I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5720 
To establish procedures for the presentation and expedited consideration by 
Congress of the recommendations in the Federal Regulatory Reform 
Report prepared by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2012 
Mr. CARNEY (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MEE-
HAN, and Mr. DOLD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish procedures for the presentation and expedited 
consideration by Congress of the recommendations in 
the Federal Regulatory Reform Report prepared by the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory Reform Act 
of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL REGULATORY REFORM REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) redesignating section 3521 as section 3522; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 3520 the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 3521. Federal Regulatory Reform Report 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1 
every four years, beginning with the first year following 
the date of the enactment of the Regulatory Reform Act 
of 2012, the Administrator of the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs shall make available on a publicly 
available website and submit to Congress a report on Fed-
eral regulatory reform (in this section referred to as the 
‘Federal Regulatory Reform Report’). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The Federal Regu-
latory Reform Report shall contain the following: 
‘‘(1) A list of rules that are determined to be 
outmoded, duplicative, ineffective, or excessively bur-
densome. 
‘‘(2) A list of recommendations to consolidate, 
modify, simplify, or repeal such rules to make such 
rules more effective or less burdensome. 
‘‘(3) A description of the justification for (in-
cluding supporting data) and impact of the rec-
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ommendations described in paragraph (2), as appro-
priate and available. 
‘‘(4) For any rule listed under paragraph (2), 
an analysis of how the costs outweigh the benefits 
for such rule. The benefits for such analysis shall in-
clude environmental and public health considerations 
and other considerations with regard to the benefits 
that the Administrator determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(c) RESOURCES FOR REPORT.—The Administrator 
shall use any of the following sources to prepare the Fed-
eral Regulatory Reform Report: 
‘‘(1) Agency action plans. 
‘‘(2) Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 
note; relating to regulatory planning and review). 
‘‘(3) Executive Order 13563 (76 Fed. Reg. 
3812; relating to improving regulation and regu-
latory review). 
‘‘(4) The Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–4. 
‘‘(5) The Office of Management and Budget 
Annual report to Congress required by section 
624(a) of Public Law 106–554 (31 U.S.C. 1105 
note). 
‘‘(6) Any other appropriate report, analysis, 
and review of the executive and legislative branch. 
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‘‘(d) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—At least 60 days be-
fore submission of the Federal Regulatory Reform Report 
required under subsection (a), the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall publish 
the report in the Federal Register for public notice and 
comment. The Administrator may modify the report in re-
sponse to any comments received before submission of the 
report to Congress. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall 
consult with the President, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, the Chief Performance Officer 
of the Office of Management and Budget, and the relevant 
committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate before the submission of the Federal Regu-
latory Reform Report required under subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) PRESENTATION OF FEDERAL REGULATORY RE-
FORM REPORT TO CONGRESS AND EXPEDITED CONSID-
ERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall pro-
pose, at the time and in the manner provided in 
paragraph (2), the carrying out of all or part of the 
recommendations contained in the most recent Fed-
eral Regulatory Reform Report prepared by the Of-
fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs. 
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‘‘(2) TRANSMITTAL
OF
SPECIAL
MESSAGE.— 
Not later than 120 days after the submission of a 
Federal Regulatory Reform Report under subsection 
(a), the President shall transmit to Congress a spe-
cial message to carry out all or part of the rec-
ommendations contained in that Federal Regulatory 
Reform Report. The President shall include with 
that special message a bill that would carry out the 
recommendations. The President may not transmit 
more than one such special message each year. 
‘‘(3) EXPEDITED
CONSIDERATION
OF
PRESI-
DENT’S REGULATORY REFORM BILL.— 
‘‘(A) REGULATORY REFORM BILL.—Within 
14 days after the President submits to Con-
gress a bill under paragraph (2), the majority 
leader of the House of Representatives and the 
majority leader of the Senate shall each intro-
duce such bill, by request. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(i) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.— 
Any committee of the House of Represent-
atives to which such bill is referred shall 
report it to the House without amendment 
not later than the 14th legislative day after 
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the date of its introduction. If a committee 
fails to report the bill within that period or 
the House has adopted a concurrent reso-
lution providing for adjournment sine die 
at the end of a Congress, such committee 
shall be automatically discharged from fur-
ther consideration of the bill and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(ii) 
PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDER-
ATION.—Not later than 21 legislative days 
after such bill is reported or a committee 
has been discharged from further consider-
ation thereof, it shall be in order to move 
to proceed to consider such bill in the 
House. Such a motion shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable, and shall be in 
order only at a time designated by the 
Speaker in the legislative schedule within 
two legislative days after the day on which 
the proponent announces an intention to 
the House to offer the motion provided 
that such notice may not be given until 
such bill is reported or a committee has 
been discharged from further consideration 
thereof. Such a motion shall not be in 
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port without amendment the bill referred 
to in subparagraph (A) not later than the 
seventh session day after introduction. If a 
committee fails to report the bill within 
that period or the Senate has adopted a 
concurrent resolution providing for ad-
journment sine die at the end of a Con-
gress, the Committee shall be automati-
cally discharged from further consideration 
of the bill and it shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar. 
‘‘(ii) MOTION
TO
PROCEED.—Not 
later than 3 session days after the bill is 
reported in the Senate or the committee 
has been discharged thereof, it shall be in 
order for any Senator to move to proceed 
to consider the bill in the Senate. The mo-
tion shall be decided without debate and 
the motion to reconsider shall be deemed 
to have been laid on the table. Such a mo-
tion shall not be in order after the Senate 
has disposed of a prior motion to proceed 
with respect to the draft bill. 
‘‘(iii) CONSIDERATION.—If a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the draft 
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bill is agreed to, the Senate shall imme-
diately proceed to consideration of the 
draft bill without intervening motion, 
order, or other business, and the draft bill 
shall remain the unfinished business of the 
Senate until disposed of. Consideration on 
the bill in the Senate under this sub-
section, and all debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall not ex-
ceed 10 hours equally divided in the usual 
form. All points of order against the draft 
bill or its consideration are waived. Consid-
eration in the Senate on any debatable mo-
tion or appeal in connection with the draft 
bill shall be limited to not more than 10 
hours. A motion to postpone, or a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, or a motion to recommit the 
draft bill is not in order. A motion to re-
consider the vote by which the draft bill is 
agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. 
‘‘(D) 
AMENDMENTS
PROHIBITED.—No 
amendment to, or motion to strike a provision 
from, the draft bill considered under this sec-
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tion shall be in order in either the Senate or the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(E) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY 
OTHER HOUSE.—If, before passing the bill, one 
House receives from the other a bill— 
‘‘(i) the bill of the other House shall 
not be referred to a committee; and 
‘‘(ii) the procedure in the receiving 
House shall be the same as if no bill had 
been received from the other House until 
the vote on passage, when the bill received 
from the other House shall supplant the 
bill of the receiving House. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION.—This paragraph shall 
apply only to the bill referred to in subpara-
graph (A), introduced pursuant to such sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, 
continuity of a session of either House of Congress shall 
be considered as broken only by an adjournment of that 
House sine die, and the days on which that House is not 
in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 
to a date certain shall be excluded in the computation of 
any period.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the matter relating 
to section 3521 and inserting the following: 
‘‘3521. Federal Regulatory Reform Report. 
‘‘3522. Authorization of Appropriations.’’. 
Æ 
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