[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6858 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6858

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to make 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

                           September 10, 2008

Mr. Cannon (for himself, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Conyers, and Ms. Linda 
  T. Sanchez of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to make 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Administrative Review Improvement 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.

    (a) Referral of Reports.--Section 801(a)(1)(C) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the House of Representatives or'';
            (2) and inserting ``in the case of the House of 
        Representatives, each relevant committee of the House of 
        Representatives and, in the case of the Senate'' after 
        ``ranking member of''.
    (b) Definition of ``Relevant Committee''.--Section 804 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) The term `relevant committee' means--
                    ``(A) each committee of the House with jurisdiction 
                under the rules of the House to report a bill to amend 
                the provision of law under which the rule is issued; 
                and
                    ``(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, as the 
                committee of the House with jurisdiction under the 
                rules of the House to report a bill to amend subchapter 
                II of chapter 5.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments Relating to Identification of Relevant 
Committees.--Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 801(a)(2)(A), by striking ``in each House of 
        the Congress'' and inserting ``in the Senate and each relevant 
        committee in the House''; and
            (2) in section 802(b)(1), by striking ``the committees in 
        each House of Congress with jurisdiction'' and inserting ``the 
        appropriate committees in each House''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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