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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-511—DEC. 11, 1980

94 STAT. 2828

particular attention to whether the agency has complied with section 3506. "(b) The Director shall report the results of the reviews to the appropriate agency head, the House Committee on Government Operations, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and the committees of the Congress having jurisdiction over legislation relating to the operations of the agency involved. "(c) Each agency which receives a report pursuant to subsection (b) shall, within sixty days after receipt of such report, prepare and transmit to the Director, the House Committee on Government Operations, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and the committees of the Congress having jurisdiction over legislation relating to the operations of the agency, a written statement responding to the Director's report, including a description of any measures taken to alleviate or remove any problems or deficiencies identified in such report. "§3514. Responsiveness to Congress "(a) The Director shall keep the Congress and its committees fully and currently informed of the major activities under this chapter, and shall submit a report thereon to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives annually and at such other times as the Director determines necessary. The Director shall include in any such report— "(1) proposals for legislative action needed to improve Federal information management, including, with respect to information collection, recommendations to reduce the burden on individuals, small businesses, State and local governments, and other persons; "(2) a compilation of legislative impediments to the collection of information which the Director concludes that an agency needs but does not have authority to collect; "(3) an analysis by agency, and by categories the Director finds useful and practicable, describing the estimated reporting hours required of persons by information collection requests, including to the extent practicable the direct budgetary costs of the agencies and identification of statutes and regulations which impose the greatest number of reporting hours;

  • (4) a summary of accomplishments and planned initiatives to

reduce burdens of Federal information collection requests; "(5) a tabulation of areas of duplication in agency information collection requests identified during the preceding year and efforts made to preclude the collection of duplicate information, including designations of central collection agencies; "(6) a list of each instance in which an agency engaged in the collection of information under the authority of section 3507(g) and an identification of each agency involved; "(7) a list of all violations of provisions of this chapter and rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures issued pursuant to this chapter; and "(8) with respect to recommendations of the Commission on Federal Paperwork— "(A) a description of the specific actions taken on or planned for each recommendation; "(B) a target date for implementing each recommendation accepted but not implemented; and

Ante, p. 2819. Report to congressional committees.

Written statement, submittal to congressional committees.

44 USC 3514. Report to President of the Senate and Speaker of the House.

Ante, p. 2819.