Pub. L. 113-188 - Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014

113th Congress

Affects: 2 U.S.C. §§ 804, 807; 6 U.S.C. §§ 1401; 7 U.S.C. §§ 1932, 2009dd-2, 2009dd, 5622, 5713, 5722, 8752; 10 U.S.C. §§ 113, 221; 12 U.S.C. §§ 4741, 5710; 14 U.S.C. §§ 88; 15 U.S.C. §§ 278g-5, 278n; 16 U.S.C. §§ 5611; 19 U.S.C. §§ 1308, 3205, 58c; 20 U.S.C. §§ 6574, 7707; 22 U.S.C. §§ 2376, 262d, 2799aa-1, 290m-6; 26 U.S.C. §§ ; 31 U.S.C. §§ 3121, 719; 33 U.S.C. §§ 1126, 1127, 1268; 38 U.S.C. §§ 8125; 42 U.S.C. §§ 12565, 12642, 1395y, 1490e, 15542, 15902, 15927, 16323, 300u-10, 6313; 49 U.S.C. §§ 106, 1138, 44502, 47107, 47508, 60130

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014”.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Sec. 101. Reports eliminated. TITLE II— DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Sec. 201. Reports eliminated. TITLE III— CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Sec. 301. Reports eliminated. TITLE IV— DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Sec. 401. Reports eliminated. TITLE V— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Sec. 501. Report on Impact Aid construction justifying discretionary grant awards eliminated. TITLE VI— DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Sec. 601. Reports eliminated. TITLE VII— ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Sec. 701. Great Lakes management comprehensive report eliminated. TITLE VIII— EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Sec. 801. Report relating to waiver of certain sanctions against North Korea eliminated. TITLE IX— GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE Sec. 901. Reports eliminated. Sec. 902. Reports modified. TITLE X— DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Sec. 1001. Reports eliminated. TITLE XI— DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Sec. 1101. Royalties in-kind report eliminated. TITLE XII— DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Sec. 1201. Report eliminated.128 STAT. 2017 TITLE XIII— OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Sec. 1301. Report eliminated. TITLE XIV— DEPARTMENT OF STATE Sec. 1401. Report eliminated. TITLE XV— DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Sec. 1501. Reports eliminated. Sec. 1502. Report modified. TITLE XVI— DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Sec. 1601. Reports eliminated. TITLE XVII— DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Sec. 1701. Report eliminated.

SEC. 101. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 1302(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8752(d)) is amended—

(a)(1) by striking paragraph (3);

(a)(2) in paragraph (4), by striking “Paragraphs (1) through (3)” and inserting “Paragraphs (1) and (2)”; and

(a)(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).

(b) Section 1542(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended—

(b)(1) by striking “(1) Effect of credits.—”; and

(b)(2) by striking paragraph (2).

(c) Section 310B(g)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)) is amended—

(c)(1) by striking clause (iv); and

(c)(2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv).

(d) Section 603 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5713) is repealed.

(e)(1) Section 385C(b)(7) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd–2(b)(7)) is amended—

(e)(1)(A) in subparagraph (B), by adding “and” at the end;

(e)(1)(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a period; and

(e)(1)(C) by striking subparagraph (D).

(e)(2) Section 385D(a)(7) of Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd–3(a)(7)) is amended—

(e)(2)(A) in subparagraph (C), by adding “and” at the end;

(e)(2)(B) by striking subparagraph (D); and

(e)(2)(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).

(f) Section 702 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5722) is amended by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 201. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 207 of the National Sea Grant Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1126) is amended by striking subsection (e).

(b) Section 3 of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 278g–5) is amended—

(b)(1) by striking subsection (c); and

(b)(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

(c) Section 208(a) of the National Sea Grant Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1127(a)) is amended by striking the fourth sentence.

(d) Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended—

(d)(1) by striking subsection (g);

(d)(2) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as subsections (g) through (k), respectively; and

(d)(3) in subsection (k)(5), as redesignated, by striking “under subsection (k)” and inserting “under subsection (j)”.

(e) Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is further amended in subsection (j), as redesignated by subsection (d), by striking paragraph (5).

(f) Section 212 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5611) is repealed.

SEC. 301. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) The National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by repealing part IV of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12565).

(b) Section 182 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12642) is amended—

(b)(1) by striking the following:

(b)(1)“(a) ”

(b)(1) ; and

(b)(2) by striking subsection (b).

SEC. 401. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) 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.

(b) Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended—

(b)(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and

(b)(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “(b) or”.

SEC. 501. REPORT ON IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION JUSTIFYING DISCRETIONARY GRANT AWARDS ELIMINATED.

Section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7707(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (7).

SEC. 601. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 983 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16323) is amended by striking subsection (d).

(b) Section 369(i) of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(i)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

(c) Section 342(a)(6)(C) of Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)(6)(C)) is amended—

(c)(1) by striking clause (v); and

(c)(2) by redesignating clause (vi) (as added by section 310(a)(4) of Public Law 112–110; 126 Stat. 1524) as clause (v).

SEC. 701. GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ELIMINATED.

Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (10); and

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively.

SEC. 801. REPORT RELATING TO WAIVER OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA ELIMINATED.

Section 1405 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2799aa–1 note) is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (c); and

(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

SEC. 901. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 1904 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6574) is repealed.

(b) Section 901 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 191) is repealed.

(c)(1) Section 902(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15542(b)) is amended—

(c)(1)(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraph (5)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”;

(c)(1)(B) by striking paragraph (3); and

(c)(1)(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (5).

(c)(2) Section 902(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15542(c)) is amended by inserting after “subsection (b)” the following: “prior to the date of the enactment of the Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014”.

(d) Section 3011 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5710) is amended—

(d)(1) by striking subsection (b); and

(d)(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.

(e) Section 4107 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—

(e)(1) by striking subsection (c); and

(e)(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

(f) Section 6303(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1490e note) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

SEC. 902. REPORTS MODIFIED.

(a) Subsection (i) of section 4001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–10) is amended by striking Reviews.“The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States shall jointly conduct periodic reviews” and inserting “The Secretary shall conduct periodic reviews”.

(b) Section 719(g)(2) of title 31, United States Code is amended—

(b)(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: “The Comptroller General shall make each list available through the public website of the Government Accountability Office.”; and

(b)(2) in the second sentence, by inserting “of Congress” after “committee or member”.

(c)(1) Section 107 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 807) is amended to read as follows:

(c)(1) “audits“Sec. 107. (a) Contracts With Independent Public Accountant.—The Board shall enter into a contract with an independent public accountant to conduct an annual audit in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, of the financial records of the Board and of any corporation established under section 106(i), and shall ensure that the independent public accountant has access for the purpose of the audit to any books, documents, papers, and records of the Board or such corporation (or any agent of the Board or such corporation) which the independent public accountant reasonably determines to be pertinent to the Congressional Award Program. “(b) Annual Report to Congress on Audit Results.—Not later than May 15 of each calendar year, the Board shall submit to appropriate officers, committees, and subcommittees of Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the results of the most recent audit conducted pursuant to this section, and shall include in the report information on any such additional areas as the independent public accountant who conducted the audit determines deserve or require evaluation. “(c) Review by the Comptroller General of Annual Audit.—“(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review each annual audit conducted under subsection (a). “(2) For purposes of a review under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General, or any duly authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the Board or such corporation, or any agent of the Board or such corporation, including the independent external auditor designated under subsection (a), which, in the opinion of the Comptroller General, may be pertinent. “(3) Deadline.Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Comptroller General receives a report under subsection (b), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1) with respect to the preceding year.”

(c)(1) .

(c)(2) Section 104(c) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 804(c)) is amended—

(c)(2)(A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by—

(c)(2)(A)(i) inserting “policies and” before “procedures”; and

(c)(2)(A)(ii) striking “fund”; and

(c)(2)(B) in paragraph (2)(A)—

(c)(2)(B)(i) in the first sentence, by striking “The Comptroller General of the United States” and inserting “The independent public accountant conducting the annual audit of the financial records of the Board pursuant to section 107(a)”; and

(c)(2)(B)(ii) in the second sentence, by striking “the Comptroller General” and inserting “the independent public accountant”.

(c)(3) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 2014.

(d) The third sentence of section 1862(b)(9)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(9)(B)(i)) is amended by striking “for a year” and inserting “for 2014”.

SEC. 1001. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 308 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).

(b) The Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007 (title VI of division E of Public Law 110–161; 6 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by striking sections 603 and 604.6 USC 1402, 1403.

(c)(1) Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–272; 19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended—

(c)(1)(A) in subsection (a)(9), by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and

(c)(1)(B) in subsection (f)—

(c)(1)(B)(i) in paragraph (3)—

(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) by striking subparagraph (D); and

(c)(1)(B)(i)(II) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D);

(c)(1)(B)(ii) by striking paragraph (4); and

(c)(1)(B)(iii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.

(c)(2) Subsection (f) of such section is further amended—

(c)(2)(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “paragraph (5)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”; and

(c)(2)(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking “paragraph (5)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”.

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(d)(1) Section 346 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–295; 14 U.S.C. 88 note) is repealed.

(d)(2) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 346.

SEC. 1101. ROYALTIES IN-KIND REPORT ELIMINATED.

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.

SEC. 1201. REPORT ELIMINATED.

Section 207 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3205) is repealed.

SEC. 1301. REPORT ELIMINATED.

Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate resolution advising and consenting to ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105–5) (commonly referred to as the “CFE Flank Document”), 105th Congress, agreed to May 14, 1997, is repealed.

SEC. 1401. REPORT ELIMINATED.

Section 620F of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2376) is amended by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 1501. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 106(p)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(a)(1) by striking subparagraph (H); and

(a)(2) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (H).

(b)(1) Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (k).

(b)(2)(A) Section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended—

(b)(2)(A)(i) by redesignating subsections (l) through (t) as subsections (k) through (s), respectively;

(b)(2)(A)(ii) in paragraph (5) of subsection (k), as redesignated by clause (i)—

(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “subsection (n)(7)” and inserting “subsection (m)(7)”; and

(b)(2)(A)(ii)(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking “subsection (n)” and inserting “subsection (m)”;

(b)(2)(A)(iii) in subsection (m), as so redesignated—

(b)(2)(A)(iii)(I) by striking “subsections (b) and (l)” each place it appears and inserting “subsections (b) and (k)”; and

(b)(2)(A)(iii)(II) by striking “subsection (o)” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (n)”;

(b)(2)(A)(iv) in subsection (n), as so redesignated, by striking “subsection (n)” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (m)”;

(b)(2)(A)(v) in subsection (o), as so redesignated, by striking “subsection (o)” and inserting “subsection (n)”;

(b)(2)(A)(vi) in subsection (p), as so redesignated, by striking “subsections (a) through (p)” and inserting “subsections (a) through (o)”; and

(b)(2)(A)(vii) in subsection (q), as so redesignated, by striking “subsections (q)(1) through (3)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (p)”.

(b)(2)(B) Section 46301(d)(2) of such title is amended by striking “section 47107(l)” and inserting “section 47107(k)”.

(b)(2)(C) Section 47111(e) of such title is amended by striking “section 47107(l)” and inserting “section 47107(k)”.

(b)(2)(D) Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 26 USC 9502.1986 is amended by striking “section 47107(n)” each place it appears and inserting “section 47107(m)”.

(c) Section 60130 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(c)(1) by striking subsection (c); and

(c)(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

(d) Section 182 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2515; 49 U.S.C. 44502 note) is amended—

(d)(1) by striking subsection (e); and

(d)(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).

(e) Section 602 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2563), and the item relating to that section in the table of contents contained in section 1(b) of that Act, are repealed.

(f) Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (114 Stat. 167; 49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 1502. REPORT MODIFIED.

Section 1138(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “at least annually, but may be conducted”.

SEC. 1601. REPORTS ELIMINATED.

(a) Section 2 of Public Law 108–215 (22 U.S.C. 290m–6) is repealed.

(b) Section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d) is amended by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d) through subsection (g) (as added by section 501(g) of Public Law 96–259) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively.

(c) Section 605 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–222), as enacted into law by section 101(d) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277), is amended by striking subsection (d).

(d) The Government Securities Act Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103–202; 31 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended—

(d)(1) by striking section 203; and

(d)(2) in the table of contents for such Act, by striking the item relating to section 203.

SEC. 1701. REPORT ELIMINATED.

Section 8125 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (d); and

(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4194:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):

Apr. 28, considered and passed House.

Sept. 16, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Nov. 12, House concurred in Senate amendment.