OMB DRAFT BILL INTRODUCED AS S. 3080 (98TH CONGRESS) THE CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS ELIMINATION ACT OF 1984

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503
December 4, 1984
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL MEMORANDUM
TO: LEGISLATIVE LIAISON OFFICER
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SUBJECT: OMB draft bill introduced as S. 3080 (98th Congress),
the "Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1984"
During the previous session of Congress, Senator Danforth
introduced the "Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1984"
(S. 3080), the Administration's proposal to discontinue or amend
requirements for recurring agency reports to the Congress. This
legislation, which was circulated to the agencies on July 20,
1984, as a draft bill, would eliminate, consolidate, or modify
recurring reports to the Congress that are no longer considered
necessary or desirable. We intend to resubmit the proposal to
the Congress early next year.
Therefore, agencies should review S. 3080 (copy attached) and
provide comments (both substantive and technical) by January 4,
1985. Recommendations for expanding the legislation to modify or
eliminate additional report requirements should follow the
instructions contained in OMB Bulletin No. 84-10 (attached in
part). /
fi 395-3454) the legislative
Direct your questions to Branden B14/(
attorney in this office.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
O V1CE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WAi 4INOTON. D.C. 20
March 28,1984
SUBJECT: Reducing Executive Branch Reports to the Congress
1. Pur se: This Bulletin provides instructions for the
identification of recurring reports to Congress for potential
elimination, consolidation, reduction in frequency, or other
modification. This activity is designed to achieve cost savings
and improve program efficiencies by reducing existing reporting
requirements upon executive branch agencies and streamlining
executive branch communication with the Congress. It is a
follow-on to the review process which resulted in P.L. 96-470,
the Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1980 and P.L. 97-375,
the Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982.
2. Background: In its report entitled The Cost of Congressional
Encroachment, the President's Private Sector urvey on Cost
Control stated:
"There is no question that Congress is entitled to
information from agencies on Federal programs so as to
properly discharge its Constitutional responsibilities.
Unfortunately many of the reports Congress requires of the
Executive Branch are: not useful, excessively costly to
produce, no longer relevant, and not even read or .used by
their intended audience, as will be shown. Worse, the number
of reports Congress requires has been rising."
The report contained an explicit recommendation that OMB "seek
legislation that would eliminate requirements for the Executive
Branch to produce reports for Congress that are expensive and
unnecessary."
Together the 'Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1980" and
the 'Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982' discontinued
or modified about 150 recurring reporting requirements to
Congress. This was accomplished after a review of over 2,000
congressionally mandated reports by all Federal agencies, ONE,
and the General Accounting Office (GAO). These efforts resulted
in a substantial reduction in the reporting burden on executive
branch agencies, with a cost savings estimated by GAO and the
Congressional Budget Office of over $12 million annually.
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Since all agencies continue to work under personnel and budget
restrictions and since the number of congressionally mandated
reports continues to grow by several hundred per year (a recent
estimate is that at least 2,800 recurring reports must be
submitted to the Congress), OMB believes that developing another
legislative proposal in this area is desirable. In addition, a
number of agencies have requested that OMB prepare another
legislative proposal.
3. Action Recuired. Agencies are requested to provide
recommendations to eliminate, simplify, or consolidate existing
legislatively mandated reports. GAO maintains an inventory of
reporting requirements for all agencies and has recently
requested data to update the inventory. This request included a
!;sting of agencies' current requirements, and should be a useful
document in preparing recommendations. Agencies should consider
all existing recurring requirements to fall within the scope of
this exercise, with particular attention to those previously
recommended for termination or modification (Attachment 1) but
not enacted as part of P.L. 96-470 or P.L. 97-375.
Suggested criteria for identifying reports for elimination or
modification include:
a. Duplication and overlap with other reports (i.e.,
information provided to Congress by the agency in another form, or
information provided by other agencies or the public);
b. Reporting burden and other costs (i.e., cost and
reporting burden to the reporting agency and other Federal
agencies, or cost and reporting burden of collecting information
from outside the Federal Government);
c. Original rationale for requiring report (i.e., is this
rationale still valid?) ;
d. Uses (i.e., use to the reporting agency, and use to
Congress in the opinion of the agency).
After OMB review of agency recommendations and consultations with
the GAO, the Administration will propose an omnibus bill similar
to P.L. 96-470 and 97-375. Upon its introduction all agencies
will be asked to contact relevant congressional committees to
discuss their individual legislative recommendations.
4. Material To Be Submitted. Recommendations should-be submitted
in accor dance with the format in Attachment 2. Statutory
references must be as complete as possible, following-precisely
this format. All eliminations should be given Sectioh 100
numbers. All consolidations, reductions in frequency, or other
modifications should be given Section 200 numbers. In addition, a
section-by-section analysis and justification for each
recommendation should be provided as shown in Attachment 2.
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Agencies are requested to provide the principal reason for the
recommendation, and to the extent possible, estimates of cost
savings associated with each recommendation. An explanation
should be provided in instances in which reports previously
included in the 1982 bill, but not enacted, are not included in
this year's list.
Material should be sent within 45 days of issuance of this
Bulletin to the Director, Office of Management and Budget,
c/o Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Room 3208,
New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
5. Notification and inquiries . Upon receipt of this Bulletin,
please notify the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(395-7316) to identify the officials in your agency who will be
responsible for this review. Inquiries concerning this Bulletin
may also be directed to this Office.
4Dav A. Stockman
Director
Attachment 1 - 1982 bill identifying those sections not
enacted as part of P.L. 97-375
Attachment 2 - Sample format for required material ??
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ATTACHMr-N'" 1
BULLETIN NO. 84-10
9 , TII CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S-*2258
To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports to Congress.
] THE SENATE OF THE MNITED STATES
M.1BCH 23 legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1982
Mr. DANvoRTH (for himself, Mr. RoTH, Mr. CHILES, and Mr. EAOLETON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports
to Congress.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 fives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act be cited as the "Congressional Repotts Elitni-
4 nation Act of 1982".
5 TITLE I-ELIMINATIONS
6 REPORTS BY MORE THAN ONE AGENCY
7 SEC. 101. (a) Section 3104(b) of title 5, United States
8 Code, is repealed.
9 (b) Section 4396 of the Revised Statutes (16 U.S.C.
10 744; 24 Stat. 523) is amended by striking out "He shall
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