Conference report on data access
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4328, MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (House of Representatives - October 19, 1998)
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $60,617,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of
title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.):
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget,
before the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further,
That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs:
Provided further, That the Director of OMB amends Section--.36 of OMB Circular A-110 to require Federal awarding
agencies to ensure that all data produced under an award will be made available to the public through the procedures established under the
Freedom of Information Act: Provided further, That if the agency obtaining the data does so solely at the request of a private
party, the agency may authorize a reasonable user fee equaling the incremental cost of obtaining the data: Provided
further, That OMB is directed to submit a report by March 31, 1999, to the Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight that: (1) identifies specific paperwork reduction
accomplishments expected, constituting annual five percent reductions in paperwork expected in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000; and (2)
issues guidance on the requirements of 5 U.S.C. Sec. 801(a)(1) and (3); sections 804(3), and 808(2), including a standard new rule reporting
form for use under section 801(a)(1)(A)-(B).
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