Volume 100 · 821
Public Law 99–386
To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports to Congress.
Approved August 22, 1986
Statutory text
An Act
To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency reports to Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may
Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1986.
be cited as the “;Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1986”.
TITLE I— ELIMINATIONS
Sec. 101. reports by more than one agency
Section 218(a) of the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 8818(a)) is repealed.
Section 3104 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by—
striking out subsection (b);
redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; and
striking out “paragraph (1) of this subsection” each place it appears in subsections (b) and (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a) of this section”.
Sec. 102. reports by the department of commerce
Section 5 of the Central, Western and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act (16 U.S.C. 758e–2) is repealed.
Sec. 103. reports by the department of education
Section 117(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1017(d)) is repealed.
Section 553(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1119c–2(c)) is repealed.
Section 605(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1125(b)) is repealed.
Sec. 104. reports by the department of energy
Section 70b(7) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5906(b)(7)) is amended by—
striking out subparagraph (A); and
striking out the subparagraph designator “(B)”.
Section 11 of the Wind Energy Systems Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9210) is amended by—
striking out paragraph (5);
inserting “and” at the end of paragraph (4); and
redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
Sec. 105. reports by the department of housing and urban development
Section 505(f) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–4(f)) is repealed.
Section 506(c) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–5(c)) is repealed.
Sec. 106. reports by the department of justice
Section 2101(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the semicolon and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
Sec. 107. reports by the department of transportation
Section 13 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1746) is repealed.
Sec. 108. reports by the national science foundation
Section 8 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1883) is amended by—
inserting “and” after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3);
striking out “; and” at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
striking out paragraph (5).
Sec. 109. reports by the nuclear regulatory commission
Section 201(h) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(h)) is repealed.
Sec. 110. reports by the office of personnel management
Section 5114 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed.
The table of sections for chapter 51 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 5114.
TITLE II— MODIFICATIONS
Sec. 201. reports by more than one agency
Section 203(o) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Real property.
Gifts and property.
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(o)) is amended—
striking out “The Administrator” and all that follows through “shall submit” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “The Administrator with respect to property disposed of under subsection (j) or (p) of this section, and the head of each executive agency disposing of property under subsection (k) of this section, or under section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622 (d) or (g)), shall submit”; and
by striking out “personal property so donated and of all real”; and
by striking out “donations and transfers” and inserting in lieu thereof “disposals”.
Sec. 202. reports by the department of agriculture
The last sentence of the paragraph under the heading “general sales manager—(allotment from the commodity credit corporation) in title IV of Public Law 97–370 (15 U.S.C. 713a–10; 96 Stat. 1808) is amended by striking out “quarterly” and inserting in lieu thereof “annual”.
Sec. 203. reports by the department of commerce
Section 7(a) of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1106(a)) is amended by striking out “in January of each year” and inserting in lieu thereof “biennially in January”.
Section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 1002, chapter 590; 19 U.S.C. 81p) is amended by—
striking out “containing a full statement of all the operations, receipts, and expenditures, and such other information as the Board may require” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “on zone operations”; and
striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“(c) The Board shall make a report to Congress annually containing a summary of zone operations.”.
Sec. 204. reports by the department of education
Section 653(c) of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1453(c)) is amended by striking out “The Secretary shall make an annual” and inserting in lieu thereof “Every three years, the Secretary shall make a”.
Sec. 205. reports by the department of transportation
Section 107 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C.
1307) is amended by—
striking out “each January 31 thereafter” in subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “each April 1 thereafter”; and
striking out “each January 31 thereafter” in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “each April 1 thereafter”.
Sec. 206. reports by the department of the treasury
Section 201(f) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821(f)) is amended by—
striking out “Secretary of the Treasury, in cooperation with the”; and
striking out the comma after “the Secretary of State”.
Section 6103(p)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(5)) is amended by striking out “quarter” and inserting in lieu thereof “year”.
Sec. 207. general services administration
Section 203(j)(4)(E) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(j)(4)(E)) is amended by striking out “$3,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$5,000”.
Sec. 208. reports by the united states merit systems protection board
$5,000>Section 7701(i)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out “calendar” and inserting in lieu thereof “fiscal”.
Approved August 22, 1986.