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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2109
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 2014
Mr. Warner (for himself and Ms. Ayotte) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To eliminate duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary Congressionally mandated Federal agency
reporting.
1.
Short
title; table of contents
(a)
Short
title
This Act may be cited
as the Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014.
(b)
Table of
contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Department of Agriculture
Sec. 101. Commodity promotion and evaluation.
Sec. 102. Annual reports by agricultural attaches.
Sec. 103. Reporting requirement under Farmland Protection Policy Act.
Sec. 104. Rural development programs.
Sec. 105. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.
Sec. 106. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging democracies.
Sec. 107. Commodity Credit Corporation quarterly report to Congress.
Sec. 108. Crop insurance.
Sec. 109. Early child nutrition education evaluations and reports.
Sec. 110. Grain Inspection Service annual report.
Sec. 111. Notification prior to release of information.
Sec. 112. Plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention.
Sec. 113. Agricultural trade.
Sec. 114. Report on conservation program enrollments and assistance.
Sec. 115. Status report for Food for Progress program.
Sec. 116. Status report for technical assistance for specialty crops.
Sec. 117. Timber supply and demand in southeastern Alaska.
Sec. 118. Tongass National Forest report.
TITLE II—Department of Commerce
Sec. 201. Repeal of requirement for annual report on Atlantic migratory species.
Sec. 202. Repeal of requirement for annual report on progress by educational institutions to become
designated as sea grant colleges or sea grant institutions.
Sec. 203. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on coordination between NSF and oceans and
coastal research activities of NOAA.
Sec. 204. Repeal of requirement for annual report on donations by NIST of educationally useful
Federal equipment to schools.
Sec. 205. Repeal of requirement for annual report by NIST on enterprise integration standardization
and implementation activities.
Sec. 206. Repeal of requirement for annual report on equal access for minority and economically
disadvantaged students to fellowships on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
resources.
Sec. 207. Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of Technology Innovation Program.
Sec. 208. Repeal of requirement for annual report by TIP Advisory Board.
Sec. 209. Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of West Atlantic Fisheries
Organization.
Sec. 210. Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia reports.
TITLE III—Department of Defense
Sec. 301. Report on administration and oversight of Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 302. Annual report on adequacy of budget for operational energy plans.
Sec. 303. Annual report on combatant command activities.
Sec. 304. Annual report on combating terrorism.
Sec. 305. Annual report on public-private competition.
Sec. 306. Arms Export Control Act report on military exports.
Sec. 307. Reports on protection of certain individuals.
Sec. 308. Audits of undefinitized contracts.
Sec. 309. Notification of award of certain contracts to entities controlled by a foreign
government.
Sec. 310. Commercialization pilot program.
Sec. 311. Notification of certain leases of vehicles.
Sec. 312. Report on consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in timely
fashion.
Sec. 313. Report on consideration of proposals for posthumous and honorary promotions and
appointments.
Sec. 314. Report on contingency construction.
Sec. 315. Justification for conveyance of damages or deteriorated military family housing.
Sec. 316. Report on defense economic adjustment planning.
Sec. 317. Report on Defense Housing Investment Account.
Sec. 318. Annual report on Department of Defense housing funds.
Sec. 319. Report on Department of Defense technology and industrial base guidance.
Sec. 320. Display of annual budget requirements for air sovereignty alert mission.
Sec. 321. Report on emergency and extraordinary expenses.
Sec. 322. Report on enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Sec. 323. Report on experimental personnel management program for scientific and technical
personnel.
Sec. 324. Report on Federal agency data mining.
Sec. 325. Report on grants of exception to costs or pricing data certification requirements and
waivers of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 326. Inclusion of net square footage comparisons in requests to build military family housing.
Sec. 327. Information to accompany funding requests for contingency operations.
Sec. 328. Notification of military construction investments.
Sec. 329. Quarterly reports on joint readiness reviews.
Sec. 330. Report on limited partnerships with private developers of housing.
Sec. 331. Report on military family readiness.
Sec. 332. Report on multi-year aircraft lease pilot program.
Sec. 333. Annual report on National Guard and reserve component equipment.
Sec. 334. Notification of negotiations for payment-in-kind with host countries.
Sec. 335. Notice of deficiency for military housing privatization projects.
Sec. 336. Notice of long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed.
Sec. 337. Notification of burden sharing contributions by designated countries and regional
organizations.
Sec. 338. Notification of prime contract awards to comply with cooperative agreements; notification
of waivers granted to prime contractors in conjunction with cooperative
agreements.
Sec. 339. Notification of equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal.
Sec. 340. Oversight of procurement, test, and operational plans for ballistic missile defense
programs.
Sec. 341. Report on price trend analysis for supplies and equipment purchased by the Department of
Defense.
Sec. 342. Report on prohibition of certain civilian personnel management constraints.
Sec. 343. Report on prohibition on contracting with entities that comply with the secondary Arab
boycott of Israel.
Sec. 344. Report on relocation of military family housing units.
Sec. 345. Report on multinational military centers of excellence.
Sec. 346. Notification of decisions to carry out certain facility repair projects.
Sec. 347. Report on meritorious security waivers.
Sec. 348. Report on reliability of Department of Defense financial statements.
Sec. 349. Report to Congress regarding equip and train authority to recover the remains of missing
personnel.
Sec. 350. Reporting requirements relating to renewable energy use by the Department of Defense to
meet the Department's electricity needs.
Sec. 351. Reports on transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations.
Sec. 352. Requirement for advance notification to Congress of transfer of certain excess defense
articles.
Sec. 353. Requirement for annual program goals for ballistic missile defense programs.
Sec. 354. Notification of military construction project conducted using proceeds from sale of
electricity from alternate energy and cogeneration production facilities.
Sec. 355. Strategic sourcing plan of action and report on savings, consolidation, restructuring, or
reengineering.
Sec. 356. Biennial report on space protection strategy.
Sec. 357. Report on timeliness standards for disposition of applications before corrections board.
Sec. 358. Notification of water conservation construction projects.
TITLE IV—Department of Education
Sec. 401. Report on rehabilitation services training.
Sec. 402. Report on data collection on the distribution of Federal education funds.
Sec. 403. Report on Federal TRIO programs.
Sec. 404. Reports on activities carried under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Sec. 405. Report on Advanced Placement incentive program grants.
Sec. 406. Report on Advanced Placement test fee program.
Sec. 407. Report on impact aid construction justifying discretionary grant awards.
Sec. 408. Report on the protection and advocacy of individual rights.
Sec. 409. Report on the rural and low-income school program.
Sec. 410. Report on GEAR UP.
TITLE V—Department of Energy
Sec. 502. Report on stripper well and Exxon funds.
Sec. 503. Studies on the benefits of economic dispatch.
Sec. 504. Annual updates of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring
plan.
Sec. 505. Report on Federal purchase requirement.
Sec. 506. Report on advanced uses of geothermal energy.
Sec. 507. H-prize reports.
Sec. 508. Report on voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity.
Sec. 509. Report on marine and hydrokinetic technology.
Sec. 510. Report on the activities of the office of petroleum reserves.
Sec. 511. Report on amended energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 512. Report on science and engineering education pilot program.
Sec. 513. Annual reports on Central Valley Project water.
Sec. 514. Report on Calfed Bay-Delta program.
Sec. 515. Reports on oil or gas royalties taken in-kind.
TITLE VI—Department of Health and Human Services
Sec. 601. Report on long-term care ombudsman program.
Sec. 602. Reports on part D formularies' inclusion of drugs commonly used by dual eligibles.
Sec. 603. Report on pediatric initiative.
Sec. 604. Report on the C.W. Bill Young Transplantation program.
Sec. 605. Reports on activities of Qualified Independent Contractors.
Sec. 606. Report on evaluation, research, and technical assistance activities supported by the
promoting safe and stable families programs.
Sec. 607. Report relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and transportation of
organs.
Sec. 608. Report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation.
Sec. 609. Report on leased aircraft.
Sec. 610. Report on national breast and cervical cancer early detection program.
Sec. 611. Reports on national coverage determinations.
Sec. 612. National Institute of Nursing Research report.
Sec. 613. Report on relationship between premature birth and birth defects.
Sec. 614. Report of Director, National Institutes of Health.
Sec. 615. Trans-National Institutes of Health Research report.
Sec. 616. Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality report.
Sec. 617. Autism surveillance activities report.
Sec. 618. Lead contamination report.
Sec. 619. World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program.
Sec. 620. Long-term health effects of living organ donation report.
Sec. 621. Program evaluation activities of HHS report.
Sec. 622. Centers of Excellence report.
Sec. 623. Submission of CFS–101 forms.
Sec. 624. Superfund audit and report.
Sec. 625. Reports under the Medicare enrollment demonstration project.
TITLE VII—Department of Homeland Security
Sec. 701. Reports on collection of antidumping and countervailing duties.
Sec. 702. Report on enforcement of prohibition on importation of dog and cat fur products.
Sec. 703. Report on scanning of cargo containers at foreign ports.
Sec. 704. Reports on importation of softwood lumber.
Sec. 705. Port of entry infrastructure assessment study and national land border security plan.
Sec. 706. Report on customs user fees.
Sec. 707. Reports and briefings on staffing and hiring at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Sec. 708. Reports on the budget and counternarcotic activities of the Office of Counternarcotics
Enforcement.
Sec. 709. Worksite enforcement report.
Sec. 710. Secure communities report.
Sec. 711. Report on unobligated balances.
Sec. 712. Staffing and hiring report.
Sec. 713. Trade compliance expenditure plan.
Sec. 714. Secure Border Initiative status report.
Sec. 715. Reports on mission coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates of Federal air marshals.
Sec. 716. Reports on certain recovered or deobligated funds made available to the Transportation
Security Administration.
Sec. 717. Report on protection of personal information under Registered Traveler Program of the
Transportation Security Administration.
Sec. 718. Consolidation of reports on sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sexual assaults.
Sec. 719. Consolidation of reports on compliance with security standards.
Sec. 720. Consolidation of reports and assessments on marine safety strategy and goals.
Sec. 721. Reports on Presidential security expenditures.
Sec. 722. Reports on modernization of National Distress and Response System.
Sec. 723. Comprehensive Acquisition Status report.
TITLE VIII—Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
Sec. 801. Rural Development Disaster Assistance report.
TITLE IX—Department of Justice
Sec. 901. Supervised Visitation report.
Sec. 902. Transitional Housing Program report.
TITLE X—Department of Labor
Sec. 1001. Report on service to minority individuals for Senior Community Service Employment
Program.
Sec. 1002. Andean Trade Preference Act report.
TITLE XI—Department of the Interior
Sec. 1101. Special Trustee for American Indians report.
TITLE XII—Department of State
Sec. 1201. Annual foreign military training report.
Sec. 1202. Annual military assistance report.
Sec. 1203. Annual report on financial contributions by the U.S. to international organizations.
Sec. 1204. Report on arms transfers and regional balance in the Middle East.
Sec. 1205. Report on Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Sec. 1206. Report on International Military Education and Training.
Sec. 1207. Report on Kosovo peacekeeping.
Sec. 1208. Report on nuclear nonproliferation in South Asia.
Sec. 1209. Report on PLO compliance with commitments.
Sec. 1210. Report on employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations.
Sec. 1211. Report on immunity for interdiction of aircraft used in illicit drug trafficking.
Sec. 1212. Report on outstanding expropriation claims.
Sec. 1213. Report on terrorist lookout committees.
Sec. 1214. Report on conflict in Sudan.
Sec. 1215. Reports on countries that export rough diamonds to the United States not controlled
through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
Sec. 1216. Report on visa issuance to inadmissible aliens.
Sec. 1217. Report on resolution of the Cyprus conflict.
Sec. 1218. Sudan Peace Act war crimes report.
Sec. 1219. Report on Tibet negotiations.
Sec. 1220. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel.
TITLE XIII—Department of the Treasury
Sec. 1301. Reports on environmental efforts of the multilateral development banks.
Sec. 1302. Annual report on the North American Development Bank.
Sec. 1303. Report on bilateral and multilateral debt reduction activities.
Sec. 1304. Report on costs and benefits of United States participation in the International
Monetary Fund.
Sec. 1305. Report on labor practices of countries that borrow from international financial
institutions.
Sec. 1306. Report on loans considered by international financial institutions.
Sec. 1307. Annual report by Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and
Financial Policies.
Sec. 1308. Quarterly report on borrowing arrangements of the International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 1309. Annual report and testimony on the state of the international financial system,
International Monetary Fund reform, and compliance with International
Monetary Fund agreements.
Sec. 1310. Report on progress of the Asian Development Bank toward meeting certain policy goals.
Sec. 1311. Report on the multilateral Clean Technology Fund.
Sec. 1312. Notification of significant modifications to auction process for issuing United States
Treasury obligations.
Sec. 1313. Report on technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central banks of
developing or transitional countries.
Sec. 1314. Reports on United States supported policies in the multilateral development banks.
Sec. 1315. Reports on United States Government foreign credit exposure.
Sec. 1316. Vacancies report.
TITLE XIV—Department of Transportation
Sec. 1401. Buckle Up America report.
Sec. 1402. Buy America Waivers.
Sec. 1403. Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified asphalts.
Sec. 1404. Hazardous materials emergency preparedness grants report.
Sec. 1405. Hazardous materials safety quarterly staffing report.
Sec. 1406. High speed corridors and intercity passenger rail service monthly project status.
Sec. 1407. Neighborhood electric vehicles.
Sec. 1408. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Statutory Mandate reports.
Sec. 1409. Rail safety mandates and NTSB recommendations.
Sec. 1410. Railway-Highway crossings.
Sec. 1411. Reports on hazardous materials transportation.
Sec. 1412. Major projects team reports.
Sec. 1413. Pipeline safety information grants to communities.
Sec. 1414. FAA technical staffing requirements.
TITLE XV—Department of Veterans Affairs
Sec. 1501. Repeal of requirement for annual reports regarding Office of Research Oversight.
Sec. 1502. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on contracting for performance by contractor
personnel for work previously performed by Department employees.
Sec. 1503. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on procurement of health-care items.
Sec. 1504. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on medical and surgical bed closures.
Sec. 1505. Reduced frequency of annual reports on activities relating to minority veterans.
Sec. 1506. Repeal of requirement for annual report on sharing of health-care resources.
Sec. 1507. Repeal of requirement for annual report on staffing of registered nurses.
Sec. 1508. Repeal of requirement for annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention of
experienced nurses.
TITLE XVI—Consumer Product Safety Commission
Sec. 1601. Consolidation of annual reports regarding Inspector General reviews of improvements and
employee complaints concerning Consumer Product Safety Commission.
TITLE XVII—Corporation for National and Community Service
Sec. 1701. Report on reports provided by other Federal agencies.
Sec. 1702. Service-learning impact study.
TITLE XVIII—Environmental Protection Agency
Sec. 1801. Great Lakes report.
Sec. 1802. General assistance program report.
Sec. 1803. Marine protection report.
Sec. 1804. Superfund Alternative Approach report.
Sec. 1805. Acid Precipitation Task Force.
Sec. 1806. Great Lakes crosscut report.
Sec. 1807. Federal procurement reporting.
TITLE XIX—Federal Trade Commission
Sec. 1901. Consolidation of report on scholarship fraud.
Sec. 1902. Ethanol market concentration.
TITLE XX—General Services Administration
Sec. 2001. Contingency Contracting Corps.
Sec. 2002. Agency activities to improve air quality.
Sec. 2003. Per diem rates.
Sec. 2004. Federal high-performance green buildings.
TITLE XXI—National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sec. 2101. Report on donations of educationally useful Federal equipment to schools.
Sec. 2102. Annual audit of policies and procedures of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration with respect to the export of technologies and the transfer
of scientific and technical information.
Sec. 2103. Status report on operations of Landsat system.
Sec. 2104. Report on National Aeronautics and Space Administration outreach program.
Sec. 2105. Notification of policy seeking full cost recovery for tests conducted at National
Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities.
Sec. 2106. Report on National Aeronautics and Space Administration program and cost assessment and
cost control.
Sec. 2107. Report on performance assessment of divisions in the Science directorate of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Sec. 2108. Report on space cooperation with states of the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 2109. Space shuttle follow-on report.
Sec. 2110. Report on stratospheric ozone depletion.
Sec. 2111. Aeronautics and space report of the President.
TITLE XXII—National Science Foundation
Sec. 2201. Report on encouraging participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
careers.
Sec. 2202. Report on funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
education programs.
Sec. 2203. Report on innovation acceleration research.
TITLE XXIII—Office of Personnel Management
Sec. 2301. Critical position pay.
Sec. 2302. Physicians comparability allowance.
Sec. 2303. Extending locality pay.
TITLE XXIV—Intelligence Reports
Sec. 2401. Submissions of space science and technology strategy.
Sec. 2402. Reports on intelligence information sharing.
Sec. 2403. Reports on the acquisition of major systems.
Sec. 2404. Reports on the threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 2405. Reports on personnel level assessments for the intelligence community.
Sec. 2406. Reports on intelligence community business system transformation.
Sec. 2407. Reports on security clearances.
Sec. 2408. Reports related to analytic integrity.
Sec. 2409. Reports of privacy and civil liberties officers.
Sec. 2410. Reports related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 2411. Reports on waivers of conditions for disqualification for security clearances.
Sec. 2412. Reports on customer feedback on Department of Homeland Security intelligence reporting.
Sec. 2413. Reports on commerce with, and assistance to, Cuba from other foreign countries.
Sec. 2414. Reports identifying countries of concern with respect to the diversion of certain goods,
services, and technologies to or through Iran.
Sec. 2415. Reports from the Advisory Intelligence Committees.
Sec. 2416. Assessments on transformation of the intelligence capabilities of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Sec. 2417. Reports on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and related matters.
Sec. 2418. Reports on counterterrorism status.
Sec. 2419. Reports on bandwidth requirements for major defense acquisition programs and major
systems acquisition programs.
Sec. 2420. Reports regarding Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons.
Sec. 2421. Reports on counterintelligence and security practices at the national laboratories.
Sec. 2422. Reports on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers.
Sec. 2423. Reports on espionage by the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 2424. Reports on uncontrolled treaty-limited equipment.
TITLE XXV—Securities and Exchange Commission
Sec. 2501. Securities Financial Controls Audit report.
TITLE XXVI—Small Business Administration
Sec. 2601. Small Business breakout procurement center reports.
Sec. 2602. Small business loss report.
Sec. 2603. Small business secondary market guarantee authority.
TITLE XXVII—Social Security Administration
Sec. 2701. Social Security Administration Comprehensive Printing Plan Program.
TITLE XXVIII—United States Army Corps of Engineers
Sec. 2801. Consolidation of reports on execution of water resources development funds.
TITLE XXIX—Executive Office of the President
Sec. 2901. Restriction on airport projects using products or services of foreign countries denying
fair market opportunities.
Sec. 2902. Annual report on the World Trade Organization.
Sec. 2903. Baseline for Application of Reprogramming and Transfer Authorities.
Sec. 2904. FAIR Inventories.
Sec. 2905. Homeland Security Funding Analysis.
Sec. 2906. Reduction in frequency of elimination of unnecessary agency reporting reports.
Sec. 2907. Repeal of reports on interagency oceans and human health research program.
Sec. 2908. Repeal of report and related requirements relating to national coordination of research
infrastructure.
Sec. 2909. Reduced frequency of report by National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel.
Sec. 2910. Reports on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
Sec. 2911. Elimination of requirement for review of National Nanotechnology Program by National
Research Council.
Sec. 2912. Elimination of requirement for report on the National Windstorm Impact Reduction
Program.
Sec. 2913. Elimination of mid-session review summary.
Sec. 2914. Elimination of requirement for report on progress of executive agencies in achieving
goals set to improve efficiency and effectiveness of agency operations
through use of information technology.
Sec. 2915. Report on trade preferences under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Sec. 2916. Physicians' comparability allowances.
Sec. 2917. Report on trade enforcement efforts under title III of the Trade Act of 1974.
Sec. 2918. Publication of service contract inventory.
Sec. 2919. Report on waivers of sanctions with respect to North Korea.
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Department of
Agriculture
101.
Commodity
promotion and evaluation
Section 501(d) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401(d)) is amended by striking annually provide to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and inserting make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture.
102.
Annual
reports by agricultural attaches
Section 108 of the Agricultural Act of 1954
(7 U.S.C. 1748) is repealed.
103.
Reporting
requirement under Farmland Protection Policy Act
Section 1546 of the Farmland Protection
Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4207) is repealed.
104.
Rural
development programs
(a)
Locally or
regionally produced agricultural food products
Section 310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)) is amended by striking
clause (iv) and inserting the following:
(iv)
Information posted to website
The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information that
describes projects carried out using loans or loan guarantees made under
clause (i), including—
(I) the characteristics of the communities served; and
(II) resulting benefits.
.
(b)
Beginning
farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program reports
Section 333B of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b) is amended—
(1) by
striking subsection (e); and
(2) by
redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e) through (g),
respectively.
(c)
Rural areas
Section 343(a)(13)(D)(iii)(VI) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(D)(iii)(VI)) is
amended by striking submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report and inserting make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information.
(d)
Rural
Collaborative Investment Program
Section
385C(b)(7) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
2009dd–2(b)(7)) is amended—
(1) in
subparagraph (B), by adding and at the end;
(2) in
subparagraph (C), by striking ; and and inserting a period;
and
(3) by
striking subparagraph (D).
105.
Access to
broadband telecommunications services in rural areas
Section 601(j) of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)) is amended by striking (j) Reports.— and all that follows through that describes and inserting the following:
(j)
Information posted to website
The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information that
describes
.
106.
Promotion of
agricultural exports to emerging democracies
Section 1542(e) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note; Public Law 101–624) is
amended—
(1) by
striking (e) Foreign debt
burdens.— and all that follows through (1)
Effect of
credits.—In and inserting the following:
(e)
Foreign debt
burdens
In
;
and
(2) by
striking paragraph (2).
107.
Commodity
Credit Corporation quarterly report to Congress
Section 13 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714k) is amended by striking the second
sentence.
108.
Crop
insurance
Section
508(a)(6)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(6)(B)) is
amended by striking report to Congress and inserting make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information.
109.
Early child
nutrition education evaluations and reports
Section 119(j) of the Child Nutrition and
WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 1766 note; Public Law 108–265) is
amended—
(1) in
paragraph (1), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting
paragraph (5);
(2) by
striking paragraph (5); and
(3) by
redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
110.
Grain
Inspection Service annual report
Section 17B of the United States Grain
Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87f–2) is amended—
(1) by
striking subsection (a); and
(2) by
redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b),
respectively.
111.
Notification
prior to release of
information
Section 8d(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking the third sentence.
112.
Plant pest
and disease management and disaster prevention
Section 420(c) of the Plant Protection Act
(7 U.S.C. 7721(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
(3)
Information posted to website
The Secretary shall make available on the website of the Department of Agriculture information that
describes the action plans described in paragraph (2), including an
accounting of funds expended on the action plans.
.
113.
Agricultural
trade
(a)
Quarterly
export assistance reports
Section 603 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5713) is repealed.
(b)
Status report for foreign market
development
Section 702 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5722) is amended by striking subsection (c).
114.
Report on
conservation program enrollments and assistance
Section 1241(i) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(i)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking a semiannual and inserting an
annual.
115.
Status report
for Food for Progress program
Subsection (j) of the Food for Progress Act
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o(j)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
116.
Status report
for technical assistance for specialty crops
Section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680) is amended—
(1) by
striking subsection (d); and
(2) by
redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
117.
Timber supply
and demand in southeastern Alaska
Section 706 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 539e) is amended—
(1) by
striking subsection (a); and
(2) by
redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b),
respectively.
118.
Tongass
National Forest
report
Section 706 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 539e) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b).
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Department of
Commerce
201.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on Atlantic migratory
species
The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975
(Public Law 94–70; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) is amended by striking section
11 (16
U.S.C. 971j).
202.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on progress by educational institutions to
become
designated as sea grant colleges or sea grant institutions
Section 207 of the National Sea Grant
College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1126) is amended by striking subsection
(e).
203.
Repeal of
requirement for annual reports on coordination between NSF and oceans and
coastal research activities of
NOAA
The National Sea Grant College Program Act
Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107–299) is amended by striking section 9
(33
U.S.C. 857–20).
204.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on donations by NIST of educationally useful
Federal equipment to
schools
Section 6(b) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–309; 15
U.S.C. 272 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2).
205.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report by NIST on enterprise integration
standardization
and implementation
activities
Section 3 of the Enterprise Integration Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107–277; 15 U.S.C. 278g–5) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
206.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on equal access for minority and
economically
disadvantaged students to fellowships on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
resources
Section 208(a) of the National Sea Grant
College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1127(a)) is amended by striking the fourth
sentence.
207.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on activities of Technology Innovation
Program
Section 28 of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended by striking
subsection
(g).
208.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report by TIP Advisory
Board
Section 28(k) of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n(k)) is amended by striking
paragraph (5).
209.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on activities of West Atlantic Fisheries
Organization
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–43; 16 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by
striking
section 212 (16 U.S.C. 5611).
210.
Harmful algal
blooms and hypoxia
reports
(a)
In
general
Section 603 of the
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16
U.S.C.
1451 note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsections (c) and (d); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (c) through (g),
respectively.
(b)
Conforming
amendments
Section 605 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 1451 note) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2),
by striking 603(f)(2)(B) and inserting
603(d)(2)(B);
(2)
in paragraph (3),
by striking and to carry out section 603(d); and
(3)
in paragraph (6),
by striking 603(e) and inserting 603(c).
III
Department of
Defense
301.
Report on
administration and oversight of Armed Forces Retirement
Home
Section 1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement
Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 411) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (h); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (i) as subsection (h).
302.
Annual report
on adequacy of budget for operational energy
plans
Section 138c(e)(4) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking Not later than 30 days after the
date on which the budget for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress
pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31 and inserting Not later than March 31
each year.
303.
Annual report
on combatant command
activities
Section 153 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c).
304.
Annual report
on combating
terrorism
Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
by striking
section 229; and
(2)
in the table of
sections at the beginning of such chapter, by striking the item relating
to
such section.
305.
Annual report
on public-private
competition
Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking section 2462; and
(2)
in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, by striking the item relating to such
section.
306.
Arms Export
Control Act report on military
exports
Section 36(a) of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776(a)) is amended—
(1)
by striking the end of each
quarter and inserting the end of each fiscal
year;
(2)
in paragraph (5),
by striking in the quarter of the fiscal year immediately following the
quarter and inserting in the fiscal year immediately following
the year; and
(3)
in paragraphs
(8), (9), and (10), by striking quarter each place it appears
and inserting year.
307.
Reports on
protection of certain
individuals
Section 1074(b)(6) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 113
note)
is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph
(A), by striking The Secretary and inserting Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary;
(2)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
and
(3)
by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
(B)
Exceptions
The
reporting requirement under subparagraph (A) does not apply to
determinations
under paragraphs (4) or (5) to provide or extend protections to—
(i)
individuals
described under paragraph (2)(C) who are conducting official
business with the
Department of Defense as part of an officially sponsored event; or
(ii)
individuals
described under paragraph
(2)(E).
.
308.
Audits of
undefinitized
contracts
Section 908(b) of the Defense Acquisition
Improvement Act of 1986 (as enacted pursuant to section 101(c) of Public
Law
99–500 (100 Stat. 1783–140) and identically enacted pursuant to section
101(c)
of Public Law 99–591 (100 Stat. 3341–140) and Public Law 99–661 (100 Stat.
3919; 10 U.S.C. 2326 note)) is amended—
(1)
by striking
shall— and all that follows through (1) periodically
conduct an audit and inserting shall periodically conduct an
audit;
(2)
by striking
departments; and and inserting departments.;
and
(3)
by striking
paragraph (2).
309.
Notification
of award of certain contracts to entities controlled by a foreign
government
Section 2536(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
(1) The Secretary concerned and inserting The Secretary
concerned;
(2)
by striking paragraph (2);
(3)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
(4)
in paragraph (2),
as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii)
as
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
310.
Commercialization
pilot
program
Section 9(y)(6) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph
(A), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ;
and;
(2)
in subparagraph
(B), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and
(3)
by striking
subparagraph (C).
311.
Notification
of certain leases of
vehicles
Section 2401(h) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
only if— and all that follows through the Secretary has
notified and inserting only if the Secretary has
notified;
(2)
by striking
paragraph (2);
(3)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3),
respectively,
and moving such paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and
(4)
in paragraph (3),
as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking ;
and and inserting a period.
312.
Report on
consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in
timely
fashion
Section 1130 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
313.
Report on
consideration of proposals for posthumous and honorary promotions and
appointments
Section 1563 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b).
314.
Report on
contingency
construction
Section 2804(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking the third sentence.
315.
Justification
for conveyance of damages or deteriorated military family
housing
Section 2854a of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f),
respectively.
316.
Report on
defense economic adjustment
planning
Section 4004(d) of the Defense Economic
Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990
(division D of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2391 note) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1),
by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ; and;
(2)
in paragraph (2),
by striking ; and and inserting a period; and
(3)
by striking
paragraph (3).
317.
Report on
Defense Housing Investment
Account
Section 2837 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (f).
318.
Annual report
on Department of Defense housing
funds
Section 2884 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b);
(2)
in subsection
(a)—
(A)
by redesignating
paragraph (2) as subsection (b);
(B)
in paragraph (1),
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2),
respectively;
(C)
by striking
reports.— and all that follows through
(1) The Secretary and inserting reports.—The Secretary;
and
(D)
by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;
(3)
in subsection
(b), as redesignated by paragraph (2)(A)—
(A)
by inserting
Elements.— before For each proposed
contract;
(B)
by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting subsection (a);
and
(C)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
(4),
respectively; and
(4)
in subsection
(c), as redesignated by paragraph (2)(D)—
(A)
by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2);
(B)
in subparagraph
(A), by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A),
(B),
and (C), respectively;
(C)
by striking
(A) In the case and inserting Contracts with private
parties.—(1) In the case;
(D)
by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting subsection (a);
and
(E)
in paragraph (2),
as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii)
as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.
319.
Report on
Department of Defense technology and industrial base
guidance
Subchapter II of chapter 148 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
section 2504; and
(2)
in the table of
sections at the beginning of such subchapter, by striking the item
relating to
such section.
320.
Display of
annual budget requirements for air sovereignty alert
mission
Section 354 of the Duncan Hunter National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10
U.S.C.
221 note) is hereby repealed.
321.
Report on
emergency and extraordinary
expenses
Section 127 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (d).
322.
Report on
enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction
Agency
Section 1409 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 22 U.S.C. 2778
note) is
amended—
(1)
by striking (a)
In general.—Not
later than and inserting Not later than; and
(2)
by striking subsection (b).
323.
Report on
experimental personnel management program for scientific and technical
personnel
Section 1101 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 5 U.S.C. 3104
note)
is amended by striking subsection (g).
324.
Report on
Federal agency data
mining
Section 804 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–3) is
hereby repealed.
325.
Report on
grants of exception to costs or pricing data certification requirements
and
waivers of cost accounting
standards
Section 817 of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10
U.S.C.
2306a note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (d);
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
(3)
in subsection
(d), as so redesignated—
(A)
by striking
this section: and all that follows through (1) The
term and inserting this section, the term;
(B)
by striking
paragraph (2); and
(C)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and
moving
such paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left.
326.
Inclusion of
net square footage comparisons in requests to build military family
housing
Section 2826 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
(a) Local
comparability.—; and
(2)
by striking
subsection (b).
327.
Information to
accompany funding requests for contingency
operations
Section 113 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (m).
328.
Notification
of military construction
investments
Section 2875 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (e).
329.
Quarterly
reports on joint readiness
reviews
Section 117 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
330.
Report on
limited partnerships with private developers of
housing
Section 2837(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
(1) The Secretary concerned and inserting The Secretary
concerned; and
(2)
by striking
paragraph (2).
331.
Report on
military family
readiness
Section 1781b of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (d).
332.
Report on
multi-year aircraft lease pilot
program
Section 8159(c) of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2002 (division A of Public Law 107–117; 10 U.S.C.
2401a
note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
paragraph (7); and
(2)
by redesignating
paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9),
respectively.
333.
Annual report
on National Guard and reserve component
equipment
Section 10541(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking March 15 and inserting April
15.
334.
Notification
of negotiations for payment-in-kind with host
countries
Section 2921 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively.
335.
Notice of
deficiency for military housing privatization
projects
Section 2885(a)(3) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking a project and inserting
a construction project (other than a renovation project).
336.
Notice of
long-term leasing of military family housing to be
constructed
Section 2835 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (g); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (g).
337.
Notification
of burden sharing contributions by designated countries and regional
organizations
Section 2350j of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
338.
Notification
of prime contract awards to comply with cooperative agreements;
notification of
waivers granted to prime contractors in conjunction with cooperative
agreements
Section 2350b of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (d); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (d), (e), and (f),
respectively.
339.
Notification
of equipment scheduled for retirement or
disposal
Section 2244a(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.
340.
Oversight of
procurement, test, and operational plans for ballistic missile defense
programs
Section 223a of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (d).
341.
Report on
price trend analysis for supplies and equipment purchased by the
Department of
Defense
Section 892 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C.
2306a
note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
342.
Report on
prohibition of certain civilian personnel management
constraints
Section 129 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (f).
343.
Report on
prohibition on contracting with entities that comply with the secondary
Arab
boycott of
Israel
Section 2410i(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.
344.
Report on
relocation of military family housing
units
Section 2827 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary and inserting
The Secretary; and
(2)
by striking
subsection (b).
345.
Report on
multinational military centers of
excellence
Section 2350m of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
346.
Notification
of decisions to carry out certain facility repair
projects
Section 2811(d) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking $7,500,000 and inserting
$10,000,000.
347.
Report on
meritorious security
waivers
Section 3002(c) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 435c(c)) is amended by
striking
paragraph (4).
348.
Report on
reliability of Department of Defense financial
statements
Section 1008 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 113
note)
is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (a);
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d),
and
(e), respectively;
(3)
in subsection
(a), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking in the annual report
under subsection (a); and
(4)
in paragraph (1)
of subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking under subsection (b)
or (c) and inserting under subsection (a) or (b).
349.
Report to
Congress regarding equip and train authority to recover the remains of
missing
personnel
Section 408 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (f).
350.
Reporting
requirements relating to renewable energy use by the Department of Defense
to
meet the Department's electricity
needs
Section 2864 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 2911
note) is hereby repealed.
351.
Reports on
transfers from high-priority readiness
appropriations
Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
by striking
section 483; and
(2)
in the table of
sections at the beginning of such chapter, by striking the item relating
to
such section.
352.
Requirement
for advance notification to Congress of transfer of certain excess defense
articles
Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (f); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), and (h),
respectively.
353.
Requirement
for annual program goals for ballistic missile defense
programs
Section 232(h) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 2431
note) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
354.
Notification
of military construction project conducted using proceeds from sale of
electricity from alternate energy and cogeneration production
facilities
Section 2916 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c).
355.
Strategic
sourcing plan of action and report on savings, consolidation,
restructuring, or
reengineering
Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
by striking
section 2475; and
(2)
in the table of
sections at the beginning of such subchapter, by striking the item
relating to
such section.
356.
Biennial
report on space protection
strategy
Subsection (f) of section 911 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law
110–181; 10
U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
paragraph (2);
(2)
in paragraph (3),
by striking , and each update required by paragraph (2),;
and
(3)
by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
357.
Report on
timeliness standards for disposition of applications before corrections
board
Section 1557 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
358.
Notification
of water conservation construction
projects
Section 2866(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
(1) The Secretary of Defense and inserting The Secretary
of Defense; and
(2)
by striking paragraph (2).
IV
Department of
Education
401.
Report on
rehabilitation services
training
Section 302(e) of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C. 772(e)) is amended by striking The Commissioner shall
prepare and all that follows through justify the
allocations..
402.
Report on data collection on the distribution of Federal education funds
Section 424 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226b) is repealed.
403.
Report on
Federal TRIO
programs
Section 402H of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–18) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (a); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (a) through (c),
respectively.
404.
Reports on
activities carried under the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
701 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
by striking section 13 (29 U.S.C. 710) and
inserting the following:
13.
;
(2)
in section 102(c)
(29 U.S.C. 722(c)), by striking paragraph (8);
(3)
in section 106
(29 U.S.C. 726), by striking subsection (d);
(4)
in section
131(a)(1)(B)(i), by striking , as required by section 13;
(5)
in section 611
(29 U.S.C. 795)—
(A)
in subsection
(a)—
(i)
by
striking paragraph (5); and
(ii)
by
redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5);
(B)
in subsection
(b)—
(i)
in
paragraph (1), by inserting and after the semicolon;
(ii)
in
paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a period;
and
(iii)
by striking
paragraph (3);
(C)
by striking
subsection (d);
(D)
by redesignating
subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g),
respectively; and
(E)
in subsection
(e), as redesignated by subparagraph (D)—
(i)
in
paragraph (1), by striking consistent with the evaluation standards
under subsection (d)(1);
(ii)
in
paragraph (4), by striking that are consistent with program evaluation
standards developed under subsection (d); and
(iii)
by striking
paragraph (5); and
(6)
in section 706
(29 U.S.C. 796d–1), by striking subsection (d).
405.
Report on
Advanced Placement incentive program
grants
Section 1705(f) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6535(f)) is amended—
(1)
by striking
and
Reporting in the subsection heading and all that
follows through Each eligible and inserting .—Each
eligible;
(2)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) through (D) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively,
and
indenting appropriately; and
(3)
by striking
paragraph (2).
406.
Report on
Advanced Placement test fee
program
Section 1704(f) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6534(f)) is amended—
(1)
by striking
Report in the subsection heading and all
that follows through Each State and inserting
Report.—Each State;
(2)
by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) through (D) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively,
and
indenting appropriately; and
(3)
by striking
paragraph (2).
407.
Report on
impact aid construction justifying discretionary grant
awards
Section 8007(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) is amended by striking
paragraph (7).
408.
Report on the
protection and advocacy of individual
rights
Section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (k); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (l) and (m) as subsections (k) and (l), respectively.
409.
Report on the
rural and low-income school
program
Section 6224 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351c) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
410.
Report on GEAR
UP
Section 404G of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–27) is amended—
(1)
in the section
heading, by striking and
report; and
(2)
by striking
subsection (d).
V
Department of
Energy
502.
Report on
stripper well and Exxon
funds
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Energy shall not be required to prepare or submit an
annual
report on—
(1)
procedures for overseeing the expenditure
by States and territories of stripper well and Exxon funds; and
(2)
the status of any pending enforcement
actions with regard to the expenditure of the funds.
503.
Studies on the
benefits of economic
dispatch
Sections 1234(c) and 1832(c) of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16432(c), 16524(c)) are amended by striking and on a yearly basis following, each place it appears.
504.
Annual updates
of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring
plan
(a)
In
general
Section 4604 of the
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2704) is amended—
(1)
in subsection
(b)(1), by striking and any updates of the plan under subsection
(e);
(2)
by striking
subsection (e);
(3)
by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(4)
in subsection
(e), as redesignated by paragraph (3)—
(A)
by striking
(1) The Secretary and inserting The Secretary;
and
(B)
by striking
paragraph (2).
(b)
Conforming
amendment
Section 4643(d)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50
U.S.C. 2733(d)(1)) is amended by striking 4604(g) and inserting
4604(f).
505.
Report on
Federal purchase
requirement
(a)
Report on
Federal purchase requirement
Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended by striking subsection (d).
(b)
Consolidation
of reports
Section 548(b) of
the National Energy Conservation Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 8258) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3), by striking
and after the semicolon;
(2)
in paragraph (4), by striking the period
and adding ; and at the end; and
(3)
by adding at the
end the following:
(5)
information on
the progress of the Federal Government in meeting the goals
established by
section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15852).
.
506.
Report on
advanced uses of geothermal
energy
Section 621 of the Advanced Geothermal
Energy Research and Development Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17200) is
amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (a); and
(2)
by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (a).
507.
H-prize
reports
Section 1008(f) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16396(f)) is amended—
(1)
by striking paragraph (6); and
(2)
by redesignating
paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively.
508.
Report on
voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy
intensity
Section 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 15811) is amended by striking subsection (f).
509.
Report on marine and
hydrokinetic
technology
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Energy shall not be required to prepare or submit a
report on
the economic and technical viability of marine and hydrokinetic
technologies.
510.
Report on the
activities of the office of petroleum
reserves
Section 369(i) of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(i)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
511.
Report on
amended energy efficiency
standards
Section 342(a)(6)(C) of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)) is amended—
(1)
by striking
clause (v); and
(2)
by redesignating
the first clause (vi) (relating to consideration of prices and operating
patterns) as clause (v).
512.
Report on
science and engineering education pilot
program
Section 983 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 16323) is amended by striking subsection (d).
513.
Annual reports
on Central Valley Project
water
(a)
Reports
The Central Valley Project Improvement Act
(title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4706) is amended—
(1)
in section
3406(b)(2)(A), by striking subsections 3406(b)(3), 3408(h)–(i), and
through other measures consistent with subparagraph 3406(b)(1)(B) of this
title and inserting section 3406(b)(3), subsections (g) and (h)
of section 3408, and through other measures consistent with paragraph
(1)(B);
(2)
in section 3407,
by striking subsection (f); and
(3)
in section
3408—
(A)
by striking
subsection (f); and
(B)
by redesignating
subsections (g) through (k) as subsections (f) through (j),
respectively.
(b)
Conforming
amendment
Section 103(d)(1)(C)(ii) of the Water Supply,
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act (Public Law 108–361; 118
Stat.
1685) is amended by striking (j) and inserting
(i).
514.
Report on
Calfed Bay-Delta
program
Section 105 of the Water Supply,
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act (Public Law 108–361; 118
Stat.
1698) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (a); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.
515.
Reports on oil
or gas royalties taken
in-kind
Section 342 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 15902) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) through (i),
respectively.
VI
Department of
Health and Human Services
601.
Report on
long-term care ombudsman
program
(a)
In
general
Subsection (b) of section 207 of the Older Americans Act
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3018) is repealed.
(b)
Conforming
amendment
Section 207 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3018) is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b).
602.
Reports on
part D formularies' inclusion of drugs commonly used by dual
eligibles
Section 3313(a)(2) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is amended by inserting and
ending with 2012 after 2011.
603.
Report on
pediatric
initiative
Paragraph (3) of section 409D(c) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284h(c)) is amended by striking and
annually report and all that follows through through the
Initiative.
604.
Report on the
C.W. Bill Young Transplantation
program
Subsection (a) of section 379 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274k) is amended by striking an annual
report and inserting on a biennial basis, a
report.
605.
Reports on
activities of Qualified Independent
Contractors
Section 1869(e)(4)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ff(e)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the
following
new sentence: No annual report shall be submitted under this
subparagraph on or after February 1, 2013..
606.
Report on
evaluation, research, and technical assistance activities supported by the
promoting safe and stable families
programs
(a)
Consolidation
of available information
Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 479A of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679b) are repealed.
(b)
Conforming
amendments
Section 479A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 679b) is
amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2),
by striking the outcome measures should be developed and
inserting shall develop such outcome measures;
(2)
in paragraph (3),
by inserting and after the semicolon; and
(3)
in paragraph (4),
by striking the semicolon and inserting a period.
607.
Report
relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and
transportation
of organs
Section 377D of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 274f–4) is repealed.
608.
Report on the
scientific and clinical status of organ
transplantation
Section 376 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 274d) is repealed.
609.
Report on
leased
aircraft
The report regarding leased aircraft
required to be submitted to Congress by the Director of the Centers for
Disease
Control and Prevention under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
(Public
Law 110–161), as described in House Report 110–231, shall be submitted on
a
biennial basis instead of a semiannual basis.
610.
Report on
national breast and cervical cancer early detection
program
(a)
In
general
Paragraph (3) of section 1503(d) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300m(d)) is repealed.
(b)
Conforming
amendments
Section 1503(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300m(d)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
611.
Reports on
national coverage
determinations
Section 1869(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ff(f)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting and ending with
2012 after 2001.
612.
National
Institute of Nursing Research
report
Section 464Y of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 285q–3) is repealed.
613.
Report on
relationship between premature birth and birth
defects
(a)
In
general
Paragraph (2) of
section 3(b) of the PREEMIE Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–4f(b)) is repealed.
(b)
Conforming
amendment
Section 3(b) of the PREEMIE Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–4f(b))
is amended by striking Defects.— and all that follows
through .—The Secretary and inserting Defects.—The
Secretary.
614.
Report of
Director, National Institutes of
Health
Section 403 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 283) is repealed.
615.
Trans-National
Institutes of Health Research
report
Subparagraph (B) of section 402A(c)(2) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282a(c)(2)(B)) is repealed.
616.
Interagency
Working Group on Health Care Quality
report
(a)
Repeal
Subsection (d) of section 3012 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 280j note) is
repealed.
(b)
Consolidation
Section 399H of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 280j) is amended in subsection (d)(2)(B)—
(1)
in clause (iii), by striking
and at the end;
(2)
in clause (iv),
by striking the period and inserting ; and; and
(3)
by adding at the
end the following:
(v)
a
description of the progress and recommendations of the Working
Group
established under 3012 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act in
meeting the goals described in subsection (b) of such
section.
.
617.
Autism
surveillance activities
report
Section 399DD of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–3) is repealed.
618.
Lead
contamination
report
Subsection (j) of section 317A of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–1) is repealed.
619.
World Trade
Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment
Program
The requirement that the Secretary of Health
and Human Services provide reports to Congress in connection with amounts
appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide
health
care services for rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers and others
(commonly
referred to as the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment
Program) shall be repealed. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to limit the application of any requirements contained in the James
Zadroga
9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–347), or the
amendments made by such Act.
620.
Long-term
health effects of living organ donation
report
Section 3 of the Charlie W. Norwood Living
Organ Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 273b) is repealed.
621.
Program
evaluation activities of HHS
report
Subsection (b) of section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238j(b)) is repealed.
622.
Centers of
Excellence
report
Section 404H of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 283j) is repealed.
623.
Submission of
CFS–101
forms
Subsection (c) of section 432 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629b) is repealed.
624.
Superfund
audit and
report
Subsection (k) of section 111 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980
(42 U.S.C. 9611(k)) is repealed.
625.
Reports under
the Medicare enrollment demonstration
project
Section 4018(b) of the Balanced Budget Act
of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–21 note) is repealed.
VII
Department of
Homeland Security
701.
Reports on
collection of antidumping and countervailing
duties
(a)
Consolidated
report
Subtitle D of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1677 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
784.
Reports on
collection of antidumping and countervailing duties
(a)
Annual
report
Not later than April
30, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner responsible for
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection shall submit to Congress and make
available to
the public a report on antidumping and countervailing duties that
covers the
fiscal year preceding the submission of the report and includes the
following:
(1)
The amount of antidumping and
countervailing duties collected.
(2)
The amount of
distributions of antidumping or countervailing duties made pursuant
to the
Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (section 754 of
the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675c), repealed by subtitle F of title VII of
the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 154)).
(3)
With respect to
each antidumping or countervailing duty order in effect—
(A)
the amount of
duties owed pursuant to the order that are uncollected; and
(B)
the amount of
unpaid bills relating to the order.
(4)
A description of
the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect
amounts of
antidumping and countervailing duties that are past due that
includes—
(A)
the number of
claims of unpaid duties; and
(B)
with respect to
each such claim—
(i)
the amount of the
unpaid duties;
(ii)
a description of
the efforts made to collect the duties; and
(iii)
the date, if
any, on which the claim was referred to the Chief Counsel of U.S.
Customs and
Border Protection or the Attorney General for further action.
(5)
A description of
the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to improve the
collection of
amounts of antidumping and countervailing duties that are currently
due,
particularly amounts of such duties owed with respect to goods
imported from
the People's Republic of China.
(b)
Additional
report on improving duty collection
Not later than April 30,
2014, the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection shall
submit to Congress a report—
(1)
assessing, after
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary
of Commerce
and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, the extent to
which U.S.
Customs and Border Protection can adjust bonding requirements to
further
protect the revenue of the United States without—
(A)
violating any
other provision of law or any obligation of the United States
pursuant to an
international agreement; or
(B)
imposing
unreasonable costs on importers; and
(2)
identifying,
after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, opportunities to
improve the
timeliness, accuracy, and clarity of liquidation instructions
submitted to U.S.
Customs and Border
Protection.
.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The table of contents for title VII of the Tariff Act
of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 783 the
following:
Sec. 784. Reports on collection
of antidumping and countervailing
duties.
.
(c)
Conforming
repeal
Subsection (a) of section 691 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 1677l) is
repealed.
(d)
Nonduplication
of reports
The Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and
Border Protection shall not be required to submit to Congress any report
on the
collection of antidumping and countervailing duties for fiscal year 2013
or any
fiscal year thereafter under any other provision of law that substantially
duplicates the matters required to be included in the report under section
784
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a).
702.
Report on
enforcement of prohibition on importation of dog and cat fur
products
Section 308 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).
703.
Report on
scanning of cargo containers at foreign
ports
Section 232 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 982) is amended
by striking subsection (c).
704.
Reports on importation of softwood lumber
Section 809 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1683g) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in the subsection heading, by striking semiannual and inserting annual; and
(B)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking every 180 days and inserting annually;
(2)
in subsection (b), by striking every 180 days and inserting annually; and
(3)
by striking subsection (c).
705.
Port of entry infrastructure assessment study and national land border security plan
The Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is
amended by striking sections 603 and 604 and redesignating sections 605
and 606 as sections 603 and 604, respectively.
706.
Report on customs user fees
Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is
amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(9), by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (C); and
(2)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph
(D); and
(B)
by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5),
respectively.
707.
Reports and
briefings on staffing and hiring at U.S. Customs and Border
Protection
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall
not
be required to submit to Congress monthly reports on staffing and hiring
at
U.S. Customs and Border Protection or to provide to Congress quarterly
briefings on the hiring progress of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
during
any fiscal year during which the Chief Financial Officer of the Department
of
Homeland Security is required to submit to Congress monthly budget and
staffing
reports for the Department.
708.
Reports on the budget and counternarcotic activities of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
Section 878(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 458(f)) is amended—
(1) by striking The Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement each place it appears and inserting The Secretary; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(4)
Consolidation with report on seizure of drugs by the Department
Each report required to be submitted under this subsection may be consolidated and submitted to the
committees of Congress described under paragraphs (1) and (2) with the
annual report required under section 705(a)(3)(B) of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C.
1704(a)(3)(B)).
.
709.
Worksite
enforcement
report
Instead of submitting the annual report
described on page 56 of Senate Report 112–74, the Director of U.S.
Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shall brief Congress on the number of
worksite
enforcement investigations opened and closed, the number of employee and
employer arrests, and the fines collected by ICE during the quarterly
worksite enforcement briefings required by such report.
710.
Secure
communities
report
The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) shall submit the Secure Communities program reports
described
on pages 53 and 54 of House Report 112–91 on a semiannual basis. The first
such
report shall be submitted to Congress not later than 45 days after the
last day
of the first 6-month period of the fiscal year. The second such report,
which
shall include summary data for the entire fiscal year, shall be submitted
to
Congress not later than 45 days after the last day of such fiscal year.
711.
Report on
unobligated
balances
The requirement set forth on page 56 of
House Report 112–91, which directs the Director of U.S. Immigration and
Customs
Enforcement (ICE) to submit a quarterly report on unobligated balances to
the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives is rescinded.
712.
Staffing and
hiring
report
The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) shall submit the staffing and hiring reports described
on
page 55 of House Report 112–91 on a quarterly basis.
713.
Trade
compliance expenditure
plan
The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) shall include the trade compliance expenditure plan
referred
to on page 22 of Senate Report 112–74 in the annual Trade Compliance and
Enforcement Report and shall not be required to submit the plan to
Congress
separately.
714.
Secure Border
Initiative status
report
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit the Secure Border Initiative status reports referred to on page 44
of
House Report 112–91 to Congress on a semiannual basis.
715.
Reports on
mission coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates of Federal air
marshals
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security
Administration) shall not be required to submit a report on the mission
coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates of the Federal air marshals to
the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations
of the House of Representatives more frequently than every 180 days.
716.
Reports on certain recovered or deobligated
funds made available to the Transportation Security
Administration
(a)
In
general
Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration) shall not be required to submit a
report on funds described in subsection (b) to the Committee on
Appropriations
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives more frequently than every 180 days.
(b)
Funds
described
Funds described in this subsection are funds made
available to the Transportation Security Administration for fiscal years
2004
and 2005 that are recovered or deobligated and required to be used for the
procurement and installation of explosives detection, air cargo, baggage,
and
checkpoint screening systems.
717.
Report on
protection of personal information under Registered Traveler Program of
the
Transportation Security
Administration
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security
Administration) shall not be required to submit to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House
of Representatives a report on the procedures used under the Registered
Traveler Program to safeguard and dispose of personal information
collected
under that program, or certifications relating to such procedures, on or
after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
718.
Consolidation
of reports on sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sexual
assaults
(a)
Annual report
on sexual harassment and sexual violence
Section 200(d) of title 14, United States
Codes, as added by section 205(a) of the Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–213; 126 Stat. 1543), is
amended—
(1)
by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(2)
by inserting
after paragraph (4), the following:
(5)
Consolidation
with reports on sexual assaults
Each report required by this
subsection may be consolidated with and submitted to the committees
of Congress
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) with the
annual report
required by section 217 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2010 (Public
Law 111–281; 14 U.S.C. 93
note).
.
(b)
Annual report
on sexual assault
Section 217 of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 14 U.S.C. 93 note) is amended by adding
at the
end the following:
(c)
Consolidation
with reports on sexual harassment and sexual violence
Each report
required by this section may be consolidated with and submitted to
the
committees of Congress described in subsection (a) with the annual
report
required by section 200(d) of title 14, United States
Code.
.
719.
Consolidation
of reports on compliance with security
standards
(a)
Annual report
on compliance with security standards
Section 809(i) of the Coast
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–293; 46
U.S.C.
70101 note) is amended by adding at the end The annual report required
by this subsection may be consolidated with and submitted to the
appropriate
committees of Congress with the annual report required by section
70103(e)(2)
of title 46, United States Code..
(b)
Annual report
on waterside security of especially hazardous cargo
Section
70103(e)(2) of title 46, United States Code, 812 of the Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; 46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is
amended—
(1)
by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(2)
by inserting
after subparagraph (A), the following:
(B)
Each report
required by this subsection may be consolidated with and submitted
to the
committees of Congress described in subparagraph (A) with the
annual report
required by section 809(i) of title 14, United States
Code.
.
720.
Consolidation
of reports and assessments on marine safety strategy and
goals
(a)
Reports on
marine safety strategy and goals
Section 2116(c) of title 46,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c)
Submission
(1)
In
general
Beginning with fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the strategy and
annual plan
not later than 60 days following the transmission of the
President's budget
submission under section 1105 of title 31.
(2)
Consolidation
with report on marine safety workforce
Each strategy and annual
plan required to be submitted to Congress under paragraph (1) may
be
consolidated with and submitted with the annual report required by
section
57(e)(1) of title 14, United States
Code.
.
(b)
Assessments of
adequacy of Marine Safety Workforce
Paragraph (1) of section
57(e) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking by
December 1 of each year and inserting along with the submission
required by section 2116(c) of title 46, United States Code,.
721.
Reports on
Presidential security
expenditures
Section 9 of the Presidential Protection
Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524; 18 U.S.C. 3056 note) is
repealed.
722.
Reports on
modernization of National Distress and Response
System
(a)
Repeal
Section
346 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law
107–295; 14
U.S.C. 88 note) is repealed.
(b)
Table of
contents amendment
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the
Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–295; 116
Stat.
2064) is amended by striking the item relating to section 346.
723.
Comprehensive
Acquisition Status
report
Title I of the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (division D of Public Law 112–74; 125
Stat.
944) is amended—
(1)
by inserting
on a semi-annual basis and after shall,;
and
(2)
by striking
, and quarterly updates to such report not later than 30 days after
completion if each quarter.
VIII
Department of
Housing and Urban Affairs
801.
Rural
Development Disaster Assistance
report
Section 10101(i) of title 1 of chapter 1 of
Division B of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009 (under the heading Agriculture and Rural
Development Department of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. 6945(i))) is amended by
striking on a quarterly and inserting on an
annual.
IX
Department of
Justice
901.
Supervised
Visitation
report
Section 1301(d)(1) of the Violence Against
Women Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420(d)(1)) is amended by striking the
matter
preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: The Attorney
General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and
the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, together with
the
biennial report required under section 1003(b), a report that includes
information concerning—.
902.
Transitional
Housing Program
report
Section 40299(f)(1) of the Violence Against
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13975(f)(1)) is amended—
(1)
by inserting
after Senate the following: , together with the biennial
report required under section 1003(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of
2000
(42 U.S.C. 3789p(b)),; and
(2)
by striking
not later than 1 month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal
year.
X
Department of
Labor
1001.
Report on
service to minority individuals for Senior Community Service Employment
Program
Section 515 of the Older Americans Act of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056m) is repealed.
1002.
Andean Trade
Preference Act
report
Section 207 of the Andean Trade Preference
Act (19 U.S.C. 3205) is repealed.
XI
Department of
the Interior
1101.
Special
Trustee for American Indians report
Section 303 of the American Indian Trust
Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4043) is amended by striking
subsection (f).
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Department of
State
1201.
Annual
foreign military training
report
Section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416) is hereby repealed.
1202.
Annual
military assistance
report
Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2415) is hereby repealed.
1203.
Annual report
on financial contributions by the U.S. to international
organizations
Section 4 of the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b) is amended by
striking subsection (b).
1204.
Report on
arms transfers and regional balance in the Middle
East
Section 404 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–138; 105
Stat.
721) is amended by striking subsection (c).
1205.
Report on
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
Section 585 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (22 U.S.C.
2656
note) is hereby repealed.
1206.
Report on
International Military Education and
Training
Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in section 548(b)
(22 U.S.C. 2347g(b)), by striking For purposes of preparing the report
required pursuant to section 549 of this Act, the Secretary and
inserting The Secretary; and
(2)
by striking
section 549 (22 U.S.C. 2347h).
1207.
Report on
Kosovo
peacekeeping
Section 1213 of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by
Public
Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–327) is hereby repealed.
1208.
Report on
nuclear nonproliferation in South
Asia
Section 620F of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2376) is amended by striking subsection (c).
1209.
Report on PLO
compliance with
commitments
Section 804 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 104
Stat.
78) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (b); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b).
1210.
Report on
employment of United States citizens by certain international
organizations
Part E of title I of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–138) is
amended
by striking section 181.
1211.
Report on
immunity for interdiction of aircraft used in illicit drug
trafficking
Section 1012 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2291–4) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c).
1212.
Report on
outstanding expropriation
claims
Section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2370a) is
amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (f); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (f), (g), and (h),
respectively.
1213.
Report on
terrorist lookout
committees
Section 304 of the Enhanced Border Security
and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1733) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (f); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (f).
1214.
Report on
conflict in
Sudan
Section 8 of the Sudan Peace Act (Public Law
107–245; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is hereby repealed.
1215.
Reports on
countries that export rough diamonds to the United States not controlled
through the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme
Section 12 of the Clean Diamond Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 3911) is repealed.
1216.
Report on
visa issuance to inadmissible
aliens
Section 51(a) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2723(a)) is amended by striking
paragraph
(2).
1217.
Report on
resolution of the Cyprus
conflict
Section 620C of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2373) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
1218.
Sudan Peace
Act war crimes
report
Section 11 of the Sudan Peace Act (Public
Law 107–245; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—
(1)
in subsection
(a), by striking (a) In
general.—The Secretary and inserting The
Secretary; and
(2)
by striking
subsections (b) and (c).
1219.
Report on
Tibet
negotiations
Section 613 of the Tibet Policy Act of 2002
(subtitle B of title VI of Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is
amended—
(1)
in subsection
(a)—
(A)
by striking
(a) Policy.— and all that follows through
The President and the Secretary and inserting (a)
Policy.—The
President and the Secretary; and
(B)
by redesignating
paragraph (2) as subsection (b) and moving such subsection, as so
redesignated,
2 ems to the left; and
(2)
by striking
(b) Periodic
Reports and all that follows through the period at the
end.
1220.
Workforce
planning for foreign service
personnel
Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)) is amended by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
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Department of
the Treasury
1301.
Reports on
environmental efforts of the multilateral development
banks
(a)
Report on
progress in implementing environmental reforms
Section 539 of the Foreign Assistance and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted into law pursuant to
section 101(f) of Public Law 99–500 (100 Stat. 1783–232) and reenacted
pursuant
to section 101(f) of Public Law 99–591 (100 Stat. 3341–232); 22 U.S.C.
262l) is amended by striking subsections (e) and (f).
(b)
Report on
programs To address climate change
Section 533 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public
Law
101–167; 103 Stat. 1225; 22 U.S.C. 262l note) is amended by
striking subsection (b).
1302.
Annual report
on the North American Development
Bank
Section 2 of Public Law 108–215 (22 U.S.C.
290m–6) is repealed.
1303.
Report on
bilateral and multilateral debt reduction
activities
(a)
Consolidated
report
Title XVI of the International Financial Institutions Act
(22 U.S.C. 262p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
1629.
Report on
bilateral and multilateral debt reduction activities
(a)
In
general
Not later than December 31, 2014, and annually
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional
committees and make available to the public a report on bilateral
and
multilateral debt reduction activities that includes a description
of the
following:
(1) Debt relief
provided by the United States as a member of the Paris Club of
Official
Creditors during the fiscal year preceding the submission of the
report.
(2) Debt cancellation
carried out pursuant section 501 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th
Congress, as enacted
into law pursuant to section 1001(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113
Stat.
1501A–311), during that fiscal year.
(3) Bilateral debt
reduction activities expected to be carried out during the fiscal
year in which
the report is submitted.
(b)
Appropriate
congressional committees defined
In this section, the term
appropriate congressional committees means—
(1) the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on
Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the
Committee on
Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
.
(b)
Conforming
repeal
Section 501 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as enacted
into law pursuant to section 1001(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat.
1501A–311), is amended by striking subsection (j).
(c)
Nonduplication
of reports
The President shall not be required to submit to
Congress any report on bilateral or multilateral debt reduction activities
for
fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter under any other provision
of law
that substantially duplicates the matters required to be included in the
report
under section 1629 of the International Financial Institutions Act, as
added by
subsection (a).
1304.
Report on
costs and benefits of United States participation in the International
Monetary
Fund
(a)
In
general
The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
71.
Annual report
on costs and benefits of United States participation in the Fund
(a)
In
general
The Secretary of the Treasury shall, not less frequently
than annually, submit to the appropriate congressional committees
and make
available to the public a report on the costs and benefits to the
United States
of participating in the Fund that includes an assessment of
valuation gains and
losses in the reserve position of the United States in the Fund.
(b)
Appropriate
congressional committees defined
In this section, the term
appropriate congressional committees means—
(1)
the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2)
the Committee on
Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the
Committee on
Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
.
(b)
Conforming
repeal
Section 504 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as enacted
into law pursuant to section 1001(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat.
1501A–317), is amended by striking subsection (b).
1305.
Report on
labor practices of countries that borrow from international financial
institutions
The first section 1621 of the International
Financial Institutions Act (relating to encouragement of fair labor
practices)
(22 U.S.C. 262p–4p) is amended—
(1)
by striking
(a) The Secretary and inserting The Secretary;
and
(2)
by striking
subsection (b).
1306.
Report on
loans considered by international financial
institutions
Section 701 of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), and (f) and the first subsection (g) as subsections
(c),
(d), (e), and (f), respectively.
1307.
Annual report
by Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and
Financial
Policies
(a)
Elimination of
report requirement
Title XVII of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r et seq.) is amended by striking section
1701
and inserting the following:
1701.
Definitions
As used in this title, title XVIII, and
title XIX:
(1)
International
financial institutions
The term international financial
institutions means the International Monetary Fund, the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Bank for
Reconstruction
and Development, the International Development Association, the
International
Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency,
the African
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian
Development Bank, the
Inter-American Development Bank, the Bank for Economic Cooperation
and
Development in the Middle East and North Africa, and the
Inter-American
Investment Corporation.
(2)
Multilateral
development institutions
The term multilateral development
institutions means the international financial institutions other than
the International Monetary Fund.
(3)
Multilateral
development banks
The term multilateral development
banks means the multilateral development institutions other than the
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
1701A.
Advisory
committee on IMF policy
(a)
In
general
The Secretary of the Treasury should establish an
International Monetary Fund Advisory Committee (in this section
referred to as
the Advisory Committee).
(b)
Membership
The
Advisory Committee should consist of members appointed by the
Secretary of the
Treasury, after appropriate consultations with the relevant
organizations. Such
members should include representatives from industry,
representatives from
agriculture, representatives from organized labor, representatives
from banking
and financial services, and representatives from nongovernmental
environmental
and human rights
organizations.
.
(b)
Conforming
repeal
Section 538 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Appropriations Act, 1999 (as enacted into law pursuant to
section
101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–202; 22 U.S.C. 262r note))
is
repealed.
(c)
Conforming
amendments
(1)
International
Financial Institutions Act
The International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262c et seq.) is amended—
(A)
by striking
section 1701(c)(2) each place it appears and inserting
section 1701; and
(B)
by striking
section 1701(c)(3) each place it appears and inserting
section 1701.
(2)
Afghanistan
Freedom Support Act of 2002
Section 104(d)(2) of the Afghanistan
Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7514(d)(2)) is amended by striking
section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22
U.S.C. 262r(c)(2)) and inserting section 1701 of the
International Financial Institutions Act.
(3)
Comprehensive
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of
2010
Section 201(4)(B) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8531(4)(B)) is
amended by
striking section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions
Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3)) and inserting section 1701 of the
International Financial Institutions Act.
(4)
Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961
Section 661(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421(f)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking
section 1701(c) and inserting section
1701.
(5)
International
Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of
2001
Section 360(c) of the International Money Laundering
Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 (22 U.S.C. 262p–4r(c))
is
amended by striking section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2)) and inserting section
1701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.
(6)
International
Financial Institution Advisory Commission
Section 603 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, 1999
(as
enacted into law pursuant to section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated
and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112
Stat.
2681–220; 22 U.S.C. 262r note)) is amended by striking section
1701(c)(2) each place it appears and inserting section
1701.
(7)
Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
Section 7702(1) of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law
108–458; 118 Stat. 3859; 31 U.S.C. 5311 note) is amended by striking
section 1701(c)(2) and inserting section
1701.
(8)
Palestinian
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006
Section 8(c) of the Palestinian
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446; 120 Stat. 3324; 22 U.S.C.
2378b
note) is amended by striking section 1701(c)(2) of the International
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2)) and inserting
section 1701 of the International Financial Institutions
Act.
(9)
Senator Paul
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005
Section 9(2) of the Senator
Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121; 119 Stat.
2539;
22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by striking section 1701(c) and
inserting section 1701.
(10)
Sudan
Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007
Section 2(9)(B) of the
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–174; 121
Stat.
2517; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking section 1701(c)(3) of
the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3)) and
inserting section 1701 of the International Financial Institutions
Act.
1308.
Quarterly
report on borrowing arrangements of the International Monetary
Fund
Section 605 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, 1999 (as enacted into
law
pursuant to section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–222))
is amended by striking subsection (d).
1309.
Annual report
and testimony on the state of the international financial system,
International
Monetary Fund reform, and compliance with International Monetary Fund
agreements
Section 1705 of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r–4) is repealed.
1310.
Report on
progress of the Asian Development Bank toward meeting certain policy
goals
Section 2126 of the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 190)
is
amended by striking subsections (c) and (d).
1311.
Report on the
multilateral Clean Technology
Fund
Section 7081(g) of the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010
(division F
of Public Law 111–117; 123 Stat. 3398; 22 U.S.C. 7909(3)) is amended by
striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
1312.
Notification
of significant modifications to auction process for issuing United States
Treasury
obligations
(a)
In
general
Section 203 of the
Government Securities Act Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103–202; 107
Stat.
2359; 31 U.S.C. 3121 note) is repealed.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The table of contents for the Government Securities Act
Amendments of 1993 is amended by striking the item relating to section
203.
1313.
Report on
technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central banks of
developing or transitional
countries
(a)
In
general
Section 129(h)(1) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151aa(h)(1)) is amended—
(1)
by striking every 6 months
and inserting annually; and
(2)
by striking
6-month period and inserting year.
(b)
Effective
date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to reports required to be submitted under 129(h)(1) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 after January 31, 2014.
1314.
Reports on
United States supported policies in the multilateral development
banks
Section 803 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (as
enacted
into law pursuant to section 101(a) of Public Law 106–429; 22 U.S.C.
262r–6)
is amended by striking subsection (b).
1315.
Reports on
United States Government foreign credit
exposure
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall not be required to submit to Congress
a
report on the foreign credit exposure of the United States Government on
or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
1316.
Vacancies report
Section 3349(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The head of each Executive agency (including the Executive Office of the President, and other than
the Government Accountability Office) shall submit to the Comptroller
General of the United States and to each House of Congress a quarterly
report, which shall, for the quarter covered by the report, include—
(1) a list of each vacancy that occurred in the agency in an office to which this section and sections
3345, 3346, 3347, 3348,
3349a, 3349b, 3349c, and 3349d apply and the date such vacancy occurred;
(2) the name of any person serving in an acting capacity in such an office during any portion of the
quarter, the date
such service began, and, if applicable, the date such service terminated;
(3) the name of any person nominated to the Senate to fill such a vacancy and the date such nomination
was
submitted; and
(4) the date of a rejection, withdrawal, or return of such a nomination.
.
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Department of
Transportation
1401.
Buckle Up
America
report
The requirement set forth on page 102 of
House Report 105–88, which directs the Secretary of Transportation and the
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to
provide
biannual reports to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives that describe the specific steps undertaken to
reduce child occupant fatalities and increase safety belt usage rates, is
rescinded.
1402.
Buy America
Waivers
Section 122 of title I of Division C of the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (23 U.S.C.
313
note; 125 Stat. 654) is repealed.
1403.
Fundamental
properties of asphalts and modified
asphalts
Section 6016 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2182) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (d), by striking paragraph
(3);
(2)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(3)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
1404.
Hazardous
materials emergency preparedness grants
report
Section 5116(k) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(k)
Reporting
requirement
The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety shall
periodically upload statistics and measures relating to the use of
grant funds
distributed under this section to the website of the Pipeline and
Hazardous
Materials Safety
Administration.
.
1405.
Hazardous
materials safety quarterly staffing
report
The requirement set forth on page 110 of
Senate Report 111–230, which directs the Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety
to submit quarterly staffing reports to the
Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, is rescinded.
1406.
High speed
corridors and intercity passenger rail service monthly project
status
The requirement set forth on page 85 of
House Report 111–564, which directs the Federal Rail Administration to
provide
monthly updates on the progress made by high speed rail grantees to the
Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, may be
accomplished by teleconference.
1407.
Neighborhood
electric
vehicles
The requirement set forth in the explanatory statement accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009 (Public Law 111–8) and published in the Congressional Record on
February 23, 2009, page H2471, which directs the Department of
Transportation, in consultation with the Federal Highway Administration
and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to conduct a study of
the fuel consumption savings and safety ramifications generated by the
expanded use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, is rescinded.
1408.
Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Statutory Mandate
reports
Section 6 of the Norman Y. Mineta Research
and Special Programs Improvement Act (49 U.S.C. 108 note; Public Law
108–426)
is repealed.
1409.
Rail safety
mandates and NTSB
recommendations
Title I of the Rail Safety Improvement Act
of 2008 (Public Law 110–432) is amended by striking section 106.
1410.
Railway-Highway
crossings
Section 130(g) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by striking The Secretary shall submit a report
and all that follows.
1411.
Reports on
hazardous materials
transportation
(a)
Designation
Section
5103(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d)
Designation of certain hazardous
materials
The Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety shall periodically upload, to the
website of the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, information
on whether
the Secretary of Transportation has designated as hazardous
materials for
purposes of this chapter all by-products of the
methamphetamine-production
process that are known by the Secretary to pose an unreasonable
risk to health
and safety or property when transported in commerce in a particular
amount and
form.
.
(b)
Statistical
compilation of accidents
Section 5121(h) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(h)
Dissemination of statistics and
measures
The Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety shall periodically upload information
relating to
the transportation of hazardous materials in the United States to
the website
of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Such
information
shall including—
(1)
a statistical
compilation of accidents and casualties related to the
transportation of
hazardous material;
(2)
a list and summary
of applicable Government regulations, criteria, orders, and special
permits;
(3)
a summary of the
basis for each special permit;
(4)
an evaluation of
the effectiveness of enforcement activities relating to a function
regulated by
the Secretary under section 5103(b)(1) and the degree of voluntary
compliance
with regulations;
(5)
a summary of
outstanding problems in carrying out this chapter in order of
priority;
and
(6)
recommendations for
appropriate
legislation.
.
1412.
Major projects
team reports
The requirement set forth in paragraph (3) on page 74 of House Report 106–622, which directs the
Federal Highway Administration to submit to
Congress an annual summary of the reports and assessments issued by the major
projects team of the Federal Highway Administration, is rescinded.
1413.
Pipeline
safety information grants to
communities
Section 60130 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c).
1414.
FAA technical
staffing
requirements
The requirement set forth in the explanatory statement accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009 (Public Law 111–8) and published in the Congressional Record on
February 23, 2009, page H2428, which directs the Federal Aviation
Administration to submit to Congress semi-annual updates on the technical
staffing levels of the Federal Aviation Administration, is rescinded.
XV
Department of
Veterans Affairs
1501.
Repeal of
requirement for annual reports regarding Office of Research
Oversight
Section 7307 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (f); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (f).
1502.
Repeal of
requirement for annual reports on contracting for performance by
contractor
personnel for work previously performed by Department
employees
Section 8110 of such title is
amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c) through (e),
respectively.
1503.
Repeal of
requirement for annual reports on procurement of health-care
items
Section 8125 of such title is
amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (d); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (d).
1504.
Repeal of
requirement for annual reports on medical and surgical bed
closures
Section 8110 of such title is
amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (e).
1505.
Reduced
frequency of annual reports on activities relating to minority
veterans
(a)
In
general
The first sentence of section 544(c)(1) of such title is
amended by striking each year and inserting every other
year.
(b)
Next
report
The first report submitted under such section after the
date of the enactment of this Act shall be submitted after the date that
is one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
1506.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on sharing of health-care
resources
Section 8153 of such title is amended by
striking subsection (g).
1507.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on staffing of registered
nurses
Section 7451(e) of such title is amended by
striking paragraphs (4) through (6).
1508.
Repeal of
requirement for annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention
of
experienced
nurses
(a)
In
general
Subchapter II of chapter 73 of such title is amended by
striking section 7324.
(b)
Conforming
amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 of
such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 7324.
XVI
Consumer
Product Safety Commission
1601.
Consolidation of annual reports regarding
Inspector General reviews of improvements and employee complaints concerning
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Section 205(d) of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–314; 15 U.S.C. 2076b(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting or semiannual after annual; and
(2) by adding at the
end the following:
(3)
Consolidation
In carrying out paragraph (2), the Inspector General may include the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations referred to in such paragraph in an annual or semiannual
report that is required by a provision of law other
than this
subsection.
.
XVII
Corporation
for National and Community Service
1701.
Report on
reports provided by other Federal
agencies
Section 182 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12642) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking all that
precedes the first sentence; and
(2) by striking
subsection (b).
1702.
Service-learning
impact study
Part IV of subtitle B of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12565) is
repealed.
XVIII
Environmental
Protection Agency
1801.
Great Lakes
report
Section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph
(E);
(B)
by striking
paragraph (10); and
(C)
by redesignating
paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs (10) through (12),
respectively;
(2)
in
subsection (d)(2), by striking the second sentence;
(3)
by striking subsection (f); and
(4)
by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively.
1802.
General
assistance program
report
The Indian Environmental General Assistance
Program Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4368b) is amended by striking subsection
(i).
1803.
Marine
protection
report
Section 204 of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1444) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
1804.
Superfund
Alternative Approach
report
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not submit
to
Congress an annual report on sites that use the Superfund Alternative
Approach.
1805.
Acid
Precipitation Task
Force
Section 103 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7403) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (j); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (k) as subsection (j).
1806.
Great Lakes
crosscut
report
The matter under the heading
(including transfer and rescission of
funds) under the heading Administrative provisions,
Environmental Protection Agency in title II of the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations
Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–88; 123 Stat. 2938) by striking Not later than
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in
consultation with other Federal agencies, shall carry out and submit to
Congress the results of a study on domestic and international black carbon
emissions that shall include an inventory of the major sources of black
carbon,
an assessment of the impacts of black carbon on global and regional
climate, an
assessment of potential metrics and approaches for quantifying the
climatic
effects of black carbon emissions (including its radiative forcing and
warming
effects) and comparing those effects to the effects of carbon dioxide and
other
greenhouse gases, an identification of the most cost-effective approaches
to
reduce black carbon emissions, and an analysis of the climatic effects and
other environmental and public health benefits of those
approaches..
1807.
Federal
procurement
reporting
(a)
Solid Waste
Disposal Act
Section 6002(g) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6962(g)) is amended by striking , and to, every two years
beginning in 1984, report to the Congress on actions taken by Federal
agencies
and the progress made in the implementation of this section, including
agency
compliance with subsection (d).
(b)
Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(1)
In
general
Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102) is amended—
(A)
by striking
subsection (g); and
(B)
by redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (g).
(2)
Conforming
amendment
Section 944(c)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 16253(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking section 9002(h)(1) of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8102(h)(1)) and inserting section 9002(b)(1) of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(b)(1)).
XIX
Federal Trade
Commission
1901.
Consolidation
of report on scholarship
fraud
Section 5(a)(1) of the College Scholarship
Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 1092d(a)(1)) is amended by
striking
submit to Congress each year and inserting include in
each Consumer Sentinel Network Report of the Commission.
1902.
Ethanol
market
concentration
Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7545) is amended—
(1)
by striking paragraph (10); and
(2)
by redesignating
paragraphs (11) and (12) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively.
XX
General Services
Administration
2001.
Contingency
Contracting
Corps
Section 2312 of title 41, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (i).
2002.
Agency
activities to improve air
quality
Section 7905(d) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1),
by adding and at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (2),
by striking ; and and inserting a period; and
(3)
by striking
paragraph (3).
2003.
Per diem
rates
Section 5707 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (c).
2004.
Federal
high-performance green
buildings
(a)
In
general
Section 436 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17092) is
amended—
(1)
by striking subsections (f) and (g);
and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (h) as subsection (f).
(b)
Technical and
conforming amendments
(1)
In
general
Section 491(a) of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17121(a)) is amended by striking section
436(h) each place it appears and inserting section
436(f).
(2)
Energy
Conservation and Production Act
Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i)(III) of
the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C.
6834(a)(3)(D)(i)(III)) is
amended by striking section 436(h) each place it appears and
inserting section 436(f).
XXI
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
2101.
Report on
donations of educationally useful Federal equipment to
schools
Section 321(b) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–391; 114
Stat.
1597; 51 U.S.C. 20113 note) is amended to read as follows:
(b)
Sense of the Congress
It is the sense of the Congress that the Administrator should, to the greatest extent practicable
and in a manner consistent with applicable Federal law (including
Executive Order No. 12999), donate educationally useful Federal equipment
to schools in order to enhance the science and mathematics programs of
those schools.
.
2102.
Annual audit
of policies and procedures of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
with respect to the export of technologies and the transfer of scientific
and
technical
information
Section 30701(a) of title 51, United States
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3).
2103.
Status report
on operations of Landsat
system
Section 60147 of title 51, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection
(d) as
subsection (c).
2104.
Report on
National Aeronautics and Space Administration outreach
program
Section 30305 of
title 51, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (c).
2105.
Notification
of policy seeking full cost recovery for tests conducted at National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
facilities
Section 50505(a) of title 51, United States
Code, is amended by striking The Administrator shall not and all
that follows through Senate..
2106.
Report on
National Aeronautics and Space Administration program and cost assessment
and
cost
control
Section 1203 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18442) is
repealed.
2107.
Report on
performance assessment of divisions in the Science directorate of the
National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration
(a)
In
general
Section 30503(c) of
title 51, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)
by striking Not later than March 1 of each year, beginning with the
first fiscal year after December 30, 2005, and inserting Not
later than March 1, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter,.
(b)
Effective
date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to reports submitted under section 30503(c) of title 51, United
States
Code, after March 1, 2013.
2108.
Report on
space cooperation with states of the former Soviet
Union
Section 218 of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–588;
106 Stat. 5117; 51 U.S.C. 50702 note) is repealed.
2109.
Space shuttle
follow-on report
(a)
In
general
Section 70501 of title 51, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The table of sections for chapter 705 of such title is
amended by striking the item relating to section 70501.
2110.
Report on
stratospheric ozone
depletion
Section 603 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7671b) is amended—
(1)
in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (d), by striking not less often than every 3 years
following enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and
inserting not later than November 15, 2014, and every 4 years
thereafter; and
(2)
in subsection
(f), by striking 3 years and inserting 4
years.
2111.
Aeronautics
and space report of the
President
(a)
In
general
Section 20116 of
title 51, United States Code, is hereby repealed.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II
of chapter 201 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to
section 20116.
XXII
National
Science Foundation
2201.
Report on
encouraging participation in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics
careers
(a)
Consolidation
Section 18(e)(2) of the National Science
Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–7) is amended to
read as
follows:
(2)
Encouraging
participation
The Director shall—
(A)
establish metrics
to evaluate the success of the programs established by the
Foundation for
encouraging individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the
Science and
Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) to
study and
prepare for careers in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics,
including programs that provide for mentoring for such individuals;
(B)
carry out
evaluations based on the metrics; and
(C)
include the
findings and conclusions of such evaluations in the report
described in
paragraph
(1).
.
(b)
Elimination of
duplicative report
Section
7031(b) of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 1862o–11) is repealed.
2202.
Report on
funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
education
programs
Section 7012 of the America COMPETES Act (42
U.S.C. 1862o–4) is amended by striking subsection (c).
2203.
Report on
innovation acceleration
research
Section 1008 of the America COMPETES Act (42
U.S.C. 6603) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (c).
XXIII
Office of
Personnel Management
2301.
Critical
position
pay
Section 5377 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(1)
in subsection
(a)(2)(F), by striking subsection (i) and inserting
subsection (h);
(2)
by striking
subsection (h); and
(3)
by redesignating
subsection (i) as subsection (h).
2302.
Physicians
comparability
allowance
Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (j).
2303.
Extending
locality
pay
Section 5304(h)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
No later than 30 days and all that follows.
XXIV
Intelligence Reports
2401.
Submissions
of space science and technology
strategy
Section 2272(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5).
2402.
Reports on
intelligence information
sharing
Section 102A(g) of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(g)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
2403.
Reports on
the acquisition of major
systems
Section 102A(q)(1) of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(q)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph
(A), by adding and at the end;
(2) in subparagraph
(B), by striking Secretary; and and inserting
Secretary.; and
(3) by striking
subparagraph (C).
2404.
Reports on
the threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass
destruction
(a)
Repeal
Section of the 114 of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3050) is amended—
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees;
(2) by striking (a) Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees.—(1) and inserting (a) Requirement for annual report.—(1);
(3) by striking subsection (b); and
(4) by striking paragraph (5) of subsection (a) and inserting the following:
(b)
Covered persons defined
In this section, the term covered person means—
(1) racial and ethnic minorities;
(2) women; and
(3) individuals with disabilities.
.
(b)
Table of contents amendment
The table of contents in the first section of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 114 and inserting the following:
Sec. 114. Annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees.
.
2405.
Reports on
personnel level assessments for the intelligence
community
(a)
Repeal
Section
506B of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3098) is
repealed.
(b)
Table of
contents amendment
The table of contents in the first section of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 506B.
2406.
Reports on
intelligence community business system
transformation
Section 506D(j) of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3100(j)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)
by striking 2015, and inserting 2013,.
2407.
Reports on
security
clearances
(a)
Repeal
Section 506H of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3104) is repealed.
(b)
Table of
contents amendment
The table of contents in the first section of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 506H.
2408.
Reports
related to analytic
integrity
Section 1019 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3364) is amended is amended by
striking subsections (c) and (d).
2409.
Reports of
privacy and civil liberties
officers
Section 1062(f)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(f)(1)) is amended in
the
matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking quarterly, and
inserting twice each year,.
2410.
Reports related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(a)
Reports on
role of analysts at Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters and field
locations
Section 2001(g) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 28 U.S.C. 532
note) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(b)
Reports on
Federal Bureau of Investigation information
sharing
Section 2001(g) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 28 U.S.C. 532
note), as amended by subsection (a),
is further amended by striking paragraph (4).
2411.
Reports on
waivers of conditions for disqualification for security
clearances
Section 3002(c) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343(c)) is amended by
striking
paragraph (4).
2412.
Reports on
customer feedback on Department of Homeland Security intelligence
reporting
Section 210A(g) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h(g)) is amended to read as follows:
(g)
Consumer feedback
The Secretary shall create a voluntary
mechanism for any State, local, or tribal law enforcement
officer or other emergency response provider who is a consumer
of the intelligence or other information products referred to in
subsection (d) to provide feedback to the Department on the
quality and utility of such intelligence products.
.
2413.
Reports on
commerce with, and assistance to, Cuba from other foreign
countries
(a)
Repeal
Section
108 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
(22
U.S.C. 6038) is repealed.
(b)
Table of
contents amendment
The table of contents in section 1(b) of the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C.
6021
et seq.) is amended by striking the item relating to section 108.
2414.
Reports
identifying countries of concern with respect to the diversion of certain
goods, services, and technologies to or through
Iran
(a)
In
general
Title III of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by
striking sections 301, 302, 303, and 304; and
(2) by
redesignating section 305 as section 301.
(b)
Conforming
amendments
Section 401 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551) is amended—
(1) in
subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking 305 and inserting
301; and
(B) in paragraph (1),
by striking (as defined in section 301); and
(2) in
subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1),
by striking the application of the prohibition under section 106(a), or
the imposition of the licensing requirement under section 303(c) with respect
to a country designated as a Destination of Diversion Concern under section
303(a), and inserting or the application of the prohibition under
section 106(a),; and
(B) by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:
(2)
Reports
If the President
waives the application of a provision pursuant to paragraph (1), the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing
the reasons for the
waiver.
.
(c)
Table of contents amendment
The table of contents for the Comprehensive Iran
Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended by striking
the items relating to sections 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305 and inserting the
following:
Sec. 301. Enforcement
authority.
.
2415.
Reports from
the Advisory Intelligence
Committees
Section 410 of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
is amended—
(a) in subsection (a) (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat. 2724), by striking (a) In general.—; and
(b) by striking subsection (b) (50 U.S.C. 3309).
2416.
Assessments
on transformation of the intelligence capabilities of the Federal Bureau
of
Investigation
Section 445(b)(1) of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat.
2734) is
amended by striking five years, and inserting three
years,.
2417.
Reports on
nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and related
matters
Section
1055 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50
U.S.C.
2371) is amended to read as follows:
1055.
Repeal of
reports on contributions of foreign persons to weapons of mass
destruction and
delivery systems efforts of countries of proliferation concern
Section 722
of the Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
of 1996 (50
U.S.C. 2369) is
repealed.
.
2418.
Reports on
counterterrorism
status
Section
1242 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
(Public Law
111–84; 123 Stat. 2539) is repealed.
2419.
Reports on
bandwidth requirements for major defense acquisition programs and major
systems
acquisition
programs
Section 1047(d) of the Duncan Hunter
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law
110–417;
10 U.S.C. 2366b note) is amended to read as follows:
(d)
Formal review process for bandwidth requirements
The Secretary of Defense and the Director
of National Intelligence shall, as part of the Milestone B or
Key Decision Point B approval process for any major defense
acquisition program or major system acquisition program,
establish a formal review process to ensure that—
(1) the bandwidth requirements needed to support such program are or will be met; and
(2) a determination will be made with respect to how to meet the bandwidth requirements for such
program.
.
2420.
Reports
regarding Iran's capability to produce nuclear
weapons
Section 1234 of the Duncan Hunter National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 50
U.S.C.
2367 note) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
(2) by striking (c) Notification.—.
2421.
Reports on
counterintelligence and security practices at the national
laboratories
Section 4507 of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (50 U.S.C. 2658) is
repealed.
2422.
Reports on
security vulnerabilities of national laboratory
computers
Section 4508 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (50 U.S.C.
2659) is repealed.
2423.
Reports on
espionage by the People's Republic of
China
Section 3151 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) is repealed.
2424.
Reports on
uncontrolled treaty-limited
equipment
Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate Resolution Advising and
Consenting to the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty
on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at
Vienna on May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105–5) (commonly referred to as the CFE Flank Document), 105th Congress, agreed to May 14, 1997, is
repealed.
XXV
Securities and
Exchange Commission
2501.
Securities
Financial Controls Audit
report
Section 924(d) of the Investor Protection
and Securities Reform Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 78u–6(d)) is amended by
striking
shall report and all that follows through the end and inserting
shall submit the reports required by section 21F(g)(5)) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u–6(g)(5)) to the Committee
on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives..
XXVI
Small Business
Administration
2601.
Small
Business breakout procurement center
reports
Section 403 of the Small Business and
Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 644
note) is
amended—
(1)
by striking
(a); and
(2)
by striking
subsection (b).
2602.
Small
business loss
report
Section 10(b) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 639(b)) is amended—
(1)
by striking
shall make and all that follows through for each such
period and inserting shall submit, together with its annual
financial report to Congress, information on; and
(2)
by striking
this this and inserting this.
2603.
Small
business secondary market guarantee
authority
Section 503(e) of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (123 Stat. 154) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (e); and
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (e) through (h),
respectively.
XXVII
Social
Security Administration
2701.
Social
Security Administration Comprehensive Printing Plan Program
Any request of the United States Congress
Joint Committee on Printing to submit an annual comprehensive printing
program
plan shall not apply to the Social Security Administration.
XXVIII
United
States Army Corps of Engineers
2801.
Consolidation
of reports on execution of water resources development funds
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in the quarterly reports required by the matter under the heading
Corps of
Engineers–Civil under the heading
Department of the
Army under the heading Department of
Defense–Civil of title IV of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123
Stat.
134), the Secretary of the Army shall include a description of the
allocation,
obligation, and expenditures of all funds made available to the Secretary
of
the Army for the preceding quarter under any other appropriations Act.
XXIX
Executive
Office of the President
2901.
Restriction
on airport projects using products or services of foreign countries
denying
fair market
opportunities
(a)
In
general
Section 50104 of title 49, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b)
Clerical
amendment
The analysis for chapter 501 of such title is amended
by striking the item relating to section 50104.
2902.
Annual report
on the World Trade
Organization
Section 124 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3534) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively.
2903.
Baseline for Application of Reprogramming and Transfer Authorities
Section 608 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) is
amended—
(1) by striking not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act
shall submit a report and inserting an agency funded by this Act shall submit a report, as part of any request to reprogram or transfer
amounts made available to the agency,; and
(2) by striking per day for each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress and inserting per day for each day after the date on which the agency requests to reprogram or transfer amounts
made available to the agency, if the agency has not submitted the report
required under the previous proviso.
2904.
FAIR
Inventories
The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended—
(1)
by striking section 4;
(2)
by redesignating sections 5 and 6 as sections 4 and 5, respectively; and
(3)
in section 4, as redesignated—
(A)
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:
(1)
Executive agency
The term executive agency means an agency described in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code.
.
2905.
Homeland
Security Funding
Analysis
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
paragraph (35);
(2)
by redesignating
paragraph (36) and the first paragraph designated as paragraph (37) as
paragraphs (35) and (36), respectively; and
(3)
by redesignating
paragraph (38) and the second paragraph designated as paragraph (37) as
paragraphs (37) and (38), respectively.
2906.
Reduction in
frequency of elimination of unnecessary agency reporting
reports
(a)
Budget
contents
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as
amended by section 2905, is amended by
striking paragraph (37), as redesignated by section 2905.
(b)
Elimination of
unnecessary agency reporting
Section 1125(a) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking
Annually and inserting Biennially.
2907.
Repeal of
reports on interagency oceans and human health research
program
Section 902 of the Oceans and Human Health
Act (33 U.S.C. 3101) is amended by striking subsection (d).
2908.
Repeal of
report and related requirements relating to national coordination of
research
infrastructure
Section 1007 of the America COMPETES Act
(Public Law 110–69; 42 U.S.C. 6619) is hereby repealed.
2909.
Reduced
frequency of report by National Nanotechnology Advisory
Panel
Section 4(d) of the 21st Century
Nanotechnology Research and Redevelopment Act (Public Law 108–153; 15
U.S.C.
7503(d)) is amended by striking 2 fiscal years and
inserting 3 fiscal years.
2910.
Reports on
the National Oceanographic Partnership
Program
Section 7902(e) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e)
Biannual
report
Not later than March 1 of every other year, the Council
shall submit to Congress a report on the National Oceanographic
Partnership
Program. The report shall contain the following:
(1)
A description of
activities of the program carried out during the two fiscal years
before the
fiscal year in which the report is prepared, together with a list
of the
members of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel and any working groups
in
existence during the fiscal years covered.
(2)
A general outline
of the activities planned for the program during the fiscal year in
which the
report is prepared and the following fiscal year.
(3)
A summary of
projects continued from the two fiscal years before the fiscal year
in which
the report is prepared and projects expected to be started during
the fiscal
year in which the report is prepared and during the following
fiscal
year.
(4)
A description of
the involvement of the program with Federal interagency
coordinating
entities.
(5)
The amounts
requested, in the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section
1105(a) of
title 31 for the two fiscal years following the fiscal year in
which the report
is prepared, for the programs, projects, and activities of the
program and the
estimated expenditures under such programs, projects, and
activities during
such following fiscal
years.
.
2911.
Elimination
of requirement for review of National Nanotechnology Program by National
Research
Council
Section 5 of the 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Redevelopment Act (Public Law 108–153; 15 U.S.C. 7504) is
hereby
repealed.
2912.
Elimination
of requirement for report on the National Windstorm Impact Reduction
Program
Section 204 of the National Windstorm Impact
Reduction Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–360; 42 U.S.C. 15703) is amended by
striking subsection (f).
2913.
Elimination of mid-session review summary
Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(D), by adding and after the semicolon;
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
2914.
Elimination
of requirement for report on progress of executive agencies in achieving
goals
set to improve efficiency and effectiveness of agency operations through
use of
information
technology
Section 11313 of title 40, United States
Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking
paragraph (2); and
(2)
by redesignating
paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively.
2915.
Report on
trade preferences under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act
Section 212 of the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702) is amended by striking subsection (f).
2916.
Physicians'
comparability
allowances
Section 5948 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (j).
2917.
Report on
trade enforcement efforts under title III of the Trade Act of
1974
Section 309(3) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2419(3)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
striking
semiannually and inserting annually.
2918.
Publication
of service contract
inventory
Section 743 of the Financial Services and
General Government Appropriations Act, 2010 (division C of Public Law
111–117;
31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended—
(1)
by striking
subsection (c);
(2)
by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e),
(f),
(g), and (h), respectively; and
(3)
in subsection
(e), as redesignated by paragraph (2)—
(A)
by striking
subsection (e) and inserting subsection (d);
and
(B)
by striking
and made publicly available in accordance with subsection
(c).
2919.
Report on
waivers of sanctions with respect to North
Korea
Section 1405(c) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2338; 22 U.S.C.
2799aa–1 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating
paragraph
(2) as paragraph (3).