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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2247 

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 

MAY 5, 2009 

Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona) 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. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Act Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES2 SIONAL REVIEW ACT. 

3 (a) GOVERNMENT PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—Sec4 tion 801 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as 

5 follows: 

6 (1) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL

7 TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS OF RULES OTHER8 WISE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.— 

9 Subsection (a)(1) is amended— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘each House of the Con11 gress and to’’ in subparagraph (A); 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘each House of’’, and in13 serting ‘‘on request’’ after ‘‘Congress’’, in sub14 paragraph (B); and 

15 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

16 (2) LISTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF

17 EACH RULE RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN18 ERAL.—Subsection (e) is amended to read as fol19 lows: 

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

21 House of Congress a weekly report containing a list of 

22 each rule received by the Comptroller General pursuant 

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

24 The report shall include a notation for each such rule indi25 cating whether or not the rule is a major rule. 


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

2 shall cause to be published in the Congressional Record, 

3 in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings 

4 of the House of Representatives, each report received from 

5 the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the 

6 last such publication in the House portion of the Record 

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

8 referral by the Speaker to the committee or committees 

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

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

11 Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the pro12 ceedings of the Senate, each report received from the 

13 Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last 

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

15 for each rule listed in such report, a statement of the re16 ferral, if any, to the committee or committees of the Sen17 ate with responsibility for review of that rule.’’. 

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

19 title is further amended— 

20 (1) in section 801(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘Con21 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’; 

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

23 and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 

24 (3) in section 801(d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘Con25 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 


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

2 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Comp3 troller General’’; and 

4 (5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Con5 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’. 

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

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

8 enactment of this Act. 

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