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Calendar No. 591 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4222 

[Report No. 116–298] 

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 

JULY 20, 2020 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through 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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GAO Database Mod3 ernization Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

5 Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(D) For any rule submitted under subpara8 graph (A), if the Federal agency promulgating the 

9 rule, in whole or in part, revokes, suspends, replaces, 

10 amends, or otherwise makes the rule ineffective, or 

11 the rule is made ineffective for any other reason, the 

12 Federal agency shall submit to the Comptroller Gen13 eral a report containing— 

14 ‘‘(i) the title of the rule; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the Federal Register citation for the 

16 rule, if any; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the date on which rule was submitted 

18 to the Comptroller General; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) a description of the provisions of the 

20 rule that are being revoked, suspended, re21 placed, amended, or otherwise made ineffec22 tive.’’. 

23 ‘‘(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph (A), 

24 if the Federal agency promulgating the rule, in whole or 

25 in part, revokes, suspends, replaces, amends, or otherwise 

26 makes the rule ineffective, or the rule is made ineffective 


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1 for any other reason, the Federal agency shall submit to 

2 the Comptroller General a report containing— 

3 ‘‘(i) the title of the rule; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule, if 

5 any; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the date on which rule was submitted to 

7 the Comptroller General; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) a description of the provisions of the rule 

9 that are being revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, 

10 or otherwise made ineffective.’’. 


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Calendar No. 591 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4222 

[Report No. 116–298] 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, 

placed, amended, or otherwise made ineffective. port on rules that are revoked, suspended, reComptroller General of the United States a reto require Federal agencies to submit to the 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported with an amendment 


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