For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 28, 2001
President Signs Statutory Reporting Requirement Bill
Statement by the President
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1042, an Act to prevent the
scheduled elimination of certain legislatively mandated executive
branch reports. This legislation restores 29 statutory
reporting requirements that expired last year, pursuant to the Federal
Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995. I sign this
legislation in deference to the Congress determination that the reports
are necessary to fulfilling its oversight
responsibili-ties. But I remain concerned that many of the
existing statutory reporting requirements impose an excessive burden on
executive branch agencies. In particular, I am concerned
that some of the reports reinstated by H.R. 1042 are either obsolete or
duplicative of other reporting requirements. My
Administration will continue to work with the Congress to reduce the
burden created by unnecessary statutory reporting requirements through
the elimination of these unnecessary requirements, while respecting the
oversight responsibilites of the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 28, 2001.
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