126 STAT. 1624 PUBLIC LAW 112–234—DEC. 28, 2012 

Public Law 112–234 

112th Congress 

An Act 

To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GAO Mandates Revision Act 

of 2012’’. 

SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS. 

(a) CAPITOL PRESERVATION FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.—Section 804 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 

2084) is amended by striking ‘‘annual audits of the transactions 

of the Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits of the transactions of the Commission, which shall be conducted at least once 

every 3 years, unless the Chairman or the Ranking Member of 

the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the 

Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Clerk of the House of 

Representatives requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier 

date,’’. 

(b) JUDICIAL SURVIVORS’ ANNUITIES FUND AUDIT BY GAO.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 376 of title 28, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) by striking subsection (w); and 

(B) by redesignating subsections (x) and (y) as subsections (w) and (x), respectively. 

(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

376(h)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘subsection (x)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (w)’’. 

(c) ONDCP ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 203 of 

the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 1708a) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting 

‘‘, 2013, and every 3 years thereafter,’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 

(1), by striking ‘‘at a frequency of not less than once per year— 

’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than December 31, 2013, and every 

3 years thereafter—’’. 

(d) USERRA GAO REPORT.—Section 105(g)(1) of the Veterans’ 

Benefits Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–275; 38 U.S.C. 4301 note) 

is amended by striking ‘‘, and annually thereafter during the period 

when the demonstration project is conducted,’’. 

(e) SEMIPOSTAL PROGRAM REPORTS BY THE GENERAL

ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section 2 of the Semipostal Authorization 

Audits. 

Deadlines. 

GAO Mandates 

Revision Act 

of 2012. 

2 USC 2001 note. 

Dec. 28, 2012 

[S. 3315] 


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PUBLIC LAW 112–234—DEC. 28, 2012 126 STAT. 1625 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3315: 

SENATE REPORTS: No. 112–219 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 

Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate. 

Dec. 13, considered and passed House. 

Æ 

Act (Public Law 106–253; 114 Stat. 636; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (c); and 

(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 

(c) and (d), respectively. 

(f) EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM REVIEW BY GAO.— 

Section 231A(b)(4) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 

(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)) is amended— 

(1) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph 

(C). 

(g) AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION’S FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS AND AUDITS.—Section 2103(h) of title 36, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of paragraph (2) of this 

subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘of section 3515 of title 31’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 

(3) by striking paragraph (2). 

(h) SENATE PRESERVATION FUND AUDITS.—Section 3(c)(6) of 

the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 

2108(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘annual audits of the Senate 

Preservation Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits of the Senate 

Preservation Fund, which shall be conducted at least once every 

3 years, unless the Chairman or the Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Secretary 

of the Senate requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier 

date,’’. 

Approved December 28, 2012. 

Deadlines. 


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