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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6333 
To prohibit, for one year, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency from issuing regulations that result in increased costs for small 
business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit, for one year, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency from issuing regulations that 
result in increased costs for small business concerns, 
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 ‘‘Protecting Small Busi-
nesses From Costly Regulations Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the Office of Advocacy of the 
Small Business Administration, the costs imposed by 
Federal regulations disproportionally affect small 
businesses as compared to larger firms. 
(2) The cost per employee related to Federal 
regulations for firms with fewer than 20 employees 
is $10,585, while the cost per employee for firms 
with 500 or more employees is $7,755. 
(3) The cost per employee related to Federal 
environmental regulations for firms with fewer than 
20 employees is $1,584, while the cost per employee 
for firms with 500 or more employees is $883. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency may not issue a regulation that would re-
sult in increased costs for a small business concern (as 
determined by the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration), unless the regulation is— 
(1) in response to a major disaster; 
(2) necessary to prevent a major disaster; or 
(3) necessary to protect human life. 
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(b) PERIOD OF EFFECT.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall only have effect during the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis-
aster’’ means a major disaster declared to exist by 
the President pursuant to section 401 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 
(2) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632). 
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