I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7533 
To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2024 
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Retro-
spective Regulatory Review’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF FED-
ERAL REGULATIONS. 
(a) REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING REGU-
LATIONS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act-
ing through the Administrator and in consultation 
with the Director of GPO, the Archivist, and the Di-
rector of the Federal Register, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees, a report on 
the progress of the Federal Government in making 
regulations of agencies available in machine-readable 
format. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of whether agency regu-
lations have been made available in a machine- 
readable format to the public; and 
(B) information regarding the recognition 
by the Administrative Committee of the Federal 
Register of the eCFR maintained by the Direc-
tor of the Federal Register and the Director of 
GPO as an official legal edition of the Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(b) GUIDANCE ON USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT 
RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
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rector of the Office of Management and Budget, act-
ing through the Administrator, shall issue guidance 
on how the head of the agency can— 
(A) use technology (including algorithmic 
tools and artificial intelligence) to more effi-
ciently, cost-effectively, and accurately conduct 
any retrospective review of the existing regula-
tions of the agency, including on how to iden-
tify, procure, and use such technology to iden-
tify through any such review regulations of the 
agency that— 
(i) are obsolete, ineffective, or insuffi-
cient; 
(ii) are excessively burdensome or 
should be improved; 
(iii) contain typographic errors; 
(iv) contain inaccurate cross ref-
erences; or 
(v) are redundant, contradict, or over-
lap with any regulations or standards of 
the agency; and 
(B) adequately train personnel of the agen-
cy on how to use such technology. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
GUIDANCE.—In devel-
oping the guidance required pursuant to paragraph 
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(1), the Administrator shall take into account any 
assessment or information included in the report re-
quired by subsection (a). 
(c) AGENCY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW PLAN.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the Adminis-
trator and the appropriate congressional committees a 
plan that— 
(1) includes a detailed strategy for imple-
menting the guidance issued pursuant to subsection 
(b) with respect to the regulations of the agency; 
(2) identifies any regulation of the agency, or 
categories of regulations of the agency, that the 
head of the agency— 
(A) is required by law to review after the 
applicable regulation is issued; or 
(B) determines would benefit from being 
reviewed after the regulation is issued; and 
(3) includes any additional information, data, 
or ex-post analysis determined necessary or useful 
by the head of the agency. 
(d) AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the head of an agency sub-
mits the plan required by subsection (c), the head of the 
agency shall implement the strategy included in such plan 
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with respect to any retrospective review of a regulation 
of the agency. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FED-
ERAL REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Administrative Com-
mittee of the Federal Register’’ means the Com-
mittee established under section 1506 of title 44, 
United States Code. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In-
formation and Regulatory Affairs. 
(3) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(5) DIRECTOR OF GPO.—The term ‘‘Director of 
GPO’’ means the Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office. 
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(6) MACHINE-READABLE.—The term ‘‘machine- 
readable’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3502 of title 44, United States Code. 
(7) RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF A REGULATION 
OF THE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘retrospective review of 
the regulations of the agency’’ means a review of 
regulations of the agency conducted after the regula-
tion has been issued that is required by law or deter-
mined appropriate by the head of the agency. 
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