112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3315 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GAO Mandates Revi3 sion Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS. 

5 (a) CAPITOL PRESERVATION FUND FINANCIAL

6 STATEMENTS.—Section 804 of the Arizona-Idaho Con7 servation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 2084) is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘annual audits of the transactions of the Commis9 sion’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits of the transactions 

10 of the Commission, which shall be conducted at least once 

11 every 3 years, unless the Chairman or the Ranking Mem12 ber of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

13 Senate or the Committee on House Administration of the 

14 House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or 

15 the Clerk of the House of Representatives requests that 

16 an audit be conducted at an earlier date,’’. 

17 (b) JUDICIAL SURVIVORS’ ANNUITIES FUND AUDIT

18 BY GAO.— 

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

20 United States Code, is amended— 

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

22 (B) by redesignating subsections (x) and 

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

24 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND25 MENT.—Section 376(h)(2) of title 28, United States 
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1 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (x)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘subsection (w)’’. 

3 (c) ONDCP ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sec4 tion 203 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy 

5 Reauthorization Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 1708a) is amend6 ed— 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘, 2013, and every 3 years there9 after,’’; and 

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

11 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at a frequency of not 

12 less than once per year—’’ and inserting ‘‘not later 

13 than December 31, 2013, and every 3 years there14 after—’’. 

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

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

17 38 U.S.C. 4301 note) is amended by striking ‘‘, and annu18 ally thereafter during the period when the demonstration 

19 project is conducted,’’. 

20 (e) SEMIPOSTAL PROGRAM REPORTS BY THE GEN21 ERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section 2 of the Semipostal 

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

23 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

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

3 (f) EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM REVIEW

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

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

6 amended— 

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

8 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub9 paragraph (C). 

10 (g) AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION’S

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

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

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

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

15 3515 of title 31’’; 

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

17 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

18 (h) SENATE PRESERVATION FUND AUDITS.—Section 

19 3(c)(6) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

20 2004 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘an21 nual audits of the Senate Preservation Fund’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘periodic audits of the Senate Preservation Fund, 

23 which shall be conducted at least once every 3 years, un24 less the Chairman or the Ranking Member of the Com25 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the 
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1 Secretary of the Senate requests that an audit be con2 ducted at an earlier date,’’. 

Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day, 

September 21), 2012. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3315 

AN ACT 

To repeal or modify certain mandates of the 

Government Accountability Office.