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Union Calendar No. 737 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7533 
[Report No. 118–902] 
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 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CRANE and Ms. MACE 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2024] 
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A BILL 
To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 Retrospec-
tive Regulatory Review Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF EXISTING 
FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 
(a) REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING REGULA-
TIONS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, acting through 
the Administrator and in consultation with the Direc-
tor of GPO, the Archivist, and the Director of the 
Federal Register, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, a report on the progress of the 
Federal Government in making regulations of agen-
cies available in machine-readable format. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 
by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of whether regulations of 
agencies 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 
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Register of the eCFR maintained by the Director 
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 Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, acting 
through the Administrator, shall issue guidance on 
how the head of the agency can— 
(A) identify, procure, and use technology 
(including algorithmic tools and artificial intel-
ligence) to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and 
accurately conduct any retrospective review of 
the existing regulations of the agency, including 
to more efficiently, cost-effectively, and accu-
rately identify through any such review regula-
tions of the agency that— 
(i) are obsolete, ineffective, insufficient, 
excessively burdensome, or redundant; 
(ii) should be improved; 
(iii) contain typographic errors; 
(iv) contain inaccurate cross-references; 
or 
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(v) contradict or overlap with each 
other, or any standards of the agency; and 
(B) adequately train personnel of the agen-
cy on how to use such technology. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE.—In developing 
the guidance required pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Administrator shall take into account any assessment 
or information included in the report required 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 implementing 
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 re-
viewed after the regulation is issued; and 
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(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 submits 
the plan required by subsection (c), the head of the agency 
shall implement the strategy included in such plan with 
respect to any retrospective review of an existing 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 Committee 
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 mean-
ing given that term in section 3502 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
(4) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(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. 
(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
AN
EXISTING 
REGULATION OF THE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘retrospec-
tive review of an existing regulation of the agency’’ 
means a review of a regulation of the agency con-
ducted after the regulation has been issued, including 
any such review required by law or determined ap-
propriate by the head of the agency. 
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Union Calendar No. 737 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7533 
[Report No. 118–902] 
A BILL 
To improve retrospective reviews of Federal 
regulations, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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