Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
Public Law 104-66 · S. 790 · 104th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Dec 21, 1995 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Cosponsors (4): Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. William Roth,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Departments
Title II: Independent Agencies
Title III: Reports By All Departments and Agencies
Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 - Title I: Departments - Amends numerous specified Federal Acts to eliminate or modify certain reporting requirements of various specified cabinet-level Departments.
Title II: Independent Agencies - Amends numerous specified Federal Acts to eliminate or modify certain reporting requirements of specified independent Federal agencies.
Title III: Reports by All Departments and Agencies - Amends various specified Federal laws to eliminate or modify certain reporting requirements of specified Federal departments and agencies.
Terminates certain annual, semiannual, and other periodic reporting requirements, specifically exempting reporting requirements under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, and various specified reports in other named Federal Acts.
Requires the President to include in the first annual budget submitted to the Congress after the enactment of this Act a list of reports that the President has determined are unnecessary or wasteful, along with the reasons for such determination.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Dec 21, 1995Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 104-66.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 12, 1995PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 7, 1995Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments to the House amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Ehrlich asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendments to the House amendment.
- Dec 6, 1995Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate concurred in the House amendment with an amendment (SP 3086) by Voice Vote.
- Nov 14, 1995FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed by voice vote.
- Nov 9, 1995CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Sep 21, 1995CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Sep 13, 1995CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Jul 17, 1995FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- May 11, 1995IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.