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44 U.S.C. § 4101 — Electronic directory; online access to publications; electronic storage facility

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44 U.S.C. § 4101 — Electronic directory; online access to publications; electronic storage facility

**(a) In General.—** The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall— (1) maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information; (2) provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and, as determined by the Superintendent of Documents, other appropriate publications distributed by the Superintendent of Documents; and (3) operate an electronic storage facility for Federal electronic information to which online access is made available under paragraph (2). **(b) Departmental Requests.—** To the extent practicable, the Superintendent of Documents shall accommodate any request by the head of a department or agency to include in the system of access referred to in subsection (a)(2) information that is under the control of the department or agency involved. **(c) Consultation.—** In carrying out this section, the Superintendent of Documents shall consult— (1) users of the directory and the system of access provided for under subsection (a); and (2) other providers of similar information services. The purpose of such consultation shall be to assess the quality and value of the directory and the system, in light of user needs.

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**(a) In General.—** The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall— (1) maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information; (2) provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and, as determined by the Superintendent of Documents, other appropriate publications distributed by the Superintendent of Documents; and (3) operate an electronic storage facility for Federal electronic information to which online access is made available under paragraph (2). **(b) Departmental Requests.—** To the extent practicable, the Superintendent of Documents shall accommodate any request by the head of a department or agency to include in the system of access referred to in subsection (a)(2) information that is under the control of the department or agency involved. **(c) Consultation.—** In carrying out this section, the Superintendent of Documents shall consult— (1) users of the directory and the system of access provided for under subsection (a); and (2) other providers of similar information services. The purpose of such consultation shall be to assess the quality and value of the directory and the system, in light of user needs.

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31 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions

In this chapter— (1) “agency” includes the District of Columbia government but does not include the legislative branch or the Supreme Court. (2) “appropriations” means appropriated amounts and includes, in appropriate context— (A) funds; (B) authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations; and (C) other authority making amounts available for obligation or expenditure.

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31 U.S.C. § 1125 — Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) **Budget justification materials.—** — The term “budget justification materials” has the meaning given the term in section 3(b)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ([31 U.S.C. 6101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 109–282). (2) **Plan or report.—** — The term “plan or report” means any plan or report submitted to Congress, any committee of Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by not less than 1 agency— (A) in accordance with Federal law; or (B) at the direction or request of a congressional report. (3) **Recurring plan or report.—** — The term “recurring plan or report” means a plan or report submitted on a recurring basis. (4) **Relevant congressional committee.—** — The term “relevant congressional committee”— (A) means a congressional committee to which a recurring plan or report is required to be submitted; and (B) does not include any plan or report that is required to be submitted solely to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives or the Senate. **(b) Agency Identification of Unnecessary Reports.—** (1) **In general.—** — The head of each agency shall include in the budget justification materials of the agency the following: (A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following: (i) A list of each recurring plan or report submitted by the agency. (ii) An identification of whether the recurring plan or report listed in clause (i) was included in the most recent report issued by the Clerk of the House of Representatives concerning the reports that any agency is required by law or directed or requested by a committee report to make to Congress, any commit

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40 U.S.C. § 11702 — Index of certain information in information systems included in directory established under [section 4101 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section4101&num=0&edition=prelim)

If in designing an information technology system pursuant to this subtitle, the head of an executive agency determines that a purpose of the system is to disseminate information to the public, then the head of that executive agency shall reasonably ensure that an index of information disseminated by the system is included in the directory created pursuant to [section 4101 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section4101&num=0&edition=prelim). This section does not authorize the dissemination of information to the public unless otherwise authorized.

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44 U.S.C. § 4101 — Electronic directory; online access to pub-

Page 222 TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS § 4101 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION.—The Director shall not publish any report through the reports online portal that is received from anyone other than the head of the applicable Federal agency, or an officer or em- ployee of the Federal agency specifically designated by the head of the Federal agency. ‘‘SEC. 7245. CHANGING OR REMOVING REPORTS. ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO CHANGE OR REMOVE REPORTS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency concerned may change or remove a congressionally mandated report submitted to be published on the reports online portal only if— ‘‘(1) the head of the Federal agency consults with each committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof to which the report is required to be submitted (or, in the case of a report which is not required to be sub- mitted to a particular committee of Congress or sub- committee thereof, to each committee with jurisdic- tion over the agency, as determined by the head of the agency in consultation with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tem- pore of the Senate) prior to changing or removing the report; and ‘‘(2) a joint resolution is enacted to authorize the change in or removal of the report. ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the head of the Federal agency concerned— ‘‘(1) may make technical changes to a report sub- mitted to or published on the reports online portal; ‘‘(2) may remove a report from the reports online portal if the report was submitted to or published on the reports online portal in error; and ‘‘(3) may withhold information, records, or reports from publication on the reports online portal in ac- cordance with section 5246 [7246]. ‘‘SEC. 7246. WI

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