Volume 79 · 1310
Public Law 89–348
To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of law.
Approved November 8, 1965
Statutory text
AN ACT
To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following reporting requirements, which relate to the submission of certain reports to Congress or other Government authority, are hereby repealed, as follows:
reports under each executive agency
The annual report to Congress of the administrative adjustment of tort claims of $2,500 or less, stating the name of each claimant, the amount, claimed, the amount awarded, and a brief description of
the claim (28 U.S.C. 2673).
reports under two or more executive agencies
The semiannual report to the Congress of purchases and contracts with respect to experimental, developmental, or research work with the name of each contractor, the amount of the contract, and description of the work required (63 Stat. 393; 41 U.S.C. 252 (c)).
The quarterly reports to Congress by the Department of the Treasury, Housing and Home Finance Agency, General Services Administration, and the annual report to the President and to Congress by the Small Business Administration of progress in liquidating the assets and winding up the affairs of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as required by section 106(b) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation Act (67 Stat. 231; 15 U.S.C. 609,
note), by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1957, and by Public Law 87–305, section 5(a) (75 Stat. 666; 15 U.S.C. 639(a)).
reports under the department of agriculture
The annual report to Congress of activities relating to the Puerto Rico hurricane relief loans (45 Stat. 1067; 70 Stat. 525).
The report of the estimates of national farm housing needs and of progress made toward meeting such needs (63 Stat. 435; 42
U.S.C. 1476(b)).
reports under the department of commerce
The quarterly report of contracts entered into, proposed contracts, and general progress with respect to aviation war risk insurance activities (72 Stat. 805; 49 U.S.C. 1539).
The quarterly report of contracts entered into, proposed contracts, and general progress with respect, to war risk insurance activities under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (64 Stat. 776; 46 U.S.C. 1291).
The annual report, of the names of contractors and subcontractors for scientific equipment used for communication and navigation and of the names of persons entering into contracts or other arrangements by the terms of which the United States undertakes to pay only for national-defense features, together with the applicable
contracts and amounts (49 Stat. 1998; 46 U.S.C. 1155(b)).
The annual report, covering each case and the reasons therefor in which an exception is made to the prohibition against payment of an operating-differential subsidy for the operation of a vessel beyond
its economic life (49 Stat. 2003; 46 U.S.C. 1175(b)).
reports under the department of defense
The annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the Navy of all vessels used for experimental purposes which have been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (10 U.S.C. 7306(b)).
The requirement that the Secretary of the Navy shall communicate to Congress all or a portion of the annual report submitted to the Secretary by the Naval Sea Cadet Corps with respect to its proceedings and activities (76 Stat. 534).
The requirement that the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be, shall report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the details of the proposed participation by members of the Armed Forces under his jurisdiction in international amateur sports competition (10 U.S.C. 717(b)).
reports under the department of the interior
The annual report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the use of the separate fund created for the promotion of the free How of domestically produced fishery products (68 Stat. 376; 15 U.S.C. 713c–3(f)).
The annual report to the Congress giving detailed information with respect to the establishment of fish restoration and management projects and expenditures therefor (64 Stat. 434; 16 U.S.C. 777]).
reports under the department of labor
The annual report of the Secretary of Labor to Congress of the administration of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from the funds established by the Act (44 Stat. 444; 33 U.S.C. 943).
The annual report to Congress by the Secretary of Labor of the work of the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation including a detailed statement of appropriations and expenditures and a detailed statement showing receipts of and expenditures from the employees’ compensation fund (39 Stat. 749: 5 U.S.C. 784).
reports under the post office department
The inclusion in the annual report, of operations of the postal savings system of the names of post offices receiving deposits, the number of depositors in each and the amount on deposit (39 U.S.C. 5205).
The inclusion in the annual report to the President by the Postmaster General of activities with respect to the Postal Modernization Fund (39 U.S.C. 2332).
reports under the department of state
The report to the Congress by the President with respect to operations under the Lend-Lease Act (55 Stat. 32; 22 U.S.C. 414(b)).
The report to the Congress by the President not less than once each year on the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency and on the participation of the United States therein (71 Stat. 453; 22 U.S.C. 2022).
The annual report to Congress by the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation and the Secretary of State of the receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and disbursed in connection with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (72 Stat. 273; 22 U.S.C. 287q).
The annual report by the Secretary of State to the Congress and to the President on the condition of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund and of estimates of appropriations necessary to continue the system in effect (60 Stat. 1024; 22 U.S.C. 1102).
report under the department of treasury
The annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury on the financial condition of the Postal Modernization Fund
Reporting requirements, modification.
(39 U.S.C. 2234).
Sec. 2.
The following reporting requirements, which relate to the submission of certain reports to Congress or other Government authority, are hereby modified as follows:
From quarterly to annual submission to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce of a report with respect to all activities or transactions under the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 50; 50 U.S.C. App. 1746).
Beginning January 1, 1967, from semiannual to annual submission to the President and to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce of a report with respect to activities under the International ‘Travel Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 130; 22 U.S.C. 2125).
From quarterly to annual submission to Congress by the Secretary of the Air Force of a report of the number of officers in the executive part of the Department of the Air Force and the justification
therefor (10 U.S.C. 8031(c)).
From quarterly to semiannual submission to the Senate and the House of Representatives by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of a report with respect to personal property donations to State surplus property agencies and real property disposals to public health and educational institutions (66 Stat. 593; 40 U.S.C.
69 Stat. 84, 430.
484(o)).
From semiannual submission through the President to annual submission to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior of a report of the operations of programs to stimulate exploration for minerals within the United States, its territories and possessions together with recommendations regarding the need for such programs (72 Stat. 701; 30 U.S.C. 645).
Beginning January 1, 1967, from semiannual to annual submission to the Congress by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States of a report concerning its operations under the War Claims Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1246; 50 U.S.C. App. 2008).
From semiannual to annual submission to the Congress by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States of a report concerning its operations under the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (64 Stat. 13; 22 U.S.C. 1622(c)).
From semiannual to annual submission to the Congress by the President of a report of each transaction entered into by any agency of the United States Government pursuant to section 302 or 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, together with the basis for determining the probable ultimate net cost to the United States thereunder (64 Stat. 789; 74 Stat. 282; 50 U.S.C. App. 2094
(b)).
From semiannual to annual submission to the Congress by the Export-Import Bank of Washington of a report concerning its operations under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (59 Stat. 529; 12 U.S.C. 635g).
From quarterly to annual submission to the Congress by the Attorney General of a report concerning certain voluntary agreements and programs pursuant to section 708(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 818, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 2158).
From quarterly to annual submission to the Congress by the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission of a report pursuant to section 710(b)(7) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 819. as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 2160).
Approved November 8, 1965.