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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5380
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to
certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congres-
sional Review Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 2000
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GEKAS, and Mr. NADLER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
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,
SECTION 1. 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 ‘‘and make available to
each House of Congress’’ in subparagraph (B);
and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(C) In a case in which a report submitted to the
Comptroller General under subparagraph (A) concerns a
rule that is not published in the Federal Register before
it becomes effective, the head of the agency submitting
the report shall on the same date—
‘‘(i) submit to each House of Congress a copy
of the report; and
‘‘(ii) make available to each House of Congress
the matters with respect to that report submitted to
the Comptroller General under subparagraph (B).’’.
(2) LISTING
IN
CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD
OF
EACH
RULE
PUBLISHED
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REG-
ISTER.—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 submitted to the Comptroller General pursuant
to subsection (a) since the last such report was submitted.
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’’;
(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 first report by the
Comptroller General under subsection (e)(1) of section
801 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (a)(2), shall be submitted not later than 14 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply
with respect to reports published in the Federal Register
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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