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A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study duplicative collection of information by the Department of Health and Human Services and to recommend methods for reducing such…

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A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study duplicative collection of information by the Department of Health and Human Services and to recommend methods for reducing such duplicative collection.

Introduced: June 28, 1984 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.
Jul 11, 1984
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, HHS.
Jun 28, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Jun 28, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the collection of information by the Department of Health and Human Services in order to determine what information is being collected from the same class of individuals more than once.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such study by a specified date. Requires that such report include detailed recommendations for collecting information more efficiently and reducing information collection that is duplicative.

What's happening now July 11, 1984

Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 31, 1984
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5955: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study duplicative collection of information by the Department of Health and Human Services and to recommend methods for reducing such duplicative collection.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5955/
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"H.R. 5955: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study duplicative collection of information by the Department of Health and Human Services and to recommend methods for reducing such duplicative collection.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5955/.
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H.R. 5955, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-5955/.
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