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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2804 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish information 
about rules on the Internet, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. HOLDING (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. COBLE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MARINO, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. SMITH of Mis-
souri, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Admin-
istrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Af-
fairs to publish information about rules on the Internet, 
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 ‘‘All Economic Regula-
tions are Transparent Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘ALERT Act 
of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. OIRA PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION RELATING 
TO RULES. 
Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after chapter 6, the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 6A.—OIRA PUBLICATION OF 
INFORMATION RELATING TO RULES 
‘‘§ 650. Agency monthly submission to OIRA 
‘‘Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the All Economic Regulations are Transparent 
Act of 2013, and monthly thereafter, the head of each 
agency shall submit to the Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs (referred to in this 
chapter as the ‘Administrator’), in such a manner as the 
Administrator may reasonably require, for each rule that 
the agency expects to propose or finalize during the up-
coming year— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the nature of the rule, in-
cluding the regulation identifier number and the 
docket number for the rule; 
‘‘(2) the objectives of and legal basis for the 
issuance of the rule, including— 
‘‘(A) any statutory or judicial deadline; 
‘‘(B) whether the legal basis restricts or 
precludes the agency from conducting an anal-
ysis of the costs or benefits of the rule during 
the rule making, and if not, whether the agency 
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plans to conduct an analysis of the costs or 
benefits of the rule during the rule making; 
‘‘(3) whether the agency plans to claim an ex-
emption from the requirements of section 553 pursu-
ant to section 553(b)(B); 
‘‘(4) the stage of the rule making as of the date 
of submission; 
‘‘(5) whether the rule is subject to review under 
section 610; 
‘‘(6) for any rule for which the agency has 
issued a general notice of proposed rule making— 
‘‘(A) an approximate schedule for com-
pleting action on the rule; 
‘‘(B) an estimate of whether the rule will 
cost— 
‘‘(i) less than $50,000,000; 
‘‘(ii) $50,000,000 or more but less 
than $100,000,000; 
‘‘(iii) $100,000,000 or more but less 
than $500,000,000; 
‘‘(iv) $500,000,000 or more but less 
than $1,000,000,000; 
‘‘(v) $1,000,000,000 or more but less 
than $5,000,000,000; 
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‘‘(vi) $5,000,000,000 or more but less 
than $10,000,000,000; or 
‘‘(vii) $10,000,000,000 or more. 
‘‘§ 651. OIRA publications 
‘‘(a) AGENCY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION PUBLISHED 
MONTHLY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of the All Economic Regulations are Trans-
parent Act of 2013, and monthly thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall make publicly available on the Internet the 
information that the Administrator receives from the head 
of each agency under section 650. 
‘‘(b) CUMULATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AGENCY RULE 
MAKING PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.— 
‘‘(1) PUBLICATION
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REG-
ISTER.—Beginning on April 1 or October 1, which-
ever comes first, and annually thereafter, the Ad-
ministrator shall publish in the Federal Register, for 
the preceding year— 
‘‘(A) the information that the Adminis-
trator received from the head of each agency 
under section 650; 
‘‘(B) the number of rules and a list of each 
such rule— 
‘‘(i) that was proposed by each agen-
cy, including, for each such rule, an indica-
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tion of whether the issuing agency con-
ducted an analysis of the costs or benefits 
of the rule; 
‘‘(ii) that was finalized by each agen-
cy, including, for each such rule, an indica-
tion of whether— 
‘‘(I) the issuing agency conducted 
an analysis of the costs or benefits of 
the rule; 
‘‘(II) the agency claimed an ex-
emption from the procedures under 
section 
553 
pursuant 
to 
section 
553(b)(B); and 
‘‘(III) the rule was issued pursu-
ant to a statutory mandate or the rule 
making is committed to agency discre-
tion by law; 
‘‘(C) the number of agency actions and a 
list of each such action taken by each agency 
that— 
‘‘(i) repealed a rule; 
‘‘(ii) reduced the scope of a rule; 
‘‘(iii) reduced the cost of a rule; or 
‘‘(iv) accelerated the expiration date 
of a rule; and 
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year, and the authority under which each such 
review was conducted; 
‘‘(D) the number of rules and a list of each 
such rule for which the head of an agency com-
pleted a review under section 610 for the pre-
ceding year; 
‘‘(E) the number of rules and a list of each 
such rule submitted to the Comptroller General 
under section 801; and 
‘‘(F) the number of rules and a list of each 
such rule for which a resolution of disapproval 
was introduced in either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate under section 802. 
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraphs (1) and 
(2) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of the All Economic Regu-
lations are Transparent Act of 2103. 
‘‘§ 652. Requirement for rules to appear in agency- 
specific monthly publication 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), a rule 
may not take effect until the information required to be 
made publicly available on the Internet regarding such 
rule pursuant to section 651(a) has been so available for 
not less than 6 months. 
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‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement of subsection 
(a) shall not apply in the case of a rule— 
‘‘(1) for which the agency issuing the rule 
claims an exception under section 553(b)(B); or 
‘‘(2) which the President determines by Execu-
tive Order should take effect because the rule is— 
‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent 
threat to health or safety or other emergency; 
‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of 
criminal laws; 
‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 
‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple-
menting an international trade agreement. 
‘‘§ 653. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter, the terms ‘agency’, ‘agency action’, 
and ‘rule’ have the meanings given those terms in section 
551.’’. 
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