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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2247 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Review 

3 Act Improvement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES5 SIONAL REVIEW ACT. 

6 (a) GOVERNMENT PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—Sec7 tion 801 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as 

8 follows: 

9 (1) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL

10 OF TEXT OF RULES AND CERTAIN OTHER MATE11 RIALS TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.—Subsection 

12 (a)(1) is amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘each House of the Con14 gress and to’’ in subparagraph (A); 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘each House of’’, and in16 serting ‘‘on request’’ after ‘‘Congress’’, in sub17 paragraph (B); and 

18 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

19 (2) LISTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF

20 EACH RULE RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN21 ERAL.—Subsection (e) is amended to read as fol22 lows: 

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

24 House of Congress a weekly report containing a list of 

25 each rule received by the Comptroller General pursuant 

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


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1 The report shall include a notation for each such rule indi2 cating whether or not the rule is a major rule. 

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

4 shall cause to be published in the Congressional Record, 

5 in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings 

6 of the House of Representatives, each report received from 

7 the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the 

8 last such publication in the House portion of the Record 

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

10 referral by the Speaker to the committee or committees 

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

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

13 Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the pro14 ceedings of the Senate, each report received from the 

15 Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last 

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

17 for each rule listed in such report, a statement of the re18 ferral, if any, to the committee or committees of the Sen19 ate with responsibility for review of that rule.’’. 

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

21 title is further amended— 

22 (1) in section 801(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘Con23 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’; 

24 (2) in section 801(a)(4), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 


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1 (3) in section 801(d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘Con2 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 

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

4 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Comp5 troller General’’; and 

6 (5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Con7 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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