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H.R. 6113: Paperwork Assistance Act

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H.R. 6113: Paperwork Assistance Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-21 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 535 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR6113 (2008-07-29), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Paperwork Assistance Act

Plain summary

Paperwork Assistance Act - Requires a federal agency to inform any person receiving a collection of information from the agency of the agency's contact information, including a website and a telephone number, by which a person may obtain a specific contact person responsible for answering questions about the information collection and other information to assist in responding to the information collection. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include in the Director's annual report on information policy activities: (1) the status of implementation by agencies of the requirements of this Act; and (2) a description of how each agency has responded to complaints related to the agency's compliance with such requirements. Makes this Act's contact information requirements applicable to new or revised collections of information approved by the Director beginning one year after enactment.

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Official text

Paperwork Assistance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6113, A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to include contact information for the agency in its collection of information (2008-07-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6113, A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to include contact information for the agency in its collection of information (2008-07-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6113 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110