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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 629
AN ACT
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require
Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General
of the United States a report on rules that are revoked,
suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffec-
tive.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GAO Database Mod-
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ernization Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 801(a)(1) of title 5,
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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph
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(A), if the Federal agency promulgating the rule, in whole
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or in part, revokes, suspends, replaces, amends, or other-
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wise makes the rule ineffective, or the rule is made ineffec-
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tive for any other reason, the Federal agency shall submit
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to the Comptroller General a report containing—
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‘‘(i) the title of the rule;
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‘‘(ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule,
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if any;
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‘‘(iii) the date on which rule was submitted to
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the Comptroller General; and
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‘‘(iv) a description of the provisions of the rule
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that are being revoked, suspended, replaced, amend-
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ed, or otherwise made ineffective.’’.
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(b) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is 6 years
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after the date of enactment of this Act, section 801(a)(1)
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of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking sub-
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paragraph (D), as added by subsection (a).
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Passed the Senate May 26, 2022.
Attest:
Secretary.
117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 629
AN ACT
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,
to require Federal agencies to submit to the
Comptroller General of the United States a re-
port on rules that are revoked, suspended, re-
placed, amended, or otherwise made ineffective.