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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 629 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 347
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 629

                          [Report No. 117-96]

 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 ineffective.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2021

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

                             April 27, 2022

               Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 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 ineffective.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``GAO Database Modernization 
Act of 2021''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph (A), if 
the Federal agency promulgating the rule, in whole or in part, revokes, 
suspends, replaces, amends, or otherwise makes the rule ineffective, or 
the rule is made ineffective for any other reason, the Federal agency 
shall submit to the Comptroller General a report containing--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(i) the title of the rule;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule, 
        if any;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the date on which rule was submitted to 
        the Comptroller General; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(iv) a description of the provisions of the rule 
        that are being revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or 
        otherwise made ineffective.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``GAO Database Modernization Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

    (a) In General.--Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph (A), if the Federal 
agency promulgating the rule, in whole or in part, revokes, suspends, 
replaces, amends, or otherwise makes the rule ineffective, or the rule 
is made ineffective for any other reason, the Federal agency shall 
submit to the Comptroller General a report containing--
            ``(i) the title of the rule;
            ``(ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule, if any;
            ``(iii) the date on which rule was submitted to the 
        Comptroller General; and
            ``(iv) a description of the provisions of the rule that are 
        being revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made 
        ineffective.''.
    (b) Sunset.--Effective on the date that is 6 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (D), as added by subsection 
(a).
                                                       Calendar No. 347

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 629

                          [Report No. 117-96]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 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 ineffective.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 27, 2022

                       Reported with an amendment
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