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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7533 

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 

A BILL 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and 

for other purposes. 

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 Retro5 spective Regulatory Review’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF FED7 ERAL REGULATIONS. 

8 (a) REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING REGU9 LATIONS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.— 


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

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di3 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act4 ing through the Administrator and in consultation 

5 with the Director of GPO, the Archivist, and the Di6 rector of the Federal Register, shall submit to the 

7 appropriate congressional committees, a report on 

8 the progress of the Federal Government in making 

9 regulations of agencies available in machine-readable 

10 format. 

11 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re12 quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 

13 (A) an assessment of whether agency regu14 lations have been made available in a machine15 readable format to the public; and 

16 (B) information regarding the recognition 

17 by the Administrative Committee of the Federal 

18 Register of the eCFR maintained by the Direc19 tor of the Federal Register and the Director of 

20 GPO as an official legal edition of the Code of 

21 Federal Regulations. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE ON USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT

23 RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS.— 

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

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1 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act2 ing through the Administrator, shall issue guidance 

3 on how the head of the agency can— 

4 (A) use technology (including algorithmic 

5 tools and artificial intelligence) to more effi6 ciently, cost-effectively, and accurately conduct 

7 any retrospective review of the existing regula8 tions of the agency, including on how to iden9 tify, procure, and use such technology to iden10 tify through any such review regulations of the 

11 agency that— 

12 (i) are obsolete, ineffective, or insuffi13 cient; 

14 (ii) are excessively burdensome or 

15 should be improved; 

16 (iii) contain typographic errors; 

17 (iv) contain inaccurate cross ref18 erences; or 

19 (v) are redundant, contradict, or over20 lap with any regulations or standards of 

21 the agency; and 

22 (B) adequately train personnel of the agen23 cy on how to use such technology. 

24 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—In devel25 oping the guidance required pursuant to paragraph 


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1 (1), the Administrator shall take into account any 

2 assessment or information included in the report re3 quired by subsection (a). 

4 (c) AGENCY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW PLAN.—Not 

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

6 Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the Adminis7 trator and the appropriate congressional committees a 

8 plan that— 

9 (1) includes a detailed strategy for imple10 menting the guidance issued pursuant to subsection 

11 (b) with respect to the regulations of the agency; 

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

13 categories of regulations of the agency, that the 

14 head of the agency— 

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

16 applicable regulation is issued; or 

17 (B) determines would benefit from being 

18 reviewed after the regulation is issued; and 

19 (3) includes any additional information, data, 

20 or ex-post analysis determined necessary or useful 

21 by the head of the agency. 

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

23 days after the date on which the head of an agency sub24 mits the plan required by subsection (c), the head of the 

25 agency shall implement the strategy included in such plan 


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1 with respect to any retrospective review of a regulation 

2 of the agency. 

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FED5 ERAL REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Administrative Com6 mittee of the Federal Register’’ means the Com7 mittee established under section 1506 of title 44, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis10 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In11 formation and Regulatory Affairs. 

12 (3) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

13 meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Oversight and Ac19 countability of the House of Representatives; 

20 and 

21 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

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

24 GPO’’ means the Director of the Government Pub25 lishing Office. 


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1 (6) MACHINE-READABLE.—The term ‘‘machine2 readable’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

4 (7) RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF A REGULATION

5 OF THE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘retrospective review of 

6 the regulations of the agency’’ means a review of 

7 regulations of the agency conducted after the regula8 tion has been issued that is required by law or deter9 mined appropriate by the head of the agency. 

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