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Calendar No. 639 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5687 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Received 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To eliminate or modify certain mandates of the Government 
Accountability Office. 
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 ‘‘GAO Mandates Revi-
sion Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS ELIMINATED. 
(a) SINGLE AUDIT ACT MONITORING RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(A) by striking section 7506; and 
(B) by redesignating section 7507 as sec-
tion 7506. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 75 of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 7506 and 7507 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘7506. Effective date.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF MEDIGAP PREMIUM LEVELS.—Sec-
tion 111(c) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Bene-
fits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (Appendix 
F; 114 Stat. 2763A–473), as enacted into law by section 
1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554, is repealed. 
(c) REPORT ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1105 of the Sandy Recovery Improvement 
Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 5189a note) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d). 
(d) BIENNIAL
SURVEY
REGARDING
TRANSPOR-
TATION INTELLIGENCE REPORTS.—Section 114(u) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(t)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (s)(4)(E)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively. 
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SEC. 3. REPORTS MODIFIED. 
(a) OVERSIGHT AND AUDITS UNDER THE EMER-
GENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008.—Section 
116(a)(3) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5226(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘, regularly and no less frequently than once every 60 
days,’’ and inserting ‘‘annually’’. 
(b) REPORTS
ON CONFLICT MINERALS.—Section 
1502(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Con-
sumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 78m note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘until the ter-
mination of the disclosure requirements under sec-
tion 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2020, in 2022, and in 
2024’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘through 2020, in 
2022, and in 2024’’ after ‘‘annually thereafter’’. 
(c) UPDATE ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY SECRETARY OF 
HHS TO IMPLEMENT GAO RECOMMENDATION.—Section 
632(d) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–240; 126 Stat. 2354) is amended in the 
first sentence by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
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(d) REVIEW PANEL.—Section 399V–4(d)(2) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–15) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, or an 
individual within the Government Accountability Of-
fice designated by the Comptroller General, shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall designate a member of the re-
view panel to’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘Comp-
troller General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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