GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012
PL 112-234 (S.3315), enacted 12/28/2012

126 STAT. 1624 
PUBLIC LAW 112–234—DEC. 28, 2012 
Public Law 112–234 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GAO Mandates Revision Act 
of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) CAPITOL PRESERVATION FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.—Sec-
tion 804 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 
2084) is amended by striking ‘‘annual audits of the transactions 
of the Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits of the trans-
actions of the Commission, which shall be conducted at least once 
every 3 years, unless the Chairman or the Ranking Member of 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier 
date,’’. 
(b) JUDICIAL SURVIVORS’ ANNUITIES FUND AUDIT BY GAO.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 376 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (w); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (x) and (y) as sub-
sections (w) and (x), respectively. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
376(h)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (x)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (w)’’. 
(c) ONDCP ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 203 of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 1708a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘, 2013, and every 3 years thereafter,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘at a frequency of not less than once per year— 
’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than December 31, 2013, and every 
3 years thereafter—’’. 
(d) USERRA GAO REPORT.—Section 105(g)(1) of the Veterans’ 
Benefits Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–275; 38 U.S.C. 4301 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘, and annually thereafter during the period 
when the demonstration project is conducted,’’. 
(e) 
SEMIPOSTAL
PROGRAM
REPORTS
BY
THE
GENERAL 
ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section 2 of the Semipostal Authorization 
Audits. 
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126 STAT. 1625 
PUBLIC LAW 112–234—DEC. 28, 2012 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3315: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 112–219 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 
Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 13, considered and passed House. 
Act (Public Law 106–253; 114 Stat. 636; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
(c) and (d), respectively. 
(f) EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM REVIEW BY GAO.— 
Section 231A(b)(4) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph 
(C). 
(g) AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION’S FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS AND AUDITS.—Section 2103(h) of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘of section 3515 of title 31’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (2). 
(h) SENATE PRESERVATION FUND AUDITS.—Section 3(c)(6) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 
2108(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘annual audits of the Senate 
Preservation Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic audits of the Senate 
Preservation Fund, which shall be conducted at least once every 
3 years, unless the Chairman or the Ranking Member of the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Secretary 
of the Senate requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier 
date,’’. 
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