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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5380

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to

certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 4, 2000

Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GEKAS, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical

amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United

States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act.

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

3 SECTION 1. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES4 SIONAL REVIEW ACT.

5 (a) GOVERNMENT PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—Sec6 tion 801 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as

7 follows:

8 (1) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL

9 TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS OF RULES OTHER-
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1 WISE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.—

2 Subsection (a)(1) is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘each House of the Con4 gress and to’’ in subparagraph (A);

5 (B) by striking ‘‘and make available to

6 each House of Congress’’ in subparagraph (B);

7 and

8 (C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in9 serting the following:

10 ‘‘(C) In a case in which a report submitted to the

11 Comptroller General under subparagraph (A) concerns a

12 rule that is not published in the Federal Register before

13 it becomes effective, the head of the agency submitting

14 the report shall on the same date—

15 ‘‘(i) submit to each House of Congress a copy

16 of the report; and

17 ‘‘(ii) make available to each House of Congress

18 the matters with respect to that report submitted to

19 the Comptroller General under subparagraph (B).’’.

20 (2) LISTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF

21 EACH RULE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REG22 ISTER.—Subsection (e) is amended to read as fol23 lows:

24 ‘‘(e)(1) The Comptroller General shall submit to each

25 House of Congress a weekly report containing a list of
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1 each rule submitted to the Comptroller General pursuant

2 to subsection (a) since the last such report was submitted.

3 The report shall include a notation for each such rule indi4 cating whether or not the rule is a major rule.

5 ‘‘(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives

6 shall cause to be published in the Congressional Record,

7 in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings

8 of the House of Representatives, each report received from

9 the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the

10 last such publication in the House portion of the Record

11 and, for each rule listed in such report, a statement of

12 referral by the Speaker to the committee or committees

13 of the House with responsibility for review of that rule.

14 ‘‘(3) There shall be published in the Congressional

15 Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the pro16 ceedings of the Senate, each report received from the

17 Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last

18 such publication in the Senate portion of the Record and,

19 for each rule listed in such report, a statement of the re20 ferral, if any, to the committee or committees of the Sen21 ate with responsibility for review of that rule.’’.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 8 of such

23 title is further amended—

24 (1) in section 801(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘Con25 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’;
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1 (2) in section 801(a)(4), by striking ‘‘Congress’’

2 and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’;

3 (3) in section 801(d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘Con4 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’.

5 (4) in section 802(a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’

6 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Comp7 troller General’’; and

8 (5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Con9 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’.

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The first report by the

11 Comptroller General under subsection (e)(1) of section

12 801 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by sub13 section (a)(2), shall be submitted not later than 14 days

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply

15 with respect to reports published in the Federal Register

16 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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