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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 67 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2025 

Mr. BIGGS of Arizona (for himself and Mr. CRANE) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform 

A BILL 

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Modernizing Retro5 spective Regulatory Review Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF EXIST7 ING FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 

8 (a) REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING REGU9 LATIONS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di3 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act4 ing through the Administrator and in consultation 

5 with the Director of GPO, the Archivist, and the Di6 rector of the Federal Register, shall submit to the 

7 appropriate congressional committees, a report on 

8 the progress of the Federal Government in making 

9 regulations of agencies available in machine-readable 

10 format. 

11 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re12 quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 

13 (A) an assessment of whether regulations 

14 of agencies have been made available in a ma15 chine-readable format to the public; and 

16 (B) information regarding the recognition 

17 by the Administrative Committee of the Federal 

18 Register of the eCFR maintained by the Direc19 tor of the Federal Register and the Director of 

20 GPO as an official legal edition of the Code of 

21 Federal Regulations. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE ON USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT

23 RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

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1 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act2 ing through the Administrator, shall issue guidance 

3 on how the head of the agency can— 

4 (A) identify, procure, and use technology 

5 (including algorithmic tools and artificial intel6 ligence) to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and 

7 accurately conduct any retrospective review of 

8 the existing regulations of the agency, including 

9 to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and accu10 rately identify through any such review regula11 tions of the agency that— 

12 (i) are obsolete, ineffective, insuffi13 cient, excessively burdensome, or redun14 dant; 

15 (ii) should be improved; 

16 (iii) contain typographic errors; 

17 (iv) contain inaccurate cross-ref18 erences; or 

19 (v) contradict or overlap with each 

20 other, or any standards of the agency; and 

21 (B) adequately train personnel of the agen22 cy on how to use such technology. 

23 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—In devel24 oping the guidance required pursuant to paragraph 

25 (1), the Administrator shall take into account any 


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1 assessment or information included in the report re2 quired by subsection (a). 

3 (c) AGENCY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW PLAN.—Not 

4 later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the Adminis6 trator and the appropriate congressional committees a 

7 plan that— 

8 (1) includes a detailed strategy for imple9 menting the guidance issued pursuant to subsection 

10 (b) with respect to the regulations of the agency; 

11 (2) identifies any regulation of the agency, or 

12 categories of regulations of the agency, that the 

13 head of the agency— 

14 (A) is required by law to review after the 

15 applicable regulation is issued; or 

16 (B) determines would benefit from being 

17 reviewed after the regulation is issued; and 

18 (3) includes any additional information, data, 

19 or ex-post analysis determined necessary or useful 

20 by the head of the agency. 

21 (d) AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 

22 days after the date on which the head of an agency sub23 mits the plan required by subsection (c), the head of the 

24 agency shall implement the strategy included in such plan 


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1 with respect to any retrospective review of an existing reg2 ulation of the agency. 

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FED5 ERAL REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Administrative Com6 mittee of the Federal Register’’ means the Com7 mittee established under section 1506 of title 44, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis10 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In11 formation and Regulatory Affairs. 

12 (3) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

13 meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Oversight and Gov19 ernment Reform of the House of Representa20 tives; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

23 (5) DIRECTOR OF GPO.—The term ‘‘Director of 

24 GPO’’ means the Director of the Government Pub25 lishing Office. 


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1 (6) MACHINE-READABLE.—The term ‘‘machine2 readable’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

4 (7) RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF AN EXISTING

5 REGULATION OF THE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘retro6 spective review of an existing regulation of the agen7 cy’’ means a review of a regulation of the agency 

8 conducted after the regulation has been issued, in9 cluding any such review required by law or deter10 mined appropriate by the head of the agency. 

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