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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2636
To direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish
commissions to review regulations issued by certain Federal departments
and agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1993
Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming (for himself, Mr. ZIMMER, and Mr. SCHIFF) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Govern-
ment Operations
A BILL
To direct the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to establish commissions to review regulations
issued by certain Federal departments and agencies.
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 ‘‘Commissions on Regu-
latory Reform Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that Federal reg-
ulations have placed an unprecedented burden on all pri-
vate citizens of the United States, to the extent that eco-
nomic growth is significantly hampered.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to dem-
onstrate the need to reexamine the policies and procedures
of Federal agencies which impose regulatory burden, to
determine what changes are necessary and desirable in
those policies and procedures.
SEC. 3. REVIEW OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each of the commissions estab-
lished under section 4 by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (hereinafter in this Act referred
to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall review in accordance with this
section the regulations issued by the department or agency
with respect to which the commission is established.
(b) STANDARDS FOR REVIEW.—In reviewing regula-
tions under this section, a commission shall examine and
determine the following:
(1) Whether the regulations are—
(A) within the scope of authority of the
statutes under which the regulations were is-
sued; and
(B) in accordance with the original intent
of the Congress in approving those statutes.
(2) Whether administrative decisions made
under the regulations were based on adequate infor-
mation concerning the need for and consequences of
proposed Government action.
(3) Whether regulatory action was taken only in
instances where potential economic benefits to soci-
ety of taking an action have exceeded the economic
costs to society of taking the action.
(4) Whether the objectives of regulatory actions
were selected to minimize net economic costs to
society.
(5) Whether in selecting among alternative ap-
proaches for achieving objectives of regulatory ac-
tions, the alternative selected was the alternative in-
volving the least net economic cost to society.
(6) Whether Federal agencies, in selecting regu-
latory priorities, have taken into account—
(A) the condition of the particular employ-
ers and employees affected by regulatory ac-
tions;
(B) the condition of the regional and na-
tional economy; and
(C) other Federal regulatory actions being
considered.
(c) CONSULTATION AND COMMENT.—In carrying out
reviews under this section, a commission shall—
(1) consult with the Congress; and
(2) solicit and consider views and suggestions of
persons affected by the regulations reviewed by the
commission.
(d) REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each commission established
under section 4 shall submit reports in accordance
with this subsection to the Director, the head of the
department or agency with respect to which the
commission is established, and the Congress. The re-
ports shall consist of—
(A) an interim report submitted by not
later than 1 year after the completion of ap-
pointments of the members of the commission;
(B) an interim report submitted by not
later than 2 years after the completion of those
appointments; and
(C) a final report submitted by not later
than 3 years after the completion of those ap-
pointments.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under this sub-
section shall describe the determinations made by
the commission under each of paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (b) for the period
covered by the report.