119-hr67

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 67 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 67

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Crane) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform

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 A BILL

To improve retrospective reviews of Federal regulations, and for other 
 purposes.

 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 ``Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory 
Review Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS OF EXISTING FEDERAL 
 REGULATIONS.

    (a) Report on Availability of Existing Regulations in Machine-
Readable Format.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
 Management and Budget, acting through the Administrator and in 
 consultation with the Director of GPO, the Archivist, and the 
 Director of the Federal Register, shall submit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees, a report on the progress 
 of the Federal Government in making regulations of agencies 
 available in machine-readable format.

    (2) Contents of report.--The report required by paragraph

    (1) shall include--
        (A) an assessment of whether regulations of 
 agencies have been made available in a machine-readable 
 format to the public; and
        (B) information regarding the recognition by the 
 Administrative Committee of the Federal Register of the 
 eCFR maintained by the Director of the Federal Register 
 and the Director of GPO as an official legal edition of 
 the Code of Federal Regulations.

    (b) Guidance on Using Technology To Conduct Retrospective 
Reviews.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
 Management and Budget, acting through the Administrator, shall 
 issue guidance on how the head of the agency can--
        (A) identify, procure, and use technology 
 (including algorithmic tools and artificial 
 intelligence) to more efficiently, cost-effectively, 
 and accurately conduct any retrospective review of the 
 existing regulations of the agency, including to more 
 efficiently, cost-effectively, and accurately identify 
 through any such review regulations of the agency 
 that--
            (i) are obsolete, ineffective, 
 insufficient, excessively burdensome, or 
 redundant;
            (ii) should be improved;
            (iii) contain typographic errors;
            (iv) contain inaccurate cross-references; 
 or
            (v) contradict or overlap with each other, 
 or any standards of the agency; and
        (B) adequately train personnel of the agency on how 
 to use such technology.

    (2) Development of guidance.--In developing the guidance 
 required pursuant to paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator shall 
 take into account any assessment or information included in the 
 report required by subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Agency Retrospective Review Plan.--Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall 
submit to the Administrator and the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan that--

    (1) includes a detailed strategy for implementing the 
 guidance issued pursuant to subsection

    (b) with respect to the 
 regulations of the agency;

    (2) identifies any regulation of the agency, or categories 
 of regulations of the agency, that the head of the agency--
        (A) is required by law to review after the 
 applicable regulation is issued; or
        (B) determines would benefit from being reviewed 
 after the regulation is issued; and

    (3) includes any additional information, data, or ex-post 
 analysis determined necessary or useful by the head of the 
 agency.
            (d) Agency Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the head of an agency submits the plan required by subsection
            (c) , the head of the agency shall implement the strategy included in 
such plan with respect to any retrospective review of an existing 
regulation of the agency.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Administrative committee of the federal register.--The 
 term ``Administrative Committee of the Federal Register'' means 
 the Committee established under 

section 1506 of title 44, 
 United States Code.

    (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
 Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
 Affairs.

    (3) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
 term in 

section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.

    (4) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
 Reform of the House of Representatives; and
        (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
 Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

    (5) Director of gpo.--The term ``Director of GPO'' means 
 the Director of the Government Publishing Office.

    (6) Machine-readable.--The term ``machine-readable'' has 
 the meaning given the term in 

section 3502 of title 44, United 
 States Code.

    (7) Retrospective review of an existing regulation of the 
 agency.--The term ``retrospective review of an existing 
 regulation of the agency'' means a review of a regulation of 
 the agency conducted after the regulation has been issued, 
 including any such review required by law or determined 
 appropriate by the head of the agency.
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