GAO Database Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1702
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>GAO Database Modernization Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to report to the Government Accountability Office certain information about agency rules that are made ineffective due to an agency action or other reason.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1702 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2021 Mrs. Murphy of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GAO Database Modernization Act of 2021 . 2. Rules no longer in effect Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph (A), if the Federal agency promulgating the rule, in whole or in part, revokes, suspends, replaces, amends, or otherwise makes the rule ineffective, or the rule is made ineffective for any other reason, the Federal agency shall submit to the Comptroller General a report containing— (i) the title of the rule; (ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule, if any; (iii) the date on which rule was submitted to the Comptroller General; and (iv) a description of the provisions of the rule that are being revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective. .