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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 261
5	5	To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a Federal
6	6	regulatory budget and to impose cost controls on that budget, and
7	7	for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY10, 2023
10	10	Mr. G
11	11	OODof Virginia (for himself, Ms. MACE, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, and
12	12	Mr. M
13	13	OOREof Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred
14	14	to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on
15	15	Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Small Business,
16	16	for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
17	17	for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
18	18	committee concerned
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish
21	21	a Federal regulatory budget and to impose cost controls
22	22	on that budget, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Article I Regulatory 4
27	27	Budget Act’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL BUDGET SUBMISSIONS. 1
32	32	Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 2
33	33	amended by adding at the end the following: 3
34	34	‘‘(40)(A) for the first fiscal year that begins at 4
35	35	least 120 days after the date of enactment of this 5
36	36	paragraph, and every fiscal year thereafter until the 6
37	37	fifth fiscal year that begins after the date of enact-7
38	38	ment of this paragraph, a projection of the Federal 8
39	39	regulatory cost of any proposed Federal regulation, 9
40	40	rule, or statement (as such terms are defined in sec-10
41	41	tion 321 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) 11
42	42	for the fiscal year and at least each of the 4 ensuing 12
43	43	fiscal years, which shall include— 13
44	44	‘‘(i) the projection of the Federal regu-14
45	45	latory cost by agency and program; and 15
46	46	‘‘(ii) any changes in a Federal regulation, 16
47	47	rule, or statement in the Unified Agenda of 17
48	48	Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, 18
49	49	compiled by the Regulatory Information Service 19
50	50	Center of the General Services Administration; 20
51	51	and 21
52	52	‘‘(B) for the fifth fiscal year that begins after 22
53	53	the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 23
54	54	fiscal year thereafter, a regulatory authority budget 24
55	55	analysis of the Federal regulatory cost of complying 25
56	56	with all current and proposed Federal regulations, 26
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60	60	rules, and statements and proposals (as such terms 1
61	61	are defined in section 321 of the Congressional 2
62	62	Budget Act of 1974) for complying with section 322 3
63	63	of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the fis-4
64	64	cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 5
65	65	4 fiscal years after that year, which shall include a 6
66	66	regulatory authority budget analysis of the Federal 7
67	67	regulatory cost by agency and program.’’. 8
68	68	SEC. 3. ESTIMATION AND DISCLOSURE OF COSTS OF FED-9
69	69	ERAL REGULATION. 10
70	70	(a) C
71	71	OSTS TOPRIVATESECTOR OFNEWFEDERAL 11
72	72	R
73	73	EGULATIONS.—Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, 12
74	74	popularly known as the ‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Act’’, is 13
75	75	amended— 14
76	76	(1) in section 603— 15
77	77	(A) in subsection (a), in the second sen-16
78	78	tence, by inserting before the period the fol-17
79	79	lowing: ‘‘and shall discuss in detail whether the 18
80	80	cost to businesses of complying with the pro-19
81	81	posed rule will vary depending on the size of the 20
82	82	business and, if so, to what extent the cost will 21
83	83	vary and what factors contribute to the vari-22
84	84	ation’’; 23
85	85	(B) in subsection (c)— 24
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89	89	(i) by redesignating paragraphs (1), 1
90	90	(2), (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), 2
91	91	(B), (C), and (D), respectively, and adjust-3
92	92	ing the margin accordingly; 4
93	93	(ii) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 5
94	94	(iii) by striking ‘‘Consistent with the’’ 6
95	95	and inserting the following: 7
96	96	‘‘(2) The analysis of significant alternatives to the 8
97	97	proposed rule shall include a detailed analysis of the costs 9
98	98	and benefits of the proposed rule and each alternative, 10
99	99	which shall separately address the costs and benefits for 11
100	100	each industry. 12
101	101	‘‘(3) Consistent with the’’; and 13
102	102	(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
103	103	‘‘(e) Each initial regulatory flexibility analysis shall 15
104	104	also contain a description of the nature and amount of 16
105	105	monetary costs that will be incurred by small entities, 17
106	106	other businesses, and individuals in complying with the 18
107	107	proposed rule.’’; 19
108	108	(2) in section 604(a)— 20
109	109	(A) in the first paragraph designated as 21
110	110	paragraph (6) (relating to minimization of sig-22
111	111	nificant economic impacts), by striking ‘‘and’’ 23
112	112	at the end; 24
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116	116	(B) by redesignating the second paragraph 1
117	117	(6) (relating to covered agencies), as paragraph 2
118	118	(8); and 3
119	119	(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 4
120	120	following: 5
121	121	‘‘(7) a statement of the nature and amount of 6
122	122	monetary costs that will be incurred by small enti-7
123	123	ties, other businesses, and individuals in complying 8
124	124	with the rule; and’’; and 9
125	125	(3) in section 607, by inserting before the pe-10
126	126	riod the following: ‘‘, except that estimates of mone-11
127	127	tary costs under sections 603(d) and 604(a)(7) shall 12
128	128	only be in the form of a numerical description’’. 13
129	129	(b) A
130	130	GENCYREPORTS.—Each agency that prepares 14
131	131	an initial regulatory flexibility analysis under chapter 6 15
132	132	of title 5, United States Code, shall, at the same time sub-16
133	133	mit to each House of Congress, the Congressional Budget 17
134	134	Office, and the Office of Management and Budget a cost 18
135	135	estimate and cost benefit analysis of any new proposed 19
136	136	regulations, rules, or statements that would have a Fed-20
137	137	eral regulatory cost (as defined in section 321 of the Con-21
138	138	gressional Budget Act of 1974, as added by this Act) of 22
139	139	at least $100,000,000 for any fiscal year. 23
140	140	SEC. 4. GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS. 24
141	141	(a) D
142	142	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 25
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146	146	(1) the terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘rule’’ have the 1
147	147	meanings given such terms in section 551 of title 5, 2
148	148	United States Code; 3
149	149	(2) the term ‘‘guidance document’’ means an 4
150	150	agency statement of general applicability and future 5
151	151	effect, other than a rule, that sets forth a policy on 6
152	152	a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or an in-7
153	153	terpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue; and 8
154	154	(3) the term ‘‘significant guidance document’’— 9
155	155	(A) means a guidance document that the 10
156	156	Office of Management and Budget determines 11
157	157	will be disseminated to regulated entities or the 12
158	158	general public and may reasonably be antici-13
159	159	pated to— 14
160	160	(i) lead to an annual effect of not less 15
161	161	than $100,000,000 on, or adversely affect 16
162	162	in a material way, the economy, a sector of 17
163	163	the economy, productivity, competition, 18
164	164	jobs, the environment, public health or 19
165	165	safety, or State, local, or tribal govern-20
166	166	ments or communities; 21
167	167	(ii) create a serious inconsistency or 22
168	168	otherwise interfere with an action taken or 23
169	169	planned by an agency other than the agen-24
170	170	cy issuing the guidance document; 25
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174	174	(iii) materially alter the budgetary im-1
175	175	pact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or 2
176	176	loan programs or the rights or obligations 3
177	177	of recipients thereof; or 4
178	178	(iv) raise novel legal or policy issues 5
179	179	arising out of legal mandates, the priorities 6
180	180	of the President, or the principles set forth 7
181	181	in Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 8
182	182	note; relating to regulatory planning and 9
183	183	review); and 10
184	184	(B) does not include a guidance document 11
185	185	that the Office of Management and Budget de-12
186	186	termines— 13
187	187	(i) relates to regulations issued in ac-14
188	188	cordance with the formal rulemaking provi-15
189	189	sions of sections 556 and 557 of title 5, 16
190	190	United States Code; 17
191	191	(ii) pertains to a military or foreign 18
192	192	affairs function of the United States, other 19
193	193	than procurement regulations and regula-20
194	194	tions involving the import or export of non-21
195	195	defense articles and services; 22
196	196	(iii) relates to regulations that are 23
197	197	limited to agency organization, manage-24
198	198	ment, or personnel matters; or 25
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202	202	(iv) is within a category of guidance 1
203	203	documents exempted by the Administrator 2
204	204	of the Office of Information and Regu-3
205	205	latory Affairs. 4
206	206	(b) L
207	207	IMITATION ONGUIDANCEDOCUMENTS.—An 5
208	208	agency may not issue a significant guidance document un-6
209	209	less the agency issues the significant guidance document 7
210	210	after notice and an opportunity for comment in accord-8
211	211	ance with the requirements for the promulgation of a rule 9
212	212	under chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. 10
213	213	(c) P
214	214	RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—Any person ag-11
215	215	grieved of an action taken or failed to be taken under a 12
216	216	guidance document that was not issued in accordance with 13
217	217	subsection (b) may bring a civil action in an appropriate 14
218	218	district court of the United States alleging that the guid-15
219	219	ance document should have been treated as a significant 16
220	220	guidance document. 17
221	221	SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 18
222	222	ACT OF 1974. 19
223	223	(a) F
224	224	EDERALREGULATORYBUDGETCOSTCONTROL 20
225	225	S
226	226	YSTEM.—Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 21
227	227	1974 is amended— 22
228	228	(1) by inserting before section 300 the fol-23
229	229	lowing: 24
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233	233	‘‘PART A—GENERAL PROVISIONS’’; 1
234	234	and 2
235	235	(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
236	236	‘‘PART B—FEDERAL REGULATORY BUDGET COST 4
237	237	CONTROL 5
238	238	‘‘SEC. 321. DEFINITIONS. 6
239	239	‘‘In this part— 7
240	240	‘‘(1) the term ‘CBO’ means the Congressional 8
241	241	Budget Office; 9
242	242	‘‘(2) the term ‘direct cost of Federal regulation’ 10
243	243	means all costs incurred by, and expenditures re-11
244	244	quired of, the Federal Government in issuing and 12
245	245	enforcing Federal regulations, rules, and statements 13
246	246	and Federal statutes; 14
247	247	‘‘(3) the term ‘Federal regulation, rule, or 15
248	248	statement’— 16
249	249	‘‘(A) includes any guidance document 17
250	250	issued after notice and an opportunity for com-18
251	251	ment in accordance with the requirements for 19
252	252	the promulgation of a rule under chapter 5 of 20
253	253	title 5, United States Code; and 21
254	254	‘‘(B) does not include— 22
255	255	‘‘(i) a Federal regulation, rule, or 23
256	256	statement applying to— 24
257	257	‘‘(I) the military; or 25
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261	261	‘‘(II) agency organization, man-1
262	262	agement, or personnel; or 2
263	263	‘‘(ii) a Federal regulation, rule, or 3
264	264	statement designated by the President as 4
265	265	being— 5
266	266	‘‘(I) necessary because of an im-6
267	267	minent threat to health or safety or 7
268	268	other emergency; 8
269	269	‘‘(II) necessary for the enforce-9
270	270	ment of criminal laws; or 10
271	271	‘‘(III) necessary for national se-11
272	272	curity; 12
273	273	‘‘(4) the term ‘Federal regulatory cost’— 13
274	274	‘‘(A) means all costs incurred by, and ex-14
275	275	penditures required of, the private sector, 15
276	276	States, or local governments in complying with 16
277	277	any Federal regulation, rule, or statement or 17
278	278	any Federal statute; and 18
279	279	‘‘(B) does not include the value of any ben-19
280	280	efit under the Federal regulation, rule, or state-20
281	281	ment or the Federal statute; 21
282	282	‘‘(5) the term ‘gross domestic product’ means 22
283	283	the gross domestic product of the United States dur-23
284	284	ing a fiscal year, consistent with Department of 24
285	285	Commerce definitions; 25
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289	289	‘‘(6) the term ‘OMB’ means the Office of Man-1
290	290	agement and Budget; and 2
291	291	‘‘(7) the term ‘regulatory baseline’ means the 3
292	292	projection described in section 326(a) of the Federal 4
293	293	regulatory cost for the fiscal year after the date of 5
294	294	the projection and the outyears. 6
295	295	‘‘SEC. 322. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVEL AND ALLOCATIONS. 7
296	296	‘‘(a) E
297	297	STABLISHMENT OF LEVEL.— 8
298	298	‘‘(1) I
299	299	N GENERAL.—In addition to the require-9
300	300	ments under section 301, a concurrent resolution on 10
301	301	the budget for a fiscal year shall set forth the appro-11
302	302	priate level for the Federal regulatory cost for the 12
303	303	fiscal year and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fis-13
304	304	cal years. 14
305	305	‘‘(2) T
306	306	RANSITION PERIOD.— 15
307	307	‘‘(A) I
308	308	N GENERAL.—For the first fiscal 16
309	309	year that begins at least 120 days after the 17
310	310	date of enactment of this section, and each fis-18
311	311	cal year thereafter until the fiscal year de-19
312	312	scribed in section 326(a), the Committee on the 20
313	313	Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the 21
314	314	Budget of the House of Representatives shall 22
315	315	include in the concurrent resolution on the 23
316	316	budget for the fiscal year as the appropriate 24
317	317	level for the Federal regulatory cost for the fis-25
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321	321	cal year and any other fiscal year covered by 1
322	322	the resolution the proposed levels submitted by 2
323	323	the President under section 1105(a)(40) of title 3
324	324	31, United States Code. 4
325	325	‘‘(B) A
326	326	MENDMENTS.— 5
327	327	‘‘(i) I
328	328	N GENERAL.—In the Senate and 6
329	329	the House of Representatives, it shall not 7
330	330	be in order to consider an amendment to 8
331	331	a concurrent resolution on the budget that, 9
332	332	if agreed to, would result in a net increase 10
333	333	in a level included pursuant to subpara-11
334	334	graph (A). 12
335	335	‘‘(ii) W
336	336	AIVER AND APPEAL.—A point 13
337	337	of order under clause (i) may only be 14
338	338	waived by the affirmative vote of three- 15
339	339	fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 16
340	340	sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 17
341	341	of Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall 18
342	342	be required to sustain an appeal of the rul-19
343	343	ing of the Chair on a point of order raised 20
344	344	under clause (i). 21
345	345	‘‘(3) D
346	346	EFAULT TOTAL.—If there is not a level 22
347	347	for the Federal regulatory cost that is in effect for 23
348	348	a fiscal year under a concurrent resolution on the 24
349	349	budget— 25
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353	353	‘‘(A) for the first fiscal year that begins at 1
354	354	least 120 days after the date of enactment of 2
355	355	this section, and every fiscal year thereafter 3
356	356	until the fiscal year described in subparagraph 4
357	357	(B), the appropriate level for the Federal regu-5
358	358	latory cost for the fiscal year shall be the pro-6
359	359	posed level submitted by the President under 7
360	360	section 1105(a)(40) of title 31, United States 8
361	361	Code; 9
362	362	‘‘(B) for the fifth fiscal year that begins 10
363	363	after the date of enactment of this section, the 11
364	364	appropriate level for the Federal regulatory cost 12
365	365	for the fiscal year shall be the amount of the 13
366	366	first regulatory baseline submitted under sec-14
367	367	tion 326; and 15
368	368	‘‘(C) for each fiscal year after the fiscal 16
369	369	year described in subparagraph (B), the appro-17
370	370	priate level for the Federal regulatory cost for 18
371	371	the fiscal year shall be the level for the most re-19
372	372	cent fiscal year for which such a level was in ef-20
373	373	fect (under subparagraph (B), this subpara-21
374	374	graph, or a concurrent resolution on the budg-22
375	375	et). 23
376	376	‘‘(b) A
377	377	LLOCATION OFTOTALS.— 24
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381	381	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the first fiscal year 1
382	382	that begins at least 120 days after the date of enact-2
383	383	ment of this section, and each fiscal year thereafter, 3
384	384	the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 4
385	385	conference report on a concurrent resolution on the 5
386	386	budget for such fiscal year shall include allocations 6
387	387	of the Federal regulatory cost in effect under sub-7
388	388	section (a) for such fiscal year and at least each of 8
389	389	the 4 ensuing fiscal years— 9
390	390	‘‘(A) among each committee of the Senate 10
391	391	and each committee of the House of Represent-11
392	392	atives; 12
393	393	‘‘(B) by major functional category; and 13
394	394	‘‘(C) by agency. 14
395	395	‘‘(2) S
396	396	UBALLOCATIONS.—As soon as practicable 15
397	397	after receiving an allocation under paragraph (1), 16
398	398	each committee shall— 17
399	399	‘‘(A) suballocate its allocation— 18
400	400	‘‘(i) among its subcommittees; 19
401	401	‘‘(ii) among programs over which the 20
402	402	committee has jurisdiction; and 21
403	403	‘‘(iii) by agency; and 22
404	404	‘‘(B) submit for printing in the Congres-23
405	405	sional Record a statement detailing each sub-24
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409	409	allocation made by the committee under sub-1
410	410	paragraph (A). 2
411	411	‘‘(c) P
412	412	OINT OFORDER.— 3
413	413	‘‘(1) I
414	414	N GENERAL.—If a concurrent resolution 4
415	415	on the budget setting forth the appropriate level for 5
416	416	the Federal regulatory cost for a fiscal year has been 6
417	417	agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate or 7
418	418	the House of Representatives to consider any bill or 8
419	419	resolution, or amendment thereto, which would cause 9
420	420	an allocation or suballocation of the Federal regu-10
421	421	latory cost made under subsection (b) for that fiscal 11
422	422	year to be exceeded. 12
423	423	‘‘(2) W
424	424	AIVER AND APPEAL.—A point of order 13
425	425	under paragraph (1) may only be waived by the af-14
426	426	firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 15
427	427	chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 16
428	428	of Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be re-17
429	429	quired to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 18
430	430	Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph 19
431	431	(1). 20
432	432	‘‘(d) D
433	433	ETERMINATIONS BY BUDGETCOMMITTEES.— 21
434	434	For purposes of this section, the amount of the Federal 22
435	435	regulatory cost for a fiscal year and the amount of the 23
436	436	Federal regulatory cost of a bill or resolution, or amend-24
437	437	ment thereto, shall be determined by the Committee on 25
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441	441	the Budget of the Senate or the Committee on the Budget 1
442	442	of the House of Representatives, as the case may be. 2
443	443	‘‘SEC. 323. ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL REGULATORY COST BY 3
444	444	CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE. 4
445	445	‘‘(a) I
446	446	NGENERAL.—CBO shall prepare for each bill 5
447	447	or resolution of a public character reported by any com-6
448	448	mittee of the Senate or the House of Representatives (ex-7
449	449	cept the Committee on Appropriations of each House), 8
450	450	and submit to such committee— 9
451	451	‘‘(1) an estimate of the costs which would be in-10
452	452	curred by the private sector in carrying out or com-11
453	453	plying with such bill or resolution in the fiscal year 12
454	454	in which it is to become effective and in each of the 13
455	455	4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, which shall 14
456	456	include— 15
457	457	‘‘(A) a net present value estimate of the 16
458	458	cost of compliance by the private sector with 17
459	459	such bill or resolution; and 18
460	460	‘‘(B) a discussion of the methodology used 19
461	461	to prepare, and the basis for, each such esti-20
462	462	mate; and 21
463	463	‘‘(2) a comparison of the estimate of costs de-22
464	464	scribed in paragraph (1) with any available esti-23
465	465	mates of costs made by such committee or by any 24
466	466	agency. 25
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470	470	‘‘(b) LOOK-BACKREVIEWS.—CBO shall periodically 1
471	471	submit to Congress a report, prepared in consultation with 2
472	472	the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the 3
473	473	United States, that— 4
474	474	‘‘(1) reviews a sample of laws of a public char-5
475	475	acter for which an estimate was prepared under sub-6
476	476	section (a)(1); and 7
477	477	‘‘(2) compares the estimates of the costs de-8
478	478	scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 9
479	479	and the actual costs incurred by the private sector 10
480	480	in carrying out or complying with the law in the fis-11
481	481	cal year in which it took effect and in each of the 12
482	482	4 fiscal years following such fiscal year. 13
483	483	‘‘SEC. 324. ENFORCEMENT. 14
484	484	‘‘(a) E
485	485	NFORCEMENT LANGUAGEREQUIRED INAP-15
486	486	PROPRIATIONACTS.—If a concurrent resolution on the 16
487	487	budget that includes levels and allocations of the Federal 17
488	488	regulatory cost for a fiscal year has been agreed to, it shall 18
489	489	not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representa-19
490	490	tives to consider a bill, joint resolution, amendment be-20
491	491	tween the Houses, or conference report making appropria-21
492	492	tions for the fiscal year that does not include a provision 22
493	493	prohibiting amounts made available under the measure 23
494	494	from being obligated or expended to enforce a Federal reg-24
495	495	ulation, rule, or statement that would cause a breach of 25
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498	498	•HR 261 IH
499	499	any level or allocation of the Federal regulatory cost in 1
500	500	effect for a fiscal year. 2
501	501	‘‘(b) W
502	502	AIVER ANDAPPEAL.—Subsection (a) may be 3
503	503	waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative 4
504	504	vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 5
505	505	An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the 6
506	506	Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sus-7
507	507	tain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 8
508	508	order raised under subsection (a). 9
509	509	‘‘(c) R
510	510	EVIEW OFCOST.— 10
511	511	‘‘(1) D
512	512	ETERMINATIONS OF COST .— 11
513	513	‘‘(A) BEA
514	514	DETERMINATION.—The Bureau 12
515	515	of Economic Analysis of the Department of 13
516	516	Commerce shall determine the change in the 14
517	517	Federal regulatory cost attributable to each 15
518	518	newly promulgated, or amendment to a, Federal 16
519	519	regulation, rule, or statement. 17
520	520	‘‘(B) G
521	521	UIDANCE FOR AGENCIES .—The Bu-18
522	522	reau of Economic Analysis of the Department 19
523	523	of Commerce shall issue guidance to agencies 20
524	524	regarding the methodology to be used to deter-21
525	525	mine the amount of, and any change in, the 22
526	526	Federal regulatory cost attributable to each 23
527	527	newly promulgated, or amendment to a, Federal 24
528	528	regulation, rule, or statement. 25
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532	532	‘‘(C) MANDATORY USE BY AGENCIES .—For 1
533	533	purposes of any analysis conducted by an agen-2
534	534	cy (without regard to whether the analysis is 3
535	535	conducted for purposes of this Act), each agen-4
536	536	cy shall determine the amount of, and any 5
537	537	change in, the Federal regulatory cost attrib-6
538	538	utable to each newly promulgated, or amend-7
539	539	ment to a, Federal regulation, rule, or state-8
540	540	ment in accordance with the guidance issued 9
541	541	under subparagraph (B). 10
542	542	‘‘(2) OMB
543	543	DETERMINATION.—The OMB shall 11
544	544	determine whether the change in the Federal regu-12
545	545	latory cost determined under paragraph (1) would 13
546	546	cause a breach of any level or allocation of the Fed-14
547	547	eral regulatory cost in effect for a fiscal year, which 15
548	548	shall incorporate any reduction to the level or alloca-16
549	549	tion of the Federal regulatory cost attributable to a 17
550	550	revision of a Federal regulation, rule, or statement 18
551	551	during the fiscal year. 19
552	552	‘‘(3) CBO
553	553	REVIEW.—The CBO shall— 20
554	554	‘‘(A) review the methodology used by the 21
555	555	Bureau of Economic Analysis and the OMB for 22
556	556	each determination under paragraphs (1) and 23
557	557	(2); and 24
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561	561	‘‘(B) issue an opinion on whether the 1
562	562	change in the Federal regulatory cost attrib-2
563	563	utable to the applicable newly promulgated, or 3
564	564	amendment to a, Federal regulation, rule, or 4
565	565	statement would cause a breach of any level or 5
566	566	allocation of the Federal regulatory cost in ef-6
567	567	fect for a fiscal year. 7
568	568	‘‘(d) I
569	569	MPLEMENTATION.—The OMB shall issue a di-8
570	570	rective prohibiting funds from being obligated or expended 9
571	571	to enforce a newly promulgated, or amendment to a, Fed-10
572	572	eral regulation, rule, or statement during a fiscal year if— 11
573	573	‘‘(1) the OMB determines that change in the 12
574	574	Federal regulatory cost attributable to the newly 13
575	575	promulgated, or amendment to a, Federal regula-14
576	576	tion, rule, or statement, as determined by the Bu-15
577	577	reau of Economic Analysis under subsection (c)(1), 16
578	578	would cause a breach of any level or allocation of the 17
579	579	Federal regulatory cost in effect for the fiscal year; 18
580	580	and 19
581	581	‘‘(2) the appropriation Act making the applica-20
582	582	ble appropriations for the fiscal year contains a pro-21
583	583	vision described in subsection (a). 22
584	584	‘‘(e) O
585	585	FFSETTINGSAVINGS.—In making determina-23
586	586	tions under this section with respect to a newly promul-24
587	587	gated, or amendment to a, Federal regulation, rule, or 25
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590	590	•HR 261 IH
591	591	statement, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the CBO, 1
592	592	and the OMB shall subtract from the amount of the Fed-2
593	593	eral regulatory cost, and any applicable allocation thereof, 3
594	594	any reduction to the Federal regulatory cost that is attrib-4
595	595	utable to a revision of another Federal regulation, rule, 5
596	596	or statement made as part of the same rulemaking. 6
597	597	‘‘(f) P
598	598	RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—Any person ag-7
599	599	grieved of an action taken or failed to be taken under a 8
600	600	Federal regulation, rule, or statement for which the OMB 9
601	601	has issued a directive prohibiting enforcement under sub-10
602	602	section (d) may bring a civil action in an appropriate dis-11
603	603	trict court of the United States alleging that the Federal 12
604	604	regulation, rule, or statement should not have been en-13
605	605	forced. 14
606	606	‘‘SEC. 325. OMB–CBO REPORTS. 15
607	607	‘‘Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 16
608	608	of this section, and not later than September 15th of each 17
609	609	odd-numbered year thereafter, OMB and CBO shall joint-18
610	610	ly submit to the President, the Senate, and the House of 19
611	611	Representatives a report that includes— 20
612	612	‘‘(1) a projection of the direct cost of Federal 21
613	613	regulation and the Federal regulatory cost for the 22
614	614	first fiscal year beginning after the date of the re-23
615	615	port and at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years; 24
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619	619	‘‘(2) a calculation of the estimated direct cost 1
620	620	of Federal regulation and Federal regulatory cost as 2
621	621	a percentage of the gross domestic product; 3
622	622	‘‘(3) the reduction in estimated gross domestic 4
623	623	product attributable to private sector compliance 5
624	624	with all Federal regulations, rules, or statements 6
625	625	and all Federal statutes; 7
626	626	‘‘(4) a detailed description of the effect on the 8
627	627	economy of the United States of Federal regulations, 9
628	628	rules, and statements and Federal statutes, which 10
629	629	shall be categorized as relating to— 11
630	630	‘‘(A) regulation of the economy; 12
631	631	‘‘(B) security, including homeland security; 13
632	632	‘‘(C) the environment; 14
633	633	‘‘(D) health and safety; or 15
634	634	‘‘(E) the Federal budget; 16
635	635	‘‘(5) a discussion of the expected reduction in 17
636	636	personnel, administrative overhead, and pro-18
637	637	grammatic costs that would be achieved by Federal 19
638	638	agencies that issue regulations, rules, or statements 20
639	639	with a Federal regulatory cost if the Federal agen-21
640	640	cies reduced the Federal regulatory cost by 5 per-22
641	641	cent; 23
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645	645	‘‘(6) recommendations for budgeting, technical, 1
646	646	and estimating changes to improve the Federal regu-2
647	647	latory budgeting process; 3
648	648	‘‘(7) the Federal regulatory cost imposed by 4
649	649	each Executive branch agency on regulated entities; 5
650	650	‘‘(8) the direct cost of Federal regulation attrib-6
651	651	utable to each Executive branch agency; 7
652	652	‘‘(9) the Federal regulatory costs imposed by 8
653	653	each Executive branch agency on small businesses, 9
654	654	small organizations, and small governmental juris-10
655	655	dictions (as those terms are defined in section 601 11
656	656	of title 5, United States Code); and 12
657	657	‘‘(10) the sum of the costs described in para-13
658	658	graph (9). 14
659	659	‘‘SEC. 326. REGULATORY BASELINE. 15
660	660	‘‘(a) I
661	661	NGENERAL.—For the fifth fiscal year that be-16
662	662	gins after the date of enactment of this section and for 17
663	663	every second fiscal year thereafter, CBO, in consultation 18
664	664	with OMB, shall submit to the President, the Senate, and 19
665	665	the House of Representatives a regulatory baseline, con-20
666	666	sisting of a projection of the Federal regulatory cost for 21
667	667	the fiscal year and at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 22
668	668	years. In preparing the projection of the regulatory base-23
669	669	line under this subsection, for the second fiscal year cov-24
670	670	ered under the projection and each fiscal year thereafter, 25
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674	674	CBO shall adjust the baseline for the estimated growth 1
675	675	during that fiscal year in the gross domestic product. 2
676	676	‘‘(b) D
677	677	EADLINE.—The CBO shall submit a regu-3
678	678	latory baseline required under subsection (a) for a fiscal 4
679	679	year not later than the date on which the CBO submits 5
680	680	the report required under section 202(e)(1) with respect 6
681	681	to that fiscal year. 7
682	682	‘‘(c) R
683	683	EGULARUPDATES ONDEVELOPMENT OF REG-8
684	684	ULATORYBASELINE.—Not later than the date on which 9
685	685	the CBO submits the report required under section 10
686	686	202(e)(1) with respect to each fiscal year during the pe-11
687	687	riod beginning on the date of enactment of this section 12
688	688	and ending on the date on which the CBO submits the 13
689	689	first projection of the Federal regulatory cost under sub-14
690	690	section (a), the CBO shall submit to the Committee on 15
691	691	the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budg-16
692	692	et of the House of Representatives an annual update on 17
693	693	the progress of the CBO in developing the regulatory base-18
694	694	line.’’. 19
695	695	(b) T
696	696	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 20
697	697	The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Con-21
698	698	gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 22
699	699	is amended— 23
700	700	(1) by inserting before the item relating to sec-24
701	701	tion 300 the following: 25
702	702	‘‘PARTA. GENERALPROVISIONS’’;
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706	706	and 1
707	707	(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-2
708	708	tion 315 the following: 3
709	709	‘‘PARTB. FEDERALREGULATORYBUDGETCOSTCONTROL
710	710	‘‘Sec. 321. Definitions.
711	711	‘‘Sec. 322. Establishment of level and allocations.
712	712	‘‘Sec. 323. Analysis of Federal regulatory cost by Congressional Budget Office.
713	713	‘‘Sec. 324. Enforcement.
714	714	‘‘Sec. 325. OMB–CBO reports.
715	715	‘‘Sec. 326. Regulatory baseline.’’.
716	716	SEC. 6. STUDY OF NONMAJOR RULES.
717	717	4
718	718	(a) D
719	719	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 5
720	720	(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 6
721	721	that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 7
722	722	Code; 8
723	723	(2) the term ‘‘covered guidance document’’ 9
724	724	means any guidance document that has resulted or 10
725	725	is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy 11
726	726	of not less than $10,000,000; 12
727	727	(3) the term ‘‘covered nonmajor rule’’ means 13
728	728	any rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in 14
729	729	an annual effect on the economy of not less than 15
730	730	$10,000,000 and not more than $100,000,000; 16
731	731	(4) the term ‘‘guidance document’’ means an 17
732	732	agency statement of general applicability and future 18
733	733	effect, other than a rule, that sets forth a policy on 19
734	734	a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or an in-20
735	735	terpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue; 21
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739	739	(5) the term ‘‘Federal regulatory cost’’ has the 1
740	740	meaning given that term under section 321 of the 2
741	741	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as added by this 3
742	742	Act; and 4
743	743	(6) the term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning given that 5
744	744	term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code. 6
745	745	(b) R
746	746	EPORTS.—Not later than 120 days after the 7
747	747	date of enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, 8
748	748	the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 9
749	749	to Congress a report regarding covered nonmajor rules 10
750	750	and covered guidance documents, which shall include, for 11
751	751	the 4-year period immediately preceding the report— 12
752	752	(1) the number of covered nonmajor rules pro-13
753	753	mulgated; 14
754	754	(2) the number of covered nonmajor rules im-15
755	755	plemented; 16
756	756	(3) the number of covered guidance documents 17
757	757	developed; 18
758	758	(4) the number of covered guidance documents 19
759	759	issued; 20
760	760	(5) the Federal regulatory cost of each covered 21
761	761	nonmajor rule implemented; 22
762	762	(6) the Federal regulatory cost of each covered 23
763	763	guidance document issued; 24
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767	767	(7) the aggregate Federal regulatory cost of all 1
768	768	covered nonmajor rules implemented; 2
769	769	(8) the aggregate Federal regulatory cost of all 3
770	770	covered guidance documents issued; and 4
771	771	(9) a discussion of any covered nonmajor rule 5
772	772	for which an initial regulatory flexibility analysis was 6
773	773	prepared under section 603 of title 5, United States 7
774	774	Code, a final regulatory flexibility analysis was pre-8
775	775	pared under section 604 of title 5, United States 9
776	776	Code, or a cost benefit analysis was prepared that 10
777	777	underestimated the actual Federal regulatory cost of 11
778	778	implementing the covered nonmajor rule. 12
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