S. 679 — Enrolled Bill

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four S. 679 AN ACT 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GAO Database Modernization Act of 2023. 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 Rules no longer in effect (a) In general Section 801(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) For any rule submitted under subparagraph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). Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate