 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part B--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 3486. Annual report


(a) Contents

    The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each 
fiscal year, make a single, comprehensive report to the President for 
transmission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during 
such fiscal year. The report shall include a statement of goals, 
priorities, and plans for the Department together with an assessment of 
the progress made toward--
        (1) the attainment of such goals, priorities, and plans;
        (2) the more effective and efficient management of the 
    Department and the coordination of its functions; and
        (3) the reduction of excessive or burdensome regulation and of 
    unnecessary duplication and fragmentation in Federal education 
    programs,

accompanied where necessary by recommendations for proposed legislation 
for the achievement of such objectives.

(b) Estimate on non-Federal personnel employed

    The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall also 
include an estimate of the extent of the non-Federal personnel employed 
pursuant to contracts entered into by the Department under section 3475 
of this title or under any other authority (including any subcontract 
thereunder), the number of such contracts and subcontracts pursuant to 
which non-Federal personnel are employed, and the total cost of those 
contracts and subcontracts.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title IV, Sec. 426, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 688.)


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. 
(a) of this section relating to transmission of report to Congress, see 
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under 
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 80 of House 
Document No. 103-7.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3444, 4355 of this title.
