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        <dc:title>GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012</dc:title>
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        <property style="-uslm-dtd:comp-short-title" role="compShortTitle">GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012</property>
        <citationNote style="-uslm-dtd:public-law">[(<citableAs>Public Law 112–234</citableAs>)]</citationNote>
        <editionNote style="-uslm-dtd:updated-through-note">[This law has not been amended]</editionNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 112-234. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/<b>]</b></explanationNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Note: While this publication does  not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).<b>]</b></explanationNote>
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    <main style="-uslm-dtd:legis-body"><longTitle><docTitle style="-uslm-dtd:legis-type">AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle style="-uslm-dtd:official-title">To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula style="-uslm-dtd:enacting-clause">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
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            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
            <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
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        <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2" styleType="OLC">
            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS. </heading>
            <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/a" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Capitol Preservation Fund Financial Statements.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 804 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 2084) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">annual audits of the transactions of the Commission</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">periodic audits of the transactions 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 Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier date,</quotedText>”.</content>
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            <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/b" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund Audit by GAO.—</heading>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/b/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau>
                    <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/b/1/A" styleType="OLC">
                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking subsection (w); and</content>
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                    <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/b/1/B" styleType="OLC">
                        <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subsections (x) and (y) as subsections (w) and (x), respectively.</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/b/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Technical and conforming amendment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 376(h)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">subsection (x)</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">subsection (w)</quotedText>”.</content>
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            <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/c" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ONDCP Annual Report Requirement.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 203 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 1708a) is amended—</chapeau>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/c/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (a), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of each year</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, 2013, and every 3 years thereafter,</quotedText>”; and</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/c/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">at a frequency of not less than once per year—</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">not later than December 31, 2013, and every 3 years thereafter—</quotedText>”.</content>
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            <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/d" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">USERRA GAO Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">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 “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">, and annually thereafter during the period when the demonstration project is conducted,</quotedText>”.</content>
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                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Semipostal Program Reports by the General Accounting Office.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2 of the Semipostal Authorization    Act (Public Law 106-253; 114 Stat. 636; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended—</chapeau>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/e/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking subsection (c); and</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/e/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.</content>
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            <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/f" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Earned Import Allowance Program Review by GAO.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 231A(b)(4) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)) is amended—</chapeau>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/f/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking subparagraph (C); and</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/f/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</content>
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                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">American Battle Monuments Commission’s Financial Statements and Audits.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2103(h) of title 36, United States Code, is amended—</chapeau>
                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/g/1" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of paragraph (2) of this subsection</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">of section 3515 of title 31</quotedText>”;</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/g/2" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">(1)</quotedText>”; and</content>
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                <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/112/234/s2/g/3" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">by striking paragraph (2).</content>
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                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="h">(h) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Senate Preservation Fund Audits.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 3(c)(6) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(6)) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">annual audits of the Senate Preservation Fund</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">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 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Secretary of the Senate requests that an audit be conducted at an earlier date,</quotedText>”.</content>
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