Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023
This bill requires federal agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in their annual budget justifications. With respect to each recurring plan or report that is outdated or duplicative, the agency must also include (1) a recommendation on whether to end, modify, consolidate, or reduce the frequency of the report or plan; (2) a citation to each provision of law or directive in a congressional report that requires or requests the submission of the report or plan; and (3) a list of the relevant congressional committees.
If a recurring plan or report is required to be submitted by at least two federal agencies, the bill 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the Office of Management and Budget to (1) determine whether the requirement to submit the recurring plan or report is outdated or duplicative, and (2) make recommendations to Congress accordingly.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-23 | President | Became Public Law No: 118-172. | Library of Congress |
| 2024-12-23 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2024-12-17 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2024-12-12 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2024-12-11 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6976) | Senate |
| 2024-12-11 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2024-11-13 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate |
| 2024-11-12 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2024-11-12 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5943-5944) | House floor actions |
| 2024-11-12 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5301. | House floor actions |
| 2024-11-12 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5943-5944) | House floor actions |
| 2024-11-12 | Floor | Mr. Higgins (LA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2024-03-07 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0. | House committee actions |
| 2024-03-07 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | House committee actions |
| 2024-02-06 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2024-02-06 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | House committee actions |
| 2023-08-29 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2023-08-29 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2023-08-29 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |