,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fdd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bj1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,lee 7for himself and ,ms4    
,lummis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
improve retrospective reviews of        
,federal regulations1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,modernizing        
,retrospective ,regulatory ,review ,act4
  #b4 ,improving retrospective reviews  
of ,federal regulations  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,administrative ,committee of the       
,federal ,register ,the term            
,administrative ,committee of the       
,federal ,register means the committee  
established under section #aejf of title
 #dd1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7      
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of the ,office 
of ,information and ,regulatory         

,affairs4  7#c7 ,agency ,the term agency
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #cejb of title #dd1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,appropriate       
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform of   
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate4  7#e7 ,director of ,,gpo   
,the term ,director of ,,gpo means the  
,director of the ,government ,publishing
 ,office4  7#f7 ,machine-readable ,the  
term machine-readable has the meaning   
given the term in section #cejb of title
 #dd1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#g7      
,retrospective review of a regulation of
 the agency ,the term retrospective     
review of a regulation of the agency    
means a review of regulations of the    
agency conducted after the regulation   
has been issued that is required by law 
or determined appropriate by the head of

 the agency4  7b7 ,report on            
availability of existing regulations in 
machine-,readable format  7#a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 acting through the         
,administrator and in consultation with 
the ,director of ,,gpo1 the ,archivist  
of the ,united ,states1 and the         
,director of the ,federal ,register1    
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees1 a report on   
the progress of the ,federal ,government
 in making regulations of agencies      
available in machine-readable format4   
7#b7 ,contents of report ,the report    
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall        
include-- 7,a7 an assessment of whether 
agency regulations have been made       
available in a machine-readable format  
to the public2 and  7,b7 information    
regarding the recognition by the        
,administrative ,committee of the       
,federal ,register of the e,c,f,r       

maintained by the ,director of the      
,federal ,register and the ,director of 
,,gpo as an official legal edition of   
the ,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7c7
 ,guidance on using technology to       
conduct retrospective reviews  7#a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ah months after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,director of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget1 acting through the        
,administrator1 shall issue guidance on 
how the head of an agency can-- 7,a7 use
 technology 7including algorithmic tools
 and artificial intelligence7 to more   
efficiently1 cost-effectively1 and      
accurately conduct any retrospective    
review of the existing regulations of   
the agency1 including how to identify1  
procure1 and use such technology to     
identify through any such review        
regulations of the agency that-- 7i7 are
 obsolete1 ineffective1 or insufficient2
  7ii7 are excessively burdensome or    
should be improved2  7iii7 contain      
typographical errors2  7iv7 contain     

inaccurate cross references2 or  7v7 are
 redundant1 contradict1 or overlap with 
any regulations or standards of the     
agency2 and  7,b7 adequately train      
personnel of the agency on how to use   
such technology4  7#b7 ,development of  
guidance ,in developing the guidance    
required pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the
 ,administrator shall take into account 
any assessment or information included  
in the report required by subsection    
7b74  7d7 ,agency retrospective review  
plan ,not later than #b years after the 
date of enactment of this ,act1 the head
 of each agency shall submit to the     
,administrator and the appropriate      
congressional committees a plan that--  
7#a7 includes a detailed strategy for   
implementing the guidance issued        
pursuant to subsection 7c7 with respect 
to the regulations of the agency2  7#b7 
identifies any regulation of the agency1
 or categories of regulations of the    
agency1 that the head of the agency--   
7,a7 is required by law to review after 

the applicable regulation is issued2 or 
7,b7 determines would benefit from being
 reviewed after the regulation is       
issued2 and  7#c7 includes any          
additional information1 data1 or ex-post
 analysis determined necessary or useful
 by the head of the agency4  7e7 ,agency
 implementation ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date on which the head of
 an agency submits the plan required by 
subsection 7d71 the head of the agency  
shall implement the strategy included in
 such plan with respect to any          
retrospective review of a regulation of 
the agency4