IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5593 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 10, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Review 
Act Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL REVIEW ACT. 
(a) GOVERNMENT PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—Sec-
tion 801 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL 
TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS OF RULES OTHER-
WISE
PUBLISHED
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER.— 
Subsection (a)(1) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each House of the Con-
gress and to’’ in subparagraph (A); 
(B) by striking ‘‘each House of’’, and in-
serting ‘‘on request’’ after ‘‘Congress’’, in sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(2) LISTING
IN
CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD
OF 
EACH RULE RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL.—Subsection (e) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Comptroller General shall submit to each 
House of Congress a weekly report containing a list of 
each rule received by the Comptroller General pursuant 
to subsection (a) since the last such report was submitted. 
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The report shall include a notation for each such rule indi-
cating whether or not the rule is a major rule. 
‘‘(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives 
shall cause to be published in the Congressional Record, 
in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings 
of the House of Representatives, each report received from 
the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the 
last such publication in the House portion of the Record 
and, for each rule listed in such report, a statement of 
referral by the Speaker to the committee or committees 
of the House with responsibility for review of that rule. 
‘‘(3) There shall be published in the Congressional 
Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the pro-
ceedings of the Senate, each report received from the 
Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last 
such publication in the Senate portion of the Record and, 
for each rule listed in such report, a statement of the re-
ferral, if any, to the committee or committees of the Sen-
ate with responsibility for review of that rule.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 8 of such 
title is further amended— 
(1) in section 801(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’; 
(2) in section 801(a)(4), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 
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(3) in section 801(d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Comptroller General’’; 
(4) in section 802(a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Comp-
troller General’’; and 
(5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘Comptroller General’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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