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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1615
5	5	To improve agency rulemaking, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	MAY16, 2023
8	8	Mr. L
9	9	ANKFORD(for himself, Mr. THUNE, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. MARSHALL)
10	10	introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
11	11	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To improve agency rulemaking, and for other purposes.
14	14	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
15	15	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
16	16	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
17	17	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory Account-4
18	18	ability Act’’. 5
19	19	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
20	20	Section 551 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-7
21	21	ed— 8
22	22	(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘rule making’’ 9
23	23	and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 10
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27	27	(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘rule making’’ 1
28	28	and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 2
29	29	(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 3
30	30	end; 4
31	31	(4) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 5
32	32	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 6
33	33	(5) by adding at the end the following: 7
34	34	‘‘(15) ‘guidance’ means an agency statement of 8
35	35	general applicability that— 9
36	36	‘‘(A) is not intended to have the force and 10
37	37	effect of law; and 11
38	38	‘‘(B) sets forth a policy on a statutory, 12
39	39	regulatory, or technical issue or an interpreta-13
40	40	tion of a statutory or regulatory issue; 14
41	41	‘‘(16) ‘major guidance’ means guidance that the 15
42	42	Administrator finds is— 16
43	43	‘‘(A) likely to lead to— 17
44	44	‘‘(i) an annual effect on the economy 18
45	45	of $100,000,000 or more; 19
46	46	‘‘(ii) a major increase in costs or 20
47	47	prices for consumers, individual industries, 21
48	48	Federal, State, local, or Tribal government 22
49	49	agencies, or geographic regions; or 23
50	50	‘‘(iii) significant adverse effects on 24
51	51	competition, employment, investment, pro-25
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55	55	ductivity, innovation, public health and 1
56	56	safety, or the ability of United States- 2
57	57	based enterprises to compete with foreign- 3
58	58	based enterprises in domestic and export 4
59	59	markets; or 5
60	60	‘‘(B) a departure from a prior statutory in-6
61	61	terpretation or agency policy; 7
62	62	‘‘(17) ‘major rule’ means any rule that the Ad-8
63	63	ministrator determines is likely to— 9
64	64	‘‘(A) cause an annual effect on the econ-10
65	65	omy of $100,000,000 or more; 11
66	66	‘‘(B) cause a major increase in costs or 12
67	67	prices for consumers, individual industries, Fed-13
68	68	eral, State, local, or Tribal government agen-14
69	69	cies, or geographic regions; 15
70	70	‘‘(C) cause significant adverse effects on 16
71	71	competition, employment, investment, produc-17
72	72	tivity, innovation, public health and safety, or 18
73	73	the ability of United States-based enterprises to 19
74	74	compete with foreign-based enterprises in do-20
75	75	mestic and export markets; or 21
76	76	‘‘(D) raise novel legal or policy issues aris-22
77	77	ing out of legal mandates; 23
78	78	‘‘(18) ‘Office of Information and Regulatory Af-24
79	79	fairs’ means the office established under section 25
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83	83	3503 of title 44 and any successor to that office; 1
84	84	and 2
85	85	‘‘(19) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator 3
86	86	of the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-4
87	87	fairs.’’. 5
88	88	SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 6
89	89	Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-7
90	90	ed— 8
91	91	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Rule 9
92	92	making’’ and inserting ‘‘Rulemaking’’; 10
93	93	(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) This sec-11
94	94	tion applies’’ and inserting the following: 12
95	95	‘‘(a) A
96	96	PPLICABILITY.—This section applies’’; and 13
97	97	(3) by striking subsections (b) through (e) and 14
98	98	inserting the following: 15
99	99	‘‘(b) R
100	100	ULEMAKING CONSIDERATIONS.—In a rule-16
101	101	making, an agency shall consider, in addition to other ap-17
102	102	plicable considerations, the following: 18
103	103	‘‘(1) The legal authority under which a rule 19
104	104	may be proposed, including whether rulemaking is 20
105	105	required by statute or is within the discretion of the 21
106	106	agency. 22
107	107	‘‘(2) The nature and significance of the problem 23
108	108	the agency intends to address with a rule. 24
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112	112	‘‘(3) Whether existing Federal laws or rules 1
113	113	have created or contributed to the problem the agen-2
114	114	cy may address with a rule and, if so, whether those 3
115	115	Federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded 4
116	116	to address the problem in whole or in part. 5
117	117	‘‘(4) A reasonable number of alternatives for or 6
118	118	to a new rule, with the consideration of 3 alter-7
119	119	natives presumed to be reasonable, that— 8
120	120	‘‘(A) meet the objectives of the statutory 9
121	121	provision on which the rulemaking relies, in-10
122	122	cluding substantial alternatives or other re-11
123	123	sponses identified by the agency or by inter-12
124	124	ested persons; and 13
125	125	‘‘(B) consider not only mandating par-14
126	126	ticular conduct or manners of compliance, but 15
127	127	also— 16
128	128	‘‘(i) specifying performance objectives; 17
129	129	‘‘(ii) establishing economic incentives, 18
130	130	including marketable permits, to encourage 19
131	131	desired behavior; 20
132	132	‘‘(iii) establishing disclosure require-21
133	133	ments that will provide information upon 22
134	134	which choices can be made by the public; 23
135	135	or 24
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139	139	‘‘(iv) adopting other means of meeting 1
140	140	the objectives of the statutory provision on 2
141	141	which the rulemaking relies without man-3
142	142	dating particular conduct or manners of 4
143	143	compliance. 5
144	144	‘‘(5) For any major rule, unless prohibited by 6
145	145	law, the potential costs and benefits associated with 7
146	146	potential alternative rules and other responses con-8
147	147	sidered under paragraph (4), including quantitative 9
148	148	and qualitative analyses of— 10
149	149	‘‘(A) the direct costs and benefits, with 11
150	150	costs and benefits measured over equal time pe-12
151	151	riods; 13
152	152	‘‘(B) the nature and degree of risks ad-14
153	153	dressed by the rule and the countervailing risks 15
154	154	that might be posed by agency action; and 16
155	155	‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, the cumu-17
156	156	lative costs and benefits, and an analysis of the 18
157	157	effects that the rule is anticipated to have on 19
158	158	entities that purchase products or services 20
159	159	from, sell products or services to, or otherwise 21
160	160	conduct business with entities to which the rule 22
161	161	will apply. 23
162	162	‘‘(c) N
163	163	OTICE OFPROPOSEDRULEMAKING.— 24
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167	167	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an agency determines 1
168	168	that the objectives of the agency require the agency 2
169	169	to issue a rule, the agency shall— 3
170	170	‘‘(A) submit a notice of proposed rule-4
171	171	making to the Administrator for review; 5
172	172	‘‘(B) refrain from publishing the notice 6
173	173	until the Administrator concludes the review 7
174	174	under subparagraph (A); and 8
175	175	‘‘(C) at the conclusion of review by the Ad-9
176	176	ministrator, publish a notice of proposed rule-10
177	177	making in the Federal Register, which shall in-11
178	178	clude— 12
179	179	‘‘(i) a statement of the time, place, 13
180	180	and nature of any public rulemaking pro-14
181	181	ceedings; 15
182	182	‘‘(ii) a reference to the legal authority 16
183	183	under which the rule is proposed, including 17
184	184	the specific statutory provision on which 18
185	185	the rulemaking relies; 19
186	186	‘‘(iii) the text of the proposed rule; 20
187	187	‘‘(iv) a summary of information 21
188	188	known to the agency concerning the con-22
189	189	siderations described in subsection (b); and 23
190	190	‘‘(v) where otherwise consistent with 24
191	191	applicable law, for any major rule— 25
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195	195	‘‘(I) a reasoned preliminary ex-1
196	196	planation regarding how— 2
197	197	‘‘(aa) the proposed rule 3
198	198	meets the objectives of the statu-4
199	199	tory provision on which the rule-5
200	200	making relies; and 6
201	201	‘‘(bb) the benefits of the 7
202	202	proposed rule justify the costs; 8
203	203	‘‘(II) a discussion of— 9
204	204	‘‘(aa) the costs and benefits 10
205	205	of alternatives considered by the 11
206	206	agency under subsection (b)(4); 12
207	207	‘‘(bb) whether the alter-13
208	208	natives considered by the agency 14
209	209	under subsection (b)(4) meet the 15
210	210	objectives of the statutory provi-16
211	211	sion on which the rulemaking re-17
212	212	lies; and 18
213	213	‘‘(cc) the reasons why the 19
214	214	agency did not propose an alter-20
215	215	native considered by the agency 21
216	216	under subsection (b)(4); and 22
217	217	‘‘(III) a solicitation of public 23
218	218	comment, including on all issues and 24
219	219	alternatives discussed under sub-25
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223	223	clauses (I) and (II) and subsection 1
224	224	(k)(1)(A). 2
225	225	‘‘(2) A
226	226	CCESSIBILITY.— 3
227	227	‘‘(A) I
228	228	N GENERAL.—Not later than the 4
229	229	date on which an agency publishes a notice of 5
230	230	proposed rulemaking under paragraph (1), all 6
231	231	studies, models, scientific literature, and other 7
232	232	information developed or relied upon by the 8
233	233	agency, and actions taken by the agency to ob-9
234	234	tain that information, in connection with the 10
235	235	determination of the agency to propose the rule 11
236	236	that is the subject of the rulemaking shall be 12
237	237	placed in the docket for the proposed rule and 13
238	238	made accessible to the public. 14
239	239	‘‘(B) I
240	240	NFORMATION CONTROLLED BY NON -15
241	241	GOVERNMENTAL PERSON .—With respect to any 16
242	242	information to which a nongovernmental person 17
243	243	holds a legal right to prohibit or limit reproduc-18
244	244	tion, distribution, or public display, the infor-19
245	245	mation shall be— 20
246	246	‘‘(i) placed in the docket through cita-21
247	247	tion or incorporation by reference, includ-22
248	248	ing a specification of the identity of the 23
249	249	nongovernmental person who holds a legal 24
250	250	right to prohibit or limit reproduction, dis-25
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254	254	tribution, or public display of the informa-1
255	255	tion and the means by which a member of 2
256	256	the public may request a full copy of the 3
257	257	information from that holder; and 4
258	258	‘‘(ii) considered made accessible to the 5
259	259	public after a placement described in 6
260	260	clause (i), provided that the nongovern-7
261	261	mental person who holds a legal right to 8
262	262	prohibit or limit reproduction, distribution, 9
263	263	or public display of the information makes 10
264	264	the information reasonably available upon 11
265	265	request in a timely manner to any member 12
266	266	of the public who requests a copy of the in-13
267	267	formation. 14
268	268	‘‘(C) E
269	269	XCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) 15
270	270	and (B) shall not apply with respect to informa-16
271	271	tion that is exempt from disclosure under sec-17
272	272	tion 552(b). 18
273	273	‘‘(3) I
274	274	NFORMATION QUALITY .—If an agency 19
275	275	proposes a rule that rests upon scientific, technical, 20
276	276	or economic information, the agency shall— 21
277	277	‘‘(A) propose the rule on the basis of the 22
278	278	best publicly available scientific, technical, or 23
279	279	economic information; and 24
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283	283	‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 1
284	284	use that information in compliance with the 2
285	285	guidelines issued under section 515 of the 3
286	286	Treasury and General Government Appropria-4
287	287	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 5
288	288	Stat. 2763A–154). 6
289	289	‘‘(4) P
290	290	UBLIC COMMENT.— 7
291	291	‘‘(A) I
292	292	N GENERAL.—After publishing a no-8
293	293	tice of proposed rulemaking under paragraph 9
294	294	(1), an agency shall provide interested persons 10
295	295	an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking 11
296	296	through the submission of written material, 12
297	297	data, views, or arguments with or without op-13
298	298	portunity for oral presentation, except that 14
299	299	when a rule is required by statute to be made 15
300	300	on the record after opportunity for an agency 16
301	301	hearing, sections 556 and 557 shall apply. 17
302	302	‘‘(B) T
303	303	IMELINE.— 18
304	304	‘‘(i) I
305	305	N GENERAL.—Subject to sub-19
306	306	paragraph (C), an agency shall provide not 20
307	307	less than 60 days, or, with respect to a 21
308	308	proposed major rule, not less than 90 days, 22
309	309	for interested persons to submit written 23
310	310	material, data, views, or arguments under 24
311	311	subparagraph (A). 25
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315	315	‘‘(ii) ADEQUATE REVIEW PERIOD .—If 1
316	316	a proposed rule relies on information 2
317	317	placed in the docket through citation or in-3
318	318	corporation by reference as described in 4
319	319	paragraph (3)(B), the comment period re-5
320	320	quired under clause (i) shall be adequate 6
321	321	to allow interested persons to receive and 7
322	322	review that information to inform their 8
323	323	submission. 9
324	324	‘‘(C) R
325	325	ESPONSIVE COMMENT PERIOD FOR 10
326	326	MAJOR RULES.—With respect to a proposed 11
327	327	major rule, an interested person who made a 12
328	328	submission under subparagraph (A) during the 13
329	329	comment period under subparagraph (B) with 14
330	330	respect to the rule may, during the period be-15
331	331	ginning on the day after the date on which that 16
332	332	comment period closes and ending on the date 17
333	333	that is 30 days after that day, respond to any 18
334	334	other submission made by any other interested 19
335	335	person under subparagraph (A) during the ini-20
336	336	tial comment period. 21
337	337	‘‘(D) A
338	338	CCESSIBILITY.—All comments and 22
339	339	responses submitted under this paragraph shall 23
340	340	be promptly placed in the docket and made ac-24
341	341	cessible to the public. 25
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345	345	‘‘(5) CHANGE OF CLASSIFICATION AFTER PUB -1
346	346	LICATION OF NOTICE.—If, after an agency submits 2
347	347	for review and publishes the notice of proposed rule-3
348	348	making required under paragraph (1), a proposed 4
349	349	rule is determined to be a major rule, the agency 5
350	350	shall— 6
351	351	‘‘(A) publish a notice in the Federal Reg-7
352	352	ister with respect to the change of the classi-8
353	353	fication of the rule; and 9
354	354	‘‘(B) allow interested persons an additional 10
355	355	opportunity of not less than 30 days to com-11
356	356	ment on— 12
357	357	‘‘(i) the rule; and 13
358	358	‘‘(ii) the change of the classification of 14
359	359	the rule. 15
360	360	‘‘(6) P
361	361	ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN COMMUNICA -16
362	362	TIONS.— 17
363	363	‘‘(A) I
364	364	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 18
365	365	subparagraph (B), after an agency publishes a 19
366	366	notice of proposed rulemaking required under 20
367	367	paragraph (1), or after an agency publishes a 21
368	368	notice of initiation of rulemaking under sub-22
369	369	section (d)(1)(B), the agency, and any indi-23
370	370	vidual acting in an official capacity on behalf of 24
371	371	the agency, may not communicate, and a person 25
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375	375	who receives Federal funds from the agency 1
376	376	may not use those funds to communicate, 2
377	377	through written, oral, electronic, or other 3
378	378	means, to the public with respect to the pro-4
379	379	posed rule in a manner that— 5
380	380	‘‘(i) directly advocates, in support of 6
381	381	or against the proposed rule, for the sub-7
382	382	mission of information that will form part 8
383	383	of the record for the proposed rule; 9
384	384	‘‘(ii) appeals to the public, or solicits 10
385	385	a third party, to undertake advocacy in 11
386	386	support of or against the proposed rule; or 12
387	387	‘‘(iii) is directly or indirectly for the 13
388	388	purpose of publicity or propaganda within 14
389	389	the United States in a manner that Con-15
390	390	gress has not authorized. 16
391	391	‘‘(B) E
392	392	XCEPTION.—The prohibition under 17
393	393	subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a commu-18
394	394	nication that requests comments on, or provides 19
395	395	information regarding, a proposed rule in an 20
396	396	impartial manner. 21
397	397	‘‘(d) A
398	398	DVANCEDNOTICE OF PROPOSEDRULE-22
399	399	MAKING FORMAJORRULES.— 23
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403	403	‘‘(1) NOTICE FOR MAJOR RULES .—When an 1
404	404	agency determines to initiate a rulemaking that may 2
405	405	result in a major rule, the agency shall— 3
406	406	‘‘(A) establish an electronic docket for that 4
407	407	rulemaking, which may have a physical counter-5
408	408	part; and 6
409	409	‘‘(B) publish an advanced notice of pro-7
410	410	posed rulemaking in the Federal Register, 8
411	411	which shall, at a minimum— 9
412	412	‘‘(i) briefly describe the nature and 10
413	413	significance of the problem the agency may 11
414	414	address with the rule, including any data 12
415	415	or categories of data that the agency has 13
416	416	identified as relevant or that the agency in-14
417	417	tends to consult for the rule; 15
418	418	‘‘(ii) refer to the legal authority under 16
419	419	which the rule would be proposed, includ-17
420	420	ing the specific statutory provision that au-18
421	421	thorizes the rulemaking; 19
422	422	‘‘(iii) invite interested persons to pro-20
423	423	pose alternatives and other ideas regarding 21
424	424	how best to accomplish the objectives of 22
425	425	the agency in the most effective manner; 23
426	426	‘‘(iv) solicit written data, views, and 24
427	427	arguments from interested persons con-25
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431	431	cerning the information and issues identi-1
432	432	fied in the advanced notice; 2
433	433	‘‘(v) provide for a period of not less 3
434	434	than 30 days for interested persons to sub-4
435	435	mit written data, views, and arguments de-5
436	436	scribed in clause (iv) to the agency; and 6
437	437	‘‘(vi) appear in the Federal Register 7
438	438	not later than 90 days before the date on 8
439	439	which the agency publishes a notice of pro-9
440	440	posed rulemaking for the rule. 10
441	441	‘‘(2) A
442	442	CCESSIBILITY.—All information provided 11
443	443	to the agency under paragraph (1) shall be promptly 12
444	444	placed in the docket and made accessible to the pub-13
445	445	lic, unless the information— 14
446	446	‘‘(A) is information to which the submitter 15
447	447	does not hold a legal right to authorize disclo-16
448	448	sure; or 17
449	449	‘‘(B) is exempt from disclosure under sec-18
450	450	tion 552(b). 19
451	451	‘‘(3) A
452	452	PPLICABILITY.—With respect to the al-20
453	453	ternatives and other ideas proposed under paragraph 21
454	454	(1)(B)(iii)— 22
455	455	‘‘(A) the alternatives and other ideas are 23
456	456	for the benefit of— 24
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460	460	‘‘(i) the agency receiving the alter-1
461	461	natives and other ideas; and 2
462	462	‘‘(ii) the public; and 3
463	463	‘‘(B) the agency receiving the alternatives 4
464	464	and other ideas may respond to the alternatives 5
465	465	and other ideas. 6
466	466	‘‘(4) T
467	467	IMETABLE.— 7
468	468	‘‘(A) I
469	469	N GENERAL.—After considering any 8
470	470	written material submitted by interested per-9
471	471	sons under paragraph (1), if an agency deter-10
472	472	mines to proceed with a rulemaking for a major 11
473	473	rule, the agency proposing the rule shall estab-12
474	474	lish a timetable for the rulemaking that— 13
475	475	‘‘(i) contains intermediate completion 14
476	476	dates for actions of the agency, includ-15
477	477	ing— 16
478	478	‘‘(I) the anticipated date on 17
479	479	which the agency shall publish the no-18
480	480	tice required under subsection (c)(1) 19
481	481	with respect to the rule; and 20
482	482	‘‘(II) the duration of the com-21
483	483	ment period required under subsection 22
484	484	(c)(4), including the date on which the 23
485	485	comment period shall end; and 24
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488	488	•S 1615 IS
489	489	‘‘(ii) includes a final completion date 1
490	490	for actions by the agency. 2
491	491	‘‘(B) P
492	492	UBLICATION.—The timetable re-3
493	493	quired under subparagraph (A) shall be pub-4
494	494	lished in the electronic docket established under 5
495	495	paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the rule-6
496	496	making. 7
497	497	‘‘(C) C
498	498	ONSIDERATION OF FACTORS .—In 8
499	499	establishing the timetable required under sub-9
500	500	paragraph (A), an agency shall consider rel-10
501	501	evant factors, including— 11
502	502	‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the 12
503	503	rulemaking; 13
504	504	‘‘(ii) the resources available to the 14
505	505	agency; 15
506	506	‘‘(iii) the national significance of the 16
507	507	rulemaking; and 17
508	508	‘‘(iv) all statutory requirements that 18
509	509	govern the timing of the rulemaking. 19
510	510	‘‘(D) R
511	511	EPORT REQUIRED.— 20
512	512	‘‘(i) I
513	513	N GENERAL.—An agency that 21
514	514	fails to meet an intermediate or final com-22
515	515	pletion date for an action established under 23
516	516	subparagraph (A) shall submit to Congress 24
517	517	and the Director of the Office of Manage-25
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520	520	•S 1615 IS
521	521	ment and Budget a report regarding why 1
522	522	the agency failed to meet the completion 2
523	523	date. 3
524	524	‘‘(ii) C
525	525	ONTENTS; PUBLICATION IN 4
526	526	FEDERAL REGISTER .—A report submitted 5
527	527	under clause (i) shall— 6
528	528	‘‘(I) include an amended time-7
529	529	table for the rulemaking; and 8
530	530	‘‘(II) be published— 9
531	531	‘‘(aa) in the Federal Reg-10
532	532	ister; and 11
533	533	‘‘(bb) in the electronic dock-12
534	534	et established under paragraph 13
535	535	(1)(A) with respect to the rule-14
536	536	making. 15
537	537	‘‘(E) C
538	538	HANGES TO INTERMEDIATE DATES 16
539	539	PUBLISHED IN ELECTRONIC DOCKET .—If an 17
540	540	agency changes an intermediate completion date 18
541	541	for an action of the agency established under 19
542	542	subparagraph (A)(i), the agency shall publish in 20
543	543	the electronic docket established under para-21
544	544	graph (1)(A)— 22
545	545	‘‘(i) the updated completion date for 23
546	546	the action; and 24
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549	549	•S 1615 IS
550	550	‘‘(ii) a brief explanation regarding the 1
551	551	reason for the change to the completion 2
552	552	date. 3
553	553	‘‘(5) N
554	554	OTICE OF DETERMINATION OF OTHER 4
555	555	AGENCY COURSE.— 5
556	556	‘‘(A) I
557	557	N GENERAL.—If, after publishing 6
558	558	the notice required under paragraph (1), an 7
559	559	agency determines not to issue a major rule, 8
560	560	the agency shall— 9
561	561	‘‘(i) publish a notice of determination 10
562	562	of other agency course; and 11
563	563	‘‘(ii) if the agency intends to issue a 12
564	564	rule, comply with the procedures required 13
565	565	under subsection (c). 14
566	566	‘‘(B) C
567	567	ONTENTS.—A notice of determina-15
568	568	tion of other agency course published under 16
569	569	subparagraph (A)(i) shall include— 17
570	570	‘‘(i) a description of the alternative re-18
571	571	sponse the agency has determined to 19
572	572	adopt; and 20
573	573	‘‘(ii) if the agency intends to issue a 21
574	574	rule, any information required under sub-22
575	575	section (c). 23
576	576	‘‘(e) F
577	577	INALRULES.— 24
578	578	‘‘(1) N
579	579	ET BENEFITS OF MAJOR RULE .— 25
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582	582	•S 1615 IS
583	583	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1
584	584	subparagraph (B), in a rulemaking for a major 2
585	585	rule, an agency shall adopt the alternative con-3
586	586	sidered under subsection (b)(5) that best mini-4
587	587	mizes costs while maximizing net benefits, tak-5
588	588	ing into consideration only the costs and bene-6
589	589	fits that arise within the scope of the statutory 7
590	590	provision that authorizes the rulemaking. 8
591	591	‘‘(B) E
592	592	XCEPTIONS.—In a rulemaking for a 9
593	593	major rule, an agency may adopt an alternative 10
594	594	other than as required under subparagraph (A) 11
595	595	only if— 12
596	596	‘‘(i) the Administrator approves the 13
597	597	adoption by the agency of the alternative; 14
598	598	and 15
599	599	‘‘(ii) the alternative is adopted to— 16
600	600	‘‘(I) account for costs or benefits 17
601	601	that cannot be quantified, including 18
602	602	costs or benefits related to constitu-19
603	603	tional or civil rights, provided that the 20
604	604	agency identifies all such costs and 21
605	605	benefits and explains why those costs 22
606	606	and benefits justify the adoption of 23
607	607	the alternative; or 24
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610	610	•S 1615 IS
611	611	‘‘(II) achieve additional benefits 1
612	612	or cost reductions, provided that the 2
613	613	agency— 3
614	614	‘‘(aa) identifies— 4
615	615	‘‘(AA) all such addi-5
616	616	tional benefits and the asso-6
617	617	ciated costs of those bene-7
618	618	fits; and 8
619	619	‘‘(BB) all such cost re-9
620	620	ductions and the associated 10
621	621	benefits of those cost reduc-11
622	622	tions; and 12
623	623	‘‘(bb) explains why— 13
624	624	‘‘(AA) the additional 14
625	625	benefits justify the addi-15
626	626	tional costs; or 16
627	627	‘‘(BB) the additional 17
628	628	cost reductions justify any 18
629	629	benefits foregone. 19
630	630	‘‘(C) R
631	631	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 20
632	632	in subparagraph (A) may be construed to pre-21
633	633	clude an agency from including in an alter-22
634	634	native adopted pursuant to such subparagraph 23
635	635	changes made as a result of agency analysis or 24
636	636	review performed under chapter 6 of this title. 25
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639	639	•S 1615 IS
640	640	‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF FINAL RULE -1
641	641	MAKING.—After submitting a final rule to the Ad-2
642	642	ministrator for review and obtaining a certification 3
643	643	from the Administrator that the review has con-4
644	644	cluded, the agency shall publish a notice of final 5
645	645	rulemaking in the Federal Register, which shall in-6
646	646	clude— 7
647	647	‘‘(A) a concise, general statement of the 8
648	648	basis and purpose of the rule and a reference 9
649	649	to the legal authority under which the rule is 10
650	650	made, including the specific statutory provision 11
651	651	on which the rulemaking relies; 12
652	652	‘‘(B) a reasoned determination by the 13
653	653	agency regarding the considerations described 14
654	654	in subsection (b); 15
655	655	‘‘(C) a response to each significant issue 16
656	656	raised in the comments on the proposed rule; 17
657	657	‘‘(D) the internet address of a summary of 18
658	658	not more than 100 words in length of the pro-19
659	659	posed rule, in plain language, that shall be 20
660	660	posted on the internet website under section 21
661	661	206(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 22
662	662	U.S.C. 3501 note) (commonly known as regula-23
663	663	tions.gov); and 24
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666	666	•S 1615 IS
667	667	‘‘(E) with respect to a major rule, a rea-1
668	668	soned determination by the agency that— 2
669	669	‘‘(i) the benefits of the rule advance 3
670	670	the relevant objectives of the statutory pro-4
671	671	vision on which the rulemaking relies and 5
672	672	justify the costs of the rule; and 6
673	673	‘‘(ii)(I) no other alternative considered 7
674	674	would achieve the relevant objectives of the 8
675	675	statutory provision on which the rule-9
676	676	making relies in a manner that more 10
677	677	greatly maximizes net benefits as required 11
678	678	under paragraph (1)(A); or 12
679	679	‘‘(II) the adoption by the agency of a 13
680	680	more costly or less costly rule complies 14
681	681	with paragraph (1)(B). 15
682	682	‘‘(3) I
683	683	NFORMATION QUALITY .—If an agency 16
684	684	rulemaking rests upon scientific, technical, or eco-17
685	685	nomic information, the agency shall— 18
686	686	‘‘(A) adopt a final rule on the basis of the 19
687	687	best reasonably available scientific, technical, or 20
688	688	economic information; and 21
689	689	‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 22
690	690	use that information in compliance with the 23
691	691	guidelines issued under section 515 of the 24
692	692	Treasury and General Government Appropria-25
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695	695	•S 1615 IS
696	696	tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 1
697	697	Stat. 2763A–154). 2
698	698	‘‘(4) A
699	699	CCESSIBILITY.— 3
700	700	‘‘(A) I
701	701	N GENERAL.—Not later than the 4
702	702	date on which an agency publishes a notice of 5
703	703	final rulemaking under paragraph (2), all stud-6
704	704	ies, models, scientific literature, and other in-7
705	705	formation developed or relied upon by the agen-8
706	706	cy, and actions taken by the agency to obtain 9
707	707	that information, in connection with the deter-10
708	708	mination of the agency to finalize the rule that 11
709	709	is the subject of the rulemaking shall be placed 12
710	710	in the docket for the rule and made accessible 13
711	711	to the public. 14
712	712	‘‘(B) I
713	713	NFORMATION CONTROLLED BY NON -15
714	714	GOVERNMENTAL PERSON .—With respect to any 16
715	715	information to which a nongovernmental person 17
716	716	holds a legal right to prohibit or limit reproduc-18
717	717	tion, distribution, or public display, the infor-19
718	718	mation shall be— 20
719	719	‘‘(i) placed in the docket through cita-21
720	720	tion or incorporation by reference, includ-22
721	721	ing a specification of the identity of the 23
722	722	nongovernmental person who holds a legal 24
723	723	right to prohibit or limit reproduction, dis-25
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726	726	•S 1615 IS
727	727	tribution, or public display of the informa-1
728	728	tion and the means by which a member of 2
729	729	the public may request a full copy of the 3
730	730	information from that holder; and 4
731	731	‘‘(ii) considered made accessible to the 5
732	732	public after a placement described in 6
733	733	clause (i), provided that the nongovern-7
734	734	mental person who holds a legal right to 8
735	735	prohibit or limit reproduction, distribution, 9
736	736	or public display of the information makes 10
737	737	the information reasonably available upon 11
738	738	request in a timely manner. 12
739	739	‘‘(C) E
740	740	XCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) 13
741	741	and (B) shall not apply with respect to informa-14
742	742	tion that is exempt from disclosure under sec-15
743	743	tion 552(b). 16
744	744	‘‘(5) R
745	745	ULES ADOPTED AT THE END OF A PRESI -17
746	746	DENTIAL ADMINISTRATION .— 18
747	747	‘‘(A) I
748	748	N GENERAL.—During the 60-day pe-19
749	749	riod beginning on a transitional inauguration 20
750	750	day (as defined in section 3349a), with respect 21
751	751	to any final rule that had been placed on file 22
752	752	for public inspection by the Office of the Fed-23
753	753	eral Register or published in the Federal Reg-24
754	754	ister as of the date of the inauguration, but 25
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757	757	•S 1615 IS
758	758	which had not become effective by the date of 1
759	759	the transitional inauguration day, the agency 2
760	760	issuing the rule may, by order, delay the effec-3
761	761	tive date of the rule for not more than 90 days 4
762	762	for the purpose of obtaining public comment on 5
763	763	whether— 6
764	764	‘‘(i) the rule should be amended or re-7
765	765	scinded; or 8
766	766	‘‘(ii) the effective date of the rule 9
767	767	should be further delayed. 10
768	768	‘‘(B) O
769	769	PPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT .—If an 11
770	770	agency delays the effective date of a rule under 12
771	771	subparagraph (A), the agency shall give the 13
772	772	public not less than 30 days to submit com-14
773	773	ments. 15
774	774	‘‘(f) A
775	775	PPLICABILITY.— 16
776	776	‘‘(1) P
777	777	RIMACY OF CERTAIN RULEMAKING CON -17
778	778	SIDERATIONS AND PROCEDURES IN OTHER FEDERAL 18
779	779	LAWS.— 19
780	780	‘‘(A) C
781	781	ONSIDERATIONS.—If a rulemaking 20
782	782	is authorized under a Federal law that requires 21
783	783	an agency to consider, or prohibits an agency 22
784	784	from considering, a factor in a manner that is 23
785	785	inconsistent with, or that conflicts with, the re-24
786	786	quirements under this section, for the purposes 25
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789	789	•S 1615 IS
790	790	of this section, the requirement or prohibition, 1
791	791	as applicable, in that other Federal law shall 2
792	792	apply to the agency in the rulemaking. 3
793	793	‘‘(B) P
794	794	ROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS .—If a 4
795	795	rulemaking is authorized under a Federal law 5
796	796	that requires an agency to follow or use, or pro-6
797	797	hibits an agency from following or using, a pro-7
798	798	cedure in a manner that is duplicative of, or 8
799	799	that conflicts with, a procedural requirement 9
800	800	under this section, for the purposes of this sec-10
801	801	tion, the requirement or prohibition, as applica-11
802	802	ble, in that other Federal law shall apply to the 12
803	803	agency in the rulemaking. 13
804	804	‘‘(2) G
805	805	UIDANCE AND RULES OF ORGANIZA -14
806	806	TION.—Except as otherwise provided by law, this 15
807	807	section shall not apply to guidance or rules of agen-16
808	808	cy organization, procedure, or practice. 17
809	809	‘‘(3) E
810	810	XCEPTIONS FOR GOOD CAUSE .— 18
811	811	‘‘(A) F
812	812	INDING OF GOOD CAUSE.— 19
813	813	‘‘(i) I
814	814	N GENERAL.—If an agency for 20
815	815	good cause finds that compliance with sub-21
816	816	section (c), (d), or (e)(2)(B) before issuing 22
817	817	a final rule is unnecessary, impracticable, 23
818	818	or contrary to the public interest, that sub-24
819	819	section shall not apply and the agency may 25
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822	822	•S 1615 IS
823	823	issue the final rule or an interim final rule, 1
824	824	as applicable, under subparagraph (B) or 2
825	825	(C). 3
826	826	‘‘(ii) I
827	827	NCORPORATION OF GOOD CAUSE 4
828	828	FINDING.—If an agency makes a finding 5
829	829	under clause (i), the agency shall include 6
830	830	that finding and a detailed statement with 7
831	831	respect to the reasons for that finding in 8
832	832	the final rule or interim final rule, as ap-9
833	833	plicable, issued by the agency. 10
834	834	‘‘(B) D
835	835	IRECT FINAL RULES.— 11
836	836	‘‘(i) I
837	837	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-12
838	838	vided in clause (ii), if an agency makes a 13
839	839	finding under subparagraph (A)(i) that 14
840	840	compliance with subsection (c), (d), or 15
841	841	(e)(2)(B) before issuing a final rule is un-16
842	842	necessary, the agency shall, before issuing 17
843	843	the final rule— 18
844	844	‘‘(I) publish in the Federal Reg-19
845	845	ister the text of the final rule, the 20
846	846	brief statement required under sub-21
847	847	paragraph (A)(ii), and a notice of op-22
848	848	portunity for public comment; 23
849	849	‘‘(II) establish a comment period 24
850	850	of not less than 30 days for any inter-25
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853	853	•S 1615 IS
854	854	ested person to submit written mate-1
855	855	rial, data, views, or arguments with 2
856	856	respect to the final rule; and 3
857	857	‘‘(III) provide notice of the date 4
858	858	on which the rule will take effect. 5
859	859	‘‘(ii) E
860	860	XCEPTION.—An agency that 6
861	861	made a finding described in clause (i) may 7
862	862	choose not to follow the requirements 8
863	863	under that clause if the agency determines 9
864	864	that following the requirements would not 10
865	865	expedite the issuance of the final rule. 11
866	866	‘‘(iii) A
867	867	DVERSE COMMENTS .—If an 12
868	868	agency receives significant adverse com-13
869	869	ments with respect to a rule during the 14
870	870	comment period established under clause 15
871	871	(i)(II), the agency shall— 16
872	872	‘‘(I) withdraw the notice of final 17
873	873	rulemaking published by the agency 18
874	874	with respect to the rule; and 19
875	875	‘‘(II) complete rulemaking in ac-20
876	876	cordance with subsections (c) through 21
877	877	(e), as applicable. 22
878	878	‘‘(C) I
879	879	NTERIM FINAL RULES.— 23
880	880	‘‘(i) I
881	881	N GENERAL.—If an agency for 24
882	882	good cause finds that compliance with sub-25
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885	885	•S 1615 IS
886	886	section (c), (d), or (e)(2)(B) before issuing 1
887	887	a final rule is impracticable or contrary to 2
888	888	the public interest, the agency shall issue 3
889	889	an interim final rule by— 4
890	890	‘‘(I) publishing the interim final 5
891	891	rule and a request for public comment 6
892	892	in the portion of the Federal Register 7
893	893	relating to final rules; and 8
894	894	‘‘(II) providing a cross-reference 9
895	895	in the portion of the Federal Register 10
896	896	relating to proposed rules that re-11
897	897	quests public comment with respect to 12
898	898	the rule not later than 60 days after 13
899	899	the rule is published under subclause 14
900	900	(I). 15
901	901	‘‘(ii) I
902	902	NTERIM PERIOD.— 16
903	903	‘‘(I) I
904	904	N GENERAL.—Not later 17
905	905	than 180 days after the date on which 18
906	906	an agency issues an interim final rule 19
907	907	under clause (i), the agency shall— 20
908	908	‘‘(aa) rescind the interim 21
909	909	rule; 22
910	910	‘‘(bb) initiate rulemaking in 23
911	911	accordance with subsections (c) 24
912	912	through (e); or 25
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915	915	•S 1615 IS
916	916	‘‘(cc) take final action to 1
917	917	adopt a final rule. 2
918	918	‘‘(II) N
919	919	O FORCE OR EFFECT.—If, 3
920	920	as of the end of the 180-day period 4
921	921	described in subclause (I), an agency 5
922	922	fails to take an action described in 6
923	923	item (aa), (bb), or (cc) of that sub-7
924	924	clause, the interim final rule issued by 8
925	925	the agency shall have no force or ef-9
926	926	fect. 10
927	927	‘‘(4) E
928	928	XEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY .— 11
929	929	This section shall not apply to a rulemaking or to 12
930	930	guidance that concerns monetary policy proposed or 13
931	931	implemented by the Board of Governors of the Fed-14
932	932	eral Reserve System or the Federal Open Market 15
933	933	Committee. 16
934	934	‘‘(5) R
935	935	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 17
936	936	this subsection shall be construed to modify, alter, or 18
937	937	abridge exclusive rights held pursuant to title 17. 19
938	938	‘‘(g) D
939	939	ATE OFPUBLICATION.—A final rule, a direct 20
940	940	final rule described in subsection (f)(3)(B), or an interim 21
941	941	final rule described in subsection (f)(3)(C) shall be pub-22
942	942	lished not later than 30 days (or, in the case of a major 23
943	943	rule, not later than 60 days) before the effective date of 24
944	944	the rule, except— 25
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947	947	•S 1615 IS
948	948	‘‘(1) for guidance; or 1
949	949	‘‘(2) as otherwise provided by an agency for 2
950	950	good cause and as published with the rule. 3
951	951	‘‘(h) R
952	952	IGHT TOPETITION ANDREVIEW OFRULES.— 4
953	953	Each agency shall— 5
954	954	‘‘(1) give interested persons the right to petition 6
955	955	for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule; 7
956	956	and 8
957	957	‘‘(2) on a continuing basis, invite interested 9
958	958	persons to submit, by electronic means, suggestions 10
959	959	for rules that warrant retrospective review and pos-11
960	960	sible modification or repeal. 12
961	961	‘‘(i) R
962	962	ULEMAKINGGUIDELINES.— 13
963	963	‘‘(1) A
964	964	SSESSMENT OF RULES .— 14
965	965	‘‘(A) I
966	966	N GENERAL.—The Administrator 15
967	967	shall establish guidelines regarding rulemaking 16
968	968	as follows: 17
969	969	‘‘(i) I
970	970	DENTIFICATION OF NEED FOR 18
971	971	RULES.—Guidelines setting forth how 19
972	972	needs for rulemaking should be identified, 20
973	973	including— 21
974	974	‘‘(I) whether rulemaking is made 22
975	975	necessary by compelling public need, 23
976	976	such as material failures of private 24
977	977	markets or public institutions to pro-25
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980	980	•S 1615 IS
981	981	tect or improve the health and safety 1
982	982	of the public, the environment, or the 2
983	983	well-being of the public; and 3
984	984	‘‘(II) whether rulemaking needs 4
985	985	could be lessened by reliance on po-5
986	986	tential State, local, Tribal, or regional 6
987	987	regulatory action or other responses 7
988	988	that could be taken in lieu of agency 8
989	989	action. 9
990	990	‘‘(ii) A
991	991	SSESSMENT OF RULES .—Guide-10
992	992	lines setting forth how the assessment, in-11
993	993	cluding the quantitative and qualitative as-12
994	994	sessment, of proposed and final rules 13
995	995	should occur, including how to determine— 14
996	996	‘‘(I) the costs and benefits of 15
997	997	proposed and final rules and alter-16
998	998	natives to them, including quantifiable 17
999	999	and non-quantifiable costs and bene-18
1000	1000	fits; 19
1001	1001	‘‘(II) whether proposed and final 20
1002	1002	rules maximize net benefits; 21
1003	1003	‘‘(III) estimated impacts on jobs, 22
1004	1004	wages, competition, innovation, and 23
1005	1005	low-income populations; 24
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1009	1009	‘‘(IV) other economic issues that 1
1010	1010	are relevant to rulemaking under this 2
1011	1011	section or other sections of this part; 3
1012	1012	and 4
1013	1013	‘‘(V) risk assessments that are 5
1014	1014	relevant to rulemaking under this sec-6
1015	1015	tion and other sections of this part. 7
1016	1016	‘‘(iii) N
1017	1017	UMBERS OF ALTERNATIVES .— 8
1018	1018	Guidelines regarding when it may be rea-9
1019	1019	sonable to consider in a rulemaking more 10
1020	1020	alternatives than the number presumed to 11
1021	1021	be reasonable under subsection (b)(4). 12
1022	1022	‘‘(iv) A
1023	1023	DOPTION OF ALTERNATIVES 13
1024	1024	FOR MAJOR RULES .—Guidelines regarding 14
1025	1025	when it may be appropriate, in a rule-15
1026	1026	making for a major rule, to adopt an alter-16
1027	1027	native final rule under subsection 17
1028	1028	(e)(1)(B). 18
1029	1029	‘‘(v) A
1030	1030	DMINISTRATOR REVIEW .— 19
1031	1031	Guidelines regarding the efficient submis-20
1032	1032	sion and review of proposed and final rules 21
1033	1033	under subsections (c)(1) and (e)(2). 22
1034	1034	‘‘(B) A
1035	1035	GENCY ANALYSIS OF RULES .— 23
1036	1036	‘‘(i) I
1037	1037	N GENERAL.—The rigor of the 24
1038	1038	cost-benefit analysis required or rec-25
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1041	1041	•S 1615 IS
1042	1042	ommended by the guidelines established 1
1043	1043	under subparagraph (A) shall be commen-2
1044	1044	surate, as determined by the Adminis-3
1045	1045	trator, with the economic impact of a rule. 4
1046	1046	‘‘(ii) R
1047	1047	ISK ASSESSMENT GUIDE -5
1048	1048	LINES.—Guidelines for a risk assessment 6
1049	1049	described in subparagraph (A)(iv) shall in-7
1050	1050	clude criteria for— 8
1051	1051	‘‘(I) selecting studies and models; 9
1052	1052	‘‘(II) evaluating and weighing 10
1053	1053	evidence; and 11
1054	1054	‘‘(III) conducting peer reviews. 12
1055	1055	‘‘(C) U
1056	1056	PDATING GUIDELINES .—Not less 13
1057	1057	frequently than once every 10 years, the Ad-14
1058	1058	ministrator shall update the guidelines estab-15
1059	1059	lished under subparagraph (A) to enable each 16
1060	1060	agency to use the best available techniques to 17
1061	1061	identify, quantify, and evaluate the need for 18
1062	1062	rulemaking and present and future benefits, 19
1063	1063	costs, other economic issues, and risks as objec-20
1064	1064	tively and accurately as practicable. 21
1065	1065	‘‘(2) S
1066	1066	IMPLIFICATION OF RULES.— 22
1067	1067	‘‘(A) I
1068	1068	SSUANCE OF GUIDELINES .—The Ad-23
1069	1069	ministrator shall issue guidelines to promote co-24
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1072	1072	•S 1615 IS
1073	1073	ordination, simplification, and harmonization of 1
1074	1074	agency rules during the rulemaking process. 2
1075	1075	‘‘(B) R
1076	1076	EQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines 3
1077	1077	issued by the Administrator under subpara-4
1078	1078	graph (A) shall advise each agency to— 5
1079	1079	‘‘(i) avoid rules that are inconsistent 6
1080	1080	or incompatible with, or duplicative of, 7
1081	1081	other regulations of the agency and those 8
1082	1082	of other agencies; and 9
1083	1083	‘‘(ii) draft the rules of the agency to 10
1084	1084	be simple and easy to understand, with the 11
1085	1085	goal of minimizing the potential for uncer-12
1086	1086	tainty and litigation arising from the un-13
1087	1087	certainty. 14
1088	1088	‘‘(3) C
1089	1089	ONSISTENCY IN RULEMAKING .— 15
1090	1090	‘‘(A) I
1091	1091	N GENERAL.—To promote consist-16
1092	1092	ency in rulemaking, the Administrator shall 17
1093	1093	issue guidelines to ensure that rulemaking con-18
1094	1094	ducted in whole or in part under procedures 19
1095	1095	specified in provisions of law other than those 20
1096	1096	under this section conform with the procedures 21
1097	1097	set forth in this section to the fullest extent al-22
1098	1098	lowed by law. 23
1099	1099	‘‘(B) A
1100	1100	GENCY ADOPTION OF REGULA -24
1101	1101	TIONS.—Each agency shall adopt regulations 25
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1105	1105	for the conduct of hearings consistent with the 1
1106	1106	guidelines issued under this paragraph. 2
1107	1107	‘‘(j) A
1108	1108	GENCYGUIDANCE; PROCEDURESTOISSUE 3
1109	1109	M
1110	1110	AJORGUIDANCE; AUTHORITYTOISSUEGUIDELINES 4
1111	1111	FORISSUANCE OFGUIDANCE.— 5
1112	1112	‘‘(1) I
1113	1113	N GENERAL.—Agency guidance shall— 6
1114	1114	‘‘(A) not be used by an agency to foreclose 7
1115	1115	consideration of issues as to which the guidance 8
1116	1116	expresses a conclusion; 9
1117	1117	‘‘(B) state that the guidance is not legally 10
1118	1118	binding by including the phrase ‘The contents 11
1119	1119	of this document to not have the force and ef-12
1120	1120	fect of law and do not, of themselves, bind the 13
1121	1121	public or the agency. This document is intended 14
1122	1122	only to provide clarity to the public regarding 15
1123	1123	existing requirements under the law or agency 16
1124	1124	policies.’ on the first page of the document; and 17
1125	1125	‘‘(C) be published in a single location on 18
1126	1126	an internet website designated by the Director 19
1127	1127	at the time the guidance is issued. 20
1128	1128	‘‘(2) P
1129	1129	ROCEDURES TO ISSUE MAJOR GUID -21
1130	1130	ANCE.—Before issuing any major guidance, an agen-22
1131	1131	cy shall make and document a reasoned determina-23
1132	1132	tion that— 24
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1136	1136	‘‘(A) such guidance is understandable and 1
1137	1137	complies with relevant statutory objectives and 2
1138	1138	regulatory provisions; and 3
1139	1139	‘‘(B) identifies the costs and benefits, in-4
1140	1140	cluding all costs and benefits to be considered 5
1141	1141	during a rulemaking as required under sub-6
1142	1142	section (b), of requiring conduct conforming to 7
1143	1143	such guidance and assures that such benefits 8
1144	1144	justify such costs. 9
1145	1145	‘‘(3) I
1146	1146	SSUANCE OF UPDATED GUIDANCE .— 10
1147	1147	‘‘(A) I
1148	1148	N GENERAL.—The Administrator 11
1149	1149	shall issue updated guidelines for use by agen-12
1150	1150	cies in the issuance of guidance documents. 13
1151	1151	‘‘(B) R
1152	1152	EQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines 14
1153	1153	issued by the Administrator under subpara-15
1154	1154	graph (A) shall advise each agency— 16
1155	1155	‘‘(i) not to issue guidance documents 17
1156	1156	that are inconsistent or incompatible with, 18
1157	1157	or duplicative of, other rules of the agency 19
1158	1158	and those of other agencies; 20
1159	1159	‘‘(ii) to draft the guidance documents 21
1160	1160	of the agency to be simple and easy to un-22
1161	1161	derstand, with the goal of minimizing the 23
1162	1162	potential for uncertainty and litigation 24
1163	1163	arising from the uncertainty; and 25
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1167	1167	‘‘(iii) how to develop and implement a 1
1168	1168	strategy to ensure the proper use of guid-2
1169	1169	ance by the agency. 3
1170	1170	‘‘(k) M
1171	1171	AJORRULEFRAMEWORKS.— 4
1172	1172	‘‘(1) I
1173	1173	N GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 5
1174	1174	is 180 days after the date of enactment of this sub-6
1175	1175	section, when an agency publishes in the Federal 7
1176	1176	Register— 8
1177	1177	‘‘(A) a proposed major rule, the agency 9
1178	1178	shall include a potential framework for assess-10
1179	1179	ing the rule, which shall include a general state-11
1180	1180	ment of how the agency intends to measure the 12
1181	1181	effectiveness of the rule; or 13
1182	1182	‘‘(B) a final major rule, the agency shall 14
1183	1183	include a framework for assessing the rule 15
1184	1184	under paragraph (2), which shall include— 16
1185	1185	‘‘(i) a clear statement of the regu-17
1186	1186	latory objectives of the rule, including a 18
1187	1187	summary of the benefit and cost of the 19
1188	1188	rule; 20
1189	1189	‘‘(ii) the methodology by which the 21
1190	1190	agency plans to analyze the rule, including 22
1191	1191	metrics by which the agency can meas-23
1192	1192	ure— 24
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1195	1195	•S 1615 IS
1196	1196	‘‘(I) the effectiveness and bene-1
1197	1197	fits of the rule in producing the regu-2
1198	1198	latory objectives of the rule; and 3
1199	1199	‘‘(II) the impacts, including any 4
1200	1200	costs, of the rule on regulated and 5
1201	1201	other impacted entities; 6
1202	1202	‘‘(iii) a plan for gathering data re-7
1203	1203	garding the metrics described in clause (ii) 8
1204	1204	on an ongoing basis, or at periodic times, 9
1205	1205	including a method by which the agency 10
1206	1206	will invite the public to participate in the 11
1207	1207	review process and seek input from other 12
1208	1208	agencies; and 13
1209	1209	‘‘(iv) a specific timeframe, as appro-14
1210	1210	priate to measure the full impact of the 15
1211	1211	rule but not more than 10 years after the 16
1212	1212	effective date of the rule, under which the 17
1213	1213	agency shall conduct the assessment of the 18
1214	1214	rule in accordance with paragraph (2)(A). 19
1215	1215	‘‘(2) A
1216	1216	SSESSMENT.— 20
1217	1217	‘‘(A) I
1218	1218	N GENERAL.—Each agency shall as-21
1219	1219	sess the data collected under paragraph 22
1220	1220	(1)(B)(iii), using the methodology set forth in 23
1221	1221	paragraph (1)(B)(ii) or any other appropriate 24
1222	1222	methodology developed after the issuance of a 25
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1226	1226	final major rule to better determine whether the 1
1227	1227	regulatory objective was achieved, with respect 2
1228	1228	to the rule— 3
1229	1229	‘‘(i) to analyze how the actual benefits 4
1230	1230	and costs of the rule may have varied from 5
1231	1231	those anticipated at the time the rule was 6
1232	1232	issued; and 7
1233	1233	‘‘(ii) to determine whether— 8
1234	1234	‘‘(I) the rule is accomplishing the 9
1235	1235	regulatory objective of the rule; 10
1236	1236	‘‘(II) the rule has been rendered 11
1237	1237	unnecessary, taking into consider-12
1238	1238	ation— 13
1239	1239	‘‘(aa) changes in the subject 14
1240	1240	area affected by the rule; and 15
1241	1241	‘‘(bb) whether the rule over-16
1242	1242	laps, duplicates, or conflicts 17
1243	1243	with— 18
1244	1244	‘‘(AA) other rules; or 19
1245	1245	‘‘(BB) to the extent 20
1246	1246	feasible, State and local gov-21
1247	1247	ernment regulations; 22
1248	1248	‘‘(III) the rule needs to be modi-23
1249	1249	fied in order to accomplish the regu-24
1250	1250	latory objective; and 25
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1254	1254	‘‘(IV) other alternatives to the 1
1255	1255	rule or modification of the rule could 2
1256	1256	better achieve the regulatory objective 3
1257	1257	while imposing a smaller burden on 4
1258	1258	society or increase cost-effectiveness, 5
1259	1259	taking into consideration any cost al-6
1260	1260	ready incurred. 7
1261	1261	‘‘(B) D
1262	1262	IFFERENT METHODOLOGY .—If an 8
1263	1263	agency uses a methodology other than the 9
1264	1264	methodology under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) to as-10
1265	1265	sess data under subparagraph (A), the agency 11
1266	1266	shall include as part of the notice required to 12
1267	1267	be published under subparagraph (D) an expla-13
1268	1268	nation of the changes in circumstances that ne-14
1269	1269	cessitated the use of that other methodology. 15
1270	1270	‘‘(C) S
1271	1271	UBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS .— 16
1272	1272	‘‘(i) I
1273	1273	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-17
1274	1274	vided in clause (ii), if, after an assessment 18
1275	1275	of a major rule under subparagraph (A), 19
1276	1276	an agency determines that the rule will re-20
1277	1277	main in effect with or without modifica-21
1278	1278	tion, the agency shall— 22
1279	1279	‘‘(I) determine a specific time, as 23
1280	1280	appropriate to the rule and not more 24
1281	1281	than 10 years after the date on which 25
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1285	1285	the agency completes the assessment, 1
1286	1286	under which the agency shall conduct 2
1287	1287	another assessment of the rule in ac-3
1288	1288	cordance with subparagraph (A); and 4
1289	1289	‘‘(II) if the assessment conducted 5
1290	1290	under subclause (I) does not result in 6
1291	1291	a repeal of the rule, periodically assess 7
1292	1292	the rule in accordance with subpara-8
1293	1293	graph (A) to ensure that the rule con-9
1294	1294	tinues to meet the regulatory objec-10
1295	1295	tive. 11
1296	1296	‘‘(ii) E
1297	1297	XEMPTION.—The Adminis-12
1298	1298	trator may exempt an agency from con-13
1299	1299	ducting a subsequent assessment of a rule 14
1300	1300	under clause (i) if the Administrator deter-15
1301	1301	mines that there is a foreseeable and ap-16
1302	1302	parent need for the rule beyond the time-17
1303	1303	frame required under clause (i)(I). 18
1304	1304	‘‘(D) P
1305	1305	UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 19
1306	1306	days after the date on which an agency com-20
1307	1307	pletes an assessment of a major rule under sub-21
1308	1308	paragraph (A), the agency shall publish a notice 22
1309	1309	of availability of the results of the assessment 23
1310	1310	in the Federal Register, including the specific 24
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1314	1314	time for any subsequent assessment of the rule 1
1315	1315	under subparagraph (C)(i), if applicable. 2
1316	1316	‘‘(3) OIRA
1317	1317	OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator 3
1318	1318	shall— 4
1319	1319	‘‘(A) issue guidance for agencies regarding 5
1320	1320	the development of the framework under para-6
1321	1321	graph (1) and the conduct of the assessments 7
1322	1322	under paragraph (2)(A); 8
1323	1323	‘‘(B) oversee the timely compliance of 9
1324	1324	agencies with this subsection; 10
1325	1325	‘‘(C) ensure that the results of each assess-11
1326	1326	ment conducted under paragraph (2)(A) are— 12
1327	1327	‘‘(i) published promptly on a central-13
1328	1328	ized Federal website; and 14
1329	1329	‘‘(ii) noticed in the Federal Register 15
1330	1330	in accordance with paragraph (2)(D); 16
1331	1331	‘‘(D) ensure that agencies streamline and 17
1332	1332	coordinate the assessment of major rules with 18
1333	1333	similar or related regulatory objectives; 19
1334	1334	‘‘(E) exempt an agency from including the 20
1335	1335	framework required under paragraph (1)(B) 21
1336	1336	when publishing a final major rule if the Ad-22
1337	1337	ministrator determines that compliance with 23
1338	1338	paragraph (1)(B) is unnecessary, impracticable, 24
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1342	1342	or contrary to the public interest, as described 1
1343	1343	in subsection (f)(3)(A)(i); and 2
1344	1344	‘‘(F) extend the deadline specified by an 3
1345	1345	agency for an assessment of a major rule under 4
1346	1346	paragraph (1)(B)(iv) or paragraph (2)(C)(i)(I) 5
1347	1347	for a period of not more than 90 days if the 6
1348	1348	agency justifies why the agency is unable to 7
1349	1349	complete the assessment by that deadline. 8
1350	1350	‘‘(4) R
1351	1351	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 9
1352	1352	this subsection shall be construed to affect— 10
1353	1353	‘‘(A) the authority of an agency to assess 11
1354	1354	or modify a major rule of the agency earlier 12
1355	1355	than the end of the timeframe specified for the 13
1356	1356	rule under paragraph (1)(B)(iv); or 14
1357	1357	‘‘(B) any other provision of law that re-15
1358	1358	quires an agency to conduct retrospective re-16
1359	1359	views of rules issued by the agency. 17
1360	1360	‘‘(5) A
1361	1361	PPLICABILITY.— 18
1362	1362	‘‘(A) I
1363	1363	N GENERAL.—This subsection shall 19
1364	1364	not apply to— 20
1365	1365	‘‘(i) a major rule of an agency— 21
1366	1366	‘‘(I) that the Administrator re-22
1367	1367	viewed before the date of enactment of 23
1368	1368	this subsection; 24
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1372	1372	‘‘(II) for which the agency is re-1
1373	1373	quired to conduct a retrospective re-2
1374	1374	view under any other provision of law 3
1375	1375	that meets or exceeds the require-4
1376	1376	ments of this subsection, as deter-5
1377	1377	mined by the Administrator; or 6
1378	1378	‘‘(III) for which the authorizing 7
1379	1379	statute is subject to periodic reauthor-8
1380	1380	ization by Congress not less fre-9
1381	1381	quently than once every 10 years; 10
1382	1382	‘‘(ii) guidance; 11
1383	1383	‘‘(iii) routine and administrative rules; 12
1384	1384	or 13
1385	1385	‘‘(iv) a rule that is reviewed under 14
1386	1386	section 2222 of the Economic Growth and 15
1387	1387	Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 16
1388	1388	1996 (12 U.S.C. 3311). 17
1389	1389	‘‘(B) D
1390	1390	IRECT AND INTERIM FINAL MAJOR 18
1391	1391	RULE.—In the case of a major rule of an agen-19
1392	1392	cy for which the agency is not required to issue 20
1393	1393	a notice of proposed rulemaking in response to 21
1394	1394	an emergency or a statutorily imposed deadline, 22
1395	1395	the agency shall publish the framework required 23
1396	1396	under paragraph (1)(B) in the Federal Register 24
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1400	1400	not later than 180 days after the date on which 1
1401	1401	the agency publishes the rule. 2
1402	1402	‘‘(6) R
1403	1403	ECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS .—If, 3
1404	1404	under an assessment conducted under paragraph 4
1405	1405	(2), an agency determines that a major rule should 5
1406	1406	be modified or repealed, the agency may submit to 6
1407	1407	Congress recommendations for legislation to amend 7
1408	1408	applicable provisions of law if the agency is prohib-8
1409	1409	ited from modifying or repealing the rule under an-9
1410	1410	other provision of law. 10
1411	1411	‘‘(7) J
1412	1412	UDICIAL REVIEW.— 11
1413	1413	‘‘(A) I
1414	1414	N GENERAL.—Judicial review of 12
1415	1415	agency compliance with this subsection is lim-13
1416	1416	ited to whether an agency— 14
1417	1417	‘‘(i) published the framework for as-15
1418	1418	sessment of a major rule in accordance 16
1419	1419	with paragraph (1); or 17
1420	1420	‘‘(ii) completed and published the re-18
1421	1421	quired assessment of a major rule in ac-19
1422	1422	cordance with subparagraphs (A) and (D) 20
1423	1423	of paragraph (2). 21
1424	1424	‘‘(B) R
1425	1425	EMEDY AVAILABLE .—In granting 22
1426	1426	relief in an action brought under subparagraph 23
1427	1427	(A), a court may only issue an order remanding 24
1428	1428	the major rule to the agency to comply with 25
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1432	1432	paragraph (1) or subparagraph (A) or (D) of 1
1433	1433	paragraph (2), as applicable. 2
1434	1434	‘‘(C) E
1435	1435	FFECTIVE DATE OF MAJOR RULE .— 3
1436	1436	If, in an action brought under subparagraph 4
1437	1437	(A)(i), a court determines that the agency did 5
1438	1438	not comply, the major rule shall take effect not-6
1439	1439	withstanding any order issued by the court. 7
1440	1440	‘‘(l) A
1441	1441	UTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 8
1442	1442	O
1443	1443	FFICE OFINFORMATION AND REGULATORYAFFAIRS.— 9
1444	1444	‘‘(1) I
1445	1445	N GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 10
1446	1446	provide meaningful guidance and oversight, which 11
1447	1447	may include review by the Office of Information and 12
1448	1448	Regulatory Affairs, to ensure that each agency 13
1449	1449	issues rules in accordance with the requirements 14
1450	1450	under this section and other applicable law and do 15
1451	1451	not conflict with the policies or actions of another 16
1452	1452	agency. 17
1453	1453	‘‘(2) N
1454	1454	OTIFICATION.—If the Administrator de-18
1455	1455	termines that a major rule of an agency does not 19
1456	1456	comply with the principles and requirements of this 20
1457	1457	section, is not consistent with other applicable laws, 21
1458	1458	or conflicts with the policies or actions of another 22
1459	1459	agency, the Administrator shall— 23
1460	1460	‘‘(A) identify areas of noncompliance; 24
1461	1461	‘‘(B) notify the agency; and 25
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1465	1465	‘‘(C) request that the agency comply before 1
1466	1466	the agency finalizes the major rule concerned. 2
1467	1467	‘‘(3) A
1468	1468	NNUAL STATEMENT TO CONGRESS ON 3
1469	1469	AGENCY COMPLIANCE .—The Administrator shall 4
1470	1470	submit to Congress, including the Committee on 5
1471	1471	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 6
1472	1472	Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Ac-7
1473	1473	countability of the House of Representatives, an an-8
1474	1474	nual written report that, for the 1-year period pre-9
1475	1475	ceding the report— 10
1476	1476	‘‘(A) details compliance by each agency 11
1477	1477	with the requirements of this section that relate 12
1478	1478	to major rules, including activities undertaken 13
1479	1479	at the request of the Administrator to improve 14
1480	1480	compliance; and 15
1481	1481	‘‘(B) contains an appendix detailing com-16
1482	1482	pliance by each agency. 17
1483	1483	‘‘(m) R
1484	1484	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-18
1485	1485	tion shall be construed to limit the scope of the authority 19
1486	1486	of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under 20
1487	1487	subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, section 515 of the 21
1488	1488	Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 22
1489	1489	2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2763A–154), chap-23
1490	1490	ter 8 of this title, or any other law or Executive Order.’’. 24
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1493	1493	•S 1615 IS
1494	1494	SEC. 4. SCOPE OF REVIEW. 1
1495	1495	Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-2
1496	1496	ed— 3
1497	1497	(1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding 4
1498	1498	paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘To the extent nec-5
1499	1499	essary’’ and inserting the following: 6
1500	1500	‘‘(a) I
1501	1501	NGENERAL.—To the extent necessary’’; and 7
1502	1502	(2) in subsection (a), as so designated— 8
1503	1503	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9
1504	1504	the end; 10
1505	1505	(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-11
1506	1506	ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or, 12
1507	1507	when appropriate, remand a matter to an agen-13
1508	1508	cy without setting aside,’’ after ‘‘set aside’’; and 14
1509	1509	(C) by striking the flush text following 15
1510	1510	paragraph (2)(F) and inserting the following: 16
1511	1511	‘‘(b) R
1512	1512	EVIEW OFENTIRERECORD; PREJUDICIAL 17
1513	1513	E
1514	1514	RROR.—In making a determination under subsection (a), 18
1515	1515	the court shall review the whole record or those parts of 19
1516	1516	the record cited by a party, and due account shall be taken 20
1517	1517	of the rule of prejudicial error. 21
1518	1518	‘‘(c) P
1519	1519	RECLUSION OFREVIEW.— 22
1520	1520	‘‘(1) I
1521	1521	N GENERAL.—Any action or inaction of 23
1522	1522	the Administrator under subchapter II of chapter 5, 24
1523	1523	except sections 552 and 552a, shall not be subject 25
1524	1524	to judicial review. 26
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1528	1528	‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—The preclusion 1
1529	1529	of judicial review under this subsection shall not be 2
1530	1530	construed or used to construe any other provision of 3
1531	1531	law to provide any cause of action against the Ad-4
1532	1532	ministrator, except as explicitly provided by law. 5
1533	1533	‘‘(d) R
1534	1534	EVIEW OFCERTAINGUIDANCE.—Agency guid-6
1535	1535	ance that does not interpret a statute or rule may be re-7
1536	1536	viewed only under subsection (a)(2)(D). 8
1537	1537	‘‘(e) A
1538	1538	GENCYINTERPRETATION OF RULES.— 9
1539	1539	‘‘(1) S
1540	1540	TANDARD OF REVIEW .—Unless expressly 10
1541	1541	required otherwise by statute, the reviewing court 11
1542	1542	shall decide all questions of law de novo, with due 12
1543	1543	regard for the views of the agency administering the 13
1544	1544	statute and any other agency involved in the decision 14
1545	1545	making process. 15
1546	1546	‘‘(2) W
1547	1547	EIGHT.—The weight that a reviewing 16
1548	1548	court gives an interpretation by an agency of a rule 17
1549	1549	of that agency shall depend on the thoroughness evi-18
1550	1550	dent in the consideration of the rule by the agency, 19
1551	1551	the validity of the reasoning of the agency, and the 20
1552	1552	consistency of the interpretation with earlier and 21
1553	1553	later pronouncements.’’. 22
1554	1554	SEC. 5. ADDED DEFINITIONS. 23
1555	1555	Section 701(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 24
1556	1556	amended— 25
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1559	1559	•S 1615 IS
1560	1560	(1) in paragraph (1)(H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1
1561	1561	the end; 2
1562	1562	(2) in paragraph (2)— 3
1563	1563	(A) by inserting ‘‘‘guidance’,’’ after ‘‘‘re-4
1564	1564	lief’,’’; and 5
1565	1565	(B) by striking the period at the end and 6
1566	1566	inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
1567	1567	(3) by adding at the end the following: 8
1568	1568	‘‘(3) ‘substantial evidence’ means such relevant 9
1569	1569	evidence, including the quality and quality, as a rea-10
1570	1570	sonable mind might accept as adequate to support a 11
1571	1571	conclusion in light of the record considered as a 12
1572	1572	whole.’’. 13
1573	1573	SEC. 6. APPLICATION. 14
1574	1574	The amendments made by this Act to sections 553, 15
1575	1575	701(b), and 706 of title 5, United States Code, shall not 16
1576	1576	apply to any rulemaking, as defined in section 551 of title 17
1577	1577	5, United States Code, as amended by section 2 of this 18
1578	1578	Act, that is pending or completed as of the date of enact-19
1579	1579	ment of this Act. 20
1580	1580	SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO COPY-21
1581	1581	RIGHTS. 22
1582	1582	Nothing in this Act, or in the amendments made by 23
1583	1583	this Act, may be construed as altering, modifying, or 24
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1586	1586	•S 1615 IS
1587	1587	abridging an exclusive right granted under title 17, United 1
1588	1588	States Code. 2
1589	1589	SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 3
1590	1590	(a) A
1591	1591	LASKANATIONALINTERESTLANDSCONSERVA-4
1592	1592	TIONACT.—Section 1002(g)(2) of the Alaska National In-5
1593	1593	terest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142(g)(2)) is 6
1594	1594	amended, in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 7
1595	1595	706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 8
1596	1596	(b) A
1597	1597	NTARCTICMARINELIVINGRESOURCESCON-9
1598	1598	VENTIONACT OF1984.—Section 308(c) of the Antarctic 10
1599	1599	Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (16 11
1600	1600	U.S.C. 2437(c)) is amended, in the third sentence, by 12
1601	1601	striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 13
1602	1602	706(a)(2)(E)’’. 14
1603	1603	(c) C
1604	1604	ONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 15
1605	1605	1995.—Section 409 of the Congressional Accountability 16
1606	1606	Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1409) is amended, in the first sen-17
1607	1607	tence— 18
1608	1608	(1) by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting 19
1609	1609	‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’; and 20
1610	1610	(2) by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(B)’’ and insert-21
1611	1611	ing ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(B)’’. 22
1612	1612	(d) C
1613	1613	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYACT.—Section 9(i) 23
1614	1614	of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058(i)) 24
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1617	1617	•S 1615 IS
1618	1618	is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 1
1619	1619	553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(h)’’. 2
1620	1620	(e) D
1621	1621	EEPSEABEDHARDMINERALRESOURCES 3
1622	1622	A
1623	1623	CT.—Section 302(b) of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 4
1624	1624	Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1462(b)) is amended, in the 5
1625	1625	third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and in-6
1626	1626	serting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 7
1627	1627	(f) D
1628	1628	EFENSEPRODUCTIONACT OF1950.—Section 8
1629	1629	709(b)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 9
1630	1630	U.S.C. 4559(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for not less 10
1631	1631	than 30 days, consistent with the requirements of section 11
1632	1632	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘in a manner consistent with the 12
1633	1633	requirements of section 553(c)’’. 13
1634	1634	(g) E
1635	1635	NDANGERED SPECIESACT OF1973.—Section 14
1636	1636	4(b)(3) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 15
1637	1637	1533(b)(3)) is amended— 16
1638	1638	(1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, 17
1639	1639	by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 18
1640	1640	553(h)’’; and 19
1641	1641	(2) in subparagraph (D)(i), in the first sen-20
1642	1642	tence, by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting 21
1643	1643	‘‘section 553(h)’’. 22
1644	1644	(h) E
1645	1645	XPEDITEDFUNDSAVAILABILITYACT.—Section 23
1646	1646	609(a) of the Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 24
1647	1647	4008(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 25
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1650	1650	•S 1615 IS
1651	1651	(1), by striking ‘‘section 553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1
1652	1652	553’’. 2
1653	1653	(i) F
1654	1654	ASTENERQUALITYACT.—Section 6(b)(3) of the 3
1655	1655	Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(3)) is amended, 4
1656	1656	in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 5
1657	1657	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 6
1658	1658	(j) F
1659	1659	EDERALFOOD, DRUG, ANDCOSMETICACT.— 7
1660	1660	Section 912(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 8
1661	1661	Act (21 U.S.C. 387l(b)) is amended, in the second sen-9
1662	1662	tence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-10
1663	1663	tion 706(a)(2)(A)’’. 11
1664	1664	(k) F
1665	1665	EDERALHAZARDOUSSUBSTANCESACT.—Sec-12
1666	1666	tion 3 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 13
1667	1667	U.S.C. 1262) is amended— 14
1668	1668	(1) in subsection (e)(1), in the first sentence, by 15
1669	1669	striking ‘‘(other than clause (B) of the last sentence 16
1670	1670	of subsection (b) of such section) of title 5 of the 17
1671	1671	United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘of title 5, 18
1672	1672	United States Code, other than subsection (f)(3) of 19
1673	1673	such section,’’; and 20
1674	1674	(2) in subsection (j), in the first sentence, by 21
1675	1675	striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
1676	1676	553(h)’’. 23
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1679	1679	•S 1615 IS
1680	1680	(l) FEDERALTRADECOMMISSIONACT.—Section 1
1681	1681	18(e) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 2
1682	1682	57a(e)) is amended— 3
1683	1683	(1) in paragraph (3), in the second sentence of 4
1684	1684	the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 5
1685	1685	‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’; 6
1686	1686	and 7
1687	1687	(2) in paragraph (5)(C), in the second sentence, 8
1688	1688	by striking ‘‘Section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-9
1689	1689	tion 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 10
1690	1690	(m) F
1691	1691	LAMMABLEFABRICSACT.—The Flammable 11
1692	1692	Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.) is amended— 12
1693	1693	(1) in section 4(k) (15 U.S.C. 1193(k)), in the 13
1694	1694	first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 553(e)’’ and in-14
1695	1695	serting ‘‘section 553(h)’’; and 15
1696	1696	(2) in section 16(c)(2) (15 U.S.C. 1203(c)(2)), 16
1697	1697	by striking ‘‘section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 17
1698	1698	553(c)’’. 18
1699	1699	(n) G
1700	1700	ENERALEDUCATIONPROVISIONSACT.—Sec-19
1701	1701	tion 411 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 20
1702	1702	U.S.C. 1221e–4) is amended, in the second sentence, by 21
1703	1703	striking ‘‘Notwithstanding the exception provided under 22
1704	1704	section 553(b) of title 5, such’’ and inserting ‘‘Such’’. 23
1705	1705	(o) H
1706	1706	IGHSEASFISHINGCOMPLIANCEACT OF 24
1707	1707	1995.—Section 108(d) of the High Seas Fishing Compli-25
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1710	1710	•S 1615 IS
1711	1711	ance Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5507(d)) is amended, in the 1
1712	1712	third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting 2
1713	1713	‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 3
1714	1714	(p) H
1715	1715	OUSING ANDCOMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTACT 4
1716	1716	OF1992.—The Housing and Community Development 5
1717	1717	Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is amended— 6
1718	1718	(1) in section 643(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 7
1719	1719	13603(b)(3)), in the first sentence, by striking 8
1720	1720	‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and 9
1721	1721	(d)(3) of such section)’’ and inserting ‘‘(notwith-10
1722	1722	standing subsections (a)(2), (f)(3), and (g)(2) of 11
1723	1723	such section)’’; and 12
1724	1724	(2) in section 685 (42 U.S.C. 13643), in the 13
1725	1725	second sentence, by striking ‘‘(notwithstanding sub-14
1726	1726	sections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section)’’ 15
1727	1727	and inserting ‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), 16
1728	1728	(f)(3), and (g)(2) of such section)’’. 17
1729	1729	(q) I
1730	1730	NTERNATIONAL BANKINGACT OF1978.—Sec-18
1731	1731	tion 7(f)(2) of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 19
1732	1732	U.S.C. 3105(f)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 20
1733	1733	(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(F)’’. 21
1734	1734	(r) M
1735	1735	AGNUSON-STEVENSFISHERYCONSERVATION 22
1736	1736	ANDMANAGEMENTACT.—Section 308(b) of the Magnu-23
1737	1737	son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 24
1738	1738	(16 U.S.C. 1858(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, 25
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1741	1741	•S 1615 IS
1742	1742	by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1
1743	1743	706(a)(2)’’. 2
1744	1744	(s) M
1745	1745	ARINEMAMMALPROTECTIONACT OF1972.— 3
1746	1746	Section 109 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 4
1747	1747	1972 (16 U.S.C. 1379) is amended— 5
1748	1748	(1) in subsection (c)(4), in the first sentence, by 6
1749	1749	striking ‘‘section 706(2) (A) through (E) of Title’’ 7
1750	1750	and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 8
1751	1751	section 706(a)(2) of title’’; and 9
1752	1752	(2) in subsection (d)(2), in the second sen-10
1753	1753	tence— 11
1754	1754	(A) by striking ‘‘Title’’ and inserting 12
1755	1755	‘‘title’’; and 13
1756	1756	(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (d) of such sec-14
1757	1757	tion 553’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g) of such 15
1758	1758	section 553’’. 16
1759	1759	(t) M
1760	1760	CKINNEY-VENTOHOMELESS ASSISTANCE 17
1761	1761	A
1762	1762	CT.—Section 433 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-18
1763	1763	sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11387) is amended, in the second 19
1764	1764	sentence, by striking ‘‘(notwithstanding subsections 20
1765	1765	(a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section)’’ and inserting 21
1766	1766	‘‘(notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (f)(3), and (g)(2) of 22
1767	1767	such section)’’. 23
1768	1768	(u) M
1769	1769	IGRANT ANDSEASONALAGRICULTURALWORK-24
1770	1770	ERPROTECTIONACT.—The Migrant and Seasonal Agri-25
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1773	1773	•S 1615 IS
1774	1774	cultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 1
1775	1775	is amended— 2
1776	1776	(1) in section 103(c) (29 U.S.C. 1813(c)), in 3
1777	1777	the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ 4
1778	1778	and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’; and 5
1779	1779	(2) in section 503(c) (29 U.S.C. 1853(c)), in 6
1780	1780	the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ 7
1781	1781	and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 8
1782	1782	(v) M
1783	1783	ILWAUKEERAILROADRESTRUCTURINGACT.— 9
1784	1784	The Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act (45 U.S.C. 10
1785	1785	901 et seq.) is amended— 11
1786	1786	(1) in section 5(b)(2) (45 U.S.C. 904(b)(2)), in 12
1787	1787	the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 706(2)(A), 13
1788	1788	706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of title 5 of 14
1789	1789	the United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-15
1790	1790	graphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 706(a)(2) 16
1791	1791	of title 5, United States Code’’; and 17
1792	1792	(2) in section 17(b)(2) (45 U.S.C. 915(b)(2)), 18
1793	1793	in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 19
1794	1794	706(2)(A), 706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of 20
1795	1795	title 5 of the United States Code’’ and inserting 21
1796	1796	‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 22
1797	1797	706(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code’’. 23
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1801	1801	(w) NATIVEAMERICANPROGRAMSACT OF1974.— 1
1802	1802	Section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 2
1803	1803	(42 U.S.C. 2992b–1) is amended— 3
1804	1804	(1) in subsection (b)— 4
1805	1805	(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-5
1806	1806	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Subpara-6
1807	1807	graph (A) of the last sentence of section 553(b) 7
1808	1808	of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 8
1809	1809	with respect to any interpretative rule or gen-9
1810	1810	eral statement of policy’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 10
1811	1811	553(c) of title 5, United States Code, shall 11
1812	1812	apply with respect to guidance’’; 12
1813	1813	(B) in paragraph (2)— 13
1814	1814	(i) in the matter preceding subpara-14
1815	1815	graph (A), by striking ‘‘Subparagraph (B) 15
1816	1816	of the last sentence of section 553(b)’’ and 16
1817	1817	inserting ‘‘Section 553(f)(3)’’; and 17
1818	1818	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule 18
1819	1819	or a general statement of policy’’ and in-19
1820	1820	serting ‘‘guidance’’; and 20
1821	1821	(C) in paragraph (3), in the matter pre-21
1822	1822	ceding subparagraph (A)— 22
1823	1823	(i) by striking ‘‘The first 2 sentences 23
1824	1824	of section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 24
1825	1825	553(c)’’; and 25
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1829	1829	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule, 1
1830	1830	a general statement of policy,’’ and insert-2
1831	1831	ing ‘‘guidance’’; 3
1832	1832	(2) in subsection (c)— 4
1833	1833	(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 5
1834	1834	(1)— 6
1835	1835	(i) by striking ‘‘section 553(d)’’ and 7
1836	1836	inserting ‘‘section 553(g)’’; and 8
1837	1837	(ii) by striking ‘‘an interpretative 9
1838	1838	rule) or general statement of policy’’ and 10
1839	1839	inserting ‘‘guidance)’’; and 11
1840	1840	(B) in the flush text following paragraph 12
1841	1841	(2), by striking ‘‘the first 2 sentences of section 13
1842	1842	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)’’; 14
1843	1843	(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘an interpre-15
1844	1844	tative rule) and each general statement of policy’’ 16
1845	1845	and inserting ‘‘guidance)’’; 17
1846	1846	(4) in subsection (e)— 18
1847	1847	(A) by striking ‘‘any interpretative rule) or 19
1848	1848	a general statement of policy’’ and inserting 20
1849	1849	‘‘guidance)’’; and 21
1850	1850	(B) by striking ‘‘or such general statement 22
1851	1851	of policy’’; 23
1852	1852	(5) in subsection (f)— 24
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1856	1856	(A) by striking ‘‘an interpretative rule) or 1
1857	1857	a general statement of policy’’ and inserting 2
1858	1858	‘‘guidance)’’; and 3
1859	1859	(B) by striking ‘‘or such general statement 4
1860	1860	of policy’’; and 5
1861	1861	(6) by adding at the end the following: 6
1862	1862	‘‘(g) In this section, the term ‘guidance’ has the 7
1863	1863	meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United 8
1864	1864	States Code.’’. 9
1865	1865	(x) N
1866	1866	ATURALGASPOLICYACT OF1978.—Section 10
1867	1867	502(b) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 11
1868	1868	3412(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking 12
1869	1869	‘‘section 553(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(g)(2)’’. 13
1870	1870	(y) N
1871	1871	OISECONTROLACT OF1972.—Section 6(c)(2) 14
1872	1872	of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4905(c)(2)) 15
1873	1873	is amended by striking ‘‘the first sentence of section 16
1874	1874	553(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)(4)’’. 17
1875	1875	(z) N
1876	1876	ORTHEASTRAILSERVICEACT OF1981.—Sec-18
1877	1877	tion 1152(c) of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 19
1878	1878	(45 U.S.C. 1105(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs 20
1879	1879	(2) (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 706, title 5’’ and 21
1880	1880	inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 22
1881	1881	706(a)(2) of title 5’’. 23
1882	1882	(aa) N
1883	1883	ORTHERNPACIFICHALIBUTACT OF1982.— 24
1884	1884	Section 8(b) of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 25
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1888	1888	(16 U.S.C. 773f(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by 1
1889	1889	striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2
1890	1890	706(a)(2)’’. 3
1891	1891	(bb) P
1892	1892	OISONPREVENTION PACKAGINGACT OF 4
1893	1893	1970.—The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 5
1894	1894	U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is amended— 6
1895	1895	(1) in section 5 (15 U.S.C. 1474)— 7
1896	1896	(A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, 8
1897	1897	by striking ‘‘(other than paragraph (3)(B) of 9
1898	1898	the last sentence of subsection (b) of such sec-10
1899	1899	tion) of title 5 of the United States Code’’ and 11
1900	1900	inserting ‘‘of title 5, United States Code, other 12
1901	1901	than subsection (f)(3) of such section,’’; and 13
1902	1902	(B) in subsection (b)— 14
1903	1903	(i) by striking ‘‘of the United States 15
1904	1904	Code’’ each place that term appears and 16
1905	1905	inserting ‘‘, United States Code’’; and 17
1906	1906	(ii) in paragraph (3), in the first sen-18
1907	1907	tence, by striking ‘‘paragraph (2) of sec-19
1908	1908	tion 706’’ and inserting ‘‘section 20
1909	1909	706(a)(2)’’; and 21
1910	1910	(2) in section 7(c)(2) (15 U.S.C. 1476(c)(2)), 22
1911	1911	by striking ‘‘section 553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 23
1912	1912	553(c)’’. 24
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1916	1916	(cc) POULTRYPRODUCTSINSPECTIONACT.—Section 1
1917	1917	14(c) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 2
1918	1918	463(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 553(c) of title 5, 3
1919	1919	United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)(4) of 4
1920	1920	title 5, United States Code,’’. 5
1921	1921	(dd) P
1922	1922	UBLICHEALTHSERVICEACT.—Section 6
1923	1923	2723(b)(2)(E)(iii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 7
1924	1924	U.S.C. 300gg–22(b)(2)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking 8
1925	1925	‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 9
1926	1926	706(a)(2)(E)’’. 10
1927	1927	(ee) R
1928	1928	EGIONALRAILREORGANIZATION ACT OF 11
1929	1929	1973.—Section 216(c)(3) of the Regional Rail Reorga-12
1930	1930	nization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 726(c)(3)) is amended, 13
1931	1931	in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 14
1932	1932	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 15
1933	1933	(ff) S
1934	1934	OCIALSECURITYACT.—The Social Security Act 16
1935	1935	(42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 17
1936	1936	(1) in section 221(j) (42 U.S.C. 421(j)), in the 18
1937	1937	flush text following paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘in 19
1938	1938	accordance with section 553(b)(A) of title 5, United 20
1939	1939	States Code’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and 21
1940	1940	statements’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with sec-22
1941	1941	tion 553(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code, of 23
1942	1942	guidance or rules of agency organization, procedure, 24
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1946	1946	or practice relating to consultative examinations if 1
1947	1947	such guidance and rules’’; and 2
1948	1948	(2) in section 1871(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 3
1949	1949	1395hh(b)(2)), by striking subparagraph (C) and in-4
1950	1950	serting the following: 5
1951	1951	‘‘(C) subsection (c) of section 553 of title 6
1952	1952	5, United States Code, does not apply pursuant 7
1953	1953	to subsection (f)(3) of such section.’’. 8
1954	1954	(gg) S
1955	1955	OUTHPACIFICTUNAACT OF1988.—Section 9
1956	1956	8(b) of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 10
1957	1957	973f(b)) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking 11
1958	1958	‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 12
1959	1959	(hh) T
1960	1960	ARIFFACT OF1930.—Section 777(f)(5) of the 13
1961	1961	Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(5)) is amended, 14
1962	1962	in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 15
1963	1963	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 16
1964	1964	(ii) T
1965	1965	ITLE5, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Title 5, 17
1966	1966	United States Code, is amended— 18
1967	1967	(1) in section 556(d), in the sixth sentence, by 19
1968	1968	striking ‘‘rule making’’ and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 20
1969	1969	(2) in section 557(b), in the fourth sentence of 21
1970	1970	the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 22
1971	1971	‘‘rule making’’ and inserting ‘‘rulemaking’’; 23
1972	1972	(3) in section 562(11), by striking ‘‘means ‘rule 24
1973	1973	making’ as that term is defined in section 551(5)’’ 25
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1977	1977	and inserting ‘‘has the meaning given the term in 1
1978	1978	section 551’’; 2
1979	1979	(4) in section 601(2), by striking ‘‘section 3
1980	1980	553(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 553(c)’’; 4
1981	1981	(5) in section 1103(b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 5
1982	1982	553(b)(1), (2), and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6
1983	1983	553(c)’’; and 7
1984	1984	(6) in section 1105, by striking ‘‘subsections 8
1985	1985	(b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) 9
1986	1986	through (g) and (i)’’. 10
1987	1987	(jj) T
1988	1988	ITLE11, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 11
1989	1989	1172(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended, in 12
1990	1990	the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sections 706(2)(A), 13
1991	1991	706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of title 5’’ and in-14
1992	1992	serting ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 15
1993	1993	706(a)(2) of title 5’’. 16
1994	1994	(kk) T
1995	1995	ITLE14, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 17
1996	1996	2507(b)(2)(A) of title 14, United States Code, is amended 18
1997	1997	by striking ‘‘section 706(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 19
1998	1998	706(a)(1)’’. 20
1999	1999	(ll) T
2000	2000	ITLE28, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 3902 21
2001	2001	of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the first 22
2002	2002	sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-23
2003	2003	tion 706(a)(2)’’. 24
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2007	2007	(mm) TITLE41, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Section 1
2008	2008	8503(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended 2
2009	2009	by striking ‘‘section 553(b) to (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3
2010	2010	553’’. 4
2011	2011	(nn) T
2012	2012	ITLE46, UNITEDSTATESCODE.—Title 46, 5
2013	2013	United States Code, is amended— 6
2014	2014	(1) in section 14104(b), in the second sentence, 7
2015	2015	by striking ‘‘shall be considered to be an interpretive 8
2016	2016	regulation for purposes of section 553 of title 5’’ and 9
2017	2017	inserting ‘‘shall be subject to section 553 of title 5’’; 10
2018	2018	and 11
2019	2019	(2) in section 70105(c)(3)(B), in the second 12
2020	2020	sentence, by striking ‘‘section 706(2)(E)’’ and in-13
2021	2021	serting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)(E)’’. 14
2022	2022	(oo) T
2023	2023	OXICSUBSTANCESCONTROLACT.—Section 15
2024	2024	19(c)(1)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 16
2025	2025	U.S.C. 2618(c)(1)(B)) is amended— 17
2026	2026	(1) in clause (i)— 18
2027	2027	(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘para-19
2028	2028	graph (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 20
2029	2029	(a)(2)(E)’’; and 21
2030	2030	(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘para-22
2031	2031	graph (2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 23
2032	2032	(a)(2)(E)’’; and 24
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2036	2036	(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 553(c)’’ 1
2037	2037	and inserting ‘‘section 553(e)(2)’’. 2
2038	2038	(pp) U
2039	2039	NFUNDED MANDATESREFORMACT OF 3
2040	2040	1995.—Section 401(a)(2)(A) of the Unfunded Mandates 4
2041	2041	Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1571(a)(2)(A)) is amended 5
2042	2042	by striking ‘‘section 706(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6
2043	2043	706(a)(1)’’. 7
2044	2044	(qq) U
2045	2045	NITEDSTATESWAREHOUSEACT.—Section 8
2046	2046	13(d)(2) of the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 9
2047	2047	252(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 706(2)’’ and 10
2048	2048	inserting ‘‘section 706(a)(2)’’. 11
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