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[S. 4222 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 591
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4222

                          [Report No. 116-298]

 To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal 
 agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a 
  report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or 
                      otherwise made ineffective.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2020

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

                           November 17, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal 
 agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a 
  report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or 
                      otherwise made ineffective.

    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 Database Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

    Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
        <DELETED>    ``(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph 
        (A), if the Federal agency promulgating the rule, in whole or 
        in part, revokes, suspends, replaces, amends, or otherwise 
        makes the rule ineffective, or the rule is made ineffective for 
        any other reason, the Federal agency shall submit to the 
        Comptroller General a report containing--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(i) the title of the rule;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(ii) the Federal Register citation for 
                the rule, if any;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(iii) the date on which rule was 
                submitted to the Comptroller General; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(iv) a description of the provisions of 
                the rule that are being revoked, suspended, replaced, 
                amended, or otherwise made ineffective.''.</DELETED>
    ``(D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph (A), if the Federal 
agency promulgating the rule, in whole or in part, revokes, suspends, 
replaces, amends, or otherwise makes the rule ineffective, or the rule 
is made ineffective for any other reason, the Federal agency shall 
submit to the Comptroller General a report containing--
            ``(i) the title of the rule;
            ``(ii) the Federal Register citation for the rule, if any;
            ``(iii) the date on which rule was submitted to the 
        Comptroller General; and
            ``(iv) a description of the provisions of the rule that are 
        being revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made 
        ineffective.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 591

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4222

                          [Report No. 116-298]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal 
 agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a 
  report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or 
                      otherwise made ineffective.

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                           November 17, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment