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HR 776 99th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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: January 30, 1985 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) 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
Feb 19, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.
Feb 19, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, HHS.
Jan 30, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Jan 30, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 19, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.

 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: (1) the Secretary to report to the Congress on such study; and (2) such report to include detailed recommendations for more efficient information collection.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 20, 1985
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 21, 1985
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 30, 1985
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Jan 30, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 776: 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.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-776/
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"H.R. 776: 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.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-776/.
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H.R. 776, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-776/.
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