Committee Reports Statement of Administration Policy to House Rules REGULATORY REFORM LEGISLATION CONGRESS (2013-2014) STATUTE SPONSOR STATUS SUMMARY S. 3011 Sen. Orrin G. Introduced SCRUB Act of Hatch December 12, 2014 2014 (R-UT) Most Recent Action Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Creates a commission to review the CFR for rules that impose too high December 12, 2014 a cost on the economy based on certain defined criteria. H.R. 4874 Rep. Jason T. Introduced Requires agencies to offset the economic cost of a new rule by repealing Act of Smith June 17, 2014 an existing rule. 2014 (Searching (R-MO-8) for and Cutting Most Recent Action Regulations that Reported on by the Judiciary Committee on are December 12, 2014 Unnecessarily Burdensome) Committee Reports S. 2988 Sen. Mike Introduced Regulatory Cost Lee December 8, 2014 Requires agencies to either 1) follow notice and comment procedures or Assessment Act (R-UT) 2) file a detailed report with Congress before issuing a “guidance of 2014 Most Recent Action document” rather than a rule. Referred to the Committee on Homeland Requires agencies to conduct detailed cost-benefit analyses for Security and Government Affairs on significant alternatives to proposed rules. December 8, 2014 H.R. 5801 Rep. Blaine Introduced Providing Luetkemeyer December 4, 2014 Requires a 100 word plain language explanation of any proposed rule on Accountability (R-MO-3) regulations.gov. Through Most Recent Action
Committee Reports Statement of Administration Policy to House Rules REGULATORY REFORM LEGISLATION CONGRESS (2013-2014) STATUTE SPONSOR STATUS SUMMARY S. 3011 SCRUB Act of 2014 Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) Introduced December 12, 2014 Most Recent Action Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 12, 2014 Creates a commission to review the CFR for rules that impose too high a cost on the economy based on certain defined criteria. Requires agencies to offset the economic cost of a new rule by repealing an existing rule. H.R. 4874 Act of 2014 (Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome) Rep. Jason T. Smith (R-MO-8) Introduced June 17, 2014 Most Recent Action Reported on by the Judiciary Committee on December 12, 2014 Committee Reports S. 2988 Regulatory Cost Assessment Act of 2014 Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) Introduced December 8, 2014 Most Recent Action Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on December 8, 2014 Requires agencies to either 1) follow notice and comment procedures or 2) file a detailed report with Congress before issuing a “guidance document” rather than a rule. Requires agencies to conduct detailed cost-benefit analyses for significant alternatives to proposed rules. H.R. 5801 Providing Accountability Through Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) Introduced December 4, 2014 Most Recent Action Requires a 100 word plain language explanation of any proposed rule on regulations.gov.
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