Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 23, 2024 Became Public Law No: 118-172.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 29, 2023
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024Public Law 118-172
Summary
Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024
This act requires federal agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements and related information in their annual budget justifications.
Specifically, the agencies must include a list of each recurring plan or report submitted by the agency and specified identifying information for the plans or reports. The agencies must also identify any recurring plans or reports that are outdated or duplicative.
With respect to each recurring plan or report that is outdated or duplicative, the agency must also include
- a recommendation on whether to end, modify, consolidate, or reduce the frequency of the report or plan;
- a citation to each provision of law or directive in a congressional report that requires or requests the submission of the report or plan;
- a list of the relevant congressional committees; and
- a justification that explains why the agency made the recommendation and the agency's understanding of the purpose of the plan or report.
If a recurring plan or report is required to be submitted by at least two federal agencies, the act requires the Office of Management and Budget to (1) determine whether the requirement to submit the recurring plan or report is outdated or duplicative, and (2) make recommendations to Congress accordingly.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Aug 29, 2023 |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Jan 31, 2024 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Aug 29, 2023Markup Mar 7, 2024 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Aug 29, 2023Markup Feb 6, 2024 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 13, 2024Discharged Dec 12, 2024 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-172.
- Dec 17, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 12, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 11, 2024Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 11, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6976)
- Nov 13, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Nov 12, 2024Mr. Higgins (LA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 12, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5943-5944)
- Nov 12, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5301.
- Nov 12, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5943-5944)
- Nov 12, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 7, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
- Feb 6, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 6, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Aug 29, 2023Introduced in House
- Aug 29, 2023Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6976 | Joe Manchin III D-WV | Dec 11, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5943, H5944Text printed H5943 | Clay Higgins R-LA, Jamie Raskin D-MD, Robert Garcia D-CA | Nov 12, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 17, 2024H.R. 5301, Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on March 7, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024H.R. 5301, Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on February 6, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 140, August 29, 2023, page H4211.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48381 | National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS): Overview and Issues for Congress | Report | Jan 31, 2025 |
| IN12471 | Proposed Changes to Statutory Process for Reexamination of Congressional Reporting Requirements | Insight | Dec 12, 2024 |
| R48079 | Land Disposal Authorities and Processes of the Bureau of Land Management | Report | Jun 3, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2073 | Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget justifications, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 13, 2024Referred in Senate
- Nov 12, 2024Engrossed in House
- Aug 29, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
