in-boxes for weeks, maybe months, until they 
are either rerouted to someone else or filed in that popular circular 
file drawer. On numerous occasions in the process of drafting this 
legislation, agencies told us that, for whatever reason, they had not 
been doing or had never done the reporting requirement they were now 
seeking to eliminate. Apparently no one had noticed the agency's 
failure to report or, if they did, no one complained.
  Every reporting requirement takes away resources that could be used 
elsewhere in the agency. Sometimes the burden is slight--as low as a 
few hundred dollars. Sometimes the burden is great--as high as a few 
million dollars. And, the cumulative burden can be surprising. The 
Department of Agriculture is currently required by Congress to produce 
over 280 reports to the tune of over $40 million dollars. This is money 
and staff time taken away from program needs.
  The legislation we are introducing today eliminates a substantial 
number of requirements, and that should free-up money and staff time 
for more effective program use. I am convinced there are hundreds, 
perhaps thousands, more reports that could be included in our bill, but 
neither the agencies nor the committees of jurisdiction have identified 
them. We have taken care to be aggressive in identifying reports, but 
deferential to the committees with substantive responsibility that may 
use these reports. I welcome suggestions from my colleagues on other 
reports we can include in this bill and am willing to listen to 
arguments for retaining some of the reports we have included. I hope to 
move this through the Governmental Affairs Committee fairly quickly, 
however, since so much time has gone into the drafting of the bill. I 
also want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Tony 
Coe of the Senate legislative counsel's office for all his hard work in 
getting this bill in final form.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2156

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Report Elimination 
     and Modification Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.

                          TITLE I--DEPARTMENTS

                  Chapter 1--Department of Agriculture

Sec. 1011. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1012. Reports modified.

                   Chapter 2--Department of Commerce

Sec. 1021. Reports eliminated.

                    Chapter 3--Department of Defense

Sec. 1031. Reports eliminated.

                   Chapter 4--Department of Education

Sec. 1041. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1042. Reports modified.

                    Chapter 5--Department of Energy

Sec. 1051. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1052. Reports modified.

           Chapter 6--Department of Health and Human Services

Sec. 1061. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1062. Reports modified.

         Chapter 7--Department of Housing and Urban Development

Sec. 1071. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1072. Reports modified.

                 Chapter 8--Department of the Interior

Sec. 1081. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1082. Reports modified.

                    Chapter 9--Department of Justice

Sec. 1091. Reports eliminated.

                    Chapter 10--Department of Labor

Sec. 1101. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1102. Reports modified.

                    Chapter 11--Department of State

Sec. 1111. Reports eliminated.

                Chapter 12--Department of Transportation

Sec. 1121. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1122. Reports modified.

                 Chapter 13--Department of the Treasury

Sec. 1131. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 1132. Reports modified.

               Chapter 14--Department of Veterans Affairs

Sec. 1141. Reports eliminated.

                     TITLE II--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                           Chapter 1--Action

Sec. 2011. Reports eliminated.

               Chapter 2--Environmental Protection Agency

Sec. 2021. Reports eliminated.

           Chapter 3--Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Sec. 2031. Reports modified.

               Chapter 4--Federal Aviation Administration

Sec. 2041. Reports eliminated.

              Chapter 5--Federal Communications Commission

Sec. 2051. Reports eliminated.

            Chapter 6--Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sec. 2061. Reports eliminated.

             Chapter 7--Federal Emergency Management Agency

Sec. 2071. Reports eliminated.

         Chapter 8--Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Sec. 2081. Reports eliminated.

               Chapter 9--General Services Administration

Sec. 2091. Reports eliminated.

               Chapter 10--Interstate Commerce Commission

Sec. 2101. Reports eliminated.

                 Chapter 11--Legal Services Corporation

Sec. 2111. Reports modified.

       Chapter 12--National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Sec. 2121. Reports eliminated.

               Chapter 13--National Council on Disability

Sec. 2131. Reports eliminated.

                Chapter 14--National Science Foundation

Sec. 2141. Reports eliminated.

            Chapter 15--National Transportation Safety Board

Sec. 2151. Reports eliminated.

           Chapter 16--Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Sec. 2161. Reports eliminated.

               Chapter 17--Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Sec. 2171. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 2172. Reports modified.

               Chapter 18--Office of Personnel Management

Sec. 2181. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 2182. Reports modified.

                Chapter 19--Office of Thrift Supervision

Sec. 2191. Reports modified.

                  Chapter 20--Panama Canal Commission

Sec. 2201. Reports eliminated.

                       Chapter 21--Postal Service

Sec. 2211. Reports modified.

                 Chapter 22--Railroad Retirement Board

Sec. 2221. Reports modified.

        Chapter 23--Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

Sec. 2231. Reports modified.

              Chapter 24--United States Information Agency

Sec. 2241. Reports eliminated.

           TITLE III--REPORTS BY ALL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

Sec. 3001. Reports eliminated.
Sec. 3002. Reports modified.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 4001. Effective date.
                          TITLE I--DEPARTMENTS

                  CHAPTER 1--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

     SEC. 1011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Effects of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural 
     Land.--Section 5 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment 
     Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3504) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Monitoring and Evaluation.--Section 1246 of 
     the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3846) is repealed.
       (c) Report on Return Assets.--Section 2512 of the Food, 
     Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
     1421b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Improving'' and 
     all that follows through ``Forecasts.--''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (d) Report on Farm Value of Agricultural Products.--Section 
     2513 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
     1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421c) is repealed.
       (e) Report on Origin of Exports of Peanuts.--Section 1558 
     of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
     (7 U.S.C. 958) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Reporting of Importing Fees.--Section 407 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
     (7 U.S.C. 1736a) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h) as 
     subsections (b) through (g), respectively.
       (g) Report on Foreign Debt Burdens.--Section 1542 of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (e); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
       (h) Report on Agricultural Information Exchange With 
     Ireland.--Section 1420 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (Public Law 99-198; 99 Stat. 1551) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (i) Report on Potato Inspection.--Section 1704 of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 7 U.S.C. 499n note) 
     is amended by striking the second sentence.
       (j) Report on Multiple Component Pricing.--Section 116 of 
     the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 608c note) is repealed.
       (k) Report on Cosmetic Appearance Research.--Section 1352 
     of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
     (7 U.S.C. 1622 note) is amended by striking subsection (f).
       (l) Report on Transportation of Fertilizer and Agricultural 
     Chemicals.--Section 2517 of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 104 
     Stat. 4077) is repealed.
       (m) APHIS Screwworm Program.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall terminate the program for the eradication of screwworms 
     established under the first section of the Act of February 
     28, 1947 (61 Stat. 7, chapter 8; 21 U.S.C. 114b).
       (n) Report on Uniform End-Use Value Tests.--Section 307 of 
     the Futures Trading Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-641; 7 U.S.C. 
     76 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
       (o) Report on Project Areas With High Food Stamp Payment 
     Error Rates.--Section 16(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 2025(i)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
       (p) Report on Effect of EFAP Displacement on Commercial 
     Sales.--Section 203C(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
     of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by striking the last 
     sentence.
       (q) Report on WIC Expenditures and Participation Levels.--
     Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1786(m)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs 
     (8) and (9), respectively.
       (r) Report on WIC Migrant Services.--Section 17 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended by 
     striking subsection (j).
       (s) Report on Demonstrations Involving Innovative Housing 
     Units.--Section 506(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
     1476(b)) is amended by striking the last sentence.
       (t) Report on Annual Upward Mobility Program Activity.--
     Section 2(a)(6)(A) of the Act of June 20, 1936 (20 U.S.C. 
     107a(a)(6)(A)), is amended by striking ``including upward 
     mobility'' and inserting ``excluding upward mobility''.
       (u) Report on Land Exchanges in Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area.--Section 9(d)(3) of the Columbia River 
     Gorge National Scenic Area Act (16 U.S.C. 544g(d)(3)) is 
     amended by striking the second sentence.
       (v) Report on Income and Expenditures of Certain Land 
     Acquisitions.--Section 2(e) of Public Law 96-586 (94 Stat. 
     3382) is amended by striking the second sentence.
       (w) Report on Special Area Designations.--Section 1506 of 
     the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3415) is 
     repealed.
       (x) Report on Evaluation of Special Area Designations.--
     Section 1510 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 
     U.S.C. 3419) is repealed.
       (y) Report on Agricultural Practices and Water Resources 
     Data Base Development.--Section 1485 of the Food, 
     Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
     5505) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Repository.--''; 
     and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (z) Report on Plant Genome Mapping.--Section 1671 of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 5924) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (g); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g).
       (aa) Report on Federal Agricultural Research Facilities.--
     Section 1431 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-
     198; 99 Stat. 1556) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (bb) Report on Appraisal of Proposed Budget for Food and 
     Agricultural Sciences.--Section 1408(g) of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (cc) Report on Economic Impact of Animal Damage on 
     Aquaculture Industry.--Section 1475(e) of the National 
     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
     1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(e)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1)''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2).
       (dd) Report on Awards Made by the National Research 
     Initiative and Special Grants.--Section 2 of the Act of 
     August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i), is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (l); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (l).
       (ee) Report on Payments Made Under Research Facilities 
     Act.--Section 8 of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 
     390i) is repealed.
       (ff) Report on Financial Audit Reviews of States With High 
     Food Stamp Participation.--The first sentence of section 
     11(l) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(l)) is 
     amended by striking ``, and shall, upon completion of the 
     audit, provide a report to Congress of its findings and 
     recommendations within one hundred and eighty days''.
       (gg) Report on Rural Telephone Bank.--Section 408(b)(3) of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 948(b)(3)) is 
     amended by striking out subparagraph (I) and redesignating 
     subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (I).

     SEC. 1012. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Animal Welfare Enforcement.--The first 
     sentence of section 25 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
     2155) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) the information and recommendations described in 
     section 11 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 
     1830).''
       (b) Report on Horse Protection Enforcement.--Section 11 of 
     the Horse Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1830) is amended 
     by striking ``On or before the expiration of thirty calendar 
     months following the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
     twelve calendar months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the Congress a report upon'' and inserting the following: 
     ``As part of the report submitted by the Secretary under 
     section 25 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2155), the 
     Secretary shall include information on''.
       (c) Report on Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Fund.--The 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall not be required to submit a 
     report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the 
     status of the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection fund more 
     frequently than annually.
       (d) Report on Estimated Expenditures under Food Stamp 
     Program.--The third sentence of section 18(a)(1) of the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``by the fifteenth day of each month'' and 
     inserting ``for each quarter or other appropriate period''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``the second preceding month's 
     expenditure'' and inserting ``the expenditure for the quarter 
     or other period''.
       (e) Report on Commodity Distribution.--Section 3(a)(3)(D) 
     of the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments 
     of 1987 (Public Law 100-237; 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended 
     by striking ``annually'' and inserting ``biennially''.
       (f) Report on Priorities for Research, Extension, and 
     Teaching.--Section 1407(f)(1) of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3122(f)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Annual report'' 
     and inserting ``Report''; and
       (2) by striking ``Not later than June 30 of each year'' and 
     inserting ``At such times as the Joint Council determines 
     appropriate''.
       (g) 5-Year Plan for Food and Agricultural Sciences.--
     Section 1407(f)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
     3122(f)(2)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
       (h) Report on Examination of Federally Supported 
     Agricultural Research and Extension Programs.--Section 
     1408(g)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
     and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(g)(1)) is 
     amended by inserting ``may provide'' before ``a written 
     report''.

                   CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

     SEC. 1021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Voting Registration.--Section 207 of the 
     Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-5) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Estimate of Special Agricultural Workers.--
     Section 210A(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1161(b)(3)) is repealed.
       (c) Report on Long Range Plan for Public Broadcasting.--
     Section 393A(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     393a(b)) is repealed.
       (d) Report on Status, Activities, and Effectiveness of 
     United States Commercial Centers in Asia, Latin America, and 
     Africa and Program Recommendations.--Section 401(j) of the 
     Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 4723a(j)) is 
     repealed.
       (e) Report on Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965.--
     Section 502 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 (19 
     U.S.C. 2032) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Kuwait Reconstruction Contracts.--Section 
     606(f) of the Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental 
     Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991 is repealed.
       (g) Report on United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement.--
     Section 409(a)(3)(B) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade 
     Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) The United States members of the working group 
     established under article 1907 of the Agreement shall consult 
     regularly with the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 
     and advisory committees established under section 135 of the 
     Trade Act of 1974 regarding--
       ``(A) the issues being considered by the working group; and
       ``(B) as appropriate, the objectives and strategy of the 
     United States in the negotiations.''.
       (h) Report on Establishment of American Business Centers 
     and on Activities of the Independent States Business and 
     Agriculture Advisory Council.--Section 305 of the Freedom for 
     Russia and Emerging Democracies and Open Markets Support Act 
     of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5825) is repealed.
       (i) Report on Foreign Fish Allocation.--Section 201(f) of 
     the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1821(f)) is repealed.
       (j) Report on Fisherman's Contingency Fund Report.--Section 
     406 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 
     1978 (43 U.S.C. 1846) is repealed.
       (k) Report on User Fees on Shippers.--Section 208 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2236) is 
     amended by--
       (1) striking subsection (b); and
       (2) redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as 
     subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively.
       (l) Report on Fire Safety Systems.--Section 31(b)(1)(B) of 
     the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is 
     amended by striking out clause (iii).
       (m) Report on Approved Accommodation Percentage.--Section 5 
     of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-391; 5 U.S.C. 5707 note) is amended by striking out 
     subsection (b).

                    CHAPTER 3--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

     SEC. 1031. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Defense Department Changes to Allowable Cost 
     Provisions.--Section 2324(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(l) The Comptroller General shall periodically evaluate 
     the implementation of this section by the Secretary of 
     Defense. Such evaluation shall consider the extent to which--
       ``(1) such implementation is consistent with congressional 
     intent;
       ``(2) such implementation achieves the objective of 
     eliminating unallowable costs charged to defense contracts; 
     and
       ``(3) such implementation (as well as the provisions of 
     this section and the regulations prescribed under this 
     section) could be improved or strengthened.''.
       (b) Report on Sematech.--Section 274 of The National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 
     (Public Law 100-180; 101 Stat. 1071) is amended--
       (1) in section 6 by striking out the item relating to 
     section 274; and
       (2) by striking out section 274.
       (c) Report on Review of Documentation in Support of Waivers 
     for People Engaged in Acquisition Activities.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1208 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
     is repealed.
       (2) Clerical amendment to table of contents.--Section 2(b) 
     of such Act is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 1208.

                   CHAPTER 4--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

     SEC. 1041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Personnel Reduction and Annual Limitations.--
     Subsection (a) of section 403 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3463(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking all beginning with ``and 
     shall,'' through the end thereof and inserting a period; and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (b) Report on Surveys.--(1) Section 182 of title 13, United 
     States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 13, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 182.
       (c) Report on Projects Funded by the Fund for the 
     Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching.--Section 3232 
     of the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and 
     Teaching Act (20 U.S.C. 4832) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``and reporting'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Exemplary 
     Projects.--''; and
       (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
       (d) Report on the Success of FIRST Assisted Programs in 
     Improving Education.--Section 6215 of the Augustus F. 
     Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School 
     Improvement Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4832 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 6215. EXEMPLARY PROJECTS.'';

       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Exemplary 
     Projects.--''; and
       (3) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
       (e) Report on Supported Employment Activities.--Subsection 
     (c) of section 311 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 
     U.S.C. 777a(c) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
       (f) Report on the Client Assistance Program.--Subsection 
     (g) of section 112 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 
     U.S.C. 732(g)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and
       (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``such report or for any 
     other'' and inserting ``any''.
       (g) Report on the Summary of Local Evaluations of Community 
     Education Employment Centers.--Section 370 of the Carl D. 
     Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 
     2396h) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``and report'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Local 
     Evaluation.--''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (b).
       (h) Report on the Administration of the Vocational 
     Education Act of 1917.--Section 18 of the Vocational 
     Education Act of 1917 (20 U.S.C. 28) is repealed.
       (i) Report by the Interdepartmental Task Force on 
     Coordinating Vocational Education and Related Programs.--
     Subsection (d) of section 4 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
     and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 (20 
     U.S.C. 2303(d)) is repealed.
       (j) Report on the Evaluation of the Gateway Grants 
     Program.--Subparagraph (B) of section 322(a)(3) of the Adult 
     Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1203a(a)(3)(B)) is amended by 
     striking ``and report the results of such evaluation to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources of the Senate''.
       (k) Report on the Bilingual Vocational Training Program.--
     Paragraph (3) of section 441(e) of the Carl D. Perkins 
     Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
     2441(e)(3)) is amended by striking the last sentence thereof.
       (l) Report on Advisory Councils.--Section 448 of the 
     General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1233g) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 1042. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on the Condition of Bilingual Education in the 
     Nation.--Section 6213 of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. 
     Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement 
     Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 3303 note) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``report on'' and 
     inserting ``information regarding''; and
       (2) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and 
     inserting ``The Secretary shall collect data for program 
     management and accountability purposes regarding--''.
       (b) Report to Congress on the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
     Assistance Act.--Subsection (b) of section 724 of the Stewart 
     B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434(b)) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (4) and the first paragraph (5) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(4) The Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to 
     the appropriate committees of the Congress at the end of 
     every other fiscal year. Such report shall--
       ``(A) evaluate the programs and activities assisted under 
     this part; and
       ``(B) contain the information received from the States 
     pursuant to section 722(d)(3).''.
       (c) Report To Give Notice to Congress.--Subsection (d) of 
     section 482 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1089(d)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence by striking ``the items specified 
     in the calendar have been completed and provide all relevant 
     forms, rules, and instructions with such notice'' and 
     inserting ``a deadline included in the calendar described in 
     subsection (a) is not met''; and
       (2) by striking the second sentence.
       (d) Annual Report on Activities Under the Rehabilitation 
     Act of 1973.--Section 13 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
     (20 U.S.C. 712) is amended by striking ``twenty'' and 
     inserting ``eighty''.
       (e) Report to the Congress Regarding Rehabilitation 
     Training Programs.--The second sentence of section 302(c) of 
     the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 774(c)) is amended 
     by striking ``simultaneously with the budget submission for 
     the succeeding fiscal year for the Rehabilitation Services 
     Administration'' and inserting ``by September 30 of each 
     fiscal year''.
       (f) Report Prepared by the Department of the Interior on 
     Indian Children and the Bilingual Education Act.--
       (1) Repeal.--Subsection (c) of section 7022 of the 
     Bilingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 3292) is repealed.
       (2) Annual report.--Paragraph (3) of section 7051(b)(3) of 
     the Bilingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 3331(b)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(F) the needs of the Indian children with respect to the 
     purposes of this title in schools operated or funded by the 
     Department of the Interior, including those tribes and local 
     educational agencies receiving assistance under the Johnson-
     O'Malley Act (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.); and
       ``(G) the extent to which the needs described in 
     subparagraph (F) are being met by funds provided to such 
     schools for educational purposes through the Secretary of the 
     Interior.''.
       (g) Annual Evaluation Reports.--Section 417 of the General 
     Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226c) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``annual'' and 
     inserting ``biennial''; and
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``December'' and inserting ``March'';
       (B) by striking ``each year,'' and inserting ``every other 
     year''; and
       (C) by striking ``an annual'' and inserting ``a biennial'';
       (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``previous fiscal 
     year'' and inserting ``2 preceding fiscal years''; and
       (4) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``previous fiscal 
     year'' and inserting ``2 preceding fiscal years''.
       (h) Annual Audit of Student Loan Insurance Fund.--Section 
     432(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1082(b)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Financial Operations Responsibilities.--The Secretary 
     shall, with respect to the financial operations arising by 
     reason of this part prepare annually and submit a budget 
     program as provided for wholly owned Government corporations 
     by chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code. The 
     transactions of the Secretary, including the settlement of 
     insurance claims and of claims for payments pursuant to 
     section 1078 of this title, and transactions related thereto 
     and vouchers approved by the Secretary in connection with 
     such transactions, shall be final and conclusive upon all 
     accounting and other officers of the Government.''.

                    CHAPTER 5--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

     SEC. 1051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Reports on Performance and Disposal of Alternative 
     Fueled Heavy Duty Vehicles.--Paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
     section 400AA(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6374(b)(3), 6374(b)(4)) are repealed.
       (b) Report on Wind Energy Systems.--Section 9(a)(3) of the 
     Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9208(a)(3)) is 
     repealed.
       (c) Report on Comprehensive Program Management Plan for 
     Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.--Section 3(d) of the Ocean 
     Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development, and 
     Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C. 9002(d)) is repealed.
       (d) Reports on Subseabed Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and 
     High-Level Radioactive Waste.--Subsections (a) and (b)(5) of 
     section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
     U.S.C. 10204(a), 10204(b)(5)) are repealed.
       (e) Report on Fuel Use Act.--Sections 711(c)(2) and 806 of 
     the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 
     8421(c)(2), 8482) are repealed.
       (f) Report on Test Program of Storage of Refined Petroleum 
     Products Within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.--Section 
     160(g)(7) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6240(g)(7)) is repealed.
       (g) Report on Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves 
     Production.--Section 7434 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     repealed.
       (h) Report on Effects of Presidential Message Establishing 
     a Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy on Nuclear Research and 
     Development Cooperative Agreements.--Section 203 of the 
     Department of Energy Act of 1978--Civilian Applications (22 
     U.S.C. 2429 note) is repealed.
       (i) Report on Written Agreements Regarding Nuclear Waste 
     Repository Sites.--Section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
     Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10137(c)) is amended by striking the 
     following: ``If such written agreement is not completed prior 
     to the expiration of such period, the Secretary shall report 
     to the Congress in writing not later than 30 days after the 
     expiration of such period on the status of negotiations to 
     develop such agreement and the reasons why such agreement has 
     not been completed. Prior to submission of such report to the 
     Congress, the Secretary shall transmit such report to the 
     Governor of such State or the governing body of such affected 
     Indian tribe, as the case may be, for their review and 
     comments. Such comments shall be included in such report 
     prior to submission to the Congress.''.
       (j) Quarterly Report on Strategic Petroleum Reserves.--
     Section 165(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6245(b)) is repealed.
       (k) Report on the Department of Energy.--The Federal Energy 
     Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790d), is amended by 
     striking out section 55.

     SEC. 1052. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Reports on Process-Oriented Industrial Energy 
     Efficiency and Industrial Insulation Audit Guidelines.--
       (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
     U.S.C. 6349(d)) is amended--
       (A) in the language preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Not later than 2 years after October 24, 1992, and annually 
     thereafter'' and inserting ``Not later than October 24, 1995, 
     and biennially thereafter'';
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) the information required under section 133(c).''.
       (2) Section 133(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
     U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended--
       (A) by striking, ``October 24, 1992'' and inserting 
     ``October 24, 1995''; and
       (B) inserting ``as part of the report required under 
     section 132(d),'' after ``and biennially thereafter,''.
       (b) Report on Agency Requests for Waiver From Federal 
     Energy Management Requirements.--Section 543(b)(2) of the 
     National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8253(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, as part of the report required under 
     section 548(b),'' after ``the Secretary shall''; and
       (2) by striking ``promptly''.
       (c) Report on the Progress, Status, Activities, and Results 
     of Programs Regarding the Procurement and Identification of 
     Energy Efficient Products.--Section 161(d) of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 8262g(d)) is amended by 
     striking ``of each year thereafter,''; and inserting 
     ``thereafter as part of the report required under section 
     548(b) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act,''.
       (d) Report on the Federal Government Energy Management 
     Program.--Section 548(b) of the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
     and
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(B) the information required under section 543(b)(2); 
     and'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) the information required under section 161(d) of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 1992.''.
       (e) Report on Alternative Fuel Use by Selected Federal 
     Vehicles.--Section 400AA(b)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(b)(1)(B)) is amended by 
     striking ``and annually thereafter''.
       (f) Report on the Operation of State Energy Conservation 
     Plans.--Section 365(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(c)) is amended by striking ``report 
     annually'' and inserting ``, as part of the report required 
     under section 657 of the Department of Energy Organization 
     Act, report''.
       (g) Report on the Department of Energy.--Section 657 of the 
     Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7267) is 
     amended by inserting after ``section 15 of the Federal Energy 
     Administration Act of 1974,'' the following: ``section 365(c) 
     of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, section 304(c) of 
     the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982,''.
       (h) Report on Cost-Effective Ways To Increase Hydropower 
     Production at Federal Water Facilities.--Section 2404 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 797 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of the Army,'' and inserting ``The Secretary of the 
     Interior and the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with 
     the Secretary,''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary 
     of the Army,''.
       (i) Report on Progress Meeting Fusion Energy Program 
     Objectives.--Section 2114(c)(5) of the Energy Policy Act of 
     1992 (42 U.S.C. 13474(c)(5)) is amended by striking out the 
     first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``The President 
     shall include in the budget submitted to the Congress each 
     year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a 
     report prepared by the Secretary describing the progress made 
     in meeting the program objectives, milestones, and schedules 
     established in the management plan.''.
       (j) Report on High-Performance Computing Activities.--
     Section 203(d) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 
     (15 U.S.C. 5523(d)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, and thereafter as part of the 
     report required under section 101(a)(3)(A), the Secretary of 
     Energy shall report on activities taken to carry out this 
     Act.''.
       (k) Report on National High-Performance Computing 
     Program.--Section 101(a)(4) of the High-Performance Computing 
     Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(4)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(E) include the report of the Secretary of Energy 
     required by section 203(d); and''.
       (l) Report on Nuclear Waste Disposal Program.--Section 
     304(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
     10224(d)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Audit by GAO.--If requested by either House of the 
     Congress (or any committee thereof) or if considered 
     necessary by the Comptroller General, the General Accounting 
     Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in accord with 
     such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe. 
     The Comptroller General shall have access to such books, 
     records, accounts, and other materials of the Office as the 
     Comptroller General determines to be necessary for the 
     preparation of such audit. The Comptroller General shall 
     submit a report on the results of each audit conducted under 
     this section.''.

           CHAPTER 6--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

     SEC. 1061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Community-Based Child Abuse and Neglect 
     Prevention Grants.--Section 208 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
     and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116g) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Children Placed in Foster Care.--Subsection 
     (e) of section 102 of the Adoption Assistance and Child 
     Welfare Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 672 note) is repealed.
       (c) Report on the Effects of Toxic Substances.--Subsection 
     (c) of section 27 of the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 
     U.S.C. 2626(c)) is repealed.
       (d) Report of the Surgeon General.--Section 239 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238h) is repealed.
       (e) Report on the Status of Health Information and Health 
     Promotion.--Section 1705 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300u-4) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Health Services.--Section 308(a) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A); and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2).
       (g) Report on Health Costs of Pollution and Other 
     Environmental Conditions.--Subsection (d) of section 304 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242b(d)) is 
     repealed.
       (h) Report on Disease Control Activities.--Subsection (h) 
     of section 317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     246b(h)) is repealed.
       (i) Report on Administration of the Radiation Control for 
     Health and Safety Act.--Section 540 of the Federal Food, Drug 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360qq) is repealed.
       (j) Report on Compliance With the Consumer-Patient 
     Radiation Health and Safety Act.--Subsection (d) of section 
     981 of the Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act 
     of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 10006(d)) is repealed.
       (k) Report on Evaluation of Title VIII Programs.--Section 
     859 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 298b-6) is 
     repealed.
       (l) Report on Recommendations for Long-Term Health Care 
     Policies.--Subsection (f) of section 9601 of the Consolidated 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 1395b 
     note) is repealed.
       (m) Report on Feasibility of Including Time in Definition 
     of Visit Codes.--Paragraph (4) of section 6102(d) of the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4 
     note) is repealed.
       (n) Report on Model System for Payment for Out-Patient 
     Hospital Services.--Paragraph (6) of section 1135(d) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(d)(6)) is repealed.
       (o) Report on Medicare Treatment of Uncompensated Care.--
     Paragraph (2) of section 603(a) of the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is repealed.
       (p) Report on Adequacy of Medicare Part B Payments for 
     Chemotherapy.--Subsection (d) of section 4055 of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1395l note) is 
     repealed.
       (q) Report on Medicaid Drug Rebate.--Subsection (d) of 
     section 601 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (42 
     U.S.C. 1396r-8 note) is repealed.
       (r) Report on Program to Assist Homeless Individuals.--
     Subsection (d) of section 9117 of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1383 note) is repealed.

     SEC. 1062. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Family Planning.--Section 1009(a) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-7(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``each fiscal year'' and insert ``fiscal year 1994, 
     and each third fiscal year thereafter,''.
       (b) Report on Health Service Research Activities.--
     Subsection (b) of section 494A of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 289c-1(b)) is amended by striking ``September 
     30, 1993, and annually thereafter'' and inserting ``December 
     30, 1993, and each December 30 thereafter''.
       (c) Report on Medigap Loss Ratios and Refund of Premiums.--
     Paragraph (4) of section 1882(r) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395ss(r)(4)) is amended by striking ``1993'' and 
     inserting ``1994''.
       (d) Report on Staffing Requirements in Nursing 
     Facilities.--Section 4801(e)(17)(B) of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1990 is amended (Public Law 101-508) is 
     amended by ``1992'' and inserting ``1997''.
       (e) Report on Preeffectuation Reviews.--Section 
     221(c)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     421(c)(3)(C)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
     following new sentence: ``The annual report required under 
     this section may be consolidated with the annual report 
     required under section 704.''.
       (f) Report on Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
     Act.--
       (1) In general.--Section 105 of the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11304) is amended--
       (A) by striking out ``annually'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``biennially''; and
       (B) by striking out ``annual'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``biennial''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) The heading for section 105 
     of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11304) is amended by striking out ``Annual'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``Biennial''.
       (B) The item relating to section 105 in the table of 
     contents in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 105. Biennial Program summary by Comptroller General.''.

         CHAPTER 7--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

     SEC. 1071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Reports on Public Housing Homeownership and Management 
     Opportunities.--Section 21(f) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437s(f)) is repealed.
       (b) Interim Report on Public Housing Mixed Income New 
     Communities Strategy Demonstration.--Section 522(k)(1) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f note) is repealed.
       (c) Biennial Report on Interstate Land Sales Registration 
     Program.--Section 1421 of the Interstate Land Sales Full 
     Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719a) is repealed.
       (d) Quarterly Report on Activities Under the Fair Housing 
     Initiatives Program.--Section 561(e)(2) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(e)(2)) is 
     repealed.
       (e) Collection of and Annual Report on Racial and Ethnic 
     Data.--Section 562(b) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3608a(b)) is repealed.

     SEC. 1072. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program.--
     Section 431 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12880) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``annual''; and
       (2) by striking ``The Secretary shall annually'' and 
     inserting ``The Secretary shall biennially''.
       (b) Triennial Audit of Transactions of National 
     Homeownership Foundation.--Section 107(g)(1) of the Housing 
     and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701y(g)(1)) is 
     amended by striking the last sentence.
       (c) Report on Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.--
     Section 2605(h) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act 
     of 1981 (Public Law 97-35; 42 U.S.C. 8624(h)), is amended by 
     striking out ``(but not less frequently than every three 
     years),''.

                 CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

     SEC. 1081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Audits in Federal Royalty Management 
     System.--Section 17(j) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
     226(j)) is amended by striking the last sentence.
       (b) Report on Domestic Mining, Minerals, and Mineral 
     Reclamation Industries.--Section 2 of the Mining and Minerals 
     Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 21a) is amended by striking the 
     last sentence.
       (c) Report on Phase I of the High Plains States Groundwater 
     Demonstration Project.--Section 3(d) of the High Plains 
     States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983 (43 
     U.S.C. 390g-1(d)) is repealed.
       (d) Report on Reclamation Reform Act Compliance.--Section 
     224(g) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
     390ww(g)) is amended by striking the last 2 sentences.
       (e) Report on African Elephant Conservation Fund.--Section 
     2103 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
     4213) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Wetlands.--Section 10 of the North American 
     Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4409) is repealed.
       (g) Report on Geological Surveys Conducted Outside the 
     Domain of the United States.--Section 2 of Public Law 87-626 
     (43 U.S.C. 31(c)) is repealed.
       (h) Report on Recreation Use Fees.--Section 4(h) of the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-
     6a(h)) is repealed.
       (i) Report on Federal Surplus Real Property Public Benefit 
     Discount Program for Parks and Recreation.--Section 203(o)(1) 
     of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
     1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``subsection (k) of this section and''.

     SEC. 1082. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Cost Analysis of all Federal Expenditures for 
     Endangered Species.--Section 18 of the Endangered Species Act 
     of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1544) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, other than land acquisition expenditures, 
     which shall be included as a separate item only when the 
     primary purpose of the land acquisition is the conservation 
     of endangered or threatened species''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, other than land acquisition expenditures, 
     which shall be included as a separate item only when the 
     primary purpose of the land acquisition is the conservation 
     of endangered or threatened species''.
       (b) Report on Levels of the Ogalla Aquifer.--Title III of 
     the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301 
     note) is amended--
       (1) in section 306, by striking ``annually'' and inserting 
     ``biennially''; and
       (2) in section 308, by striking ``intervals of one year'' 
     and inserting ``intervals of 2 years''.
       (c) Report on Effects of Outer Continental Shelf Leasing 
     Activities on Human, Marine, and Coastal Environments.--
     Section 20(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
     U.S.C. 1346(e)) is amended by striking ``each fiscal year'' 
     and inserting ``every 3 fiscal years''.

                    CHAPTER 9--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

     SEC. 1091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Banking Enforcement Issues.--Section 2546 
     (a)(2) and (b) of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (Public Law 
     101-647; 104 Stat. 4885) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Crime and Crime Prevention.--(1) Section 3126 
     of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 206 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking out the item 
     relating to section 3126.
       (c) Report on Drug Interdiction Task Force.--Section 
     3301(a)(1)(C) of the National Drug Interdiction Act of 1986 
     (21 U.S.C. 801 note; Public Law 99-570; 100 Stat. 3207-98) is 
     repealed.
       (d) Report on Equal Access to Justice.--Section 2412(d)(5) 
     of title 28, United States Code, is repealed.
       (e) Report on Federal Offender Characteristics.--Section 
     3624(f)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.
       (f) Report on Costs of Death Penalty.--The Anti-Drug Abuse 
     Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690; 102 Stat. 4395; 21 U.S.C. 
     848 note) is amended by striking out section 7002.
       (g) Mineral Lands Leasing Act.--Section 8B of the Mineral 
     Lands Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 208-2) is repealed.
       (h) Small Business Act.--Subsection (c) of section 10 of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is repealed.
       (i) Energy Policy and Conservation Act.--Section 252(i) of 
     the Energy Policy Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(i)) is 
     amended by striking ``, at least once every 6 months, a 
     report'' and inserting ``, at such intervals as are 
     appropriate based on significant developments and issues, 
     reports''.

                    CHAPTER 10--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

     SEC. 1101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on the Armed Forces Employment and Training 
     Pilot Program.--Section 408(d) of the Veterans Education and 
     Employment Amendments of 1989 (38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is 
     repealed.
       (b) Report on the Economic Effects of the Application of 
     Wage and Hour Exemptions.--Section 4(d)(2) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(2)) is amended by 
     striking the second sentence.
       (c) Report on the Black Lung Compensation Insurance 
     Funds.--Section 433 of the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 
     943) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (h); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).
       (d) Report on Labor Statistics Expenditures.--Section 8 of 
     the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a Department of 
     Labor'', approved June 13, 1888 (29 U.S.C. 6) is amended by 
     striking the third sentence.
       (e) Report on Jobs for Employable, Dependent Individuals.--
     Section 508 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 
     1791g) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 508. EVALUATION.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct or provide 
     for an evaluation of the incentive bonus program assisted 
     under this title.
       ``(b) Considerations.--The Secretary shall consider--
       ``(1) whether the program results in increased service 
     under this Act to absent parents of children receiving aid to 
     families with dependent children under part A of title IV of 
     the Social Security Act and to recipients of supplemental 
     security income under title XVI of the Social Security Act;
       ``(2) whether the program results in increased child 
     support payments;
       ``(3) whether the program is administratively feasible and 
     cost-effective;
       ``(4) whether the services provided to other eligible 
     participants under part A of title II are affected by the 
     implementation and operation of the incentive bonus program; 
     and
       ``(5) such other factors as the Secretary determines to be 
     appropriate.''.
       (f) Report on Transition Assistance Program.--Section 408 
     of the Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of 1989 
     (Public Law 101-237; 103 Stat. 2084; 38 U.S.C. 2000 note) is 
     amended by striking out subsection (d).

     SEC. 1102. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on the Activities Conducted Under the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938.--Section 4(d)(1) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``annually'' and inserting ``triennially''.
       (b) Study on Prevention of Curtailment of Employment 
     Opportunities.--Section 4(d)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 204(d)(3)) is amended by striking in 
     the third sentence ``two-year'' and inserting ``three-year''.
       (c) Annual Report of the Office of Workers' Compensation.--
       (1) Report on the administration of the longshore and 
     harbor workers' compensation act.--Section 42 of the 
     Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
     942) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``beginning of each'' and all that follows 
     through ``Amendments of 1984'' and inserting ``end of each 
     fiscal year''; and
       (B) by adding the following new sentence at the end: ``Such 
     report shall include the annual reports required under 
     section 426(b) of the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 
     936(b)) and section 8194 of title 5, United States Code, and 
     shall be identified as the Annual Report of the Office of 
     Workers' Compensation Programs.''.
       (2) Report on the administration of the black lung benefits 
     program.--Section 426(b) of the ``Black Lung Benefits Act (30 
     U.S.C. 936(b)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Within'' and all that follows through 
     ``Congress the'' and inserting ``At the end of each fiscal 
     year, the''; and
       (B) by adding the following new sentence at the end: ``Each 
     such report shall be prepared and submitted to Congress in 
     accordance with the requirement with respect to submission 
     under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944).''.
       (3) Report on the administration of the federal employees' 
     compensation act.--Chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding to the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 8194. Annual report

       ``The Secretary of Labor shall, at the end of each fiscal 
     year, prepare a report with respect to the administration of 
     this chapter. Such report shall be submitted to Congress in 
     accordance with the requirement with respect to submission 
     under section 42 of the Longshore Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944).''.
       (d) Annual Report on the Department of Labor.--Section 9 of 
     an Act entitled ``An Act to create a Department of Labor'', 
     approved March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 560) is amended by striking 
     ``make a report'' and all that follows through ``the 
     department'' and inserting ``prepare and submit to Congress 
     the financial statements of the Department that have been 
     audited''.

                    CHAPTER 11--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 1111. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
     1962 (22 U.S.C. 2606) is amended by striking subsection (b), 
     and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

                CHAPTER 12--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     SEC. 1121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Deepwater Port Act of 1974.--Section 20 of 
     the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1519) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Coast Guard Logistics Capabilities Critical 
     to Mission Performance.--Sections 5(a)(2) and 5(b) of the 
     Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1988 (10 U.S.C. 2304 note) 
     are repealed.
       (c) Report on Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control 
     Act of 1987.--Section 2201(a) of the Marine Plastic Pollution 
     Research and Control Act of 1987 (33 U.S.C. 1902 note) is 
     amended by striking ``biennially'' and inserting 
     ``triennially''.
       (d) Report on Development of Collision Avoidance System.--
     Section 401 of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 
     1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 1348 note) is repealed.
       (e) Report on Applied Research and Technology Program.--
     Section 307(e)(11) of title 23, United States Code, is 
     repealed.
       (f) Reports on Highway Safety Improvement Programs.--
       (1) Report on railway-highway crossings program.--Section 
     130(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking the last 3 sentences.
       (2) Report on hazard elimination program.--Section 152(g) 
     of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
     last 3 sentences.
       (g) Report on Highway Safety Performance--Fatal and Injury 
     Accident Rates on Public Roads in the United States.--Section 
     207 of the Highway Safety Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note) is 
     repealed.
       (h) Reports on Highway Safety Program Standards.--
       (1) Report on nonpriority programs.--Section 402(a) of 
     title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
     fifth sentence.
       (2) Report on demonstration projects.--Section 403 of title 
     23, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subsection (e) by striking out the last sentence; 
     and
       (B) in subsection (f) by striking out the last sentence.
       (i) Report on Railroad-Highway Demonstration Projects.--
     Section 163(o) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (23 
     U.S.C. 130 note) is repealed.
       (j) Report on Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987.--
     Section 103(b)(2) of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and 
     Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
     4604(b)(2)) is repealed.
       (k) Report on Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.--Section 
     211 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 
     440) is repealed.
       (l) Report on Railroad Financial Assistance.--Section 
     308(d) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.
       (m) Report on Use of Advanced Technology by the Automobile 
     Industry.--Section 305 of the Automotive Propulsion Research 
     and Development Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by 
     striking the last sentence.
       (n) Reports on Needs Survey and Transferability.--Section 
     27 of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1623) is 
     repealed.
       (o) Report on Obligations.--Section 4(b) of the Federal 
     Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1603(b)) is repealed.
       (p) Report on Suspended Light Rail System Technology Pilot 
     Project.--Section 26(c)(11) of the Federal Transit Act (49 
     U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(11)) is repealed.
       (q) Report on Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation.--Section 10(a) of the Act of May 13, 1954 (68 
     Stat. 96, chapter 201; 33 U.S.C. 989(a)) is repealed.
       (r) Reports on Pipelines on Federal Lands.--Section 
     28(w)(4) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(w)(4)) is 
     repealed.
       (s) Reports on Pipeline Safety.--
       (1) Report on natural gas pipeline safety act of 1968.--
     Section 16(a) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 
     (49 U.S.C. App. 1683(a)) is amended in the first sentence by 
     striking ``of each year'' and inserting ``of each odd-
     numbered year''.
       (2) Report on hazardous liquid pipeline safety act of 
     1979.--Section 213 of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 
     Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2012) is amended in the first 
     sentence by striking ``of each year'' and inserting ``of each 
     odd-numbered year''.

     SEC. 1122. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Transportation Security.--Section 315(b) of 
     the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1356(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``December 31 of calendar 
     year 1991'' and inserting ``March 31 of calendar year 1995''; 
     and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``in the 12-month 
     period ending on the date of such report'' and inserting 
     ``for the previous calendar year''.
       (b) Report on Major Acquisition Projects.--Section 337 of 
     the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-338; 106 Stat. 1551) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``quarter of any fiscal year beginning 
     after December 31, 1992, unless the Commandant of the Coast 
     Guard first submits a quarterly report'' and inserting ``half 
     of any fiscal year beginning after December 31, 1995, unless 
     the Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits a semiannual 
     report''; and
       (2) by striking ``quarter.'' and inserting ``half-fiscal 
     year.''.
       (c) Report on Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.--The 
     quarterly report regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
     required to be submitted to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations under House Report 101-892, accompanying 
     the appropriations for the Coast Guard in the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, 
     shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of 
     the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted and annually 
     thereafter.
       (d) Report on Joint Federal and State Motor Fuel Tax 
     Compliance Project.--Section 1040(d)(1) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 101 
     note) is amended by striking ``September 30 and''.
       (e) Report on Public Transportation.--Section 308(e)(1) of 
     title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``January of each even-numbered year'' and inserting ``March 
     1994, March 1995, and March of each odd-numbered year 
     thereafter''.
       (f) Report on Nation's Highways and Bridges.--Section 
     307(h) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``January 1983, and in January of every second year 
     thereafter'' and inserting ``March 1994, March 1995, and 
     March of each odd-numbered year thereafter''.

                 CHAPTER 13--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

     SEC. 1131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on the Operation and Status of State and Local 
     Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund.--Paragraph (8) of 
     section 14001(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1985 (31 U.S.C. 6701 note) is repealed.
       (b) Report on the Antirecession Provisions of the Public 
     Works Employment Act of 1976.--Section 213 of the Public 
     Works Employment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6733) is repealed.
       (c) Report on Merchandise Damage Statistics.--Subsection 
     (c) of section 124 of the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (19 
     U.S.C. 2071 note) is repealed.
       (d) Report on the Asbestos Trust Fund.--Paragraph (2) of 
     section 5(c) of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 
     1986 (20 U.S.C. 4022(c)) is repealed.
       (e) Report on the James Madison-Bill of Rights 
     Commemorative Coin Act.--Subsection (c) of section 506 of the 
     James Madison-Bill of Rights Commemorative Coin Act (31 
     U.S.C. 5112 note) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Forfeiture Funds.--
       (1) Customs.--Section 613A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1613b(e)) is amended by striking out paragraph (2).
       (2) Justice.--Section 524(c) of title 28, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking out paragraph (7); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (12) as 
     paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively.
       (g) Report on Audits and Confidentiality of Taxpayer 
     Information.--Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out subsection (d); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and 
     (i) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively.

     SEC. 1132. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on the World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin 
     Act.--Subsection (g) of section 205 of the World Cup USA 1994 
     Commemorative Coin Act (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended by 
     striking ``month'' and inserting ``calendar quarter''.
       (b) Reports on Various Funds.--Subsection (b) of section 
     321 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5),
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
     inserting ``; and'', and
       (3) by adding after paragraph (6) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(7) notwithstanding any other provision of law, fulfill 
     any requirement to issue a report on the financial condition 
     of any fund on the books of the Treasury by including the 
     required information in a consolidated report, except that 
     information with respect to a specific fund shall be 
     separately reported if the Secretary determines that the 
     consolidation of such information would result in an 
     unwarranted delay in the availability of such information.''.

               CHAPTER 14--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

     SEC. 1141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Furnishing Contract Care Services.--Section 
     1703(c) of title 38, United States Code, is repealed.
       (b) Report on Adequacy of Rates for State Home Care.--
     Section 1741 of such title is amended--
       (1) by striking out subsection (c); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (c) and (d), respectively.
       (c) Report on Loans To Purchase Manufactured Homes.--
     Section 3712 of such title is amended--
       (1) by striking out subsection (l); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (l).
       (d) Report on Level of Treatment Capacity.--Section 
     8110(a)(3) of such title is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by striking out ``(A)''; and
       (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B), respectively; and
       (2) by striking out subparagraph (B).
       (e) Report on Compliance With Funded Personnel Coding.--
       (1) Repeal of report requirement.--Section 8110(a)(4) of 
     title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     subparagraph (C).
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 8110(a)(4) of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended by--
       (A) redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ``subparagraph 
     (D)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subparagraph (C)''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``subparagraph 
     (D)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subparagraph (C)''.
                     TITLE II--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                           CHAPTER 1--ACTION

     SEC. 2011. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 226 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
     (42 U.S.C. 5026) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b); and
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2)'' and inserting 
     ``(b)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``(1)(A)'' and inserting ``(1)''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) by striking ``(B)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
       (II) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (1)''.

               CHAPTER 2--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

     SEC. 2021. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Allocation of Water.--Section 102 of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1252) is 
     amended by striking subsection (d).
       (b) Report on the Effects of Pollution on Estuaries.--
     Section 104(n) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1254(n)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
       (c) Report on Variance Requests.--Section 301(n) of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(n)) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (8).
       (d) Report on Water Quality in Lakes.--Section 314(a) of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(a)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
       (e) Report on Implementation of Clean Lakes Projects.--
     Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
       (f) Report on Nonpoint Source Management Programs.--Section 
     319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
     1329) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (m); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (m).
       (g) Report on Measures Taken to Implement the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act.--Section 516 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (a);
       (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as 
     subsections (a) through (d), respectively; and
       (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (e).
       (h) Report on Use of Municipal Secondary Effluent and 
     Sludge.--Section 516 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act (33 U.S.C. 1375) (as amended by subsection (g)) is 
     further amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (c) and (d), respectively.
       (i) Report on Certain Water Quality Standards and 
     Permits.--Section 404 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 
     (Public Law 100-4; 33 U.S.C. 1375 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
       (j) Report on Class V Wells.--Section 1426 of title XIV of 
     the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the ``Safe 
     Drinking Water Act'') (42 U.S.C. 300h-5) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Monitoring 
     Methods.--''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (k) Report on Sole Source Aquifer Demonstration Program.--
     Section 1427 of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act 
     (commonly known as the ``Safe Drinking Water Act'') (42 
     U.S.C. 300h-6) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (l); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as subsections 
     (l) and (m), respectively.
       (l) Report on Supply of Safe Drinking Water.--Section 1442 
     of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known 
     as the ``Safe Drinking Water Act'') (42 U.S.C. 300h-6) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c);
       (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
       (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
     (d) and (e), respectively.
       (m) Report on Registration Process under FIFRA.--
       (1) Section 29 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
     Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-4) is repealed.
       (2) Such Act is amended by redesignating sections 30 and 31 
     (7 U.S.C. 136x and 136y) as sections 29 and 30, respectively.
       (3) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act (7 
     U.S.C. prec. 121) is amended--
       (A) by striking the item relating to section 29; and
       (B) by redesignating the items relating to sections 30 and 
     31 as relating to sections 29 and 30, respectively.
       (n) Report on Nonnuclear Energy and Technologies.--Section 
     11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5910) is repealed.
       (o) Report on Emissions at Coal-Burning Powerplants.--
       (1) Section 745 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use 
     Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8455) is repealed.
       (2) The table of contents in section 101(b) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. prec. 8301) is amended by striking the item relating 
     to section 745.
       (p) 5-Year Plan for Environmental Research, Development, 
     and Demonstration.--
       (1) Section 5 of the Environmental Research, Development, 
     and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 4361) 
     is repealed.
       (2) Section 4 of the Environmental Research, Development, 
     and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 4361a) 
     is repealed.
       (3) Section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4365) is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (c); and
       (B) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as 
     subsections (c) through (h), respectively.
       (q) 5-Year Action Plan by Interagency Coordinating 
     Committee.--Section 2001(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6911(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
       (r) Report on Activities of the Office of Solid Waste.--
       (1) Section 2006 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6915) is repealed.
       (2) The table of contents in section 1001 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. prec. 6901) is amended by striking the item relating 
     to section 2006.
       (s) Cooperative Report on Environmental Issues Associated 
     With Used Oil.--Section 9 of the Used Oil Recycling Act of 
     1980 (Public Law 96-463; 42 U.S.C. 6932 note) is repealed.
       (t) Interim Reports of National Advisory Commission on 
     Resource Conservation and Recovery.--Section 33(a) of the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 (Public Law 96-
     482; 42 U.S.C. 6981 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (7); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).
       (u) Plan on Assistance to States for Radon Programs.--
     Section 305 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
     2665) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (d); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
     (d) and (e), respectively.
       (v) Report on Radon Mitigation Demonstration Program.--
     Section 118(k)(2) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499; 42 U.S.C. 
     7401 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking subparagraph (B); and
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
       (w) Report on Costs of Air Pollution Control.--Section 812 
     of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Public Law 101-549; 
     42 U.S.C. 7612 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ``(a) Economic Impact 
     Analyses.--''; and
       (2) by striking out subsection (b).

           CHAPTER 3--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

     SEC. 2031. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 705(k)(2)(C) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000e-4(k)(2)(C)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
     ``including'' and inserting ``including information, 
     presented in the aggregate, relating to'';
       (2) in clause (i), by striking ``the identity of each 
     person or entity'' and inserting ``the number of persons and 
     entities'';
       (3) in clause (ii), by striking ``such person or entity'' 
     and inserting ``such persons and entities''; and
       (4) in clause (iii)--
       (A) by striking ``fee'' and inserting ``fees''; and
       (B) by striking ``such person or entity'' and inserting 
     ``such persons and entities''.

               CHAPTER 4--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 2041. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 7207(c)(4) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 
     (Public Law 100-690; 102 Stat. 4428; 49 U.S.C. App. 1354 
     note) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``GAO''; and
       (2) by striking out ``the Comptroller General'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``the Department of Energy 
     Inspector General''.

              CHAPTER 5--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

     SEC. 2051. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report to the Congress Under the Communications 
     Satellite Act of 1962.--Section 404(c) of the Communications 
     Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 744(c)) is repealed.
       (b) Reimbursement for Amateur Examination Expenses.--
     Section 4(f)(4)(J) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
     U.S.C. 154(f)(4)(J)) is amended by striking out the last 
     sentence.

            CHAPTER 6--FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

     SEC. 2061. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 102(b)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242; 105 
     Stat. 2237; 22 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended by adding at the 
     end thereof the following new sentence: ``A report shall not 
     be required to be submitted under this paragraph for any 
     quarter in which the Corporation has not borrowed funds from 
     the Treasury.''.

             CHAPTER 7--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

     SEC. 2071. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 201(h) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 2281(h)) is amended by striking the second 
     proviso.

         CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD

     SEC. 2081. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Chapter 95 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the table of sections by amending the item relating 
     to section 9503 to read as follows:

``9503. Government pension plans.'';
       (2) in section 9503--
       (A) in the section heading by striking out ``Reports 
     about''; and
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking out paragraphs (1) and (4);
       (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and
       (iii) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by clause (ii) of 
     this paragraph) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon; and
       (3) in section 9504(1) by striking out ``to decide whether 
     the reporting requirements of section 9503 are adequate to 
     carry out section 9501 of this title''.

               CHAPTER 9--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 2091. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Properties Conveyed for Historic Monuments 
     and Correctional Facilities.--Section 203(o) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     484(o)) is amended--
       (1) by striking out paragraph (1);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), respectively; and
       (3) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by striking out 
     ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph 
     (3)''.
       (b) Report on Proposed Sale of Surplus Real Property and 
     Report on Negotiated Sales.--Section 203(e)(6) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     484(e)(6)) is repealed.
       (c) Report on Properties Conveyed for Wildlife 
     Conservation.--Section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
     authorizing the transfer of certain real property for 
     wildlife, or other purposes.'', approved May 19, 1948 (16 
     U.S.C. 667d; 62 Stat. 241) is amended by striking out ``and 
     shall be included in the annual budget transmitted to the 
     Congress''.

               CHAPTER 10--INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

     SEC. 2101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 10327(k) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(k) If an extension granted under subsection (j) is not 
     sufficient to allow for completion of necessary proceedings, 
     the Commission may grant a further extension in an 
     extraordinary situation if a majority of the Commissioners 
     agree to the further extension by public vote.''.

                 CHAPTER 11--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

     SEC. 2111. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 1009(c)(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 2996h(c)(2)) is amended by striking out ``The'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``Upon request, the''.

       CHAPTER 12--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

     SEC. 2121. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 21(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(g)) 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 
     Industrial Application Centers.--The National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration and industrial application centers 
     supported by the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration are authorized and directed to cooperate with 
     small business development centers participating in the 
     program.''.

               CHAPTER 13--NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

     SEC. 2131. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 401(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
     781(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (9); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs 
     (9) and (10), respectively.

                CHAPTER 14--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

     SEC. 2141. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Strategic Plan for Science and Engineering Education.--
     Section 107 of the Education for Economic Security Act (20 
     U.S.C. 3917) is repealed.
       (b) Budget Estimate.--Section 14 of the National Science 
     Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1873) is amended by 
     striking subsection (j).

            CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

     SEC. 2151. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 305 of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 (49 
     U.S.C. 1904) is repealed.

           CHAPTER 16--NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

     SEC. 2161. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Section 607(c) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 8106(c)) is amended by striking the second 
     sentence.

               CHAPTER 17--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

     SEC. 2171. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Reactor Safeguards.--Section 29 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2039) is amended by striking 
     the last 2 sentences.
       (b) Report on Safeguards Information.--Section 147(e) of 
     the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2167(e)) is 
     repealed.
       (c) Report on the Price-Anderson Act.--Section 170(p) of 
     the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(p)) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 2172. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5848) is amended by striking ``each quarter a report 
     listing for that period'' and inserting ``an annual report 
     listing for the previous fiscal year''.

               CHAPTER 18--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

     SEC. 2181. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Career Reserved Positions.--(1) Section 3135 
     of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 3135.
       (b) Report on Performance Awards.--Section 4314(d)(3) of 
     title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
       (c) Report on Training Programs.--(1) Section 4113 of title 
     5, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 4113.
       (d) Report on Prevailing Rate System.--Section 5347 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out the 
     fourth and fifth sentences.
       (e) Report on Activities of the Merit Systems Protection 
     Board and the Office of Personnel Management.--Section 2304 
     of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ``(a)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).

     SEC. 2182. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Senior Executive Service Positions.--Section 
     3135(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out ``, and the projected 
     number of Senior Executive Service positions to be authorized 
     for the next 2 fiscal years, in the aggregate and by 
     agency'';
       (2) by striking out paragraphs (3) and (8); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), 
     and (10) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), 
     respectively.
       (b) Report on District of Columbia Retirement Fund.--
     Section 145 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act 
     (Public Law 96-122; 93 Stat. 882) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking out ``(1)'';
       (ii) by striking out ``and the Comptroller General shall 
     each'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``shall''; and
       (iii) by striking out ``each''; and
       (B) by striking out paragraph (2); and
       (2) in subsection (d), by striking out ``the Comptroller 
     General and'' each place it appears.
       (c) Report on Revolving Fund.--Section 1304(e)(6) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``at least 
     once every three years''.

                CHAPTER 19--OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION

     SEC. 2191. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 18(c)(6)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1438(c)(6)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``annually'';
       (2) by striking out ``audit, settlement,'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``settlement''; and
       (3) by striking out ``, and the first audit'' and all that 
     follows through ``enacted''.

                  CHAPTER 20--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

     SEC. 2201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Reports on Panama Canal.--Section 1312 of the Panama 
     Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-70; 22 U.S.C. 3722) is 
     repealed.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by striking out 
     the item relating to section 1312.

                       CHAPTER 21--POSTAL SERVICE

     SEC. 2211. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on Consumer Education Programs.--Section 2402 of 
     title 39, United States Code, is amended in the last sentence 
     by striking out ``the Congress'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``include such report in the report required under 
     section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.)''.
       (b) Report on Investigative Activities.--Section 3013 of 
     title 39, United States Code, is amended in the last sentence 
     by striking out ``transmit such report to the Congress'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``include such report in the report 
     required under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.)''.

                 CHAPTER 22--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

     SEC. 2221. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 502 of the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 
     (45 U.S.C. 231f-1) is amended by striking ``On or before July 
     1, 1985, and each calendar year thereafter'' and inserting 
     ``As part of the annual report required under section 22(a) 
     of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231u(a))''.

        CHAPTER 23--THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD

     SEC. 2231. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       (a) Report on the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Thrift 
     Depositor Protection Oversight Board, and the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation.--Section 21A(k)(5)(A) of the Federal 
     Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(5)(A)) is amended by 
     striking out all following ``Congress'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``an annual report for each calendar year no later 
     than June 30 following such calendar year on the activities 
     and efforts of the Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, and the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight 
     Board.''.
       (b) Report on Troubled Thrifts.--Section 21A(k)(9) of the 
     Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(k)(9)) is amended 
     by striking out ``the end of each calendar quarter'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``June 30 and December 31 of each 
     calendar year''.

              CHAPTER 24--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

     SEC. 2241. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       Notwithstanding section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)), the reports otherwise 
     required under such section shall not cover the activities of 
     the United States Information Agency.
           TITLE III--REPORTS BY ALL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

     SEC. 3001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

       (a) Report on Part-Time Employment.--(1) Section 3407 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 34 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 3407.
       (b) Budget Information on Consulting Services.--(1) Section 
     1114 of title 31, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking out the item 
     relating to section 1114.
       (c) Semiannual Report on Lobbying.--Section 1352 of title 
     31, United States Code, is amended by--
       (1) striking out subsection (d); and
       (2) redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
       (d) Reports on Program Fraud and Civil Remedies.--(1) 
     Section 3810 of title 31, United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections for chapter 38 of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking out the item 
     relating to section 3810.
       (e) Report on Right to Financial Privacy Act.--Section 1121 
     of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
     3421) is repealed.
       (f) Report on Foreign Loan Risks.--Section 913(d) of the 
     International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 (12 U.S.C. 
     3912(d)) is repealed.
       (g) Report on Plans To Convert to the Metric System.--
     Section 12 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 
     205j-1) is repealed.
       (h) Report on Technology Utilization and Intellectual 
     Property Rights.--Section 11(f) of the Stevenson-Wydler 
     Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(f)) is 
     repealed.
       (i) Report on Extraordinary Contractual Actions To 
     Facilitate the National Defense.--Section 4(a) of the Act 
     entitled ``An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and 
     modification of contracts to facilitate the national 
     defense'', approved August 28, 1958 (50 U.S.C. 1434(a)), is 
     amended by striking out ``all such actions taken'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``if any such action has been 
     taken''.
       (j) Reports on Detailing Employees.--Section 619 of the 
     Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-393; 106 Stat. 
     1769), is repealed.

     SEC. 3002. REPORTS MODIFIED.

       Section 552b(j) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(j) Each agency subject to the requirements of this 
     section shall annually report to the Congress regarding the 
     following:
       ``(1) The changes in the policies and procedures of the 
     agency under this section that have occurred during the 
     preceding 1-year period.
       ``(2) A tabulation of the number of meetings held, the 
     exemptions applied to close meetings, and the days of public 
     notice provided to close meetings.
       ``(3) A brief description of litigation or formal 
     complaints concerning the implementation of this section by 
     the agency.
       ``(4) A brief explanation of any changes in law that have 
     affected the responsibilities of the agency under this 
     section.''.
                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

     SEC. 4001. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of 
     this Act and amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. President, I am pleased to be here today to join 
Senator Levin in introducing legislation to eliminate or modify 
statutory reporting requirements that have outlived their usefulness.
  In fiscal year 1993, Congress required executive branch agencies to 
prepare over 5,000 reports. Senator Levin and I have worked in the past 
to improve the efficiency of agency operations by eliminating or 
modifying reports to Congress which are redundant or otherwise 
unnecessary. In 1985, the Senate passed legislation recommending the 
elimination or modification of 127 reports which the Congressional 
Budget Office [CBO] estimated would result in savings of $5 million 
annually reflected either in reduced spending or in a reallocation of 
resources to other activities. Unfortunately, however, many of these 
recommendations were stripped from the bill when it was considered by 
the House of Representatives and, as a result, the bill that became law 
did not result in the budgetary savings that we had hoped for.
  The legislation we are introducing today follows on the work we did 
in 1985 and is consistent with efforts by the administration and the 
Congress to reinvent Government and make it more efficient. The 
administration's National Performance Review [NPR] proposed reducing 
the burden of congressionally mandated reports by consolidating and 
simplifying reporting requirements. Legislation to implement several of 
the NPR recommendations, H.R. 3400, the Government Reform and Savings 
Act, was considered by the Governmental Affairs Committee in March. The 
bill contains a provision to allow the Director of OMB to ``publish 
annually in the President's Budget his recommendations for 
consolidation, elimination, or adjustments in frequency and due dates 
of statutorily required periodic reports to the Congress or its 
committees.'' Our bill contains nearly 300 recommendations to eliminate 
or modify congressionally-mandated reporting requirements that are no 
longer useful. While the bill has not yet been scored by the 
Congressional Budget Office [CBO], it is expected to free up money and 
staff time that is currently being used to produce unnecessary reports 
and allow these funds to be used for other programs.
  Our legislation is the product of nearly a year's worth of 
discussions with executive branch agencies and congressional 
committees. Last year, Senator Levin and I, in our capacities as 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Governmental Affairs 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, wrote to all the 
executive branch and independent agencies and asked that they identify 
reports that are no longer necessary or useful.
  Mr. President, we are very well aware that not everyone in the Senate 
would agree with the agencies' assessment of which reports are 
necessary and which are not. Therefore, we also sent letters to the 
congressional committees seeking their input on the agency 
recommendations within their jurisdictions. We have also sought 
recommendations from the committees for additional eliminations or 
modifications that were not identified by the agencies.
  We plan to distribute copies of the bill to the committees, 
highlighting the reports recommended for repeal or modification which 
are under their specific jurisdictions, and solicit additional 
comments. Although we will remain open to recommendations to retain 
certain reports, it is my hope that my colleagues will not 
automatically request the retention of reports but will determine 
whether or not they are truly needed.
  Some Members of Congress and the administration support sunsetting 
congressionally-mandated reports. Legislation has been introduced in 
the Senate to sunset all congressionally-mandated reports, except those 
related to financial accountability, within 5 years. The 
administration's NPR recommendations also include support for some form 
of sunsetting provision in reporting requirements adopted by Congress 
in the future. Certainly, we want to eliminate as many unnecessary 
reports as possible but there are a number of the 5,000 reports that 
are required under current law that provide Congress and the public 
with valuable and useful information. I have concerns about proposals 
to broadly sunset the majority of congressionally-mandated reports. 
Such action would require Congress to periodically reauthorize reports 
it finds useful. This action could, therefore, result in a flood of new 
reauthorizing legislation and additional paperwork burdens on Federal 
agencies at a time when we are trying to reduce the Government's 
paperwork burden. In an effort to address the sunsetting issue, Senator 
Levin and I have asked committees to determine which reporting 
requirements could be sunsetted in addition to any recommendations for 
repeal or modification. I look forward to working with supporters of 
some sunsetting provision to achieve an appropriate balance on this 
issue.
  In closing, I believe the legislation that Senator Levin and I are 
introducing today is a reasonable approach to eliminating unnecessary 
reporting requirements. It is intended to reduce the paperwork burdens 
placed on Federal agencies and streamline the information that flows 
from these agencies to the Congress. I look forward to working with 
other committees to eliminate as many unnecessary reports as possible 
and urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
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      By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Kerry):
  S. 2158. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to design 
and issue new counterfeit-resistant $100 currency; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


     the counterfeiting and money laundering deterrence act of 1994

  Mr. LEAHY. I rise today to introduce the Counterfeiting and Money 
Laundering Deterrence Act of 1994.
  The purposes of this legislation are twofold: First, it will bring 
our $100 currency up to date with the rest of the world and stop 
letting counterfeiters have a free meal ticket. Second, it will put the 
squeeze on drug traffickers who have to launder vast sums of money to 
operate--making their costs of doing business significantly higher and 
hopefully turning piles of their money into worthless paper.


                       counterfeiting deterrence

  The currency of this country faces a serious challenge from new 
technologies that enable counterfeiters to turn out excellent 
reproductions. According to the Secret Service, overseas counterfeiting 
of U.S. currency has increased dramatically. For example, from 1992 to 
1993, it increased 300 percent. Just 2 weeks ago, the Secret Service 
made the largest seizure of counterfeit instruments in its history: 4.1 
billion dollars' worth of fake Japanese governments bonds.
  Other analysts believe the threat to the U.S. currency is urgent. 
News reports say that intelligence experts in the United States and 
Israel are aware of a highly skilled group of counterfeiters operating 
out of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. These counterfeiters, controlled by 
Syria and Iran, have turned out as much as $1 billion of extremely 
high-quality reproductions of the U.S. $100 bill.
  We must be very concerned with what nations like Iran or Syria can do 
with $1 billion in bogus U.S. currency so convincing that it can be 
passed onto the international market. Would these poor countries use 
this money to purchase sophisticated weaponry that challenges the 
security of the region or of this country? Would they use this currency 
in an effort to destabilize U.S. currency? Would they use it to fund 
smaller-scale but still serious terrorist activities throughout the 
world? No one knows.
  The opening of the Russian Republics and the Eastern bloc has also 
resulted in increased counterfeiting activity. Because the situation is 
changing in this part of the world so fast, it is difficult to 
determine the amount of counterfeiting that occurs there. According to 
the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry's department of economic 
crimes, the amount of counterfeit U.S. currency confiscated by Russian 
authorities increased 10 times from 1992 to 1993. With organized crime 
increasingly taking hold in the republics, counterfeiting has become a 
national cottage industry according to Moscow News reports. Because of 
mounting inflation of the ruble, foreign currency such as the U.S. $100 
bill has a special place in that country's economic system, making it 
particularly attractive to counterfeiting.
  What makes this situation all the more pressing is that the U.S. 
currency is among the most easy to counterfeit in the world. Although 
recently updated with a deterrent polyester strip, our bills do not use 
the watermarks or sophisticated dying and engraving techniques that 
other countries employ to make it difficult to reproduce their bills 
convincingly. Nor do we change the appearance of our currency from 
time-to-time to discourage counterfeiters as other countries do.
  To address this threat, this legislation requires the Secretary of 
the Treasury to design a new $100 bill that incorporates some of the 
counterfeit-resistant features that other countries have adopted. The 
Treasury Department has already done substantial design work on a new 
$100 bill, and it is the intention of this legislation to permit the 
Secretary to draw on that work in meeting the requirements of the Act.


                      money laundering deterrence

  But aside from bringing our currency into modern times to address 
state-of-the-art counterfeiting technology, this legislation is 
designed to put a full court press on money laundering. We need to 
realize that the international drug industry is a multi-billion dollar, 
highly-sophisticated enterprise. An essential component of that 
business is the ability efficiently to convert U.S. hard currency to 
transferable bank deposits without invoking currency transaction 
reporting requirements. We are considering crime legislation which 
addresses violent and drug crime on many fronts. But if we are really 
going to stop international drug trafficking, we need to focus more on 
stopping the ease with which the cartels move their money 
internationally to finance this mega-businesses.
  My bill strikes two blows against money launderers. First, The bill 
requires all existing $100 denomination U.S. currency to be exchanged 
within a 6-month period. This would make drug traffickers who hoard 
vast amounts of hard currency hard-pressed to convert their existing 
cash into the new money. If they cannot convert the money within the 
specified time frame, their funds become worthless under the bill. Even 
if drug organizations could somehow convert their money within the 
exchange period, the likelihood of their being traced by currency 
transaction reporting increases substantially, as does the cost of 
laundering their ill-gotten gains. Of course, there is an exception for 
hardship cases in the bill where money has not been derived from 
unlawful activity.
  Second, the bill establishes two new versions of the $100 bill: One 
for use at home and one for use abroad. The only business that relies 
on exporting large amounts of hard currency is drug trafficking. This 
provision would make money smuggled out of the United States worthless, 
turning the tables on drug traffickers who covertly move money from the 
streets of this country to foreign banks who launder it without 
reporting illicit transactions to the Treasury.
  A U.S. citizen travelling abroad who wished to bring $100 currency 
with him would hardly be inconvenienced by this measure: A quick stop 
at a U.S. bank to convert their greenbacks into differently-colored 
foreign-use bills would be all that is necesasary--just like purchasing 
travelers' checks. The only ones inconvenienced would be drug 
traffickers who would hate to exchange their greenbacks for foreign use 
currency at a U.S. bank because of currency transaction reporting 
requirements.
  To the extent drug traffickers cannot exchange their $100 bills 
within the timeframe and they become worthless, this is a debt against 
the U.S. Treasury that can be written off to finance the costs of this 
legislation, and further, to pay off other obligations of the U.S. 
Treasury.


                let's begin a discussion on these issues

  I know there will be opposition from some quarters to this proposal. 
The Federal Reserve likes the current situation and believes the good-
old, easily-copied $100 bill provides welcome stability to the 
international monetary system. The banks feel burdened by the currency 
transaction reporting requirements. Adding new counterfeit-resistant 
features to bills is not costless. The Drug Enforcement Administration 
believes we should go further and establish domestic and foreign use 
versions of all our currency.
  But let us begin a serious discussion and debate on the steps we 
should take to address hi-tech counterfeiting and money laundering. If 
this proposal is not the best way to go, then let's work to fashion a 
measure that will take strong steps against these threats. I am not 
comfortable with the current situation: We face the threat of 
potentially billions of passable counterfeit U.S. dollars going into 
the hands of terrorists. We must do more to cripple the big business of 
drug trafficking. Continuing to put our collective heads in the sand 
will not suffice. So I encourage my colleagues and the relevant 
agencies and others with expertise in these areas to get together and 
take the strong steps necessary to address these important issues.
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      By Mr. SMITH:
  S.J. Res. 196. A joint resolution designating September 16, 1994, as 
``National POW/MIA Recognition Day'' and authorizing display of the 
National League of Families POW/MIA flag; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.


                    National POW/MIA recognition day

 Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
text of the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the joint resolution was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 196

       Whereas the United States has fought in many wars and 
     thousands of Americans who served in those wars were captured 
     by the enemy or listed as missing in action;
       Whereas many American prisoners of war were subjected to 
     brutal and inhumane treatment by their enemy captors in 
     violation of international codes and customs for the 
     treatment of prisoners of war, and many such prisoners of war 
     died from such treatment;
       Whereas many of these Americans are still listed as missing 
     and unaccounted for, and the uncertainty surrounding their 
     fates has caused their families to suffer tragic and 
     continuing hardships;
       Whereas, in the Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint 
     Resolution designating September 21, 1990, as `National POW/
     MIA Recognition Day', and recognizing the National League of 
     Families POW/MIA flag'', approved August 10, 1990, the 
     Federal Government officially recognized and designated the 
     National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the symbol of the 
     Nation's concern and commitment to accounting, as fully as 
     possible, for Americans whom are still prisoners of war, 
     missing in action, or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia; and
       Whereas the sacrifices of the Americans whom are still 
     missing in action and unaccounted for from all our Nation's 
     wars and their families are deserving of national recognition 
     and support for continued priority efforts to determine the 
     fate of those missing Americans: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY.

       September 16, 1994, is designated ``National POW/MIA 
     Recognition Day'', and the President is authorized and 
     requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of 
     the United States to observe that day with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.

     SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES 
                   POW/MIA FLAG.

       (a) In General.--The POW/MIA flag shall be displayed, as a 
     symbol of the concern and commitment of the United States to 
     accounting, as fully as possible, for Americans whom are 
     still prisoners of war, missing in action, or unaccounted for 
     and to ending the uncertainty for their families and the 
     Nation--
       (1) at all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam 
     Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1994 (Memorial Day), September 
     16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 
     1994 (Veteran's Day); and
       (2) on, or on the grounds of, the buildings specified in 
     subsection (b) on September 16, 1994.
       (b) Buildings.--The buildings specified in this subsection 
     are--
       (1) the White House;
       (2) the Capitol Building; and
       (3) the buildings containing the primary offices of the--
       (A) Secretary of State;
       (B) Secretary of Defense;
       (C) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
       (D) Director of the Selective Service Commission.
       (c) POW/MIA Flag.--As used in this section, the term ``POW/
     MIA flag'' means the National League of Families POW/MIA flag 
     recognized officially and designated by section 2 of the 
     Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution designating 
     September 21, 1990, as `National POW/MIA Recognition Day', 
     and recognizing the National League of Families POW/MIA 
     flag'', approved August 10, 1990 (36 U.S.C. 189).

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