[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 92 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GAO DATABASE MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2021

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 347, S. 629.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 629) 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.

  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 to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                 S. 629

       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 of 2021''.

     SEC. 2. RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

       (a) In General.--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.''.
       (b) Sunset.--Effective on the date that is 6 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, section 801(a)(1) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph 
     (D), as added by subsection (a).

  Mr. CARDIN. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 629), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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