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PUBLIC LAW 104-121 —MAR. 29, 1996 110 STAT. 869 604, 203, "(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis of the rule, if any; "(ii) the agency's actions relevant to sections 603, 605, 607, and 609; "(iii) the agency's actions relevant to sections 202, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; and "(iv) any other relevant information or requirements under any other Act and any relevant Executive orders. "(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under subparagraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the chairman and ranking member of each standing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend the provision of law under which the rule is issued. "(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a report on each Reports major rule to the committees of jurisdiction in each House of the Congress by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or publication date as provided in section 802(b)(2). The report of the Comptroller General shall include an assessment of the agency's compliance with procedural steps required by paragraph (1)(B). "(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comptroller General by providing information relevant to the Comptroller General's report under subparagraph (A). "(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the latest of— "(A) the later of the date occurring 60 days after the date on which— "(i) the Congress receives the report submitted under paragraph (1); or "(ii) the rule is published in the Federal Register, if so published; "(B) if the Congress passes a joint resolution of disapproval described in section 802 relating to the rule, and the President signs a veto of such resolution, the earlier date— "(i) on which either House of Congress votes and fails to override the veto of the President; or "(ii) occurring 30 session days after the date on which the Congress received the veto and objections of the President; or "(C) the date the rule would have otherwise taken effect, if not for this section (unless a joint resolution of disapproval under section 802 is enacted). "(4) Except for a major rule, a rule shall take effect as otherwise provided by law after submission to Congress under paragraph (1). "(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the effective date of a rule shall not be delayed by operation of this chapter beyond the date on which either House of Congress votes to reject a joint resolution of disapproval under section 802. "(b)(1) A rule shall not take effect (or continue), if the Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval, described under section 802, of the rule. "(2) A rule that does not take effect (or does not continue) under paragraph (1) may not be reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that is substantially the same as such a Effective dates. Federal Register, publication. Effective date. Effective dates.