port containing, with respect to each Federal regulation 
covered by the analysis— 
‘‘(1) a copy of the Federal regulation; 
‘‘(2) the continued need for the Federal regula-
tion; 
‘‘(3) the nature of comments or complaints re-
ceived concerning the Federal regulation from the 
public since the Federal regulation was promulgated; 
‘‘(4) the extent to which the Federal regulation 
overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal 
regulations, and, to the extent feasible, with State 
and local governmental rules; 
‘‘(5) the degree to which technology, economic 
conditions, or other factors have changed in the area 
affected by the Federal regulation; 
‘‘(6) a complete analysis of the retrospective di-
rect costs and benefits of the Federal regulation that 
considers studies done outside the Federal Govern-
ment (if any) estimating such costs or benefits; and 
‘‘(7) any litigation history challenging the Fed-
eral regulation.’’. 
SEC. 13. EXPANSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
Section 401(a) of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1571(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)— 
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(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘sections 
202 
and 
203(a)(1) and (2)’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘sections 201, 202, 203(a) (1) and 
(2), and 205 (a) and (b)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘only’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘section 
202’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘section 202, pre-
pare the written plan under section 203(a) (1) and 
(2), or comply with section 205 (a) and (b), a court 
may compel the agency to prepare such written 
statement, prepare such written plan, or comply with 
such section.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘written state-
ment or plan is required’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘shall not’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘written statement under section 202, a written plan 
under section 203(a) (1) and (2), or compliance with 
sections 201 and 205 (a) and (b) is required, the in-
adequacy or failure to prepare such statement (in-
cluding the inadequacy or failure to prepare any es-
timate, analysis, statement, or description), to pre-
pare such written plan, or to comply with such sec-
tion may’’. 
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SEC. 14. REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 109 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1516) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Con-
gressional Budget Office $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2024 to carry out the provisions of this title.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 617 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 50 
[Report No. 115–798, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide for additional safeguards with respect to 
imposing Federal mandates, and for other pur-
poses. 
JUNE 29, 2018 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform with an amendment 
JUNE 29, 2018 
The Committees on the Budget, Rules, and the Judiciary 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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