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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 28, 2016
Reports Reduction Act of 2016
This bill eliminates or modifies reporting requirements for programs of:
the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, State, the Treasury, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs;
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the U.S. Coast Guard;
the Environmental Protection Agency;
the Executive Office of the President;
the Federal Communications Commission;
the Federal Trade Commission;
the General Services Administration;
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
the National Science Foundation;
the Office of Personnel Management;
the Director of National Intelligence; and
the Small Business Administration.
The Andean Trade Preference Act is amended to eliminate the U.S. International Trade Commission's reports regarding the economic impact of the President's authority to proclaim duty-free treatment to beneficiary countries and the effectiveness of drug-related crop eradication.
The bill eliminates a provision that required the President to report on compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act for projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
People & committees
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D–VA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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