[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 208 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S6026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GAO DATABASE MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 65, S. 679.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 679) 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.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 679) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 679

       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 2023''.

     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 RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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).

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