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Public Law 83–706
To discontinue certain reports now required by law.
Approved August 30, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To discontinue certain reports now required by law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following reports or statements now required by law are hereby discontinued, and all Acts or parts of Acts herein cited as requiring the submission of such reports or statements are hereby repealed to the extent of such requirement:
1. reports under each executive department and independent establishment
The inclusion in the annual report to Congress of each executive
Receipts from fees.
department or independent establishment of a statement of receipts from fees or charges paid to such department or establishment under all Acts of Congress (47 Stat. 411; 5 U. S. C. 104a).
2.
The quarterly report to Congress by each department and agency
Relief claimants.
of the name of each claimant to whom relief has been granted under the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended, together with the amount of such relief and a brief statement of the facts and the administrative
decision (60 Stat. 902; 41 U. S. C. 106).
3. reports under the department of agriculture
The annual report to Congress of the activities of, expenditures by,
Research laboratories.
and donations to the four regional research laboratories authorized by the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. L. 37; 7 U. S. C. 1292 (e)).
4.
The annual report to the Congress of all persons against whom
Farm tenant claims.
claims under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act in excess of $1,000 have been compromised, the address of such person, the nature of the claim, the amount of the compromise and the reason therefor (60 Stat. 1066; 7 U. S. C. 1015 (g)).
5.
The statement of the Secretary of Agriculture required to be
Farm tenant insurance.
included in his annual report to Congress, with respect to the status of the Farm Tenant-Mortgage Insurance Fund (60 Stat. L. 1076; 7 U. S. C. 1005a).
6.
The annual report by the Secretary of Agriculture to the President
Expenditures.
accounting for all moneys received and expended by him (45 Stat. 993; 5 U. S. C. 557).
7.
The annual report by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Congress
Research under contracts.
on research work being performed under contracts or cooperative agreements pursuant to the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1086, 1090; 7 U. S. C. 427j and 1624).
8. reports under the department of commerce
The report to the Congress on Federal-aid highways required of
Federal-aid highways.
the Secretary of Commerce on or before the first Monday in January of each year, giving a detailed statement of the work done, the status of each project undertaken, the allocation of appropriations, an itemized statement of the expenditures and receipts during the preceding fiscal year, an itemized statement of travel and other expenses, including a list of employees, their duties, salaries and travel expenses, and
23 USC 20; 5 USC 133t note; 15 USC 192a note.
his recommendations, if any, for new legislation amending or supplementing existing law (42 Stat. 216; 48 Stat. 995; 53 Stat. 1426; 60 Stat. .866; Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress; Reorganization Plan
63 Stat. 377, 1070.
40 USC 471 note; 5 USC 133z–15 note.
Numbered 7 of 1949).
9.
The report of the Maritime Commission on coordination of forwarding waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States required by section 217 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as amended (56 Stat. 171; 46 U. S. C. 1127).
10.
Annual report submitted in accordance with section 4 of S. Res.
Airport construction.
136, Eighty-first Congress, providing Congress with data on contemplated airport and Federal airways construction.
11.
Annual report concerning messing facilities in Alaska and other points outside the continental United States, submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with Public Law 390, Eighty-first Congress (63 Stat 907; 5 U. S. C. 596a).
12.
The requirement that two thousand eight hundred copies of the report of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey be printed in quarto form (28 Stat. 612; 44 U. S. C. 247).
13.
The annual coast survey report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 4690 of the Revised Statutes (33 U. S. C. 888).
14. reports under the department of defense
The quarterly reports by the Secretary of Defense to the Committees
Contract authorizations.
on Appropriations and Armed Services of the amounts obligated under the contract authorizations provided for in the Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1948 (Public Law 547, Eightieth Congress), as required by section 2 of that Act
(5 U.S. C. 171a Note).
15.
The following statements of expenses included in the annual
River expenses.
report of the Chief of Engineers in respect of: (1) gaging of waters on the Mississippi River and its tributaries (33 U. S. C. 4); (2) maintenance of the channel through, and securing uninterrupted examinations and surveys of the South Pass of the Mississippi River (33 U. S. C. 602); (3) removal of obstructions from the Mississippi and certain other rivers (33 U. S. C. 604 and 606); (4) operation of snag boats on the upper Mississippi River and certain other rivers (33 U. S. C. 605); (5) operating, maintaining, keeping in repair and reconstructing locks, canals, etc., other than Panama Canal (33 U.S.C. 5).
16.
Annual report pursuant to Revised Statutes 429 (5 U. S. C.
Mechanics, etc., Navy.
466), of the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress in the form of a statement of amounts expended for wages of mechanics and laborers employed in building, repairing, or equipping vessels of the Navy or in receiving and securing stores and materials for those purposes and for the purchase of materials and stores for the same purpose.
17.
Statement in the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy to
Sale of vessels, etc.
the Congress of all acts done in making sale of any vessel or materials of the Navy (Revised Statutes 429, 5 U. S. C. 466).
18.
Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress of charges included in the cost of work under naval appropriations pursuant to title 31, United States Code, section 647.
19.
Annual report of the Secretary of each military department of transportation services furnished under Public Law 560, Eightieth Congress (62 Stat. 276–277), as required by section 2 of that Act.
20.
Report to the Congress by Federal authorities of transfer of Jurisdiction over Government properties within the District of Columbia among Federal and District authorities pursuant to title 40,
United States Code, section 122.
21.
Annual report of the Department of the Navy pursuant to section 61, Statutes at Large, page 705 (34 U. S. C. 1076b), concerning the number and salaries of professors and instructors employed at the Naval Post Graduate School.
22. reports under the department of the interior
The annual report and financial statement by the Secretary of the Interior of operations under section 13 of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 779; 43 U. S. C. 618 letter “1”).
23.
The annual report and financial statement by the Secretary of the Interior as to the transmission and sale of electric energy generated at the Fort Peck project during the preceding governmental fiscal year (52 Stat. 406; 16 U. S. C. 833g (c)).
24.
The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the fiscal affairs of all Indian tribes for whose benefit expenditures from either public or tribal funds shall have been made by any officer, clerk, or employee in the Interior Department during the preceding fiscal year (36 Stat. 1077; 25 U. S. C. 143).
25.
The annual report by the National Park Trust Fund Board to the Congress of the moneys or securities received and held by it, and of its operations (49 Stat. 478; 16 U. S. C. 19d).
26. report under the department of justice
The annual report of the Attorney General to Congress of all suits
under the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 U. S. C. 752), and the Public Vessels Act (46 U. S. C. 790), in which final judgment has been rendered.
27. report under the department of labor
The annual report by the Secretary of Labor of the findings of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on studies of productivity and labor costs in various industries (54 Stat. 249; 29 U. S. C. 2b).
28. report under the department of state
The semiannual report of the National Munitions Control Board
(22 U. S. C. 452).
29. report under the treasury department
The report on regulations as to lifesaving appliances on ocean, lake, and sound steamers and foreign vessels (46 U. S. C. 481).
30. reports under the general accounting office
Report by the Comptroller General on Farm Credit Administration transactions under the agricultural marketing revolving fund, in violation of law, together with such recommendations as deemed desirable (46 Stat. 18; 12 U. S. C. 1141i).
31.
Report by the Comptroller General containing recommendations for such changes in existing law relating to inactive and permanent
appropriation (48 Stat. 1236; 31 U. S. C. 725w).
32.
Report by the Comptroller General of any transaction or condition found to be in conflict with the powers or duties entrusted to the Tennessee Valley Authority by law (48 Stat. 63, 64; 49 Stat. 1080, 1081; 16 U. S. C. 831h).
Approved August 30, 1954.