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 109 STAT. 184 PUBLIC LAW 104-13—MAY 22, 1995 tion and Regulatory Affairs shall furnish such information as the Comptroller (General may require for the discharge of the responsibilities of the Comptroller General. For the purpose of obtaining such information, the Comptroller General or representatives thereof shall have access to all books, documents, papers and records, regardless of form or format, of the Office. ''§ 3520. Authorization of appropriations "There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and for no other purpose, $8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. ". SEC. 3. BURDEN REDUCTION REGARDING QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT PROGRAM AT BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. Section 91 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d)(1) The Secretary shall not select an organization or entity for participation in a survey, if— "(A) the organization or entity— "(i) has assets of less than $50,000,000; "(ii) completed participation in a prior survey in the preceding 10-year period, as determined by the Secretary; and "(iii) was selected for that prior survey participation after September 30, 1990; or "(B) the organization or entity— "(i) has assets of more than $50,000,000 and less than $100,000,000; "(ii) completed participation in a prior survey in the preceding 2-year period, as determined by the Secretary; and "(iii) was selected for that prior survey participation after September 30, 1995. "(2)(A) The Secretary shall furnish advice and similar assistance to ease the burden of a small business concern which is attempting to compile and furnish the business information required of organizations and entities participating in the survey, "(B) To facilitate the provision of the assistance under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall establish a toll-free telephone number. "(C) The Secretary shall expand the use of statistical sampling techniques to select organizations and entities having assets less than $100,000,000 to participate in the survey. "(3) The Secretary may undertake such additional paperwork burden reduction initiatives with respect to the conduct of the survey as may be deemed appropriate by the Secretary. "(4) For purposes of this subsection: "(A) The term 'small business concern' means a business concern that meets the requirements of section 3(a) of the Small Business Act and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. "(B) The term 'survey' means the collection of information by the Secretary pursuant to this section for the purpose of preparing the publication entitled 'Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and Trade Corporations'.".

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