[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 5380 Introduced in House (IH)]







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 
                       Congressional Review Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2000

    Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Gekas, and Mr. Nadler) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.

    (a) Government Paperwork Reduction.--Section 801 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended as follows:
            (1) Repeal of requirement for submittal to both houses of 
        congress of rules otherwise published in the federal 
        register.--Subsection (a)(1) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``each House of the Congress 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 inserting 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 register.--Subsection (e) is amended to read as 
        follows:
    ``(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 indicating 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 proceedings 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 referral, if any, 
to the committee or committees of the Senate 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 ``Congress'' 
        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 ``Congress'' and 
        inserting ``the Comptroller General''.
            (4) in section 802(a), by striking ``Congress'' the first 
        place it appears and inserting ``the Comptroller General''; and
            (5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ``Congress'' 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 subsection (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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