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This Act may be cited as the . Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Department of Agriculture Sec. 101. Commodity promotion and evaluation. Sec. 102. Annual reports by agricultural attaches. Sec. 103. Reporting requirement under Farmland Protection Policy Act. Sec. 104. Rural development programs. Sec. 105. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. Sec. 106.
Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging democracies. Sec. 107. Commodity Credit Corporation quarterly report to Congress. Sec. 108. Crop insurance. Sec. 109. Early child nutrition education evaluations and reports. Sec. 110. Grain Inspection Service annual report. Sec. 111. Notification prior to release of information. Sec. 112. Plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention. Sec. 113. Agricultural trade. Sec. 114. Report on conservation program enrollments and assistance.
Sec. 115. Status report for Food for Progress program. Sec. 116. Status report for technical assistance for specialty crops. Sec. 117. Timber supply and demand in southeastern Alaska. Sec. 118. Tongass National Forest report. TITLE II—Department of Commerce Sec. 201. Repeal of requirement for annual report on Atlantic migratory species. Sec. 202. Repeal of requirement for annual report on progress by educational institutions to become designated as sea grant colleges or sea grant institutions.
Sec. 203. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on coordination between NSF and oceans and coastal research activities of NOAA. Sec. 204. Repeal of requirement for annual report on donations by NIST of educationally useful Federal equipment to schools. Sec. 205. Repeal of requirement for annual report by NIST on enterprise integration standardization and implementation activities. Sec. 206. Repeal of requirement for annual report on equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to fellowships on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources.
Sec. 207. Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of Technology Innovation Program. Sec. 208. Repeal of requirement for annual report by TIP Advisory Board. Sec. 209. Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of West Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Sec. 210. Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia reports. TITLE III—Department of Defense Sec. 301. Report on administration and oversight of Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 302. Annual report on adequacy of budget for operational energy plans.
Sec. 303. Annual report on combatant command activities. Sec. 304. Annual report on combating terrorism. Sec. 305. Annual report on public-private competition. Sec. 306. Arms Export Control Act report on military exports. Sec. 307. Reports on protection of certain individuals. Sec. 308. Audits of undefinitized contracts. Sec. 309. Notification of award of certain contracts to entities controlled by a foreign government. Sec. 310. Commercialization pilot program. Sec. 311. Notification of certain leases of vehicles.
Sec. 312. Report on consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in timely fashion. Sec. 313. Report on consideration of proposals for posthumous and honorary promotions and appointments. Sec. 314. Report on contingency construction. Sec. 315. Justification for conveyance of damages or deteriorated military family housing. Sec. 316. Report on defense economic adjustment planning. Sec. 317. Report on Defense Housing Investment Account. Sec. 318. Annual report on Department of Defense housing funds.
Sec. 319. Report on Department of Defense technology and industrial base guidance. Sec. 320. Display of annual budget requirements for air sovereignty alert mission. Sec. 321. Report on emergency and extraordinary expenses. Sec. 322. Report on enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Sec. 323. Report on experimental personnel management program for scientific and technical personnel. Sec. 324. Report on Federal agency data mining. Sec. 325. Report on grants of exception to costs or pricing data certification requirements and waivers of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 326. Inclusion of net square footage comparisons in requests to build military family housing. Sec. 327. Information to accompany funding requests for contingency operations. Sec. 328. Notification of military construction investments. Sec. 329. Quarterly reports on joint readiness reviews. Sec. 330. Report on limited partnerships with private developers of housing. Sec. 331. Report on military family readiness. Sec. 332. Report on multi-year aircraft lease pilot program.
Sec. 333. Annual report on National Guard and reserve component equipment. Sec. 334. Notification of negotiations for payment-in-kind with host countries. Sec. 335. Notice of deficiency for military housing privatization projects. Sec. 336. Notice of long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed. Sec. 337. Notification of burden sharing contributions by designated countries and regional organizations. Sec. 338. Notification of prime contract awards to comply with cooperative agreements; notification of waivers granted to prime contractors in conjunction with cooperative agreements.
Sec. 339. Notification of equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal. Sec. 340. Oversight of procurement, test, and operational plans for ballistic missile defense programs. Sec. 341. Report on price trend analysis for supplies and equipment purchased by the Department of Defense. Sec. 342. Report on prohibition of certain civilian personnel management constraints. Sec. 343. Report on prohibition on contracting with entities that comply with the secondary Arab boycott of Israel.
Sec. 344. Report on relocation of military family housing units. Sec. 345. Report on multinational military centers of excellence. Sec. 346. Notification of decisions to carry out certain facility repair projects. Sec. 347. Report on meritorious security waivers. Sec. 348. Report on reliability of Department of Defense financial statements. Sec. 349. Report to Congress regarding equip and train authority to recover the remains of missing personnel. Sec. 350. Reporting requirements relating to renewable energy use by the Department of Defense to meet the Department's electricity needs.
Sec. 351. Reports on transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations. Sec. 352. Requirement for advance notification to Congress of transfer of certain excess defense articles. Sec. 353. Requirement for annual program goals for ballistic missile defense programs. Sec. 354. Notification of military construction project conducted using proceeds from sale of electricity from alternate energy and cogeneration production facilities. Sec. 355. Strategic sourcing plan of action and report on savings, consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering.
Sec. 356. Biennial report on space protection strategy. Sec. 357. Report on timeliness standards for disposition of applications before corrections board. Sec. 358. Notification of water conservation construction projects. TITLE IV—Department of Education Sec. 401. Report on rehabilitation services training. Sec. 402. Report on data collection on the distribution of Federal education funds. Sec. 403. Report on Federal TRIO programs. Sec. 404. Reports on activities carried under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Sec. 405. Report on Advanced Placement incentive program grants. Sec. 406. Report on Advanced Placement test fee program. Sec. 407. Report on impact aid construction justifying discretionary grant awards. Sec. 408. Report on the protection and advocacy of individual rights. Sec. 409. Report on the rural and low-income school program. Sec. 410. Report on GEAR UP. TITLE V—Department of Energy Sec. 502. Report on stripper well and Exxon funds. Sec. 503. Studies on the benefits of economic dispatch.
Sec. 504. Annual updates of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring plan. Sec. 505. Report on Federal purchase requirement. Sec. 506. Report on advanced uses of geothermal energy. Sec. 507. H-prize reports. Sec. 508. Report on voluntary commitments to reduce industrial energy intensity. Sec. 509. Report on marine and hydrokinetic technology. Sec. 510. Report on the activities of the office of petroleum reserves. Sec. 511. Report on amended energy efficiency standards.
Sec. 512. Report on science and engineering education pilot program. Sec. 513. Annual reports on Central Valley Project water. Sec. 514. Report on Calfed Bay-Delta program. Sec. 515. Reports on oil or gas royalties taken in-kind. TITLE VI—Department of Health and Human Services Sec. 601. Report on long-term care ombudsman program. Sec. 602. Reports on part D formularies' inclusion of drugs commonly used by dual eligibles. Sec. 603. Report on pediatric initiative. Sec. 604. Report on the C.W.
Bill Young Transplantation program. Sec. 605. Reports on activities of Qualified Independent Contractors. Sec. 606. Report on evaluation, research, and technical assistance activities supported by the promoting safe and stable families programs. Sec. 607. Report relating to organ donation and the recovery, preservation, and transportation of organs. Sec. 608. Report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Sec. 609. Report on leased aircraft. Sec. 610. Report on national breast and cervical cancer early detection program.
Sec. 611. Reports on national coverage determinations. Sec. 612. National Institute of Nursing Research report. Sec. 613. Report on relationship between premature birth and birth defects. Sec. 614. Report of Director, National Institutes of Health. Sec. 615. Trans-National Institutes of Health Research report. Sec. 616. Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality report. Sec. 617. Autism surveillance activities report. Sec. 618. Lead contamination report. Sec. 619. World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program.
Sec. 620. Long-term health effects of living organ donation report. Sec. 621. Program evaluation activities of HHS report. Sec. 622. Centers of Excellence report. Sec. 623. Submission of CFS–101 forms. Sec. 624. Superfund audit and report. Sec. 625. Reports under the Medicare enrollment demonstration project. TITLE VII—Department of Homeland Security Sec. 701. Reports on collection of antidumping and countervailing duties. Sec. 702. Report on enforcement of prohibition on importation of dog and cat fur products.
Sec. 703. Report on scanning of cargo containers at foreign ports. Sec. 704. Reports on importation of softwood lumber. Sec. 705. Port of entry infrastructure assessment study and national land border security plan. Sec. 706. Report on customs user fees. Sec. 707. Reports and briefings on staffing and hiring at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Sec. 708. Reports on the budget and counternarcotic activities of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement. Sec. 709. Worksite enforcement report.
Sec. 710. Secure communities report. Sec. 711. Report on unobligated balances. Sec. 712. Staffing and hiring report. Sec. 713. Trade compliance expenditure plan. Sec. 714. Secure Border Initiative status report. Sec. 715. Reports on mission coverage, staffing levels, and hiring rates of Federal air marshals. Sec. 716. Reports on certain recovered or deobligated funds made available to the Transportation Security Administration. Sec. 717. Report on protection of personal information under Registered Traveler Program of the Transportation Security Administration.
Sec. 718. Consolidation of reports on sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sexual assaults. Sec. 719. Consolidation of reports on compliance with security standards. Sec. 720. Consolidation of reports and assessments on marine safety strategy and goals. Sec. 721. Reports on Presidential security expenditures. Sec. 722. Reports on modernization of National Distress and Response System. Sec. 723. Comprehensive Acquisition Status report. TITLE VIII—Department of Housing and Urban Affairs Sec. 801.
Rural Development Disaster Assistance report. TITLE IX—Department of Justice Sec. 901. Supervised Visitation report. Sec. 902. Transitional Housing Program report. TITLE X—Department of Labor Sec. 1001. Report on service to minority individuals for Senior Community Service Employment Program. Sec. 1002. Andean Trade Preference Act report. TITLE XI—Department of the Interior Sec. 1101. Special Trustee for American Indians report. TITLE XII—Department of State Sec. 1201. Annual foreign military training report.
Sec. 1202. Annual military assistance report. Sec. 1203. Annual report on financial contributions by the U.S. to international organizations. Sec. 1204. Report on arms transfers and regional balance in the Middle East. Sec. 1205. Report on Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Sec. 1206. Report on International Military Education and Training. Sec. 1207. Report on Kosovo peacekeeping. Sec. 1208. Report on nuclear nonproliferation in South Asia. Sec. 1209. Report on PLO compliance with commitments.
Sec. 1210. Report on employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations. Sec. 1211. Report on immunity for interdiction of aircraft used in illicit drug trafficking. Sec. 1212. Report on outstanding expropriation claims. Sec. 1213. Report on terrorist lookout committees. Sec. 1214. Report on conflict in Sudan. Sec. 1215. Reports on countries that export rough diamonds to the United States not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
Sec. 1216. Report on visa issuance to inadmissible aliens. Sec. 1217. Report on resolution of the Cyprus conflict. Sec. 1218. Sudan Peace Act war crimes report. Sec. 1219. Report on Tibet negotiations. Sec. 1220. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel. TITLE XIII—Department of the Treasury Sec. 1301. Reports on environmental efforts of the multilateral development banks. Sec. 1302. Annual report on the North American Development Bank. Sec. 1303. Report on bilateral and multilateral debt reduction activities.
Sec. 1304. Report on costs and benefits of United States participation in the International Monetary Fund. Sec. 1305. Report on labor practices of countries that borrow from international financial institutions. Sec. 1306. Report on loans considered by international financial institutions. Sec. 1307. Annual report by Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies. Sec. 1308. Quarterly report on borrowing arrangements of the International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 1309. Annual report and testimony on the state of the international financial system, International Monetary Fund reform, and compliance with International Monetary Fund agreements. Sec. 1310. Report on progress of the Asian Development Bank toward meeting certain policy goals. Sec. 1311. Report on the multilateral Clean Technology Fund. Sec. 1312. Notification of significant modifications to auction process for issuing United States Treasury obligations. Sec. 1313. Report on technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries.
Sec. 1314. Reports on United States supported policies in the multilateral development banks. Sec. 1315. Reports on United States Government foreign credit exposure. Sec. 1316. Vacancies report. TITLE XIV—Department of Transportation Sec. 1401. Buckle Up America report. Sec. 1402. Buy America Waivers. Sec. 1403. Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified asphalts. Sec. 1404. Hazardous materials emergency preparedness grants report. Sec. 1405. Hazardous materials safety quarterly staffing report.
Sec. 1406. High speed corridors and intercity passenger rail service monthly project status. Sec. 1407. Neighborhood electric vehicles. Sec. 1408. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Statutory Mandate reports. Sec. 1409. Rail safety mandates and NTSB recommendations. Sec. 1410. Railway-Highway crossings. Sec. 1411. Reports on hazardous materials transportation. Sec. 1412. Major projects team reports. Sec. 1413. Pipeline safety information grants to communities. Sec. 1414.
FAA technical staffing requirements. TITLE XV—Department of Veterans Affairs Sec. 1501. Repeal of requirement for annual reports regarding Office of Research Oversight. Sec. 1502. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on contracting for performance by contractor personnel for work previously performed by Department employees. Sec. 1503. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on procurement of health-care items. Sec. 1504. Repeal of requirement for annual reports on medical and surgical bed closures.
Sec. 1505. Reduced frequency of annual reports on activities relating to minority veterans. Sec. 1506. Repeal of requirement for annual report on sharing of health-care resources. Sec. 1507. Repeal of requirement for annual report on staffing of registered nurses. Sec. 1508. Repeal of requirement for annual report on use of authorities to enhance retention of experienced nurses. TITLE XVI—Consumer Product Safety Commission Sec. 1601. Consolidation of annual reports regarding Inspector General reviews of improvements and employee complaints concerning Consumer Product Safety Commission.
TITLE XVII—Corporation for National and Community Service Sec. 1701. Report on reports provided by other Federal agencies. Sec. 1702. Service-learning impact study. TITLE XVIII—Environmental Protection Agency Sec. 1801. Great Lakes report. Sec. 1802. General assistance program report. Sec. 1803. Marine protection report. Sec. 1804. Superfund Alternative Approach report. Sec. 1805. Acid Precipitation Task Force. Sec. 1806. Great Lakes crosscut report. Sec. 1807. Federal procurement reporting.
TITLE XIX—Federal Trade Commission Sec. 1901. Consolidation of report on scholarship fraud. Sec. 1902. Ethanol market concentration. TITLE XX—General Services Administration Sec. 2001. Contingency Contracting Corps. Sec. 2002. Agency activities to improve air quality. Sec. 2003. Per diem rates. Sec. 2004. Federal high-performance green buildings. TITLE XXI—National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sec. 2101. Report on donations of educationally useful Federal equipment to schools.
Sec. 2102. Annual audit of policies and procedures of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with respect to the export of technologies and the transfer of scientific and technical information. Sec. 2103. Status report on operations of Landsat system. Sec. 2104. Report on National Aeronautics and Space Administration outreach program. Sec. 2105. Notification of policy seeking full cost recovery for tests conducted at National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities.
Sec. 2106. Report on National Aeronautics and Space Administration program and cost assessment and cost control. Sec. 2107. Report on performance assessment of divisions in the Science directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sec. 2108. Report on space cooperation with states of the former Soviet Union. Sec. 2109. Space shuttle follow-on report. Sec. 2110. Report on stratospheric ozone depletion. Sec. 2111. Aeronautics and space report of the President.
TITLE XXII—National Science Foundation Sec. 2201. Report on encouraging participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Sec. 2202. Report on funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs. Sec. 2203. Report on innovation acceleration research. TITLE XXIII—Office of Personnel Management Sec. 2301. Critical position pay. Sec. 2302. Physicians comparability allowance. Sec. 2303. Extending locality pay. TITLE XXIV—Intelligence Reports Sec. 2401.
Submissions of space science and technology strategy. Sec. 2402. Reports on intelligence information sharing. Sec. 2403. Reports on the acquisition of major systems. Sec. 2404. Reports on the threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 2405. Reports on personnel level assessments for the intelligence community. Sec. 2406. Reports on intelligence community business system transformation. Sec. 2407. Reports on security clearances. Sec. 2408. Reports related to analytic integrity.
Sec. 2409. Reports of privacy and civil liberties officers. Sec. 2410. Reports related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sec. 2411. Reports on waivers of conditions for disqualification for security clearances. Sec. 2412. Reports on customer feedback on Department of Homeland Security intelligence reporting. Sec. 2413. Reports on commerce with, and assistance to, Cuba from other foreign countries. Sec. 2414. Reports identifying countries of concern with respect to the diversion of certain goods, services, and technologies to or through Iran.
Sec. 2415. Reports from the Advisory Intelligence Committees. Sec. 2416. Assessments on transformation of the intelligence capabilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sec. 2417. Reports on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and related matters. Sec. 2418. Reports on counterterrorism status. Sec. 2419. Reports on bandwidth requirements for major defense acquisition programs and major systems acquisition programs. Sec. 2420. Reports regarding Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons.
Sec. 2421. Reports on counterintelligence and security practices at the national laboratories. Sec. 2422. Reports on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 2423. Reports on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 2424. Reports on uncontrolled treaty-limited equipment. TITLE XXV—Securities and Exchange Commission Sec. 2501. Securities Financial Controls Audit report. TITLE XXVI—Small Business Administration Sec. 2601. Small Business breakout procurement center reports.
Sec. 2602. Small business loss report. Sec. 2603. Small business secondary market guarantee authority. TITLE XXVII—Social Security Administration Sec. 2701. Social Security Administration Comprehensive Printing Plan Program. TITLE XXVIII—United States Army Corps of Engineers Sec. 2801. Consolidation of reports on execution of water resources development funds. TITLE XXIX—Executive Office of the President Sec. 2901. Restriction on airport projects using products or services of foreign countries denying fair market opportunities.
Sec. 2902. Annual report on the World Trade Organization. Sec. 2903. Baseline for Application of Reprogramming and Transfer Authorities. Sec. 2904. FAIR Inventories. Sec. 2905. Homeland Security Funding Analysis. Sec. 2906. Reduction in frequency of elimination of unnecessary agency reporting reports. Sec. 2907. Repeal of reports on interagency oceans and human health research program. Sec. 2908. Repeal of report and related requirements relating to national coordination of research infrastructure.
Sec. 2909. Reduced frequency of report by National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel. Sec. 2910. Reports on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Sec. 2911. Elimination of requirement for review of National Nanotechnology Program by National Research Council. Sec. 2912. Elimination of requirement for report on the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. Sec. 2913. Elimination of mid-session review summary. Sec. 2914. Elimination of requirement for report on progress of executive agencies in achieving goals set to improve efficiency and effectiveness of agency operations through use of information technology.
Sec. 2915. Report on trade preferences under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Sec. 2916. Physicians' comparability allowances. Sec. 2917. Report on trade enforcement efforts under title III of the Trade Act of 1974. Sec. 2918. Publication of service contract inventory. Sec. 2919. Report on waivers of sanctions with respect to North Korea.