[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H878-H879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under Clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 327

                          Offered By: Mr. Ose

               (Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute)

       Amendment No. 1: Strike all after the enacting clause and 
     insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Paperwork 
     Relief Act''.

     SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PAPERWORK 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Requirements Applicable to the Director of OMB.--
     Section 3504(c) of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
     (commonly referred to as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''), is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting 
     a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(6) publish in the Federal Register on an annual basis--
       ``(A) a list of the requirements applicable to small-
     business concerns (within the meaning of section 3 of the 
     Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)) with respect to 
     collection of information by agencies, organized in such a 
     manner that such small-business concerns can easily identify 
     requirements with which they are expected to comply (e.g., 
     organized by North American Industrial Classification System 
     code and industrial/sector description (as published by the 
     Office of Management and Budget)); and
       ``(B) the agency that issued each such requirement and the 
     website address for such agency; and
       ``(7) make available on the Internet the information 
     described in paragraph (6).''.
       (b) Establishment of Agency Point of Contact.--Section 3506 
     of such chapter 35 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(i) In addition to the requirements described in 
     subsection (c), each agency shall, with respect to the 
     collection of information and the control of paperwork, 
     establish one point of contact in the agency to act as a 
     liaison between the agency and small-business concerns 
     (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)).''.
       (c) Additional Reduction of Paperwork for Certain Small 
     Businesses.--Section 3506(c) of such chapter is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (3)(J), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) in addition to the requirements of this Act regarding 
     the reduction of paperwork for small-business concerns 
     (within the meaning of section 3 of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)), make efforts to further reduce the 
     paperwork burden for small-business concerns with fewer than 
     25 employees.''.
       (d) Effective Date Regarding Publication of Requirements.--
     The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
     publish the first list of requirements required under 
     paragraph (6) of section 3504(c) of title 44, United States 
     Code (as added by subsection (a)), and make such list 
     available on the Internet as required by paragraph (7) of 
     such section (as added by subsection (a)), not later than the 
     date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE TO STUDY STREAMLINING OF 
                   PAPERWORK COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS AND 
                   DISSEMINATION FOR SMALL-BUSINESS CONCERNS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is further amended by adding at the end of subchapter I 
     the following new section:

     ``Sec. 3521. Establishment of task force on feasibility of 
       streamlining information collection requirements and 
       dissemination

       ``(a) There is hereby established a task force (in this 
     section referred to as the `task force') to study the 
     feasibility of streamlining requirements with respect to 
     small-business concerns regarding collection of information 
     and strengthening dissemination of information.
       ``(b) The members of the task force shall be appointed by 
     the Director, and shall include the following:
       ``(1) At least two representatives of the Department of 
     Labor, including one representative of the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics and one representative of the Occupational Safety 
     and Health Administration.
       ``(2) At least one representative of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency.
       ``(3) At least one representative of the Department of 
     Transportation.
       ``(4) At least one representative of the Department of the 
     Treasury.
       ``(5) At least one representative of the Office of Advocacy 
     of the Small Business Administration.
       ``(6) At least one representative of each of two agencies 
     other than the Department of Labor, the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation, the 
     Department of the Treasury, and the Small Business 
     Administration.
       ``(7) At least two representatives of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, including one representative of 
     the Health Care Financing Administration.
       ``(c) The task force shall examine the feasibility of 
     requiring each agency to consolidate requirements regarding 
     collections of information with respect to small-business 
     concerns within and across agencies without negatively 
     impacting the effectiveness of underlying laws regarding such 
     collections of information, in order that each small-business 
     concern may submit all information required by an agency--
       ``(1) to one point of contact in the agency;
       ``(2) in a single format, or using a single electronic 
     reporting system, with respect to the agency; and
       ``(3) on the same date.
       ``(d)(1) Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act, the 
     task force shall submit a report of its findings under 
     subsection (c) to--
       ``(A) the chairmen and ranking minority members of the 
     Committee on Government Reform and the Committee on Small 
     Business of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Small Business 
     of the Senate; and
       ``(B) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
       ``(2) Not later than two years after the date of the 
     enactment of such Act, the task force shall submit to the 
     individuals described in

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     paragraph (1) a report examining strengthening dissemination 
     of information and including--
       ``(A) recommendations for implementing an interactive 
     system for the requirements in section 3504(c)(6) that would 
     allow small-business concerns to identify information 
     collection requirements electronically;
       ``(B) guidelines for each agency for developing interactive 
     reporting systems that include a component that edits the 
     information submitted by a small-business concern for 
     consistency;
       ``(C) recommendations for electronic dissemination of such 
     information; and
       ``(D) recommendations, created in consultation with the 
     Chief Information Officers Council (established pursuant to 
     Executive Order 13011, issued July 16, 1996), for the 
     coordination of information among the points of contact 
     described in section 3506(i), so that those points of contact 
     can provide small-business concerns with information 
     collection requirements from other agencies.
       ``(e) As used in this section, the term `small-business 
     concern' has the meaning given that term under section 3 of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 3520 the following new item:

``3521. Establishment of task force on feasibility of streamlining 
              information collection requirements and dissemination.''.