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To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Congressional Review Act Improvement Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.

(a) Government Paperwork Reduction- Section 801 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS OF RULES OTHERWISE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER- Subsection (a)(1) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking ‘each House of the Congress and to’ in subparagraph (A);CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking ‘each House of’, and inserting ‘on request’ after ‘Congress’, in subparagraph (B); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by striking subparagraph (C).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) LISTING IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF EACH RULE RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL- Subsection (e) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(e)(1) The Comptroller General shall submit to each House of Congress a weekly report containing a list of each rule received by the Comptroller General pursuant to subsection (a) since the last such report was submitted. The report shall include a notation for each such rule indicating whether or not the rule is a major rule.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall cause to be published in the Congressional Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings of the House of Representatives, each report received from the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last such publication in the House portion of the Record and, for each rule listed in such report, a statement of referral by the Speaker to the committee or committees of the House with responsibility for review of that rule.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) There shall be published in the Congressional Record, in that portion of the Record relating to the proceedings of the Senate, each report received from the Comptroller General under paragraph (1) since the last such publication in the Senate portion of the Record and, for each rule listed in such report, a statement of the referral, if any, to the committee or committees of the Senate with responsibility for review of that rule.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Conforming Amendments- Chapter 8 of such title is further amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in section 801(a)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘Congress’ and inserting ‘Comptroller General’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in section 801(a)(4), by striking ‘Congress’ and inserting ‘the Comptroller General’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in section 801(d)(2)(B), by striking ‘Congress’ and inserting ‘the Comptroller General’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) in section 802(a), by striking ‘Congress’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘the Comptroller General’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) in section 802(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘Congress’ and inserting ‘Comptroller General’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Effective Date- The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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