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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3315 

To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability 

Office. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2012 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government 

Accountability Office. 

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 ‘‘GAO Mandates Revi5 sion Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS. 

7 (a) CAPITOL PRESERVATION FUND FINANCIAL

8 STATEMENTS.—Section 804 of the Arizona-Idaho Con9 servation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 2084) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘annual audits’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits, 


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1 which shall be conducted at least once every 3 years, un2 less the Chairman or the Ranking Member of the Com3 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the 

4 Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep5 resentatives requests that an audit be conducted at an ear6 lier date,’’. 

7 (b) JUDICIAL SURVIVORS’ ANNUITIES FUND AUDIT

8 BY GAO.— 

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

10 United States Code, is amended— 

11 (A) by striking subsection (w); and 

12 (B) by redesignating subsections (x) and 

13 (y) as subsections (w) and (x), respectively. 

14 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND15 MENT.—Section 376(h)(2) of title 28, United States 

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (x)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘subsection (w)’’. 

18 (c) ONDCP ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sec19 tion 203 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 

20 Reauthorization Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 1708a) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 

23 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

24 (d) USERRA GAO REPORT.—Section 105(g)(1) of 

25 the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–275; 


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1 38 U.S.C. 4301 note) is amended by striking ‘‘, and annu2 ally thereafter during the period when the demonstration 

3 project is conducted,’’. 

4 (e) SEMIPOSTAL PROGRAM REPORTS BY THE GEN5 ERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section 2 of the Semipostal 

6 Authorization Act (Public Law 106–253; 114 Stat. 636; 

7 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

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

10 subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

11 (f) EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM REVIEW

12 BY GAO.—Section 231A(b)(4) of the Caribbean Basin 

13 Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

16 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub17 paragraph (C). 

18 (g) AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION’S

19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITS.—Section 2103(h) 

20 of title 36, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of paragraph 

22 (2) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘of section 

23 3515 of title 31’’; 

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

25 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 


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1 (h) SENATE PRESERVATION FUND AUDITS.—Section 

2 3(c)(6) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

3 2004 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘an4 nual audits’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits, which shall 

5 be conducted at least once every 3 years, unless the Chair6 man or the Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules 

7 and Administration of the Senate requests that an audit 

8 be conducted at an earlier date,’’. 

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