[118th Congress Public Law 97]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-97
118th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Oct. 1, 2024 -  [S. 679]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: GAO Database 
Modernization Act of 2023.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 5 USC 101 note.>>  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 RULES NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.''.

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    (b) <<NOTE: Effective date. 5 USC 801 note.>> 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).

    Approved October 1, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 679:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 118-25 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 169 (2023):
                                    Dec. 18, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 170 (2024):
                                    Sept. 23, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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