SCRUB Act of 2015

To provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015 SCRUB Act of 2015 (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission Sec. 101. Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission. TITLE II—Regulatory Cut-Go Sec. 201. Cut-go procedures. Sec. 202. Applicability. Sec. 203. OIRA certification of cost calculations. TITLE III—Retrospective Review of New Rules Sec. 301. Plan for future review. TITLE IV—Judicial review; effective date Sec. 401. Judicial review. Sec. 402. Effective date. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator (2) Agency The term agency (3) Commission The term Commission (4) Major rule The term major rule (A) an annual cost on the economy of $100,000,000 or more, adjusted annually for inflation; (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions; (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets; or (D) significant impacts on multiple sectors of the economy. (5) Rule The term rule (6) Set of rules The term set of rules I Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission 101. Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission (a) Establishment There is established a commission, to be known as the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission (b) Membership (1) Number The Commission shall be composed of 9 members who shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Each member shall be appointed not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Term The term of each member shall commence upon the confirmation of the member by the Senate and shall extend to the later of— (A) the date that is 5 years and 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) the date that is 5 years after the date by which all members have been confirmed by the Senate. (3) Appointment The members of the Commission shall be appointed as follows: (A) Chair The President shall appoint as the Chair of the Commission an individual with expertise and experience in rulemaking, such as past Administrators, past chairmen of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and other individuals with similar expertise and experience in rulemaking affairs and the administration of regulatory reviews. (B) Candidate list of members (i) In general The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate shall each present to the President a list of candidates to be members of the Commission, which individuals shall be learned in rulemaking affairs and, preferably, administration of regulatory reviews. (ii) Appointment from list The President shall appoint 2 members of the Commission from each list provided under this clause (i), subject to the provisions of subparagraph (C). (C) Resubmission of candidate The President may request from the presenter of a list under subparagraph (B)(i) a new list of 1 or more candidates if the President— (i) determines that any candidate on the list presented pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) does not meet the qualifications specified in such subparagraph to be a member of the Commission; and (ii) certifies that determination to the congressional officials specified in subparagraph (B)(i). (c) Powers and authorities of the Commission (1) Meetings and hearings (A) Meetings The Commission may meet when, where, and as often as the Commission determines appropriate, except that the Commission shall hold public meetings not less than twice each year. (B) Hearings In addition to meetings held under paragraph (1), the Commission may hold hearings to consider issues of fact or law relevant to the work of the Commission. (C) Open to public Any meeting or hearing held by the Commission shall be open to the public. (2) Access to information The Commission may secure directly from any agency information and documents necessary to enable the Commission to carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of that agency shall furnish that information or document to the Commission as soon as possible, but not later than 2 weeks after the date on which the request was made. (3) Subpoenas (A) In general The Commission may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any evidence relating to the duties of the Commission. The attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence may be required from any place within the United States at any designated place of hearing within the United States. (B) Failure to obey a Subpoena If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under subparagraph (A), the Commission may apply to a United States district court for an order requiring that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under investigation. The application may be made within the judicial district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as civil contempt. (C) Service of subpoenas The subpoenas of the Commission shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States district courts. (D) Service of process All process of any court to which application is made under subparagraph (B) may be served in the judicial district in which the person required to be served resides or may be found. (d) Pay and Travel Expenses (1) Pay (A) Members Each member, other than the Chair of the Commission, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. (B) Chair The Chair shall be paid for each day referred to in subparagraph (A) at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Travel expenses Members shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Director of Staff (1) In general The Commission shall appoint a Director. (2) Pay The Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (f) Staff (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may appoint, fix the pay of, and terminate additional personnel. (2) Limitations on appointment The Director may make such appointments without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and any personnel so appointed may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule. (3) Agency assistance Following consultation with and upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of any agency may detail any of the personnel of that agency to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties of the Commission under this Act. (4) GAO and OIRA assistance The Comptroller General of the United States and the Administrator shall provide assistance, including the detailing of employees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement entered into with the Commission. (5) Assistance from other parties Congress, the States, municipalities, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments may provide assistance, including the detailing of employees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement entered into with the Commission. (g) Other Authority (1) Experts and consultants The Commission may procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Property The Commission may lease space and acquire personal property to the extent funds are available. (h) Duties of the Commission (1) In general The Commission shall conduct a review of the Code of Federal Regulations to identify rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy. The Commission shall give priority in the review to rules or sets of rules that are major rules or include major rules, have been in effect more than 15 years, impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, impose disproportionately high costs on entities that qualify as small entities within the meaning of section 601(6) of title 5, United States Code, or could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. The Commission shall have as a goal of the Commission to achieve a reduction of at least 15 percent in the cumulative costs of Federal regulation with a minimal reduction in the overall effectiveness of such regulation. (2) Nature of review To identify which rules and sets of rules should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, the Commission shall apply the following criteria: (A) Whether the original purpose of the rule or set of rules was achieved, and the rule or set of rules could be repealed without significant recurrence of adverse effects or conduct that the rule or set of rules was intended to prevent or reduce. (B) Whether the implementation, compliance, administration, enforcement or other costs of the rule or set of rules to the economy are not justified by the benefits to society within the United States produced by the expenditure of those costs. (C) Whether the rule or set of rules has been rendered unnecessary or obsolete, taking into consideration the length of time since the rule was made and the degree to which technology, economic conditions, market practices, or other relevant factors have changed in the subject area affected by the rule or set of rules. (D) Whether the rule or set of rules is ineffective at achieving the purposes of the rule or set of rules. (E) Whether the rule or set of rules overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules, and to the extent feasible, with State and local governmental rules. (F) Whether the rule or set of rules has excessive compliance costs or is otherwise excessively burdensome, as compared to alternatives that— (i) specify performance objectives rather than conduct or manners of compliance; (ii) establish economic incentives to encourage desired behavior; (iii) provide information upon which choices can be made by the public; (iv) incorporate other innovative alternatives rather than agency actions that specify conduct or manners of compliance; or (v) could in other ways substantially lower costs without significantly undermining effectiveness. (G) Whether the rule or set of rules inhibits innovation in or growth of the United States economy, such as by impeding the introduction or use of safer or equally safe technology that is newer or more efficient than technology required by or permissible under the rule or set of rules. (H) Whether or not the rule or set of rules harms competition within the United States economy or the international economic competitiveness of enterprises or entities based in the United States. (I) Such other criteria as the Commission devises to identify rules and sets of rules that can be repealed to eliminate or reduce unnecessarily burdensome costs to the United States economy. (3) Methodology for review The Commission shall establish a methodology for conducting the review under this subsection (including an overall review and discrete reviews of portions of the Code of Federal Regulations), identifying rules and sets of rules, and classifying rules under this subsection and publish the terms of the methodology in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission. The Commission may propose and seek public comment on the methodology before the methodology is established. (4) Classification of rules and sets of rules (A) In general After completion of any review of rules or sets of rules under paragraph (2), the Commission shall classify each rule or set of rules identified in the review to qualify for recommended repeal as either a rule or set of rules— (i) on which immediate action to repeal is recommended; or (ii) that should be eligible for repeal under regulatory cut-go procedures under title II. (B) Decisions by majority Each decision by the Commission to identify a rule or set of rules for classification under this paragraph, and each decision whether to classify the rule or set of rules under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A), shall be made by a simple majority vote of the Commission. No such vote shall take place until after all members of the Commission have been confirmed by the Senate. (5) Initiation of review by other persons (A) In general The Commission may also conduct a review under paragraph (2) of, and, if appropriate, classify under paragraph (4), any rule or set of rules that is submitted for review to the Commission by— (i) the President; (ii) a Member of Congress; (iii) any officer or employee of a Federal, State, local or tribal government, or regional governmental body; or (iv) any member of the public. (B) Form of submission A submission to the Commission under this paragraph shall— (i) identify the specific rule or set of rules submitted for review; (ii) provide a statement of evidence to demonstrate that the rule or set of rules qualifies to be identified for repeal under the criteria listed in paragraph (2); and (iii) such other information as the submitter believes may be helpful to the Commission’s review, including a statement of the interest of the submitter in the matter. (C) Public availability The Commission shall make each submission received under this paragraph available on the website of the Commission as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after the date on which the submission was received. (i) Notices and reports of the Commission (1) Notices Of And Reports On Activities The Commission shall publish, in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission— (A) notices in advance of all public meetings, hearings, and classifications under subsection (h) informing the public of the basis, purpose, and procedures for the meeting, hearing, or classification; and (B) reports after the conclusion of any public meeting, hearing, or classification under subsection (h) summarizing in detail the basis, purpose, and substance of the meeting, hearing, or classification. (2) Annual reports to Congress Each year, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date on which all Commission members have been confirmed by the Senate, the Commission shall submit a report simultaneously to each House of Congress detailing the activities of the Commission for the previous year, and listing all rules and sets of rules classified under subsection (h) during that year. For each rule or set of rules so listed, the Commission shall— (A) identify the agency that made the rule or set of rules; (B) identify the annual cost of the rule or set of rules to the United States economy and the basis upon which the Commission identified that cost; (C) identify whether the rule or set of rules was classified under clause (i) or clause (ii) of subsection (h)(4)(A); (D) identify the criteria under subsection (h)(2) that caused the classification of the rule or set of rules and the basis upon which the Commission determined that those criteria were met; (E) for each rule or set of rules listed under the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B), (D), (F), (G), or (H) of subsection (h)(2), or other criteria established by the Commission under subparagraph (I) of such subsection under which the Commission evaluated alternatives to the rule or set of rules that could lead to lower regulatory costs, identify alternatives to the rule or set of rules that the Commission recommends the agency consider as replacements for the rule or set of rules and the basis on which the Commission rests the recommendations, and, in identifying such alternatives, emphasize alternatives that will achieve regulatory effectiveness at the lowest cost and with the lowest adverse impacts on jobs; (F) for each rule or set of rules listed under the criteria set forth in subsection (h)(2)(E), the other Federal, State, or local governmental rules that the Commission found the rule or set of rules to overlap, duplicate, or conflict with, and the basis for the findings of the Commission; and (G) in the case of each set of rules so listed, analyze whether Congress should also consider repeal of the statutory authority implemented by the set of rules. (3) Final report Not later than the date on which the Commission members’ appointments expire, the Commission shall submit a final report simultaneously to each House of Congress summarizing all activities and recommendations of the Commission, including a list of all rules or sets of rules the Commission classified under clause (i) of subsection (h)(4)(A) for immediate action to repeal, a separate list of all rules or sets of rules the Commission classified under clause (ii) of subsection (h)(4)(A) for repeal, and with regard to each rule or set of rules listed on either list, the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (h)(2). This report may be included in the final annual report of the Commission under paragraph (2) and may include the Commission’s recommendation whether the Commission should be reauthorized by Congress. (j) Repeal of regulations; Congressional consideration of commission reports (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2)— (A) the head of each agency with authority to repeal a rule or set of rules classified by the Commission under subsection (h)(4)(A)(i) for immediate action to repeal and newly listed as such in an annual or final report of the Commission under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) shall repeal the rule or set of rules as recommended by the Commission within 60 days after the enactment of a joint resolution under paragraph (2) for approval of the recommendations of the Commission in the report; and (B) the head of each agency with authority to repeal a rule or set of rules classified by the Commission under subsection (h)(4)(A)(ii) for repeal and newly listed as such in an annual or final report of the Commission under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) shall repeal the rule or set of rules as recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 201, following the enactment of a joint resolution under paragraph (2) for approval of the recommendations of the Commission in the report. (2) Congressional approval procedures (A) Definition For purposes of this subsection, the term joint resolution (i) which is introduced after the date on which the Commission transmits to Congress under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) the report containing the recommendations to which the joint resolution pertains; (ii) which does not have a preamble; (iii) the matter after the resolving clause of which is only as follows: That Congress approves the recommendations for repeal of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission as submitted by the Commission on ____ (iv) the title of which is as follows: Approving recommendations for repeal of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission. (B) Introduction of joint resolution Not later than 5 session days after the date on which a House of Congress receives a report transmitted to Congress under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i), the majority leader of that House (or his or her respective designee) shall introduce, by request, a joint resolution described in subparagraph (A). (C) Referral of joint resolution (i) In general A joint resolution introduced under subparagraph (B) shall be referred to— (I) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, in the case of a joint resolution introduced in the Senate; and (II) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in the case of a joint resolution introduced in the House of Representatives. (ii) Report to full House Not later than 30 days after the date on which a joint resolution is introduced under subparagraph (B), the committees to which the joint resolution has been referred under clause (i) shall each report the joint resolution— (I) without any revision or amendment; and (II) with a favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or without recommendation. (iii) Failure to report If a committee fails to report a joint resolution within the period described in clause (ii), the committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. (D) Senate procedures (i) In general In the Senate, when the committee to which a joint resolution described in subparagraph (A) is referred has reported the joint resolution under subparagraph (C)(ii), or when the committee is discharged under subparagraph (C)(iii) from further consideration of the joint resolution, it is at any time thereafter in order for a motion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution and against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. (ii) Debate on motion to proceed In the Senate, the motion to proceed to the joint resolution is non-debatable and is not subject to amendment, a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. A vote on the motion to proceed shall occur upon the expiration or yielding back of the time for debate without any further debate or any intervening motion or other action. Repeated motions to proceed to the joint resolution are in order, if necessary. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of. (iii) Debate on joint resolution In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 30 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. An amendment to the joint resolution or any motion, including a motion to recommit, is not in order. (iv) Vote on final passage In the Senate, the third reading of the joint resolution shall be considered to have occurred and a vote on final passage shall occur immediately upon the expiration or yielding back of the time for debate without any intervening motion or other action. (v) Veto override (I) In general If the President vetoes a joint resolution described in subparagraph (A), in the Senate, upon receipt of the veto message from the President or the House of Representatives, the veto message shall be considered as read, printed in the Congressional Record, and entered in the Senate Journal. The Senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of whether to pass the joint resolution, the objections of the President notwithstanding. (II) Debate In the Senate, debate on a veto message shall be limited to not more than 30 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution, and any motion, including a motion to table, to refer to a committee, or to proceed to another measure, is not in order. (III) Vote In the Senate, a vote to override a veto shall occur immediately upon the expiration or yielding back of the time for debate without any intervening motion or other action. (E) House of Representatives procedures (i) In general In the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall declare the House resolved into a Committee of the Whole immediately after approval of the Journal on the day after the committee to which a joint resolution described in subparagraph (A) was referred reports the joint resolution under subparagraph (C)(ii) or is discharged from consideration of the joint resolution under subparagraph (C)(iii). All points of order against the joint resolution and against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. (ii) Debate In the House of Representatives, debate on the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 30 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. An amendment to the joint resolution or any motion, including a motion to recommit, is not in order. When the joint resolution is called up, the previous question shall be considered as ordered to its passage without intervening motion upon the expiration or yielding back of the time for debate without any further debate or intervening motion or other action. (F) Procedures with duplicate joint resolutions If, before passing a joint resolution described in subparagraph (A), 1 House of Congress receives from the other a joint resolution having the same text, then— (i) the joint resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee; and (ii) the receiving House shall consider the joint resolution of the other House as if the committee of the receiving House to which the joint resolution would have been referred to under subparagraph (C)(i) had reported the joint resolution under subparagraph (C)(ii) or was discharged from consideration of the joint resolution under subparagraph (C)(iii). (3) Reissuance of rules (A) No substantially similar rule to be reissued A rule that is repealed under paragraph (1) or section 201 may not be reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that is substantially the same as such a rule may not be issued, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the joint resolution approving the recommendation of the Commission to repeal the original rule. (B) Agency to ensure avoidance of similar defects An agency, in making any new rule to implement statutory authority previously implemented by a rule repealed under paragraph (1) or section 201, shall assure that— (i) the new rule does not result in the same adverse effects of the repealed rule that caused the Commission to recommend to Congress the repeal of the latter; and (ii) the new rule will not result in new adverse effects of the kind described in the criteria specified under subsection (h)(2). (k) Website (1) In general The Commission shall establish a public website that— (A) uses current information technology to make records available on the website; (B) provides information in a standard data format; and (C) receives and publishes public comments. (2) Publishing of information Any information required to be made available on the website established under paragraph (1) shall be published in a timely manner and accessible by the public on the website at no cost. (3) Record of public meetings and hearings All records of public meetings and hearings shall be published on the website established under paragraph (1) as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after the date on which such public meeting or hearing occurred. (4) Public comments The Commission shall publish on the website established under paragraph (1) all public comments and submissions. (5) Notices The Commission shall publish on the website established under paragraph (1) notices of all public meetings and hearings not later than 1 week before the date on which such public meeting or hearing occurs. (l) Applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1) In general Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (2) Advisory committee management officer The Commission shall not be subject to the control of any Advisory Committee Management Officer designated under section 8(b) (3) Subcommittee Any subcommittee of the Commission shall be treated as the Commission for purposes of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (4) Charter The enactment of this Act shall be considered to meet the requirements of the Commission under section 9(c) (m) Termination The Commission shall terminate on the later of— (1) the date that is 5 years and 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) 5 years after the date on which the terms of all members of the Commission have commenced. (n) Authorization of appropriations (1) In general There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission to carry out this title, but not more than $30,000,000. (2) Availability Any sums appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the earlier of— (A) the date on which such sums are expended; or (B) the date on which the Commission terminates. II Regulatory Cut-Go 201. Cut-go procedures (a) In general Except as provided in section 101(j)(2), section 202, or subsection (b) of this section, when an agency makes a new rule, the agency shall repeal rules or sets of rules of that agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii), such that the annual costs of the new rule to the United States economy is offset by such repeals, in an amount equal to or greater than the cost of the new rule, based on the regulatory cost reductions of repeal identified by the Commission. (b) Alternative procedure (1) In general An agency may, alternatively, repeal rules or sets of rules of that agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) prior to the time specified in subsection (a). (2) Application of reduction of cost If an agency repeals a rule or set of rules under paragraph (1) and thereby reduces the annual, inflation-adjusted cost of the rule or set of rules to the United States economy, the agency may thereafter apply the reduction in regulatory costs, based on the regulatory cost reductions of repeal identified by the Commission, to meet, in whole or in part, the regulatory cost reduction required under subsection (a) to be made at the time the agency promulgates a new rule. (c) Achievement of full net cost reductions (1) In general Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), an agency may offset the costs of a new rule or set of rules by repealing a rule or set of rules listed by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) that implement the same statutory authority as the new rule or set of rules. (2) Limitation When using the authority provided in paragraph (1), the agency shall achieve a net reduction in costs imposed by the body of rules of the agency (including the new rule or set of rules) that is equal to or greater than the cost of the new rule or set of rules to be promulgated, including, whenever necessary, by repealing additional rules of the agency listed by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii). 202. Applicability An agency shall no longer be subject to the requirements of sections 201 and 203 beginning on the date on which there is no rule or set of rules of the agency classified by the Commission under section 101(h)(4)(A)(ii) that has not been repealed such that all regulatory cost reductions identified by the Commission to be achievable through repeal have been achieved. 203. OIRA certification of cost calculations (a) In general The Administrator shall review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the costs of new rules under section 201. (b) Inclusion The certification described in subsection (a) shall be included in the administrative record of the relevant rulemaking by the agency promulgating the rule, and the Administrator shall transmit a copy of the certification to Congress when the Administrator transmits the certification to the agency. III Retrospective Review of New Rules 301. Plan for future review (a) In general When an agency makes a rule, the agency shall include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for the review of such rule by not later than 10 years after the date such rule is made. (b) Review of major rules In the case of a major rule of an agency, the plan for review under subsection (a) shall be substantially similar to the review by the Commission under section 101(h). (c) Review other rules In the case of a rule of an agency other than a major rule, the plan for review under subsection (a) shall include other procedures and standards to enable the agency to determine whether to repeal or amend the rule to eliminate unnecessary regulatory costs to the economy. (d) Public comment on plan Whenever feasible, an agency shall include a proposed plan for review of a proposed rule under subsection (a) in the notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule and shall receive public comment on the plan. IV Judicial review; effective date 401. Judicial review (a) Immediate repeals Agency compliance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 101(j) shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 (b) Cut-Go procedures Agency compliance with title II shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 (c) Plans for future review Agency compliance with section 301 shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 402. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015 or the SCRUB Act of 2015 Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to review the Code of Federal Regulations to identify, using specified criteria, rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation to the economy, giving priority to major rules that: (1) have been in effect more than 15 years, (2) impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, (3) impose disproportionately high costs on small business entities, and (4) could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs.  Sets forth congressional procedures for consideration of recommendations for the repeal of rules in the Commission's reports. Requires agencies to repeal a rule or set of rules as recommended by the Commission within 60 days after the enactment of a joint resolution approving the recommendations in the Commission's reports. Prohibits the reissuance of a rule similar to any rule that has been repealed or that results in the same adverse effects of a repealed rule. Requires the Commission to: (1) establish a public website to make regulatory information accessible to the public at no cost, and (2) make any of its meetings of hearings open to the public. Requires a federal agency that makes a new rule to: (1) repeal rules identified by the Commission to offset the cost to the economy of such new rule (cut-go procedures), and (2) include in the final issuance of such rule a plan for reviewing the rule not later than 10 years after it is promulgated. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget to review and certify the accuracy of agency determinations of the cost of new rules. Makes agency compliance with the requirements of this Act subject to judicial review.