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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2953
5	5	To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the publication, by
6	6	the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating
7	7	to rules, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL17, 2025
10	10	Mr. P
11	11	ALMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
12	12	mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
13	13	Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined
14	14	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
15	15	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the
18	18	publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory
19	19	Affairs, of information relating to rules, and for other
20	20	purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘All Economic Regula-4
25	25	tions are Transparent Act’’ or the ‘‘ALERT Act’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AF-1
30	30	FAIRS PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION RE-2
31	31	LATING TO RULES. 3
32	32	(a) A
33	33	MENDMENT.—Title 5, United States Code, is 4
34	34	amended by inserting after chapter 6 the following new 5
35	35	chapter: 6
36	36	‘‘CHAPTER 6A—OFFICE OF INFORMATION 7
37	37	AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS PUBLICA-8
38	38	TION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO 9
39	39	RULES 10
40	40	‘‘SEC. 651. AGENCY MONTHLY SUBMISSION TO OFFICE OF 11
41	41	INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. 12
42	42	‘‘On a monthly basis, the head of each agency shall 13
43	43	submit to the Administrator of the Office of Information 14
44	44	and Regulatory Affairs (referred to in this chapter as the 15
45	45	‘Administrator’), in such a manner as the Administrator 16
46	46	may reasonably require, the following information: 17
47	47	‘‘(1) For each rule that the agency expects to 18
48	48	propose or finalize during the 12-month period fol-19
49	49	lowing the month covered by the monthly submis-20
50	50	sion: 21
51	51	‘‘(A) A summary of the nature of the rule, 22
52	52	including the regulation identifier number and 23
53	53	the docket number for the rule. 24
54	54	‘‘(B) The objectives of and legal basis for 25
55	55	the issuance of the rule, including— 26
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59	59	‘‘(i) any statutory or judicial deadline; 1
60	60	and 2
61	61	‘‘(ii) whether the legal basis restricts 3
62	62	or precludes the agency from conducting 4
63	63	an analysis of the costs or benefits of the 5
64	64	rule during the rule making, and if not, 6
65	65	whether the agency plans to conduct an 7
66	66	analysis of the costs or benefits of the rule 8
67	67	during the rule making. 9
68	68	‘‘(C) Whether the agency plans to claim an 10
69	69	exemption from the requirements of section 553 11
70	70	pursuant to section 553(b)(B). 12
71	71	‘‘(D) The stage of the rule making as of 13
72	72	the date of submission. 14
73	73	‘‘(E) Whether the rule is subject to review 15
74	74	under section 610. 16
75	75	‘‘(2) For any rule for which the agency expects 17
76	76	to finalize during the 12-month period following the 18
77	77	month covered by the monthly submission and has 19
78	78	issued a general notice of proposed rule making— 20
79	79	‘‘(A) an approximate schedule for com-21
80	80	pleting action on the rule; 22
81	81	‘‘(B) an estimate of whether the rule will 23
82	82	cost— 24
83	83	‘‘(i) less than $50,000,000; 25
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87	87	‘‘(ii) $50,000,000 or more but less 1
88	88	than $100,000,000; 2
89	89	‘‘(iii) $100,000,000 or more but less 3
90	90	than $500,000,000; 4
91	91	‘‘(iv) $500,000,000 or more but less 5
92	92	than $1,000,000,000; 6
93	93	‘‘(v) $1,000,000,000 or more but less 7
94	94	than $5,000,000,000; 8
95	95	‘‘(vi) $5,000,000,000 or more but less 9
96	96	than $10,000,000,000; or 10
97	97	‘‘(vii) $10,000,000,000 or more; 11
98	98	‘‘(C) any estimate of the economic effects 12
99	99	of the rule, including the imposition of un-13
100	100	funded mandates and any estimate of the net 14
101	101	effect that the rule will have on the number of 15
102	102	jobs in the United States, that was considered 16
103	103	in drafting the rule, or, if no such estimate is 17
104	104	available, a statement affirming that no infor-18
105	105	mation on the economic effects, including the 19
106	106	effect on the number of jobs, of the rule has 20
107	107	been considered; and 21
108	108	‘‘(D) a list of all influential scientific infor-22
109	109	mation disseminated or expected to be dissemi-23
110	110	nated by the agency relating to the rule, includ-24
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114	114	ing any peer review plans for the information, 1
115	115	including— 2
116	116	‘‘(i) the date the information or peer 3
117	117	review was or is expected to be received by 4
118	118	the agency; 5
119	119	‘‘(ii) the date the information or peer 6
120	120	review was publically disclosed or is ex-7
121	121	pected to be publically disclosed, and, if 8
122	122	that date is altered in subsequent reports, 9
123	123	a brief explanation for the change; and 10
124	124	‘‘(iii) the Internet address of the in-11
125	125	formation or peer review completed and 12
126	126	disclosed or of where the information or 13
127	127	peer review will be found, once completed 14
128	128	and disclosed. 15
129	129	‘‘SEC. 652. OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AF-16
130	130	FAIRS PUBLICATIONS. 17
131	131	‘‘(a) A
132	132	GENCY-SPECIFICINFORMATION PUBLISHED 18
133	133	M
134	134	ONTHLY.—Not later than 30 days after the submission 19
135	135	of information pursuant to section 651, the Administrator 20
136	136	shall make such information publicly available on the 21
137	137	Internet. 22
138	138	‘‘(b) C
139	139	UMULATIVEASSESSMENT OF AGENCYRULE 23
140	140	M
141	141	AKINGPUBLISHEDANNUALLY.— 24
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145	145	‘‘(1) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG -1
146	146	ISTER.—Not later than October 1 of each year, the 2
147	147	Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register 3
148	148	the following, with respect to the previous year: 4
149	149	‘‘(A) The information that the Adminis-5
150	150	trator received from the head of each agency 6
151	151	under section 651. 7
152	152	‘‘(B) The number of rules and a list of 8
153	153	each such rule— 9
154	154	‘‘(i) that was proposed by each agen-10
155	155	cy, including, for each such rule, an indica-11
156	156	tion of whether the issuing agency con-12
157	157	ducted an analysis of the costs or benefits 13
158	158	of the rule; and 14
159	159	‘‘(ii) that was finalized by each agen-15
160	160	cy, including for each such rule an indica-16
161	161	tion of whether— 17
162	162	‘‘(I) the issuing agency conducted 18
163	163	an analysis of the costs or benefits of 19
164	164	the rule; 20
165	165	‘‘(II) the agency claimed an ex-21
166	166	emption from the procedures under 22
167	167	section 553 pursuant to section 23
168	168	553(b)(B); and 24
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172	172	‘‘(III) the rule was issued pursu-1
173	173	ant to a statutory mandate or the rule 2
174	174	making is committed to agency discre-3
175	175	tion by law. 4
176	176	‘‘(C) The number of agency actions and a 5
177	177	list of each such action taken by each agency 6
178	178	that— 7
179	179	‘‘(i) repealed a rule; 8
180	180	‘‘(ii) reduced the scope of a rule; 9
181	181	‘‘(iii) reduced the cost of a rule; or 10
182	182	‘‘(iv) accelerated the expiration date 11
183	183	of a rule. 12
184	184	‘‘(D) The total cost (without reducing the 13
185	185	cost by any offsetting benefits) of all rules pro-14
186	186	posed or finalized, the total cost of any un-15
187	187	funded mandates imposed by all such rules, and 16
188	188	the number of rules for which an estimate of 17
189	189	the cost of the rule was not available. 18
190	190	‘‘(2) P
191	191	UBLICATION ON THE INTERNET .—Not 19
192	192	later than October 1 of each year, the Administrator 20
193	193	shall make publicly available on the Internet the fol-21
194	194	lowing: 22
195	195	‘‘(A) The analysis of the costs or benefits, 23
196	196	if conducted, for each proposed rule or final 24
197	197	rule issued by an agency for the previous year. 25
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201	201	‘‘(B) The docket number and regulation 1
202	202	identifier number for each proposed or final 2
203	203	rule issued by an agency for the previous year. 3
204	204	‘‘(C) The number of rules and a list of 4
205	205	each such rule reviewed by the Director of the 5
206	206	Office of Management and Budget for the pre-6
207	207	vious year, and the authority under which each 7
208	208	such review was conducted. 8
209	209	‘‘(D) The number of rules and a list of 9
210	210	each such rule for which the head of an agency 10
211	211	completed a review under section 610 for the 11
212	212	previous year. 12
213	213	‘‘(E) The number of rules and a list of 13
214	214	each such rule submitted to the Comptroller 14
215	215	General under section 801. 15
216	216	‘‘(F) The number of rules and a list of 16
217	217	each such rule for which a resolution of dis-17
218	218	approval was introduced in either the House of 18
219	219	Representatives or the Senate under section 19
220	220	802. 20
221	221	‘‘SEC. 653. REQUIREMENT FOR RULES TO APPEAR IN AGEN-21
222	222	CY-SPECIFIC MONTHLY PUBLICATION. 22
223	223	‘‘(a) I
224	224	NGENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), a rule 23
225	225	may not take effect until the information required to be 24
226	226	made publicly available on the Internet regarding such 25
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230	230	rule pursuant to section 652(a) has been so available for 1
231	231	not less than 6 months. 2
232	232	‘‘(b) E
233	233	XCEPTIONS.—The requirement of subsection 3
234	234	(a) shall not apply in the case of a rule— 4
235	235	‘‘(1) for which the agency issuing the rule 5
236	236	claims an exception under section 553(b)(B); or 6
237	237	‘‘(2) which the President determines by Execu-7
238	238	tive order should take effect because the rule is— 8
239	239	‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent 9
240	240	threat to health or safety or other emergency; 10
241	241	‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of 11
242	242	criminal laws; 12
243	243	‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 13
244	244	‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple-14
245	245	menting an international trade agreement. 15
246	246	‘‘SEC. 654. DEFINITIONS. 16
247	247	‘‘In this chapter, the terms ‘agency’, ‘agency action’, 17
248	248	‘rule’, and ‘rule making’ have the meanings given those 18
249	249	terms in section 551, and the term ‘unfunded mandate’ 19
250	250	has the meaning given the term ‘Federal mandate’ in sec-20
251	251	tion 421(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 21
252	252	U.S.C. 658(6)).’’. 22
253	253	(b) T
254	254	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 23
255	255	The table of chapters for part I of title 5, United States 24
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259	259	Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 1
260	260	chapter 5, the following: 2
261	261	‘‘6. The Analysis of Regulatory Functions 601.
262	262	‘‘6A. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Publication of Information
263	263	Relating to Rules 651’’.
264	264	(c) EFFECTIVEDATES.— 3
265	265	(1) A
266	266	GENCY MONTHLY SUBMISSION TO THE OF -4
267	267	FICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AF -5
268	268	FAIRS.—The first submission required pursuant to 6
269	269	section 651 of title 5, United States Code, as added 7
270	270	by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 8
271	271	30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 9
272	272	and monthly thereafter. 10
273	273	(2) C
274	274	UMULATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AGENCY 11
275	275	RULE MAKING.— 12
276	276	(A) I
277	277	N GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of sec-13
278	278	tion 652 of title 5, United States Code, as 14
279	279	added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the 15
280	280	date that is 60 days after the date of the enact-16
281	281	ment of this Act. 17
282	282	(B) D
283	283	EADLINE.—The first requirement to 18
284	284	publish or make available, as the case may be, 19
285	285	under subsection (b) of section 652 of title 5, 20
286	286	United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 21
287	287	shall be the first October 1 after the effective 22
288	288	date of such subsection. 23
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292	292	(C) FIRST PUBLICATION.—The require-1
293	293	ment under section 652(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 2
294	294	United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 3
295	295	shall include for the first publication, any anal-4
296	296	ysis of the costs or benefits conducted for a 5
297	297	proposed or final rule, for the 10 years before 6
298	298	the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
299	299	(3) R
300	300	EQUIREMENT FOR RULES TO APPEAR IN 8
301	301	AGENCY-SPECIFIC MONTHLY PUBLICATION .—Section 9
302	302	653 of title 5, United States Code, as added by sub-10
303	303	section (a), shall take effect on the date that is 8 11
304	304	months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 12
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