Sec. 103. Automatic sunset for future statutory reporting requirements
238 words·~1 min read·
/bill/118/s/5618/is/section-103A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 480 the following new section: Any provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment of this section that includes an indefinite-duration report requirement shall cease to be effective, with respect to that requirement, five years after the date of the enactment of that provision of law unless that provision of law expressly states that this section is inapplicable to that requirement or that provision of law.
In this section, the term indefinite-duration report requirement means a requirement in any provision of law for the Secretary of Defense (or any other officer or employee of the Department of Defense) to submit to Congress (or any committee of Congress) a periodic report for which the law does not— state a specific period of time as the period during which that report is required to be submitted or that provision of law is in effect; or state a specific termination date for the requirement to submit the report or for that provision of law.
In this section, the term periodic report means a report required to be submitted on an annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic basis. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 480 the following new item: 480a. Reports to Congress: Termination of indefinite-duration reports after five years. .