[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2247 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2247

 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

                              May 5, 2009

Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. Franks 
 of Arizona) 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Review Act Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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 ``each House of'', and inserting 
                ``on request'' after ``Congress'', in subparagraph (B); 
                and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
            (2) Listing in congressional record of each rule received 
        by the comptroller general.--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 received by 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 amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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