Program Referred to the House Committee on Management Oversight and Government Reform on Improvement April 30, 2015. Accountability Act S. 1536 Sen. David Introduced Requires agencies to include the North American Industrial Classification Small Business Vitter (R-LA) June 10, 2015 System sectors for which a rule will have an economic impact and a plain Regulatory language summary for any proposed rules. Flexibility Most Recent Action Requires the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis to include an estimate of the Improvements Committee on Small Business and number and types of small entities to be affected by a proposed rule. Act of 2015 Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held on April Requires final regulatory flexibility analyses to be made publicly 27, 2016. available on an agency’s website. Requires additional involvement of and grants additional powers to the SBA. Requires periodic review of enacted rules and civil penalties imposed by the agency. Suspends civil penalties in some circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns. H.R. 2631 Rep. Steve Introduced Regulatory Russell June 3, 2015 Predictability for (R-OK-5) Business Growth Most Recent Action Act of 2015 Considered by Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Adds definition for interpretive rule,” to distinguish from “longstanding Antitrust Law on November 3, 2015. an rule” as one that has been in effect for not less than one “interpretive year. S.1487 Sen. Introduced Requires Notice and Comment for longstanding interpretive rules Regulatory Daines June 3, 2015 Predictability for (R-MT) Business Growth Most Recent Action Act of 2015 Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 3, 2015 H.R. 2583 Rep. Walden, Introduced Federal Greg (R-OR) May 29, 2015 Compels the FCC to perform rulemaking to adopt rules establishing Communication minimum period for comment and reply for rulemakings; Policies Commission Most Recent Action ensuring public notice and opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte Process Reform Passed the House on November 16, 2015; communications and materials submitted after the comment period; Act of 2015 Received in the Senate; Read twice and Deadlines and guidance for disposition of certain petitions; and, referred to the Committee on Commerce, procedures to included proposed rule language in proposed rulemaking Science, and Transportation on November notices. 17, 2015.
Program Management Improvement Accountability Act Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 30, 2015. S. 1536 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) Introduced June 10, 2015 Most Recent Action Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held on April 27, 2016. Requires agencies to include the North American Industrial Classification System sectors for which a rule will have an economic impact and a plain language summary for any proposed rules. Requires the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis to include an estimate of the number and types of small entities to be affected by a proposed rule. Requires final regulatory flexibility analyses to be made publicly available on an agency’s website. Requires additional involvement of and grants additional powers to the SBA. Requires periodic review of enacted rules and civil penalties imposed by the agency. Suspends civil penalties in some circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns. H.R. 2631 Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK-5) Introduced June 3, 2015 Most Recent Action Considered by Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on November 3, 2015. Adds definition for “longstanding interpretive rule,” to distinguish from an “interpretive rule” as one that has been in effect for not less than one year. Requires Notice and Comment for longstanding interpretive rules S.1487 Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 Sen. Daines (R-MT) Introduced June 3, 2015 Most Recent Action Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 3, 2015 H.R. 2583 Federal Communication Commission Process Reform Act of 2015 Rep. Walden, Greg (R-OR) Introduced May 29, 2015 Most Recent Action Passed the House on November 16, 2015; Received in the Senate; Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 17, 2015. Compels the FCC to perform rulemaking to adopt rules establishing minimum period for comment and reply for rulemakings; Policies ensuring public notice and opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications and materials submitted after the comment period; Deadlines and guidance for disposition of certain petitions; and, procedures to included proposed rule language in proposed rulemaking notices.
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