[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 215 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7828-S7829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GAO DATABASE MODERNIZATION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 591, S. 4222.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4222) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to require Federal

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     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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment, as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is shown in boldface 
brackets and the part of the bill intended to be inserted is shown in 
italic.

                                S. 4222

       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 RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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:
       [``(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.''.]
       ``(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.''.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a 
third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate and the bill 
having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 4222), as amended, was passed, as follows

                                S. 4222

       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:
       ``(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.''.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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