[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3315 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3315

 To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability 
                                Office.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2012

Mr. Carper (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.--Section 804 of 
the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (2 U.S.C. 2084) is amended 
by striking ``annual audits'' and inserting ``periodic audits, 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 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 
                subsections (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) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (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 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'' and inserting ``periodic audits, 
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 requests that an audit be conducted at an 
earlier date,''.
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