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Union Calendar No. 737 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7533 

[Report No. 118–902] 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CRANE and Ms. MACE

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Retrospec5 tive Regulatory Review Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF EXISTING 

7 FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 

8 (a) REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING REGULA9 TIONS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 

12 the Office of Management and Budget, acting through 

13 the Administrator and in consultation with the Direc14 tor of GPO, the Archivist, and the Director of the 

15 Federal Register, shall submit to the appropriate con16 gressional committees, a report on the progress of the 

17 Federal Government in making regulations of agen18 cies available in machine-readable format. 

19 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 

20 by paragraph (1) shall include— 

21 (A) an assessment of whether regulations of 

22 agencies have been made available in a machine23 readable format to the public; and 

24 (B) information regarding the recognition 

25 by the Administrative Committee of the Federal 


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1 Register of the eCFR maintained by the Director 

2 of the Federal Register and the Director of GPO 

3 as an official legal edition of the Code of Federal 

4 Regulations. 

5 (b) GUIDANCE ON USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT

6 RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc9 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, acting 

10 through the Administrator, shall issue guidance on 

11 how the head of the agency can— 

12 (A) identify, procure, and use technology 

13 (including algorithmic tools and artificial intel14 ligence) to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and 

15 accurately conduct any retrospective review of 

16 the existing regulations of the agency, including 

17 to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and accu18 rately identify through any such review regula19 tions of the agency that— 

20 (i) are obsolete, ineffective, insufficient, 

21 excessively burdensome, or redundant; 

22 (ii) should be improved; 

23 (iii) contain typographic errors; 

24 (iv) contain inaccurate cross-references; 

25 or 


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1 (v) contradict or overlap with each 

2 other, or any standards of the agency; and 

3 (B) adequately train personnel of the agen4 cy on how to use such technology. 

5 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—In developing 

6 the guidance required pursuant to paragraph (1), the 

7 Administrator shall take into account any assessment 

8 or information included in the report required by 

9 subsection (a). 

10 (c) AGENCY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW PLAN.—Not 

11 later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the Adminis13 trator and the appropriate congressional committees a plan 

14 that— 

15 (1) includes a detailed strategy for implementing 

16 the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (b) with 

17 respect to the regulations of the agency; 

18 (2) identifies any regulation of the agency, or 

19 categories of regulations of the agency, that the head 

20 of the agency— 

21 (A) is required by law to review after the 

22 applicable regulation is issued; or 

23 (B) determines would benefit from being re24 viewed after the regulation is issued; and 


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1 (3) includes any additional information, data, 

2 or ex-post analysis determined necessary or useful by 

3 the head of the agency. 

4 (d) AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date on which the head of an agency submits 

6 the plan required by subsection (c), the head of the agency 

7 shall implement the strategy included in such plan with 

8 respect to any retrospective review of an existing regulation 

9 of the agency. 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FED12 ERAL REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Administrative Com13 mittee of the Federal Register’’ means the Committee 

14 established under section 1506 of title 44, United 

15 States Code. 

16 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis17 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In18 formation and Regulatory Affairs. 

19 (3) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the mean20 ing given that term in section 3502 of title 44, United 

21 States Code. 

22 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit24 tees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Oversight and Ac2 countability of the House of Representatives; and 

3 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

5 (5) DIRECTOR OF GPO.—The term ‘‘Director of 

6 GPO’’ means the Director of the Government Pub7 lishing Office. 

8 (6) MACHINE-READABLE.—The term ‘‘machine9 readable’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

10 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

11 (7) RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF AN EXISTING

12 REGULATION OF THE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘retrospec13 tive review of an existing regulation of the agency’’ 

14 means a review of a regulation of the agency con15 ducted after the regulation has been issued, including 

16 any such review required by law or determined ap17 propriate by the head of the agency. 


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Union Calendar No. 737 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7533 

[Report No. 118–902] 

A BILL 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal 

regulations, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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