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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 442
5	5	To improve agency rulemaking, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	JANUARY20, 2023
8	8	Ms. V
9	9	ANDUYNEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
10	10	Committee on the Judiciary
11	11	A BILL
12	12	To improve agency rulemaking, and for other purposes.
13	13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
14	14	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
15	15	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
16	16	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory Account-4
17	17	ability Act’’. 5
18	18	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
19	19	Section 551 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-7
20	20	ed— 8
21	21	(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘rule making’’ 9
22	22	and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 10
23	23	(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘rule making’’ 11
24	24	and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 12
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28	28	(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 1
29	29	end; 2
30	30	(4) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 3
31	31	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 4
32	32	(5) by adding at the end the following: 5
33	33	‘‘(15) ‘guidance’ means an agency statement of 6
34	34	general applicability that— 7
35	35	‘‘(A) is not intended to have the force and 8
36	36	effect of law; and 9
37	37	‘‘(B) sets forth a policy on a statutory, 10
38	38	regulatory, or technical issue or an interpreta-11
39	39	tion of a statutory or regulatory issue; 12
40	40	‘‘(16) ‘high-impact rule’ means any rule that 13
41	41	the Administrator determines is likely to cause an 14
42	42	annual effect on the economy of $500,000,000 or 15
43	43	more, adjusted once every 5 years to reflect in-16
44	44	creases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 17
45	45	Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 18
46	46	Statistics of the Department of Labor; 19
47	47	‘‘(17) ‘major guidance’ means guidance that the 20
48	48	Administrator finds is likely to lead to— 21
49	49	‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 22
50	50	$100,000,000 or more, adjusted once every 5 23
51	51	years to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 24
52	52	Index for All Urban Consumers, as published 25
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56	56	by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the De-1
57	57	partment of Labor; 2
58	58	‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 3
59	59	consumers, individual industries, Federal, 4
60	60	State, local, or Tribal government agencies, or 5
61	61	geographic regions; or 6
62	62	‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-7
63	63	tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-8
64	64	novation, public health and safety, or the ability 9
65	65	of United States-based enterprises to compete 10
66	66	with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and 11
67	67	export markets; 12
68	68	‘‘(18) ‘major rule’ means any rule that the Ad-13
69	69	ministrator determines is likely to cause— 14
70	70	‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 15
71	71	$100,000,000 or more, adjusted once every 5 16
72	72	years to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 17
73	73	Index for All Urban Consumers, as published 18
74	74	by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the De-19
75	75	partment of Labor; 20
76	76	‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 21
77	77	consumers, individual industries, Federal, 22
78	78	State, local, or Tribal government agencies, or 23
79	79	geographic regions; or 24
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83	83	‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-1
84	84	tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-2
85	85	novation, public health and safety, or the ability 3
86	86	of United States-based enterprises to compete 4
87	87	with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and 5
88	88	export markets; 6
89	89	‘‘(19) ‘Office of Information and Regulatory Af-7
90	90	fairs’ means the office established under section 8
91	91	3503 of title 44 and any successor to that office; 9
92	92	and 10
93	93	‘‘(20) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator 11
94	94	of the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-12
95	95	fairs.’’. 13
96	96	SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 14
97	97	Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-15
98	98	ed— 16
99	99	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Rule 17
100	100	making’’ and inserting ‘‘Rulemaking’’; 18
101	101	(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) This sec-19
102	102	tion applies’’ and inserting the following: 20
103	103	‘‘(a) A
104	104	PPLICABILITY.—This section applies’’; and 21
105	105	(3) by striking subsections (b) through (e) and 22
106	106	inserting the following: 23
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110	110	‘‘(b) RULEMAKING CONSIDERATIONS.—In a rule-1
111	111	making, an agency shall consider, in addition to other ap-2
112	112	plicable considerations, the following: 3
113	113	‘‘(1) The legal authority under which a rule 4
114	114	may be proposed, including whether rulemaking is 5
115	115	required by statute or is within the discretion of the 6
116	116	agency. 7
117	117	‘‘(2) The nature and significance of the problem 8
118	118	the agency intends to address with a rule. 9
119	119	‘‘(3) Whether existing Federal laws or rules 10
120	120	have created or contributed to the problem the agen-11
121	121	cy may address with a rule and, if so, whether those 12
122	122	Federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded 13
123	123	to address the problem in whole or in part. 14
124	124	‘‘(4) A reasonable number of alternatives for or 15
125	125	to a new rule, with the consideration of 3 alter-16
126	126	natives presumed to be reasonable, that— 17
127	127	‘‘(A) meet the objectives of the statutory 18
128	128	provision on which the rulemaking relies, in-19
129	129	cluding substantial alternatives or other re-20
130	130	sponses identified by the agency or by inter-21
131	131	ested persons; and 22
132	132	‘‘(B) consider not only mandating par-23
133	133	ticular conduct or manners of compliance, but 24
134	134	also— 25
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138	138	‘‘(i) specifying performance objectives; 1
139	139	‘‘(ii) establishing economic incentives, 2
140	140	including marketable permits, to encourage 3
141	141	desired behavior; 4
142	142	‘‘(iii) establishing disclosure require-5
143	143	ments that will provide information upon 6
144	144	which choices can be made by the public; 7
145	145	or 8
146	146	‘‘(iv) adopting other means of meeting 9
147	147	the objectives of the statutory provision on 10
148	148	which the rulemaking relies without man-11
149	149	dating particular conduct or manners of 12
150	150	compliance. 13
151	151	‘‘(5) For any major rule or high-impact rule, 14
152	152	unless prohibited by law, the potential costs and 15
153	153	benefits associated with potential alternative rules 16
154	154	and other responses considered under paragraph (4), 17
155	155	including quantitative and qualitative analyses of— 18
156	156	‘‘(A) the direct costs and benefits; 19
157	157	‘‘(B) the nature and degree of risks ad-20
158	158	dressed by the rule and the countervailing risks 21
159	159	that might be posed by agency action; and 22
160	160	‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, the cumu-23
161	161	lative costs and benefits, and an analysis of the 24
162	162	effects that the rule is anticipated to have on 25
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166	166	entities that purchase products or services 1
167	167	from, sell products or services to, or otherwise 2
168	168	conduct business with entities to which the rule 3
169	169	will apply. 4
170	170	‘‘(c) N
171	171	OTICE OFPROPOSEDRULEMAKING.— 5
172	172	‘‘(1) I
173	173	N GENERAL.—If an agency determines 6
174	174	that the objectives of the agency require the agency 7
175	175	to issue a rule, the agency shall— 8
176	176	‘‘(A) submit a notice of proposed rule-9
177	177	making to the Administrator for review; 10
178	178	‘‘(B) refrain from publishing the notice 11
179	179	until the Administrator determines that review 12
180	180	by the Administrator has concluded; and 13
181	181	‘‘(C) at the conclusion of review by the Ad-14
182	182	ministrator, publish a notice of proposed rule-15
183	183	making in the Federal Register, which shall in-16
184	184	clude— 17
185	185	‘‘(i) a statement of the time, place, 18
186	186	and nature of any public rulemaking pro-19
187	187	ceedings; 20
188	188	‘‘(ii) a reference to the legal authority 21
189	189	under which the rule is proposed, including 22
190	190	the specific statutory provision on which 23
191	191	the rulemaking relies; 24
192	192	‘‘(iii) the text of the proposed rule; 25
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196	196	‘‘(iv) a summary of information 1
197	197	known to the agency concerning the con-2
198	198	siderations described in subsection (b); and 3
199	199	‘‘(v) where otherwise consistent with 4
200	200	applicable law, for any major rule or high- 5
201	201	impact rule— 6
202	202	‘‘(I) a reasoned preliminary ex-7
203	203	planation regarding how— 8
204	204	‘‘(aa) the proposed rule 9
205	205	meets the objectives of the statu-10
206	206	tory provision on which the rule-11
207	207	making relies; and 12
208	208	‘‘(bb) the benefits of the 13
209	209	proposed rule justify the costs; 14
210	210	‘‘(II) a discussion of— 15
211	211	‘‘(aa) the costs and benefits 16
212	212	of alternatives considered by the 17
213	213	agency under subsection (b)(4); 18
214	214	‘‘(bb) whether the alter-19
215	215	natives considered by the agency 20
216	216	under subsection (b)(4) meet the 21
217	217	objectives of the statutory provi-22
218	218	sion on which the rulemaking re-23
219	219	lies; and 24
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223	223	‘‘(cc) the reasons why the 1
224	224	agency did not propose an alter-2
225	225	native considered by the agency 3
226	226	under subsection (b)(4); and 4
227	227	‘‘(III) a solicitation of public 5
228	228	comment, including on all issues and 6
229	229	alternatives discussed under sub-7
230	230	clauses (I) and (II) and subsection 8
231	231	(l)(1)(A). 9
232	232	‘‘(2) A
233	233	CCESSIBILITY.— 10
234	234	‘‘(A) I
235	235	N GENERAL.—Not later than the 11
236	236	date on which an agency publishes a notice of 12
237	237	proposed rulemaking under paragraph (1), all 13
238	238	studies, models, scientific literature, and other 14
239	239	information developed or relied upon by the 15
240	240	agency, and actions taken by the agency to ob-16
241	241	tain that information, in connection with the 17
242	242	determination of the agency to propose the rule 18
243	243	that is the subject of the rulemaking shall be 19
244	244	placed in the docket for the proposed rule and 20
245	245	made accessible to the public. 21
246	246	‘‘(B) I
247	247	NFORMATION CONTROLLED BY NON -22
248	248	GOVERNMENTAL PERSON .—With respect to any 23
249	249	information to which a nongovernmental person 24
250	250	holds a legal right to prohibit or limit reproduc-25
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254	254	tion, distribution, or public display, the infor-1
255	255	mation shall be— 2
256	256	‘‘(i) placed in the docket through cita-3
257	257	tion or incorporation by reference, includ-4
258	258	ing a specification of the identity of the 5
259	259	nongovernmental person who holds a legal 6
260	260	right to prohibit or limit reproduction, dis-7
261	261	tribution, or public display of the informa-8
262	262	tion and the means by which a member of 9
263	263	the public may request a full copy of the 10
264	264	information from that holder; and 11
265	265	‘‘(ii) considered made accessible to the 12
266	266	public after a placement described in 13
267	267	clause (i), provided that the nongovern-14
268	268	mental person who holds a legal right to 15
269	269	prohibit or limit reproduction, distribution, 16
270	270	or public display of the information makes 17
271	271	the information reasonably available upon 18
272	272	request in a timely manner to any member 19
273	273	of the public who requests a copy of the in-20
274	274	formation. 21
275	275	‘‘(C) E
276	276	XCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) 22
277	277	and (B) shall not apply with respect to informa-23
278	278	tion that is exempt from disclosure under sec-24
279	279	tion 552(b). 25
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283	283	‘‘(3) INFORMATION QUALITY .—If an agency 1
284	284	proposes a rule that rests upon scientific, technical, 2
285	285	or economic information, the agency shall— 3
286	286	‘‘(A) propose the rule on the basis of the 4
287	287	best reasonably available scientific, technical, or 5
288	288	economic information; and 6
289	289	‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 7
290	290	use that information in compliance with the 8
291	291	guidelines issued under section 515 of the 9
292	292	Treasury and General Government Appropria-10
293	293	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 11
294	294	Stat. 2763A–154). 12
295	295	‘‘(4) P
296	296	UBLIC COMMENT.— 13
297	297	‘‘(A) I
298	298	N GENERAL.—After publishing a no-14
299	299	tice of proposed rulemaking under paragraph 15
300	300	(1), an agency shall provide interested persons 16
301	301	an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking 17
302	302	through the submission of written material, 18
303	303	data, views, or arguments with or without op-19
304	304	portunity for oral presentation, except that— 20
305	305	‘‘(i) if a public hearing is convened 21
306	306	under subsection (e), reasonable oppor-22
307	307	tunity for oral presentation shall be pro-23
308	308	vided at the public hearing as provided in 24
309	309	subsection (e); and 25
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313	313	‘‘(ii) when, other than as provided in 1
314	314	subsection (e), a rule is required by statute 2
315	315	to be made on the record after opportunity 3
316	316	for an agency hearing— 4
317	317	‘‘(I) sections 556 and 557 shall 5
318	318	apply; and 6
319	319	‘‘(II) the petition procedures of 7
320	320	subsection (e) shall not apply. 8
321	321	‘‘(B) T
322	322	IMELINE.— 9
323	323	‘‘(i) I
324	324	N GENERAL.—Subject to sub-10
325	325	paragraph (C), an agency shall provide not 11
326	326	less than 60 days, or, with respect to a 12
327	327	proposed major rule or a proposed high-im-13
328	328	pact rule, not less than 90 days, for inter-14
329	329	ested persons to submit written material, 15
330	330	data, views, or arguments under subpara-16
331	331	graph (A). 17
332	332	‘‘(ii) A
333	333	DEQUATE REVIEW PERIOD .—If 18
334	334	a proposed rule relies on information 19
335	335	placed in the docket through citation or in-20
336	336	corporation by reference as described in 21
337	337	paragraph (3)(B), the comment period re-22
338	338	quired under clause (i) shall be adequate 23
339	339	to allow interested persons to receive and 24
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343	343	review that information to inform their 1
344	344	submission. 2
345	345	‘‘(C) R
346	346	ESPONSIVE COMMENT PERIOD FOR 3
347	347	MAJOR AND HIGH -IMPACT RULES.—With re-4
348	348	spect to a proposed major rule or a proposed 5
349	349	high-impact rule, an interested person who 6
350	350	made a submission under subparagraph (A) 7
351	351	during the comment period under subparagraph 8
352	352	(B) with respect to the rule may, during the pe-9
353	353	riod beginning on the day after the date on 10
354	354	which that comment period closes and ending 11
355	355	on the date that is 30 days after that day, re-12
356	356	spond to any other submission made by any 13
357	357	other interested person under subparagraph (A) 14
358	358	during the initial comment period. 15
359	359	‘‘(D) A
360	360	CCESSIBILITY.—All comments and 16
361	361	responses submitted under this paragraph shall 17
362	362	be promptly placed in the docket and made ac-18
363	363	cessible to the public. 19
364	364	‘‘(5) C
365	365	HANGE OF CLASSIFICATION AFTER PUB -20
366	366	LICATION OF NOTICE.—If, after an agency submits 21
367	367	for review and publishes the notice of proposed rule-22
368	368	making required under paragraph (1), a proposed 23
369	369	rule is determined to be a major rule or a high-im-24
370	370	pact rule, the agency shall— 25
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374	374	‘‘(A) publish a notice in the Federal Reg-1
375	375	ister with respect to the change of the classi-2
376	376	fication of the rule; and 3
377	377	‘‘(B) allow interested persons an additional 4
378	378	opportunity of not less than 30 days to com-5
379	379	ment on— 6
380	380	‘‘(i) the rule; and 7
381	381	‘‘(ii) the change of the classification of 8
382	382	the rule. 9
383	383	‘‘(6) P
384	384	ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN COMMUNICA -10
385	385	TIONS.— 11
386	386	‘‘(A) I
387	387	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 12
388	388	subparagraph (B), after an agency publishes a 13
389	389	notice of proposed rulemaking required under 14
390	390	paragraph (1), or after an agency publishes a 15
391	391	notice of initiation of rulemaking under sub-16
392	392	section (d)(1)(B), the agency, and any indi-17
393	393	vidual acting in an official capacity on behalf of 18
394	394	the agency, may not communicate, and a person 19
395	395	who receives Federal funds from the agency 20
396	396	may not use those funds to communicate, 21
397	397	through written, oral, electronic, or other 22
398	398	means, to the public with respect to the pro-23
399	399	posed rule in a manner that— 24
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403	403	‘‘(i) directly advocates, in support of 1
404	404	or against the proposed rule, for the sub-2
405	405	mission of information that will form part 3
406	406	of the record for the proposed rule; 4
407	407	‘‘(ii) appeals to the public, or solicits 5
408	408	a third party, to undertake advocacy in 6
409	409	support of or against the proposed rule; or 7
410	410	‘‘(iii) is directly or indirectly for the 8
411	411	purpose of publicity or propaganda within 9
412	412	the United States in a manner that Con-10
413	413	gress has not authorized. 11
414	414	‘‘(B) E
415	415	XCEPTION.—The prohibition under 12
416	416	subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a commu-13
417	417	nication that requests comments on, or provides 14
418	418	information regarding, a proposed rule in an 15
419	419	impartial manner. 16
420	420	‘‘(d) I
421	421	NITIATION OFRULEMAKING FOR MAJOR AND 17
422	422	H
423	423	IGH-IMPACTRULES.— 18
424	424	‘‘(1) N
425	425	OTICE FOR MAJOR AND HIGH -IMPACT 19
426	426	RULES.—When an agency determines to initiate a 20
427	427	rulemaking that may result in a major rule or a 21
428	428	high-impact rule, the agency shall— 22
429	429	‘‘(A) establish an electronic docket for that 23
430	430	rulemaking, which may have a physical counter-24
431	431	part; and 25
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435	435	‘‘(B) publish a notice of initiation of rule-1
436	436	making in the Federal Register, which shall— 2
437	437	‘‘(i) briefly describe the subject and 3
438	438	objectives of, and the problem to be solved 4
439	439	by, the rule; 5
440	440	‘‘(ii) refer to the legal authority under 6
441	441	which the rule would be proposed, includ-7
442	442	ing the specific statutory provision that au-8
443	443	thorizes the rulemaking; 9
444	444	‘‘(iii) invite interested persons to pro-10
445	445	pose alternatives and other ideas regarding 11
446	446	how best to accomplish the objectives of 12
447	447	the agency in the most effective manner; 13
448	448	‘‘(iv) indicate how interested persons 14
449	449	may submit written material for the dock-15
450	450	et; and 16
451	451	‘‘(v) appear in the Federal Register 17
452	452	not later than 90 days before the date on 18
453	453	which the agency publishes a notice of pro-19
454	454	posed rulemaking for the rule. 20
455	455	‘‘(2) A
456	456	CCESSIBILITY.—All information provided 21
457	457	to the agency under paragraph (1) shall be promptly 22
458	458	placed in the docket and made accessible to the pub-23
459	459	lic, unless the information— 24
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463	463	‘‘(A) is information to which the submitter 1
464	464	does not hold a legal right to authorize disclo-2
465	465	sure; or 3
466	466	‘‘(B) is exempt from disclosure under sec-4
467	467	tion 552(b). 5
468	468	‘‘(3) A
469	469	PPLICABILITY.—With respect to the al-6
470	470	ternatives and other ideas proposed under paragraph 7
471	471	(1)(B)(iii)— 8
472	472	‘‘(A) the alternatives and other ideas are 9
473	473	for the benefit of— 10
474	474	‘‘(i) the agency receiving the alter-11
475	475	natives and other ideas; and 12
476	476	‘‘(ii) the public; and 13
477	477	‘‘(B) the agency receiving the alternatives 14
478	478	and other ideas may respond to the alternatives 15
479	479	and other ideas. 16
480	480	‘‘(4) T
481	481	IMETABLE.— 17
482	482	‘‘(A) I
483	483	N GENERAL.—After considering any 18
484	484	written material submitted by interested per-19
485	485	sons under paragraph (1), if an agency deter-20
486	486	mines to proceed with a rulemaking for a major 21
487	487	rule or a high-impact rule, the agency proposing 22
488	488	the rule shall establish a timetable for the rule-23
489	489	making that— 24
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492	492	•HR 442 IH
493	493	‘‘(i) contains intermediate completion 1
494	494	dates for actions of the agency, includ-2
495	495	ing— 3
496	496	‘‘(I) the anticipated date on 4
497	497	which the agency shall publish the no-5
498	498	tice required under subsection (c)(1) 6
499	499	with respect to the rule; and 7
500	500	‘‘(II) the duration of the com-8
501	501	ment period required under subsection 9
502	502	(c)(4), including the date on which the 10
503	503	comment period shall end; and 11
504	504	‘‘(ii) includes a final completion date 12
505	505	for actions by the agency. 13
506	506	‘‘(B) P
507	507	UBLICATION.—The timetable re-14
508	508	quired under subparagraph (A) shall be pub-15
509	509	lished in the electronic docket established under 16
510	510	paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the rule-17
511	511	making. 18
512	512	‘‘(C) C
513	513	ONSIDERATION OF FACTORS .—In 19
514	514	establishing the timetable required under sub-20
515	515	paragraph (A), an agency shall consider rel-21
516	516	evant factors, including— 22
517	517	‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the 23
518	518	rulemaking; 24
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521	521	•HR 442 IH
522	522	‘‘(ii) the resources available to the 1
523	523	agency; 2
524	524	‘‘(iii) the national significance of the 3
525	525	rulemaking; and 4
526	526	‘‘(iv) all statutory requirements that 5
527	527	govern the timing of the rulemaking. 6
528	528	‘‘(D) R
529	529	EPORT REQUIRED.— 7
530	530	‘‘(i) I
531	531	N GENERAL.—An agency that 8
532	532	fails to meet an intermediate or final com-9
533	533	pletion date for an action established under 10
534	534	subparagraph (A) shall submit to Congress 11
535	535	and the Director of the Office of Manage-12
536	536	ment and Budget a report regarding why 13
537	537	the agency failed to meet the completion 14
538	538	date. 15
539	539	‘‘(ii) C
540	540	ONTENTS; PUBLICATION IN 16
541	541	FEDERAL REGISTER .—A report submitted 17
542	542	under clause (i) shall— 18
543	543	‘‘(I) include an amended time-19
544	544	table for the rulemaking; and 20
545	545	‘‘(II) be published— 21
546	546	‘‘(aa) in the Federal Reg-22
547	547	ister; and 23
548	548	‘‘(bb) in the electronic dock-24
549	549	et established under paragraph 25
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552	552	•HR 442 IH
553	553	(1)(A) with respect to the rule-1
554	554	making. 2
555	555	‘‘(E) C
556	556	HANGES TO INTERMEDIATE DATES 3
557	557	PUBLISHED IN ELECTRONIC DOCKET .—If an 4
558	558	agency changes an intermediate completion date 5
559	559	for an action of the agency established under 6
560	560	subparagraph (A)(i), the agency shall publish in 7
561	561	the electronic docket established under para-8
562	562	graph (1)(A)— 9
563	563	‘‘(i) the updated completion date for 10
564	564	the action; and 11
565	565	‘‘(ii) a brief explanation regarding the 12
566	566	reason for the change to the completion 13
567	567	date. 14
568	568	‘‘(5) N
569	569	OTICE OF DETERMINATION OF OTHER 15
570	570	AGENCY COURSE.— 16
571	571	‘‘(A) I
572	572	N GENERAL.—If, after publishing 17
573	573	the notice required under paragraph (1), an 18
574	574	agency determines not to issue a major rule or 19
575	575	a high-impact rule, the agency shall— 20
576	576	‘‘(i) publish a notice of determination 21
577	577	of other agency course; and 22
578	578	‘‘(ii) if the agency intends to issue a 23
579	579	rule, comply with the procedures required 24
580	580	under subsection (c). 25
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583	583	•HR 442 IH
584	584	‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—A notice of determina-1
585	585	tion of other agency course published under 2
586	586	subparagraph (A)(i) shall include— 3
587	587	‘‘(i) a description of the alternative re-4
588	588	sponse the agency has determined to 5
589	589	adopt; and 6
590	590	‘‘(ii) if the agency intends to issue a 7
591	591	rule, any information required under sub-8
592	592	section (c). 9
593	593	‘‘(e) P
594	594	UBLICHEARING FORHIGH-IMPACTRULES.— 10
595	595	‘‘(1) P
596	596	ETITION FOR PUBLIC HEARING .— 11
597	597	‘‘(A) I
598	598	N GENERAL.—Before the date on 12
599	599	which the comment period closes with respect to 13
600	600	a proposed high-impact rule, an interested per-14
601	601	son may petition the agency that proposed the 15
602	602	rule to hold a public hearing in accordance with 16
603	603	this subsection. 17
604	604	‘‘(B) G
605	605	RANTING AND DENIAL OF PETI -18
606	606	TION.— 19
607	607	‘‘(i) G
608	608	RANTING OF PETITION .—Not 20
609	609	later than 30 days after the date on which 21
610	610	an agency receives a petition submitted 22
611	611	under subparagraph (A) with respect to a 23
612	612	rule, the agency shall grant the petition, in 24
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615	615	•HR 442 IH
616	616	whole or in part, if the petition shows 1
617	617	that— 2
618	618	‘‘(I) the proposed rule is based 3
619	619	on conclusions with respect to 1 or 4
620	620	more specific scientific, technical, eco-5
621	621	nomic, or other complex factual issues 6
622	622	that are genuinely disputed; 7
623	623	‘‘(II) with respect to a rule that 8
624	624	the agency is required to reissue not 9
625	625	less frequently than once every 3 10
626	626	years, the interested person submit-11
627	627	ting the petition could not have raised 12
628	628	the disputed factual issues described 13
629	629	in subclause (I) during the 5-year pe-14
630	630	riod preceding the date on which the 15
631	631	petition is submitted; and 16
632	632	‘‘(III) the resolution of the dis-17
633	633	puted factual issues described in sub-18
634	634	clause (I) would likely have an effect 19
635	635	on— 20
636	636	‘‘(aa) the costs and benefits 21
637	637	of the proposed rule; or 22
638	638	‘‘(bb) whether the proposed 23
639	639	rule achieves relevant statutory 24
640	640	objectives, including the objec-25
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643	643	•HR 442 IH
644	644	tives of the statutory provision on 1
645	645	which the rulemaking relies. 2
646	646	‘‘(ii) D
647	647	ENIAL OF PETITION .—If an 3
648	648	agency denies a petition submitted under 4
649	649	subparagraph (A) in whole or in part, the 5
650	650	agency shall include in the rulemaking 6
651	651	record an explanation for the denial that is 7
652	652	sufficient for judicial review, including— 8
653	653	‘‘(I) findings by the agency 9
654	654	that— 10
655	655	‘‘(aa) there is no genuine 11
656	656	dispute as to the factual issues 12
657	657	raised by the petition; or 13
658	658	‘‘(bb) with respect to a rule 14
659	659	that the agency is required to re-15
660	660	issue not less frequently than 16
661	661	once every 3 years, the interested 17
662	662	person submitting the petition 18
663	663	could have raised the disputed 19
664	664	factual issues in the petition dur-20
665	665	ing the 5-year period preceding 21
666	666	the date on which the petition is 22
667	667	submitted; and 23
668	668	‘‘(II) a reasoned determination 24
669	669	by the agency that the factual issues 25
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672	672	•HR 442 IH
673	673	raised by the petition, even if subject 1
674	674	to genuine dispute and not subject to 2
675	675	subclause (I)(bb), will not have an ef-3
676	676	fect on— 4
677	677	‘‘(aa) the costs and benefits 5
678	678	of the proposed rule; or 6
679	679	‘‘(bb) whether the proposed 7
680	680	rule achieves relevant statutory 8
681	681	objectives, including the objec-9
682	682	tives of the statutory provision on 10
683	683	which the rulemaking relies. 11
684	684	‘‘(iii) I
685	685	NCLUSION IN THE RECORD .—A 12
686	686	petition submitted under subparagraph (A) 13
687	687	with respect to a high-impact rule and the 14
688	688	decision of an agency with respect to the 15
689	689	petition shall be included in the rulemaking 16
690	690	record. 17
691	691	‘‘(2) N
692	692	OTICE OF HEARING.—Not later than 45 18
693	693	days before the date on which a hearing is held 19
694	694	under this subsection, an agency shall publish in the 20
695	695	Federal Register a notice specifying— 21
696	696	‘‘(A) the proposed rule to be considered at 22
697	697	the hearing; and 23
698	698	‘‘(B) the factual issues to be considered at 24
699	699	the hearing. 25
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702	702	•HR 442 IH
703	703	‘‘(3) HEARING REQUIREMENTS .— 1
704	704	‘‘(A) L
705	705	IMITED NATURE OF HEARING .—A 2
706	706	hearing held under this subsection shall be lim-3
707	707	ited to— 4
708	708	‘‘(i) the specific factual issues raised 5
709	709	in a petition granted in whole or in part 6
710	710	under paragraph (1); and 7
711	711	‘‘(ii) any other factual issues the reso-8
712	712	lution of which an agency, in the discretion 9
713	713	of the agency, determines will advance con-10
714	714	sideration by the agency of the proposed 11
715	715	rule. 12
716	716	‘‘(B) P
717	717	ROCEDURES.— 13
718	718	‘‘(i) B
719	719	URDEN OF PROOF .—Except as 14
720	720	otherwise provided by statute, a proponent 15
721	721	of a rule has the burden of proof in a hear-16
722	722	ing held under this subsection. 17
723	723	‘‘(ii) A
724	724	DMISSION OF EVIDENCE .—In a 18
725	725	hearing held under this subsection, any 19
726	726	documentary or oral evidence may be re-20
727	727	ceived, except that an agency, as a matter 21
728	728	of policy, shall provide for the exclusion of 22
729	729	immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence. 23
730	730	‘‘(iii) A
731	731	DOPTION OF RULES GOV -24
732	732	ERNING HEARINGS.—To govern a hearing 25
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735	735	•HR 442 IH
736	736	held under this subsection, each agency 1
737	737	shall adopt rules that provide for— 2
738	738	‘‘(I) the appointment of an agen-3
739	739	cy official or administrative law judge 4
740	740	to preside at the hearing; 5
741	741	‘‘(II) the presentation by inter-6
742	742	ested parties of relevant documentary 7
743	743	or oral evidence, unless the evidence is 8
744	744	immaterial or unduly repetitious; 9
745	745	‘‘(III) a reasonable and adequate 10
746	746	opportunity for cross-examination by 11
747	747	interested parties concerning genu-12
748	748	inely disputed factual issues raised by 13
749	749	the petition, provided that, in the case 14
750	750	of multiple interested parties with the 15
751	751	same or similar interests, the agency 16
752	752	may require the use of common coun-17
753	753	sel where the common counsel may 18
754	754	adequately represent the interests that 19
755	755	will be significantly affected by the 20
756	756	proposed rule; and 21
757	757	‘‘(IV) when appropriate, and to 22
758	758	the extent practicable, the consolida-23
759	759	tion of proceedings with respect to 24
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762	762	•HR 442 IH
763	763	multiple petitions submitted under 1
764	764	this subsection into a single hearing. 2
765	765	‘‘(C) R
766	766	ECORD OF HEARING .—A transcript 3
767	767	of testimony and exhibits, together with all pa-4
768	768	pers and requests filed in the hearing, shall 5
769	769	constitute the exclusive record for decision of 6
770	770	the factual issues addressed in a hearing held 7
771	771	under this subsection. 8
772	772	‘‘(4) J
773	773	UDICIAL REVIEW.— 9
774	774	‘‘(A) I
775	775	N GENERAL.—Failure to petition for 10
776	776	a hearing under this subsection shall not pre-11
777	777	clude judicial review of any claim that could 12
778	778	have been raised in the hearing petition or at 13
779	779	the hearing. 14
780	780	‘‘(B) T
781	781	IMING OF JUDICIAL REVIEW .— 15
782	782	There shall be no judicial review of the disposi-16
783	783	tion of a petition by an agency under this sub-17
784	784	section until judicial review of the final action 18
785	785	of the agency. 19
786	786	‘‘(f) F
787	787	INALRULES.— 20
788	788	‘‘(1) N
789	789	ET BENEFITS OF MAJOR OR HIGH -IM-21
790	790	PACT RULE.— 22
791	791	‘‘(A) I
792	792	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 23
793	793	subparagraph (B), in a rulemaking for a major 24
794	794	rule or a high-impact rule, an agency shall 25
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797	797	•HR 442 IH
798	798	adopt the alternative considered under sub-1
799	799	section (b)(5) that maximizes net benefits, tak-2
800	800	ing into consideration only the costs and bene-3
801	801	fits that arise within the scope of the statutory 4
802	802	provision that authorizes the rulemaking. 5
803	803	‘‘(B) E
804	804	XCEPTIONS.—In a rulemaking for a 6
805	805	major rule or a high-impact rule, an agency 7
806	806	may adopt an alternative other than as required 8
807	807	under subparagraph (A) only if— 9
808	808	‘‘(i) the Administrator approves the 10
809	809	adoption by the agency of the alternative; 11
810	810	and 12
811	811	‘‘(ii) the alternative is adopted to— 13
812	812	‘‘(I) account for costs or benefits 14
813	813	that cannot be quantified, including 15
814	814	costs or benefits related to constitu-16
815	815	tional or civil rights, provided that the 17
816	816	agency identifies all such costs and 18
817	817	benefits and explains why those costs 19
818	818	and benefits justify the adoption of 20
819	819	the alternative; or 21
820	820	‘‘(II) achieve additional benefits 22
821	821	or cost reductions, provided that the 23
822	822	agency— 24
823	823	‘‘(aa) identifies— 25
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826	826	•HR 442 IH
827	827	‘‘(AA) all such addi-1
828	828	tional benefits and the asso-2
829	829	ciated costs of those bene-3
830	830	fits; and 4
831	831	‘‘(BB) all such cost re-5
832	832	ductions and the associated 6
833	833	benefits of those cost reduc-7
834	834	tions; and 8
835	835	‘‘(bb) explains why— 9
836	836	‘‘(AA) the additional 10
837	837	benefits justify the addi-11
838	838	tional costs; or 12
839	839	‘‘(BB) the additional 13
840	840	cost reductions justify any 14
841	841	benefits foregone. 15
842	842	‘‘(C) R
843	843	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 16
844	844	in subparagraph (A) may be construed to pre-17
845	845	clude an agency from including in an alter-18
846	846	native adopted pursuant to such subparagraph 19
847	847	changes made as a result of agency analysis or 20
848	848	review performed under chapter 6 of this title. 21
849	849	‘‘(2) P
850	850	UBLICATION OF NOTICE OF FINAL RULE -22
851	851	MAKING.—After submitting a final rule to the Ad-23
852	852	ministrator for review and obtaining a certification 24
853	853	from the Administrator that the review has con-25
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856	856	•HR 442 IH
857	857	cluded, the agency shall publish a notice of final 1
858	858	rulemaking in the Federal Register, which shall in-2
859	859	clude— 3
860	860	‘‘(A) a concise, general statement of the 4
861	861	basis and purpose of the rule and a reference 5
862	862	to the legal authority under which the rule is 6
863	863	made, including the specific statutory provision 7
864	864	on which the rulemaking relies; 8
865	865	‘‘(B) a reasoned determination by the 9
866	866	agency regarding the considerations described 10
867	867	in subsection (b); 11
868	868	‘‘(C) a response to each significant issue 12
869	869	raised in the comments on the proposed rule; 13
870	870	and 14
871	871	‘‘(D) with respect to a major rule or a 15
872	872	high-impact rule, a reasoned determination by 16
873	873	the agency that— 17
874	874	‘‘(i) the benefits of the rule advance 18
875	875	the relevant objectives of the statutory pro-19
876	876	vision on which the rulemaking relies and 20
877	877	justify the costs of the rule; and 21
878	878	‘‘(ii)(I) no other alternative considered 22
879	879	would achieve the relevant objectives of the 23
880	880	statutory provision on which the rule-24
881	881	making relies in a manner that more 25
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884	884	•HR 442 IH
885	885	greatly maximizes net benefits as required 1
886	886	under paragraph (1)(A); or 2
887	887	‘‘(II) the adoption by the agency of a 3
888	888	more costly or less costly rule complies 4
889	889	with paragraph (1)(B). 5
890	890	‘‘(3) I
891	891	NFORMATION QUALITY .—If an agency 6
892	892	rulemaking rests upon scientific, technical, or eco-7
893	893	nomic information, the agency shall— 8
894	894	‘‘(A) adopt a final rule on the basis of the 9
895	895	best reasonably available scientific, technical, or 10
896	896	economic information; and 11
897	897	‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 12
898	898	use that information in compliance with the 13
899	899	guidelines issued under section 515 of the 14
900	900	Treasury and General Government Appropria-15
901	901	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 16
902	902	Stat. 2763A–154). 17
903	903	‘‘(4) A
904	904	CCESSIBILITY.— 18
905	905	‘‘(A) I
906	906	N GENERAL.—Not later than the 19
907	907	date on which an agency publishes a notice of 20
908	908	final rulemaking under paragraph (2), all stud-21
909	909	ies, models, scientific literature, and other in-22
910	910	formation developed or relied upon by the agen-23
911	911	cy, and actions taken by the agency to obtain 24
912	912	that information, in connection with the deter-25
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915	915	•HR 442 IH
916	916	mination of the agency to finalize the rule that 1
917	917	is the subject of the rulemaking shall be placed 2
918	918	in the docket for the rule and made accessible 3
919	919	to the public. 4
920	920	‘‘(B) I
921	921	NFORMATION CONTROLLED BY NON -5
922	922	GOVERNMENTAL PERSON .—With respect to any 6
923	923	information to which a nongovernmental person 7
924	924	holds a legal right to prohibit or limit reproduc-8
925	925	tion, distribution, or public display, the infor-9
926	926	mation shall be— 10
927	927	‘‘(i) placed in the docket through cita-11
928	928	tion or incorporation by reference, includ-12
929	929	ing a specification of the identity of the 13
930	930	nongovernmental person who holds a legal 14
931	931	right to prohibit or limit reproduction, dis-15
932	932	tribution, or public display of the informa-16
933	933	tion and the means by which a member of 17
934	934	the public may request a full copy of the 18
935	935	information from that holder; and 19
936	936	‘‘(ii) considered made accessible to the 20
937	937	public after a placement described in 21
938	938	clause (i), provided that the nongovern-22
939	939	mental person who holds a legal right to 23
940	940	prohibit or limit reproduction, distribution, 24
941	941	or public display of the information makes 25
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944	944	•HR 442 IH
945	945	the information reasonably available upon 1
946	946	request in a timely manner. 2
947	947	‘‘(C) E
948	948	XCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) 3
949	949	and (B) shall not apply with respect to informa-4
950	950	tion that is exempt from disclosure under sec-5
951	951	tion 552(b). 6
952	952	‘‘(5) R
953	953	ULES ADOPTED AT THE END OF A PRESI -7
954	954	DENTIAL ADMINISTRATION .— 8
955	955	‘‘(A) I
956	956	N GENERAL.—During the 60-day pe-9
957	957	riod beginning on a transitional inauguration 10
958	958	day (as defined in section 3349a), with respect 11
959	959	to any final rule that had been placed on file 12
960	960	for public inspection by the Office of the Fed-13
961	961	eral Register or published in the Federal Reg-14
962	962	ister as of the date of the inauguration, but 15
963	963	which had not become effective by the date of 16
964	964	the inauguration, the agency issuing the rule 17
965	965	may, by order, delay the effective date of the 18
966	966	rule for not more than 90 days for the purpose 19
967	967	of obtaining public comment on whether— 20
968	968	‘‘(i) the rule should be amended or re-21
969	969	scinded; or 22
970	970	‘‘(ii) the effective date of the rule 23
971	971	should be further delayed. 24
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975	975	‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT .—If an 1
976	976	agency delays the effective date of a rule under 2
977	977	subparagraph (A), the agency shall give the 3
978	978	public not less than 30 days to submit com-4
979	979	ments. 5
980	980	‘‘(g) A
981	981	PPLICABILITY.— 6
982	982	‘‘(1) P
983	983	RIMACY OF CERTAIN RULEMAKING CON -7
984	984	SIDERATIONS AND PROCEDURES IN OTHER FEDERAL 8
985	985	LAWS.— 9
986	986	‘‘(A) C
987	987	ONSIDERATIONS.—If a rulemaking 10
988	988	is authorized under a Federal law that requires 11
989	989	an agency to consider, or prohibits an agency 12
990	990	from considering, a factor in a manner that is 13
991	991	inconsistent with, or that conflicts with, the re-14
992	992	quirements under this section, for the purposes 15
993	993	of this section, the requirement or prohibition, 16
994	994	as applicable, in that other Federal law shall 17
995	995	apply to the agency in the rulemaking. 18
996	996	‘‘(B) P
997	997	ROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS .—If a 19
998	998	rulemaking is authorized under a Federal law 20
999	999	that requires an agency to follow or use, or pro-21
1000	1000	hibits an agency from following or using, a pro-22
1001	1001	cedure in a manner that is duplicative of, or 23
1002	1002	that conflicts with, a procedural requirement 24
1003	1003	under this section, for the purposes of this sec-25
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1007	1007	tion, the requirement or prohibition, as applica-1
1008	1008	ble, in that other Federal law shall apply to the 2
1009	1009	agency in the rulemaking. 3
1010	1010	‘‘(2) G
1011	1011	UIDANCE AND RULES OF ORGANIZA -4
1012	1012	TION.—Except as otherwise provided by law, this 5
1013	1013	section shall not apply to guidance or rules of agen-6
1014	1014	cy organization, procedure, or practice. 7
1015	1015	‘‘(3) E
1016	1016	XCEPTIONS FOR GOOD CAUSE .— 8
1017	1017	‘‘(A) F
1018	1018	INDING OF GOOD CAUSE.— 9
1019	1019	‘‘(i) I
1020	1020	N GENERAL.—If an agency for 10
1021	1021	good cause finds that compliance with sub-11
1022	1022	section (c), (d), (e), or (f)(2)(B) before 12
1023	1023	issuing a final rule is unnecessary, imprac-13
1024	1024	ticable, or contrary to the public interest, 14
1025	1025	that subsection shall not apply and the 15
1026	1026	agency may issue the final rule or an in-16
1027	1027	terim final rule, as applicable, under sub-17
1028	1028	paragraph (B) or (C). 18
1029	1029	‘‘(ii) I
1030	1030	NCORPORATION OF GOOD CAUSE 19
1031	1031	FINDING.—If an agency makes a finding 20
1032	1032	under clause (i), the agency shall include 21
1033	1033	that finding and a brief statement with re-22
1034	1034	spect to the reasons for that finding in the 23
1035	1035	final rule or interim final rule, as applica-24
1036	1036	ble, issued by the agency. 25
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1040	1040	‘‘(B) DIRECT FINAL RULES.— 1
1041	1041	‘‘(i) I
1042	1042	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-2
1043	1043	vided in clause (ii), if an agency makes a 3
1044	1044	finding under subparagraph (A)(i) that 4
1045	1045	compliance with subsection (c), (d), (e), or 5
1046	1046	(f)(2)(B) before issuing a final rule is un-6
1047	1047	necessary, the agency shall, before issuing 7
1048	1048	the final rule— 8
1049	1049	‘‘(I) publish in the Federal Reg-9
1050	1050	ister the text of the final rule, the 10
1051	1051	brief statement required under sub-11
1052	1052	paragraph (A)(ii), and a notice of op-12
1053	1053	portunity for public comment; 13
1054	1054	‘‘(II) establish a comment period 14
1055	1055	of not less than 30 days for any inter-15
1056	1056	ested person to submit written mate-16
1057	1057	rial, data, views, or arguments with 17
1058	1058	respect to the final rule; and 18
1059	1059	‘‘(III) provide notice of the date 19
1060	1060	on which the rule will take effect. 20
1061	1061	‘‘(ii) E
1062	1062	XCEPTION.—An agency that 21
1063	1063	made a finding described in clause (i) may 22
1064	1064	choose not to follow the requirements 23
1065	1065	under that clause if the agency determines 24
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1069	1069	that following the requirements would not 1
1070	1070	expedite the issuance of the final rule. 2
1071	1071	‘‘(iii) A
1072	1072	DVERSE COMMENTS .—If an 3
1073	1073	agency receives significant adverse com-4
1074	1074	ments with respect to a rule during the 5
1075	1075	comment period established under clause 6
1076	1076	(i)(II), the agency shall— 7
1077	1077	‘‘(I) withdraw the notice of final 8
1078	1078	rulemaking published by the agency 9
1079	1079	with respect to the rule; and 10
1080	1080	‘‘(II) complete rulemaking in ac-11
1081	1081	cordance with subsections (c) through 12
1082	1082	(f), as applicable. 13
1083	1083	‘‘(C) I
1084	1084	NTERIM FINAL RULES.— 14
1085	1085	‘‘(i) I
1086	1086	N GENERAL.—If an agency for 15
1087	1087	good cause finds that compliance with sub-16
1088	1088	section (c), (d), (e), or (f)(2)(B) before 17
1089	1089	issuing a final rule is impracticable or con-18
1090	1090	trary to the public interest, the agency 19
1091	1091	shall issue an interim final rule by— 20
1092	1092	‘‘(I) publishing the interim final 21
1093	1093	rule and a request for public comment 22
1094	1094	in the portion of the Federal Register 23
1095	1095	relating to final rules; and 24
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1099	1099	‘‘(II) providing a cross-reference 1
1100	1100	in the portion of the Federal Register 2
1101	1101	relating to proposed rules that re-3
1102	1102	quests public comment with respect to 4
1103	1103	the rule not later than 60 days after 5
1104	1104	the rule is published under subclause 6
1105	1105	(I). 7
1106	1106	‘‘(ii) I
1107	1107	NTERIM PERIOD.— 8
1108	1108	‘‘(I) I
1109	1109	N GENERAL.—Not later 9
1110	1110	than 180 days after the date on which 10
1111	1111	an agency issues an interim final rule 11
1112	1112	under clause (i), the agency shall— 12
1113	1113	‘‘(aa) rescind the interim 13
1114	1114	rule; 14
1115	1115	‘‘(bb) initiate rulemaking in 15
1116	1116	accordance with subsections (c) 16
1117	1117	through (f); or 17
1118	1118	‘‘(cc) take final action to 18
1119	1119	adopt a final rule. 19
1120	1120	‘‘(II) N
1121	1121	O FORCE OR EFFECT.—If, 20
1122	1122	as of the end of the 180-day period 21
1123	1123	described in subclause (I), an agency 22
1124	1124	fails to take an action described in 23
1125	1125	item (aa), (bb), or (cc) of that sub-24
1126	1126	clause, the interim final rule issued by 25
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1130	1130	the agency shall have no force or ef-1
1131	1131	fect. 2
1132	1132	‘‘(4) E
1133	1133	XEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY .— 3
1134	1134	This section shall not apply to a rulemaking or to 4
1135	1135	guidance that concerns monetary policy proposed or 5
1136	1136	implemented by the Board of Governors of the Fed-6
1137	1137	eral Reserve System or the Federal Open Market 7
1138	1138	Committee. 8
1139	1139	‘‘(5) R
1140	1140	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 9
1141	1141	this subsection shall be construed to modify, alter, or 10
1142	1142	abridge exclusive rights held pursuant to title 17. 11
1143	1143	‘‘(h) D
1144	1144	ATE OFPUBLICATION.—A final rule, a direct 12
1145	1145	final rule described in subsection (g)(3)(B), or an interim 13
1146	1146	final rule described in subsection (g)(3)(C) shall be pub-14
1147	1147	lished not later than 30 days (or, in the case of a major 15
1148	1148	rule or a high-impact rule, not later than 60 days) before 16
1149	1149	the effective date of the rule, except— 17
1150	1150	‘‘(1) for guidance; or 18
1151	1151	‘‘(2) as otherwise provided by an agency for 19
1152	1152	good cause and as published with the rule. 20
1153	1153	‘‘(i) R
1154	1154	IGHTTOPETITION ANDREVIEW OFRULES.— 21
1155	1155	Each agency shall— 22
1156	1156	‘‘(1) give interested persons the right to petition 23
1157	1157	for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule; 24
1158	1158	and 25
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1162	1162	‘‘(2) on a continuing basis, invite interested 1
1163	1163	persons to submit, by electronic means, suggestions 2
1164	1164	for rules that warrant retrospective review and pos-3
1165	1165	sible modification or repeal. 4
1166	1166	‘‘(j) R
1167	1167	ULEMAKINGGUIDELINES.— 5
1168	1168	‘‘(1) A
1169	1169	SSESSMENT OF RULES .— 6
1170	1170	‘‘(A) I
1171	1171	N GENERAL.—The Administrator 7
1172	1172	shall establish guidelines regarding rulemaking 8
1173	1173	as follows: 9
1174	1174	‘‘(i) I
1175	1175	DENTIFICATION OF NEED FOR 10
1176	1176	RULES.—Guidelines setting forth how 11
1177	1177	needs for rulemaking should be identified, 12
1178	1178	including— 13
1179	1179	‘‘(I) whether rulemaking is made 14
1180	1180	necessary by compelling public need, 15
1181	1181	such as material failures of private 16
1182	1182	markets or public institutions to pro-17
1183	1183	tect or improve the health and safety 18
1184	1184	of the public, the environment, or the 19
1185	1185	well-being of the public; and 20
1186	1186	‘‘(II) whether rulemaking needs 21
1187	1187	could be lessened by reliance on po-22
1188	1188	tential State, local, Tribal, or regional 23
1189	1189	regulatory action or other responses 24
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1193	1193	that could be taken in lieu of agency 1
1194	1194	action. 2
1195	1195	‘‘(ii) A
1196	1196	SSESSMENT OF RULES .—Guide-3
1197	1197	lines setting forth how the assessment, in-4
1198	1198	cluding the quantitative and qualitative as-5
1199	1199	sessment, of proposed and final rules 6
1200	1200	should occur, including how to determine— 7
1201	1201	‘‘(I) the costs and benefits of 8
1202	1202	proposed and final rules and alter-9
1203	1203	natives to them, including quantifiable 10
1204	1204	and non-quantifiable costs and bene-11
1205	1205	fits; 12
1206	1206	‘‘(II) whether proposed and final 13
1207	1207	rules maximize net benefits; 14
1208	1208	‘‘(III) estimated impacts on jobs, 15
1209	1209	wages, competition, innovation, and 16
1210	1210	low-income populations; 17
1211	1211	‘‘(IV) other economic issues that 18
1212	1212	are relevant to rulemaking under this 19
1213	1213	section or other sections of this part; 20
1214	1214	and 21
1215	1215	‘‘(V) risk assessments that are 22
1216	1216	relevant to rulemaking under this sec-23
1217	1217	tion and other sections of this part. 24
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1221	1221	‘‘(iii) NUMBERS OF ALTERNATIVES .— 1
1222	1222	Guidelines regarding when it may be rea-2
1223	1223	sonable to consider in a rulemaking more 3
1224	1224	alternatives than the number presumed to 4
1225	1225	be reasonable under subsection (b)(4). 5
1226	1226	‘‘(iv) A
1227	1227	DOPTION OF ALTERNATIVES 6
1228	1228	FOR MAJOR OR HIGH -IMPACT RULES.— 7
1229	1229	Guidelines regarding when it may be ap-8
1230	1230	propriate, in a rulemaking for a major or 9
1231	1231	high-impact rule, to adopt an alternative 10
1232	1232	final rule under subsection (f)(1)(B). 11
1233	1233	‘‘(v) A
1234	1234	DMINISTRATOR REVIEW .— 12
1235	1235	Guidelines regarding the efficient submis-13
1236	1236	sion and review of proposed and final rules 14
1237	1237	under subsections (c)(1) and (f)(2). 15
1238	1238	‘‘(B) A
1239	1239	GENCY ANALYSIS OF RULES .— 16
1240	1240	‘‘(i) I
1241	1241	N GENERAL.—The rigor of the 17
1242	1242	cost-benefit analysis required or rec-18
1243	1243	ommended by the guidelines established 19
1244	1244	under subparagraph (A) shall be commen-20
1245	1245	surate, as determined by the Adminis-21
1246	1246	trator, with the economic impact of a rule. 22
1247	1247	‘‘(ii) R
1248	1248	ISK ASSESSMENT GUIDE -23
1249	1249	LINES.—Guidelines for a risk assessment 24
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1253	1253	described in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall in-1
1254	1254	clude criteria for— 2
1255	1255	‘‘(I) selecting studies and models; 3
1256	1256	‘‘(II) evaluating and weighing 4
1257	1257	evidence; and 5
1258	1258	‘‘(III) conducting peer reviews. 6
1259	1259	‘‘(C) U
1260	1260	PDATING GUIDELINES .—Not less 7
1261	1261	frequently than once every 10 years, the Ad-8
1262	1262	ministrator shall update the guidelines estab-9
1263	1263	lished under subparagraph (A) to enable each 10
1264	1264	agency to use the best available techniques to 11
1265	1265	identify, quantify, and evaluate the need for 12
1266	1266	rulemaking and present and future benefits, 13
1267	1267	costs, other economic issues, and risks as objec-14
1268	1268	tively and accurately as practicable. 15
1269	1269	‘‘(2) S
1270	1270	IMPLIFICATION OF RULES.— 16
1271	1271	‘‘(A) I
1272	1272	SSUANCE OF GUIDELINES .—The Ad-17
1273	1273	ministrator shall issue guidelines to promote co-18
1274	1274	ordination, simplification, and harmonization of 19
1275	1275	agency rules during the rulemaking process. 20
1276	1276	‘‘(B) R
1277	1277	EQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines 21
1278	1278	issued by the Administrator under subpara-22
1279	1279	graph (A) shall advise each agency to— 23
1280	1280	‘‘(i) avoid rules that are inconsistent 24
1281	1281	or incompatible with, or duplicative of, 25
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1285	1285	other regulations of the agency and those 1
1286	1286	of other agencies; and 2
1287	1287	‘‘(ii) draft the rules of the agency to 3
1288	1288	be simple and easy to understand, with the 4
1289	1289	goal of minimizing the potential for uncer-5
1290	1290	tainty and litigation arising from the un-6
1291	1291	certainty. 7
1292	1292	‘‘(3) C
1293	1293	ONSISTENCY IN RULEMAKING .— 8
1294	1294	‘‘(A) I
1295	1295	N GENERAL.—To promote consist-9
1296	1296	ency in rulemaking, the Administrator shall— 10
1297	1297	‘‘(i) issue guidelines to ensure that 11
1298	1298	rulemaking conducted in whole or in part 12
1299	1299	under procedures specified in provisions of 13
1300	1300	law other than those under this section 14
1301	1301	conform with the procedures set forth in 15
1302	1302	this section to the fullest extent allowed by 16
1303	1303	law; and 17
1304	1304	‘‘(ii) issue guidelines for the adoption 18
1305	1305	of rules under subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii), 19
1306	1306	which shall provide a reasonable oppor-20
1307	1307	tunity for cross-examination, as described 21
1308	1308	in subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii)(III). 22
1309	1309	‘‘(B) A
1310	1310	GENCY ADOPTION OF REGULA -23
1311	1311	TIONS.—Each agency shall adopt regulations 24
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1315	1315	for the conduct of hearings consistent with the 1
1316	1316	guidelines issued under this paragraph. 2
1317	1317	‘‘(k) A
1318	1318	GENCYGUIDANCE; PROCEDURESTOISSUE 3
1319	1319	M
1320	1320	AJORGUIDANCE; AUTHORITYTOISSUEGUIDELINES 4
1321	1321	FORISSUANCE OFGUIDANCE.— 5
1322	1322	‘‘(1) I
1323	1323	N GENERAL.—Agency guidance shall— 6
1324	1324	‘‘(A) not be used by an agency to foreclose 7
1325	1325	consideration of issues as to which the guidance 8
1326	1326	expresses a conclusion; 9
1327	1327	‘‘(B) state that the guidance is not legally 10
1328	1328	binding; and 11
1329	1329	‘‘(C) at the time the guidance is issued, or 12
1330	1330	upon request, be made available by the issuing 13
1331	1331	agency to interested persons and the public. 14
1332	1332	‘‘(2) P
1333	1333	ROCEDURES TO ISSUE MAJOR GUID -15
1334	1334	ANCE.—Before issuing any major guidance, an agen-16
1335	1335	cy shall make and document a reasoned determina-17
1336	1336	tion that— 18
1337	1337	‘‘(A) such guidance is understandable and 19
1338	1338	complies with relevant statutory objectives and 20
1339	1339	regulatory provisions; and 21
1340	1340	‘‘(B) identifies the costs and benefits, in-22
1341	1341	cluding all costs and benefits to be considered 23
1342	1342	during a rulemaking as required under sub-24
1343	1343	section (b), of requiring conduct conforming to 25
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1347	1347	such guidance and assures that such benefits 1
1348	1348	justify such costs. 2
1349	1349	‘‘(3) I
1350	1350	SSUANCE OF UPDATED GUIDANCE .— 3
1351	1351	‘‘(A) I
1352	1352	N GENERAL.—The Administrator 4
1353	1353	shall issue updated guidelines for use by agen-5
1354	1354	cies in the issuance of guidance documents. 6
1355	1355	‘‘(B) R
1356	1356	EQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines 7
1357	1357	issued by the Administrator under subpara-8
1358	1358	graph (A) shall advise each agency— 9
1359	1359	‘‘(i) not to issue guidance documents 10
1360	1360	that are inconsistent or incompatible with, 11
1361	1361	or duplicative of, other rules of the agency 12
1362	1362	and those of other agencies; 13
1363	1363	‘‘(ii) to draft the guidance documents 14
1364	1364	of the agency to be simple and easy to un-15
1365	1365	derstand, with the goal of minimizing the 16
1366	1366	potential for uncertainty and litigation 17
1367	1367	arising from the uncertainty; and 18
1368	1368	‘‘(iii) how to develop and implement a 19
1369	1369	strategy to ensure the proper use of guid-20
1370	1370	ance by the agency. 21
1371	1371	‘‘(l) M
1372	1372	AJORRULE ANDHIGH-IMPACTRULEFRAME-22
1373	1373	WORKS.— 23
1374	1374	‘‘(1) I
1375	1375	N GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 24
1376	1376	is 180 days after the date of enactment of this sub-25
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1380	1380	section, when an agency publishes in the Federal 1
1381	1381	Register— 2
1382	1382	‘‘(A) a proposed major rule or a proposed 3
1383	1383	high-impact rule, the agency shall include a po-4
1384	1384	tential framework for assessing the rule, which 5
1385	1385	shall include a general statement of how the 6
1386	1386	agency intends to measure the effectiveness of 7
1387	1387	the rule; or 8
1388	1388	‘‘(B) a final major rule or a final high-im-9
1389	1389	pact rule, the agency shall include a framework 10
1390	1390	for assessing the rule under paragraph (2), 11
1391	1391	which shall include— 12
1392	1392	‘‘(i) a clear statement of the regu-13
1393	1393	latory objectives of the rule, including a 14
1394	1394	summary of the benefit and cost of the 15
1395	1395	rule; 16
1396	1396	‘‘(ii) the methodology by which the 17
1397	1397	agency plans to analyze the rule, including 18
1398	1398	metrics by which the agency can meas-19
1399	1399	ure— 20
1400	1400	‘‘(I) the effectiveness and bene-21
1401	1401	fits of the rule in producing the regu-22
1402	1402	latory objectives of the rule; and 23
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1406	1406	‘‘(II) the impacts, including any 1
1407	1407	costs, of the rule on regulated and 2
1408	1408	other impacted entities; 3
1409	1409	‘‘(iii) a plan for gathering data re-4
1410	1410	garding the metrics described in clause (ii) 5
1411	1411	on an ongoing basis, or at periodic times, 6
1412	1412	including a method by which the agency 7
1413	1413	will invite the public to participate in the 8
1414	1414	review process and seek input from other 9
1415	1415	agencies; and 10
1416	1416	‘‘(iv) a specific timeframe, as appro-11
1417	1417	priate to the rule and not more than 10 12
1418	1418	years after the effective date of the rule, 13
1419	1419	under which the agency shall conduct the 14
1420	1420	assessment of the rule in accordance with 15
1421	1421	paragraph (2)(A). 16
1422	1422	‘‘(2) A
1423	1423	SSESSMENT.— 17
1424	1424	‘‘(A) I
1425	1425	N GENERAL.—Each agency shall as-18
1426	1426	sess the data collected under paragraph 19
1427	1427	(1)(B)(iii), using the methodology set forth in 20
1428	1428	paragraph (1)(B)(ii) or any other appropriate 21
1429	1429	methodology developed after the issuance of a 22
1430	1430	final major rule or a final high-impact rule to 23
1431	1431	better determine whether the regulatory objec-24
1432	1432	tive was achieved, with respect to the rule— 25
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1436	1436	‘‘(i) to analyze how the actual benefits 1
1437	1437	and costs of the rule may have varied from 2
1438	1438	those anticipated at the time the rule was 3
1439	1439	issued; and 4
1440	1440	‘‘(ii) to determine whether— 5
1441	1441	‘‘(I) the rule is accomplishing the 6
1442	1442	regulatory objective of the rule; 7
1443	1443	‘‘(II) the rule has been rendered 8
1444	1444	unnecessary, taking into consider-9
1445	1445	ation— 10
1446	1446	‘‘(aa) changes in the subject 11
1447	1447	area affected by the rule; and 12
1448	1448	‘‘(bb) whether the rule over-13
1449	1449	laps, duplicates, or conflicts 14
1450	1450	with— 15
1451	1451	‘‘(AA) other rules; or 16
1452	1452	‘‘(BB) to the extent 17
1453	1453	feasible, State and local gov-18
1454	1454	ernment regulations; 19
1455	1455	‘‘(III) the rule needs to be modi-20
1456	1456	fied in order to accomplish the regu-21
1457	1457	latory objective; and 22
1458	1458	‘‘(IV) other alternatives to the 23
1459	1459	rule or modification of the rule could 24
1460	1460	better achieve the regulatory objective 25
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1464	1464	while imposing a smaller burden on 1
1465	1465	society or increase cost-effectiveness, 2
1466	1466	taking into consideration any cost al-3
1467	1467	ready incurred. 4
1468	1468	‘‘(B) D
1469	1469	IFFERENT METHODOLOGY .—If an 5
1470	1470	agency uses a methodology other than the 6
1471	1471	methodology under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) to as-7
1472	1472	sess data under subparagraph (A), the agency 8
1473	1473	shall include as part of the notice required to 9
1474	1474	be published under subparagraph (D) an expla-10
1475	1475	nation of the changes in circumstances that ne-11
1476	1476	cessitated the use of that other methodology. 12
1477	1477	‘‘(C) S
1478	1478	UBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS .— 13
1479	1479	‘‘(i) I
1480	1480	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-14
1481	1481	vided in clause (ii), if, after an assessment 15
1482	1482	of a major rule or a high-impact rule 16
1483	1483	under subparagraph (A), an agency deter-17
1484	1484	mines that the rule will remain in effect 18
1485	1485	with or without modification, the agency 19
1486	1486	shall— 20
1487	1487	‘‘(I) determine a specific time, as 21
1488	1488	appropriate to the rule and not more 22
1489	1489	than 10 years after the date on which 23
1490	1490	the agency completes the assessment, 24
1491	1491	under which the agency shall conduct 25
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1495	1495	another assessment of the rule in ac-1
1496	1496	cordance with subparagraph (A); and 2
1497	1497	‘‘(II) if the assessment conducted 3
1498	1498	under subclause (I) does not result in 4
1499	1499	a repeal of the rule, periodically assess 5
1500	1500	the rule in accordance with subpara-6
1501	1501	graph (A) to ensure that the rule con-7
1502	1502	tinues to meet the regulatory objec-8
1503	1503	tive. 9
1504	1504	‘‘(ii) E
1505	1505	XEMPTION.—The Adminis-10
1506	1506	trator may exempt an agency from con-11
1507	1507	ducting a subsequent assessment of a rule 12
1508	1508	under clause (i) if the Administrator deter-13
1509	1509	mines that there is a foreseeable and ap-14
1510	1510	parent need for the rule beyond the time-15
1511	1511	frame required under clause (i)(I). 16
1512	1512	‘‘(D) P
1513	1513	UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 17
1514	1514	days after the date on which an agency com-18
1515	1515	pletes an assessment of a major rule or a high- 19
1516	1516	impact rule under subparagraph (A), the agen-20
1517	1517	cy shall publish a notice of availability of the re-21
1518	1518	sults of the assessment in the Federal Register, 22
1519	1519	including the specific time for any subsequent 23
1520	1520	assessment of the rule under subparagraph 24
1521	1521	(C)(i), if applicable. 25
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1525	1525	‘‘(3) OIRA OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator 1
1526	1526	shall— 2
1527	1527	‘‘(A) issue guidance for agencies regarding 3
1528	1528	the development of the framework under para-4
1529	1529	graph (1) and the conduct of the assessments 5
1530	1530	under paragraph (2)(A); 6
1531	1531	‘‘(B) oversee the timely compliance of 7
1532	1532	agencies with this subsection; 8
1533	1533	‘‘(C) ensure that the results of each assess-9
1534	1534	ment conducted under paragraph (2)(A) are— 10
1535	1535	‘‘(i) published promptly on a central-11
1536	1536	ized Federal website; and 12
1537	1537	‘‘(ii) noticed in the Federal Register 13
1538	1538	in accordance with paragraph (2)(D); 14
1539	1539	‘‘(D) ensure that agencies streamline and 15
1540	1540	coordinate the assessment of major rules or 16
1541	1541	high-impact rules with similar or related regu-17
1542	1542	latory objectives; 18
1543	1543	‘‘(E) exempt an agency from including the 19
1544	1544	framework required under paragraph (1)(B) 20
1545	1545	when publishing a final major rule or a final 21
1546	1546	high-impact rule if the Administrator deter-22
1547	1547	mines that compliance with paragraph (1)(B) is 23
1548	1548	unnecessary, impracticable, or contrary to the 24
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1552	1552	public interest, as described in subsection 1
1553	1553	(g)(3)(A)(i); and 2
1554	1554	‘‘(F) extend the deadline specified by an 3
1555	1555	agency for an assessment of a major rule or a 4
1556	1556	high-impact rule under paragraph (1)(B)(iv) or 5
1557	1557	paragraph (2)(C)(i)(I) for a period of not more 6
1558	1558	than 90 days if the agency justifies why the 7
1559	1559	agency is unable to complete the assessment by 8
1560	1560	that deadline. 9
1561	1561	‘‘(4) R
1562	1562	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 10
1563	1563	this subsection shall be construed to affect— 11
1564	1564	‘‘(A) the authority of an agency to assess 12
1565	1565	or modify a major rule or a high-impact rule of 13
1566	1566	the agency earlier than the end of the time-14
1567	1567	frame specified for the rule under paragraph 15
1568	1568	(1)(B)(iv); or 16
1569	1569	‘‘(B) any other provision of law that re-17
1570	1570	quires an agency to conduct retrospective re-18
1571	1571	views of rules issued by the agency. 19
1572	1572	‘‘(5) A
1573	1573	PPLICABILITY.— 20
1574	1574	‘‘(A) I
1575	1575	N GENERAL.—This subsection shall 21
1576	1576	not apply to— 22
1577	1577	‘‘(i) a major rule or a high-impact 23
1578	1578	rule of an agency— 24
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1582	1582	‘‘(I) that the Administrator re-1
1583	1583	viewed before the date of enactment of 2
1584	1584	this subsection; 3
1585	1585	‘‘(II) for which the agency is re-4
1586	1586	quired to conduct a retrospective re-5
1587	1587	view under any other provision of law 6
1588	1588	that meets or exceeds the require-7
1589	1589	ments of this subsection, as deter-8
1590	1590	mined by the Administrator; or 9
1591	1591	‘‘(III) for which the authorizing 10
1592	1592	statute is subject to periodic reauthor-11
1593	1593	ization by Congress not less fre-12
1594	1594	quently than once every 10 years; 13
1595	1595	‘‘(ii) guidance; 14
1596	1596	‘‘(iii) routine and administrative rules; 15
1597	1597	or 16
1598	1598	‘‘(iv) a rule that is reviewed under 17
1599	1599	section 2222 of the Economic Growth and 18
1600	1600	Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 19
1601	1601	1996 (12 U.S.C. 3311). 20
1602	1602	‘‘(B) D
1603	1603	IRECT AND INTERIM FINAL MAJOR 21
1604	1604	RULE OR HIGH-IMPACT RULE.—In the case of a 22
1605	1605	major rule or a high-impact rule of an agency 23
1606	1606	for which the agency is not required to issue a 24
1607	1607	notice of proposed rulemaking in response to an 25
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1611	1611	emergency or a statutorily imposed deadline, 1
1612	1612	the agency shall publish the framework required 2
1613	1613	under paragraph (1)(B) in the Federal Register 3
1614	1614	not later than 180 days after the date on which 4
1615	1615	the agency publishes the rule. 5
1616	1616	‘‘(6) R
1617	1617	ECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS .—If, 6
1618	1618	under an assessment conducted under paragraph 7
1619	1619	(2), an agency determines that a major rule or a 8
1620	1620	high-impact rule should be modified or repealed, the 9
1621	1621	agency may submit to Congress recommendations 10
1622	1622	for legislation to amend applicable provisions of law 11
1623	1623	if the agency is prohibited from modifying or repeal-12
1624	1624	ing the rule under another provision of law. 13
1625	1625	‘‘(7) J
1626	1626	UDICIAL REVIEW.— 14
1627	1627	‘‘(A) I
1628	1628	N GENERAL.—Judicial review of 15
1629	1629	agency compliance with this subsection is lim-16
1630	1630	ited to whether an agency— 17
1631	1631	‘‘(i) published the framework for as-18
1632	1632	sessment of a major rule or a high-impact 19
1633	1633	rule in accordance with paragraph (1); or 20
1634	1634	‘‘(ii) completed and published the re-21
1635	1635	quired assessment of a major rule or a 22
1636	1636	high-impact rule in accordance with sub-23
1637	1637	paragraphs (A) and (D) of paragraph (2). 24
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1641	1641	‘‘(B) REMEDY AVAILABLE .—In granting 1
1642	1642	relief in an action brought under subparagraph 2
1643	1643	(A), a court may only issue an order remanding 3
1644	1644	the major rule or the high-impact rule, as appli-4
1645	1645	cable, to the agency to comply with paragraph 5
1646	1646	(1) or subparagraph (A) or (D) of paragraph 6
1647	1647	(2), as applicable. 7
1648	1648	‘‘(C) E
1649	1649	FFECTIVE DATE OF MAJOR OR 8
1650	1650	HIGH-IMPACT RULE.—If, in an action brought 9
1651	1651	under subparagraph (A)(i), a court determines 10
1652	1652	that the agency did not comply, the major rule 11
1653	1653	or the high-impact rule, as applicable, shall take 12
1654	1654	effect notwithstanding any order issued by the 13
1655	1655	court. 14
1656	1656	‘‘(m) R
1657	1657	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-15
1658	1658	tion shall be construed to limit the scope of the authority 16
1659	1659	of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under 17
1660	1660	subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, section 515 of the 18
1661	1661	Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 19
1662	1662	2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2763A–154), chap-20
1663	1663	ter 8 of this title, or any other law or Executive order.’’. 21
1664	1664	SEC. 4. SCOPE OF REVIEW. 22
1665	1665	Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-23
1666	1666	ed— 24
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1670	1670	(1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding 1
1671	1671	paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘To the extent nec-2
1672	1672	essary’’ and inserting the following: 3
1673	1673	‘‘(a) I
1674	1674	NGENERAL.—To the extent necessary’’; and 4
1675	1675	(2) in subsection (a), as so designated— 5
1676	1676	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 6
1677	1677	the end; 7
1678	1678	(B) in paragraph (2)— 8
1679	1679	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-9
1680	1680	graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or, when appro-10
1681	1681	priate, remand a matter to an agency with-11
1682	1682	out setting aside,’’ after ‘‘set aside’’; and 12
1683	1683	(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 13
1684	1684	the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 14
1685	1685	and’’; and 15
1686	1686	(C) by striking the flush text following 16
1687	1687	paragraph (2)(F) and inserting the following: 17
1688	1688	‘‘(3) with respect to the review of a high-impact 18
1689	1689	rule, as defined in section 551 of this title, deter-19
1690	1690	mine whether the factual findings of the agency 20
1691	1691	issuing the rule are supported by substantial evi-21
1692	1692	dence. 22
1693	1693	‘‘(b) R
1694	1694	EVIEW OFENTIRERECORD; PREJUDICIAL 23
1695	1695	E
1696	1696	RROR.—In making a determination under subsection (a), 24
1697	1697	the court shall review the whole record or those parts of 25
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1701	1701	the record cited by a party, and due account shall be taken 1
1702	1702	of the rule of prejudicial error. 2
1703	1703	‘‘(c) P
1704	1704	RECLUSION OFREVIEW.— 3
1705	1705	‘‘(1) I
1706	1706	N GENERAL.—Any action or inaction of 4
1707	1707	the Administrator under subchapter II of chapter 5, 5
1708	1708	except sections 552 and 552a, shall not be subject 6
1709	1709	to judicial review. 7
1710	1710	‘‘(2) R
1711	1711	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—The preclusion 8
1712	1712	of judicial review under this subsection shall not be 9
1713	1713	construed or used to construe any other provision of 10
1714	1714	law to provide any cause of action against the Ad-11
1715	1715	ministrator, except as explicitly provided by law. 12
1716	1716	‘‘(d) R
1717	1717	EVIEW OFCERTAINGUIDANCE.—Agency guid-13
1718	1718	ance that does not interpret a statute or rule may be re-14
1719	1719	viewed only under subsection (a)(2)(D). 15
1720	1720	‘‘(e) A
1721	1721	GENCYINTERPRETATION OF RULES.—The 16
1722	1722	weight that a reviewing court gives an interpretation by 17
1723	1723	an agency of a rule of that agency shall depend on the 18
1724	1724	thoroughness evident in the consideration of the rule by 19
1725	1725	the agency, the validity of the reasoning of the agency, 20
1726	1726	and the consistency of the interpretation with earlier and 21
1727	1727	later pronouncements.’’. 22
1728	1728	SEC. 5. ADDED DEFINITIONS. 23
1729	1729	Section 701(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 24
1730	1730	amended— 25
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1734	1734	(1) in paragraph (1)(H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1
1735	1735	the end; 2
1736	1736	(2) in paragraph (2)— 3
1737	1737	(A) by inserting ‘‘‘guidance’,’’ after ‘‘‘re-4
1738	1738	lief’,’’; and 5
1739	1739	(B) by striking the period at the end and 6
1740	1740	inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
1741	1741	(3) by adding at the end the following: 8
1742	1742	‘‘(3) ‘substantial evidence’ means such relevant 9
1743	1743	evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as ade-10
1744	1744	quate to support a conclusion in light of the record 11
1745	1745	considered as a whole.’’. 12
1746	1746	SEC. 6. APPLICATION. 13
1747	1747	The amendments made by this Act to sections 553, 14
1748	1748	701(b), and 706 of title 5, United States Code, shall not 15
1749	1749	apply to any rulemaking, as defined in section 551 of title 16
1750	1750	5, United States Code, as amended by section 2 of this 17
1751	1751	Act, that is pending or completed as of the date of enact-18
1752	1752	ment of this Act. 19
1753	1753	SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO COPY-20
1754	1754	RIGHTS. 21
1755	1755	Nothing in this Act, or in the amendments made by 22
1756	1756	this Act, may be construed as altering, modifying, or 23
1757	1757	abridging an exclusive right granted under title 17, United 24
1758	1758	States Code. 25
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1762	1762	SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 1
1763	1763	(a) A
1764	1764	LASKANATIONALINTERESTLANDSCONSERVA-2
1765	1765	TIONACT.—Section 1002(g)(2) of the Alaska National In-3
1766	1766	terest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142(g)(2)) is 4
1767	1767	amended, in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 5
1768	1768	706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 6
1769	1769	(b) A
1770	1770	NTARCTICMARINELIVINGRESOURCESCON-7
1771	1771	VENTIONACT OF1984.—Section 308(c) of the Antarctic 8
1772	1772	Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (16 9
1773	1773	U.S.C. 2437(c)) is amended, in the third sentence, by 10
1774	1774	striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 11
1775	1775	706(a)(2)(E)’’. 12
1776	1776	(c) C
1777	1777	ONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 13
1778	1778	1995.—Section 409 of the Congressional Accountability 14
1779	1779	Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1409) is amended, in the first sen-15
1780	1780	tence— 16
1781	1781	(1) by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting 17
1782	1782	‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’; and 18
1783	1783	(2) by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(B)’’ and insert-19
1784	1784	ing ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(B)’’. 20
1785	1785	(d) C
1786	1786	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYACT.—Section 9(i) 21
1787	1787	of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058(i)) 22
1788	1788	is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 23
1789	1789	553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(i)’’. 24
1790	1790	(e) D
1791	1791	EEPSEABEDHARDMINERALRESOURCES 25
1792	1792	A
1793	1793	CT.—Section 302(b) of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 26
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1797	1797	Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1462(b)) is amended, in the 1
1798	1798	third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and in-2
1799	1799	serting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 3
1800	1800	(f) D
1801	1801	EFENSEPRODUCTIONACT OF1950.—Section 4
1802	1802	709(b)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 5
1803	1803	U.S.C. 4559(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for not less 6
1804	1804	than 30 days, consistent with the requirements of section 7
1805	1805	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘in a manner consistent with the 8
1806	1806	requirements of section 553(c)’’. 9
1807	1807	(g) E
1808	1808	NDANGERED SPECIESACT OF1973.—Section 10
1809	1809	4(b)(3) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 11
1810	1810	1533(b)(3)) is amended— 12
1811	1811	(1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, 13
1812	1812	by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
1813	1813	553(i)’’; and 15
1814	1814	(2) in subparagraph (D)(i), in the first sen-16
1815	1815	tence, by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting 17
1816	1816	‘‘section 553(i)’’. 18
1817	1817	(h) E
1818	1818	XPEDITEDFUNDSAVAILABILITYACT.—Section 19
1819	1819	609(a) of the Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 20
1820	1820	4008(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 21
1821	1821	(1), by striking ‘‘section 553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
1822	1822	553’’. 23
1823	1823	(i) F
1824	1824	ASTENERQUALITYACT.—Section 6(b)(3) of the 24
1825	1825	Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(3)) is amended, 25
1826	1826	VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H442.IH H442
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1828	1828	•HR 442 IH
1829	1829	in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 1
1830	1830	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 2
1831	1831	(j) F
1832	1832	EDERALFOOD, DRUG, ANDCOSMETICACT.— 3
1833	1833	Section 912(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 4
1834	1834	Act (21 U.S.C. 387l(b)) is amended, in the second sen-5
1835	1835	tence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-6
1836	1836	tion 706(a)(2)(A)’’. 7
1837	1837	(k) F
1838	1838	EDERALHAZARDOUSSUBSTANCESACT.—Sec-8
1839	1839	tion 3 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 9
1840	1840	U.S.C. 1262) is amended— 10
1841	1841	(1) in subsection (e)(1), in the first sentence, by 11
1842	1842	striking ‘‘(other than clause (B) of the last sentence 12
1843	1843	of subsection (b) of such section) of title 5 of the 13
1844	1844	United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘of title 5, 14
1845	1845	United States Code, other than subsection (g)(3) of 15
1846	1846	such section,’’; and 16
1847	1847	(2) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, by 17
1848	1848	striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 18
1849	1849	553(i)’’. 19
1850	1850	(l) F
1851	1851	EDERALTRADECOMMISSIONACT.—Section 20
1852	1852	18(e) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 21
1853	1853	57a(e)) is amended— 22
1854	1854	(1) in paragraph (3), in the second sentence of 23
1855	1855	the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 24
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1858	1858	•HR 442 IH
1859	1859	‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’; 1
1860	1860	and 2
1861	1861	(2) in paragraph (5)(C), in the second sentence, 3
1862	1862	by striking ‘‘Section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-4
1863	1863	tion 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 5
1864	1864	(m) F
1865	1865	LAMMABLEFABRICSACT.—The Flammable 6
1866	1866	Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.) is amended— 7
1867	1867	(1) in section 4(k) (15 U.S.C. 1193(k)), in the 8
1868	1868	first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and in-9
1869	1869	serting ‘‘section 553(i)’’; and 10
1870	1870	(2) in section 16(c)(2) (15 U.S.C. 1203(c)(2)), 11
1871	1871	by striking ‘‘section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12
1872	1872	553(c)’’. 13
1873	1873	(n) G
1874	1874	ENERALEDUCATIONPROVISIONSACT.—Sec-14
1875	1875	tion 411 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 15
1876	1876	U.S.C. 1221e–4) is amended, in the second sentence, by 16
1877	1877	striking ‘‘Notwithstanding the exception provided under 17
1878	1878	section 553(b) of title 5, such’’ and inserting ‘‘Such’’. 18
1879	1879	(o) H
1880	1880	IGHSEASFISHINGCOMPLIANCEACT OF 19
1881	1881	1995.—Section 108(d) of the High Seas Fishing Compli-20
1882	1882	ance Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5507(d)) is amended, in the 21
1883	1883	third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting 22
1884	1884	‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 23
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1887	1887	•HR 442 IH
1888	1888	(p) HOUSING ANDCOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTACT 1
1889	1889	OF1992.—The Housing and Community Development 2
1890	1890	Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is amended— 3
1891	1891	(1) in section 643(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 4
1892	1892	13603(b)(3)), in the first sentence, by striking 5
1893	1893	‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and 6
1894	1894	(d)(3) of such section)’’ and inserting ‘‘(notwith-7
1895	1895	standing subsections (a)(2), (g)(3), and (h)(2) of 8
1896	1896	such section)’’; and 9
1897	1897	(2) in section 685 (42 U.S.C. 13643), in the 10
1898	1898	second sentence, by striking ‘‘(notwithstanding sub-11
1899	1899	sections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section)’’ 12
1900	1900	and inserting ‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), 13
1901	1901	(g)(3), and (h)(2) of such section)’’. 14
1902	1902	(q) I
1903	1903	NTERNATIONAL BANKINGACT OF1978.—Sec-15
1904	1904	tion 7(f)(2) of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 16
1905	1905	U.S.C. 3105(f)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 17
1906	1906	(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(F)’’. 18
1907	1907	(r) M
1908	1908	AGNUSON-STEVENSFISHERYCONSERVATION 19
1909	1909	ANDMANAGEMENTACT.—Section 308(b) of the Magnu-20
1910	1910	son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 21
1911	1911	(16 U.S.C. 1858(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, 22
1912	1912	by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 23
1913	1913	706(a)(2)’’. 24
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1916	1916	•HR 442 IH
1917	1917	(s) MARINEMAMMALPROTECTIONACT OF1972.— 1
1918	1918	Section 109 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 2
1919	1919	1972 (16 U.S.C. 1379) is amended— 3
1920	1920	(1) in subsection (c)(4), in the first sentence, by 4
1921	1921	striking ‘‘section 706(2) (A) through (E) of Title’’ 5
1922	1922	and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 6
1923	1923	section 706(a)(2) of title’’; and 7
1924	1924	(2) in subsection (d)(2), in the second sen-8
1925	1925	tence— 9
1926	1926	(A) by striking ‘‘Title’’ and inserting 10
1927	1927	‘‘title’’; and 11
1928	1928	(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (d) of such sec-12
1929	1929	tion 553’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h) of such 13
1930	1930	section 553’’. 14
1931	1931	(t) M
1932	1932	CKINNEY-VENTOHOMELESS ASSISTANCE 15
1933	1933	A
1934	1934	CT.—Section 433 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-16
1935	1935	sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11387) is amended, in the second 17
1936	1936	sentence, by striking ‘‘(notwithstanding subsections 18
1937	1937	(a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section)’’ and inserting 19
1938	1938	‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (g)(3), and (h)(2) of 20
1939	1939	such section)’’. 21
1940	1940	(u) M
1941	1941	IGRANT ANDSEASONALAGRICULTURALWORK-22
1942	1942	ERPROTECTIONACT.—The Migrant and Seasonal Agri-23
1943	1943	cultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 24
1944	1944	is amended— 25
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1947	1947	•HR 442 IH
1948	1948	(1) in section 103(c) (29 U.S.C. 1813(c)), in 1
1949	1949	the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ 2
1950	1950	and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’; and 3
1951	1951	(2) in section 503(c) (29 U.S.C. 1853(c)), in 4
1952	1952	the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ 5
1953	1953	and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 6
1954	1954	(v) M
1955	1955	ILWAUKEERAILROADRESTRUCTURINGACT.— 7
1956	1956	The Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act (45 U.S.C. 8
1957	1957	901 et seq.) is amended— 9
1958	1958	(1) in section 5(b)(2) (45 U.S.C. 904(b)(2)), in 10
1959	1959	the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 706(2)(A), 11
1960	1960	706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of title 5 of 12
1961	1961	the United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-13
1962	1962	graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 706(a)(2) 14
1963	1963	of title 5, United States Code’’; and 15
1964	1964	(2) in section 17(b)(2) (45 U.S.C. 915(b)(2)), 16
1965	1965	in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 17
1966	1966	706(2)(A), 706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of 18
1967	1967	title 5 of the United States Code’’ and inserting 19
1968	1968	‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 20
1969	1969	706(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code’’. 21
1970	1970	(w) N
1971	1971	ATIVEAMERICANPROGRAMSACT OF1974.— 22
1972	1972	Section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 23
1973	1973	(42 U.S.C. 2992b–1) is amended— 24
1974	1974	(1) in subsection (b)— 25
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1977	1977	•HR 442 IH
1978	1978	(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-1
1979	1979	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Subpara-2
1980	1980	graph (A) of the last sentence of section 553(b) 3
1981	1981	of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 4
1982	1982	with respect to any interpretative rule or gen-5
1983	1983	eral statement of policy’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 6
1984	1984	553(c) of title 5, United States Code, shall 7
1985	1985	apply with respect to guidance’’; 8
1986	1986	(B) in paragraph (2)— 9
1987	1987	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-10
1988	1988	graph (A), by striking ‘‘Subparagraph (B) 11
1989	1989	of the last sentence of section 553(b)’’ and 12
1990	1990	inserting ‘‘Section 553(g)(3)’’; and 13
1991	1991	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule 14
1992	1992	or a general statement of policy’’ and in-15
1993	1993	serting ‘‘guidance’’; and 16
1994	1994	(C) in paragraph (3), in the matter pre-17
1995	1995	ceding subparagraph (A)— 18
1996	1996	(i) by striking ‘‘The first 2 sentences 19
1997	1997	of section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 20
1998	1998	553(c)’’; and 21
1999	1999	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule, 22
2000	2000	a general statement of policy,’’ and insert-23
2001	2001	ing ‘‘guidance’’; 24
2002	2002	(2) in subsection (c)— 25
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2005	2005	•HR 442 IH
2006	2006	(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 1
2007	2007	(1)— 2
2008	2008	(i) by striking ‘‘section 553(d)’’ and 3
2009	2009	inserting ‘‘section 553(h)’’; and 4
2010	2010	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative 5
2011	2011	rule) or general statement of policy’’ and 6
2012	2012	inserting ‘‘guidance)’’; and 7
2013	2013	(B) in the flush text following paragraph 8
2014	2014	(2), by striking ‘‘the first 2 sentences of section 9
2015	2015	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)’’; 10
2016	2016	(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘an interpre-11
2017	2017	tative rule) and each general statement of policy’’ 12
2018	2018	and inserting ‘‘guidance)’’; 13
2019	2019	(4) in subsection (e)— 14
2020	2020	(A) by striking ‘‘any interpretative rule) or 15
2021	2021	a general statement of policy’’ and inserting 16
2022	2022	‘‘guidance)’’; and 17
2023	2023	(B) by striking ‘‘or such general statement 18
2024	2024	of policy’’; 19
2025	2025	(5) in subsection (f)— 20
2026	2026	(A) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule) or 21
2027	2027	a general statement of policy’’ and inserting 22
2028	2028	‘‘guidance)’’; and 23
2029	2029	(B) by striking ‘‘or such general statement 24
2030	2030	of policy’’; and 25
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2033	2033	•HR 442 IH
2034	2034	(6) by adding at the end the following: 1
2035	2035	‘‘(g) In this section, the term ‘guidance’ has the 2
2036	2036	meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United 3
2037	2037	States Code.’’. 4
2038	2038	(x) N
2039	2039	ATURALGASPOLICYACT OF1978.—Section 5
2040	2040	502(b) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 6
2041	2041	3412(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking 7
2042	2042	‘‘section 553(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(h)(2)’’. 8
2043	2043	(y) N
2044	2044	OISECONTROLACT OF1972.—Section 6(c)(2) 9
2045	2045	of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4905(c)(2)) 10
2046	2046	is amended by striking ‘‘the first sentence of section 11
2047	2047	553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)(4)’’. 12
2048	2048	(z) N
2049	2049	ORTHEASTRAILSERVICEACT OF1981.—Sec-13
2050	2050	tion 1152(c) of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 14
2051	2051	(45 U.S.C. 1105(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs 15
2052	2052	(2) (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 706, title 5’’ and 16
2053	2053	inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 17
2054	2054	706(a)(2) of title 5’’. 18
2055	2055	(aa) N
2056	2056	ORTHERNPACIFICHALIBUTACT OF1982.— 19
2057	2057	Section 8(b) of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 20
2058	2058	(16 U.S.C. 773f(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by 21
2059	2059	striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
2060	2060	706(a)(2)’’. 23
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2063	2063	•HR 442 IH
2064	2064	(bb) POISONPREVENTION PACKAGINGACT OF 1
2065	2065	1970.—The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 2
2066	2066	U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is amended— 3
2067	2067	(1) in section 5 (15 U.S.C. 1474)— 4
2068	2068	(A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, 5
2069	2069	by striking ‘‘(other than paragraph (3)(B) of 6
2070	2070	the last sentence of subsection (b) of such sec-7
2071	2071	tion) of title 5 of the United States Code’’ and 8
2072	2072	inserting ‘‘of title 5, United States Code, other 9
2073	2073	than subsection (g)(3) of such section,’’; and 10
2074	2074	(B) in subsection (b)— 11
2075	2075	(i) by striking ‘‘of the United States 12
2076	2076	Code’’ each place that term appears and 13
2077	2077	inserting ‘‘, United States Code’’; and 14
2078	2078	(ii) in paragraph (3), in the first sen-15
2079	2079	tence, by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) of sec-16
2080	2080	tion 706’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
2081	2081	706(a)(2)’’; and 18
2082	2082	(2) in section 7(c)(2) (15 U.S.C. 1476(c)(2)), 19
2083	2083	by striking ‘‘section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 20
2084	2084	553(c)’’. 21
2085	2085	(cc) P
2086	2086	OULTRYPRODUCTSINSPECTIONACT.—Section 22
2087	2087	14(c) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 23
2088	2088	463(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 553(c) of title 5, 24
2089	2089	VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H442.IH H442
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2091	2091	•HR 442 IH
2092	2092	United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)(4) of 1
2093	2093	title 5, United States Code,’’. 2
2094	2094	(dd) P
2095	2095	UBLICHEALTHSERVICEACT.—Section 3
2096	2096	2723(b)(2)(E)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 4
2097	2097	U.S.C. 300gg–22(b)(2)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking 5
2098	2098	‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6
2099	2099	706(a)(2)(E)’’. 7
2100	2100	(ee) R
2101	2101	EGIONALRAILREORGANIZATION ACT OF 8
2102	2102	1973.—Section 216(c)(3) of the Regional Rail Reorga-9
2103	2103	nization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 726(c)(3)) is amended, 10
2104	2104	in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 11
2105	2105	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 12
2106	2106	(ff) S
2107	2107	OCIALSECURITYACT.—The Social Security Act 13
2108	2108	(42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 14
2109	2109	(1) in section 221(j) (42 U.S.C. 421(j)), in the 15
2110	2110	flush text following paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘in 16
2111	2111	accordance with section 553(b)(A) of title 5, United 17
2112	2112	States Code’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and 18
2113	2113	statements’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with sec-19
2114	2114	tion 553(g)(2) of title 5, United States Code, of 20
2115	2115	guidance or rules of agency organization, procedure, 21
2116	2116	or practice relating to consultative examinations if 22
2117	2117	such guidance and rules’’; and 23
2118	2118	VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:26 Feb 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H442.IH H442
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2120	2120	•HR 442 IH
2121	2121	(2) in section 1871(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1
2122	2122	1395hh(b)(2)), by striking subparagraph (C) and in-2
2123	2123	serting the following: 3
2124	2124	‘‘(C) subsection (c) of section 553 of title 4
2125	2125	5, United States Code, does not apply pursuant 5
2126	2126	to subsection (g)(3) of such section.’’. 6
2127	2127	(gg) S
2128	2128	OUTHPACIFICTUNAACT OF1988.—Section 7
2129	2129	8(b) of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 8
2130	2130	973f(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking 9
2131	2131	‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 10
2132	2132	(hh) T
2133	2133	ARIFFACT OF1930.—Section 777(f)(5) of the 11
2134	2134	Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(5)) is amended, 12
2135	2135	in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 13
2136	2136	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 14
2137	2137	(ii) T
2138	2138	ITLE5, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Title 5, 15
2139	2139	United States Code, is amended— 16
2140	2140	(1) in section 556(d), in the sixth sentence, by 17
2141	2141	striking ‘‘rule making’’ and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 18
2142	2142	(2) in section 557(b), in the fourth sentence of 19
2143	2143	the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 20
2144	2144	‘‘rule making’’ and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 21
2145	2145	(3) in section 562(11), by striking ‘‘means ‘rule 22
2146	2146	making’ as that term is defined in section 551(5)’’ 23
2147	2147	and inserting ‘‘has the meaning given the term in 24
2148	2148	section 551’’; 25
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2151	2151	•HR 442 IH
2152	2152	(4) in section 601(2), by striking ‘‘section 1
2153	2153	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)’’; 2
2154	2154	(5) in section 1103(b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 3
2155	2155	553(b)(1), (2), and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4
2156	2156	553(c)’’; and 5
2157	2157	(6) in section 1105, by striking ‘‘subsections 6
2158	2158	(b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) 7
2159	2159	through (h) and (j)’’. 8
2160	2160	(jj) T
2161	2161	ITLE11, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 9
2162	2162	1172(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended, in 10
2163	2163	the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 706(2)(A), 11
2164	2164	706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of title 5’’ and in-12
2165	2165	serting ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 13
2166	2166	706(a)(2) of title 5’’. 14
2167	2167	(kk) T
2168	2168	ITLE14, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 15
2169	2169	2507(b)(2)(A) of title 14, United States Code, is amended 16
2170	2170	by striking ‘‘section 706(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
2171	2171	706(a)(1)’’. 18
2172	2172	(ll) T
2173	2173	ITLE28, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 3902 19
2174	2174	of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the first 20
2175	2175	sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-21
2176	2176	tion 706(a)(2)’’. 22
2177	2177	(mm) T
2178	2178	ITLE41, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 23
2179	2179	8503(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended 24
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2182	2182	•HR 442 IH
2183	2183	by striking ‘‘section 553(b) to (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1
2184	2184	553’’. 2
2185	2185	(nn) T
2186	2186	ITLE46, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Title 46, 3
2187	2187	United States Code, is amended— 4
2188	2188	(1) in section 14104(b), in the second sentence, 5
2189	2189	by striking ‘‘shall be considered to be an interpretive 6
2190	2190	regulation for purposes of section 553 of title 5’’ and 7
2191	2191	inserting ‘‘shall be subject to section 553 of title 5’’; 8
2192	2192	and 9
2193	2193	(2) in section 70105(c)(3)(B), in the second 10
2194	2194	sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and in-11
2195	2195	serting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 12
2196	2196	(oo) T
2197	2197	OXICSUBSTANCESCONTROLACT.—Section 13
2198	2198	19(c)(1)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 14
2199	2199	U.S.C. 2618(c)(1)(B)) is amended— 15
2200	2200	(1) in clause (i)— 16
2201	2201	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘para-17
2202	2202	graph (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 18
2203	2203	(a)(2)(E)’’; and 19
2204	2204	(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘para-20
2205	2205	graph (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 21
2206	2206	(a)(2)(E)’’; and 22
2207	2207	(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 553(c)’’ 23
2208	2208	and inserting ‘‘section 553(f)(2)’’. 24
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2211	2211	•HR 442 IH
2212	2212	(pp) UNFUNDED MANDATESREFORMACT OF 1
2213	2213	1995.—Section 401(a)(2)(A) of the Unfunded Mandates 2
2214	2214	Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1571(a)(2)(A)) is amended 3
2215	2215	by striking ‘‘section 706(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4
2216	2216	706(a)(1)’’. 5
2217	2217	(qq) U
2218	2218	NITEDSTATESWAREHOUSEACT.—Section 6
2219	2219	13(d)(2) of the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 7
2220	2220	252(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 8
2221	2221	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 9
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