SEC. 11. NEW AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY 
AFFAIRS. 
Section 208 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1538) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 208. OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AF-
FAIRS RESPONSIBILITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall provide mean-
ingful guidance and oversight so that each agency’s regu-
lations for which a written statement is required under 
section 202 are consistent with the principles and require-
ments of this title, as well as other applicable laws, and 
do not conflict with the policies or actions of another agen-
cy. If the Administrator determines that an agency’s regu-
lations for which a written statement is required under 
section 202 do not comply with such principles and re-
quirements, are not consistent with other applicable laws, 
or conflict with the policies or actions of another agency, 
the Administrator shall identify areas of non-compliance, 
notify the agency, and request that the agency comply be-
fore the agency finalizes the regulation concerned. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL STATEMENTS TO CONGRESS ON AGEN-
CY COMPLIANCE.—The Director Administrator of the Of-
fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs annually shall 
submit to Congress, including the Committee on Home-
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land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives, a written report detailing 
compliance by each agency with the requirements of this 
title that relate to regulations for which a written state-
ment is required by section 202, including activities under-
taken at the request of the Director to improve compli-
ance, during the preceding reporting period. The report 
shall also contain an appendix detailing compliance by 
each agency with section 204.’’. 
SEC. 12. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF EXISTING FEDERAL 
REGULATIONS. 
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104–4; 2 U.S.C. 1511 1501 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 209 as section 210; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 208 the following 
new section 209: 
‘‘SEC. 209. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF EXISTING FED-
ERAL REGULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—At the request of the chairman 
or ranking minority member of a standing or select com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, an 
agency shall conduct a retrospective analysis of an existing 
Federal regulation promulgated by an agency. 
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‘‘(b) REPORT.—Each agency conducting a retrospec-
tive analysis of existing Federal regulations pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall submit to the chairman of the relevant 
committee, Congress, and the Comptroller General of the 
United States a report 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.’’. 
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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)— 
(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-
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timate, analysis, statement, or description), to pre-
pare such written plan, or to comply with such sec-
tion may’’. 
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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