H.R. 10535: Paperwork Reduction Modernization Act of 2026

This bill would change how federal agencies handle requests for information from the public, businesses, and other entities. Its main goal is to reduce paperwork and make federal data collection less burdensome.

What it would require agencies to do

• When an agency designs or renews an information collection request, it would have to consider ways to make it less burdensome.
• Agencies would specifically need to look at using information they already have, using information collected by another agency, using electronic collection methods, and using statistical sampling instead of asking for the same or more detailed information from everyone.
• Agencies would also have to show that the information collection is the least burdensome way to get the needed information, based on those alternatives.

Periodic review of existing paperwork requirements

• Within 18 months after the law takes effect, and then every 3 years after that, the Office of Management and Budget’s Director would have to require each federal agency to review its information collections.
• Each agency would need to identify collections that are:
  • unnecessary or no longer needed for the agency to do its job,
  • able to be changed to reduce burden, or
  • duplicative of information already collected by another agency.

Practical effect

In simple terms, the bill would push federal agencies to ask for less repetitive information, rely more on data they already have, and regularly check whether old reporting requirements should be removed or simplified. It would not eliminate all federal reporting, but it would require agencies to justify paperwork demands and look for ways to reduce them.

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