(2) The NEXUS program authorized under sec-
tion 286(q) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(U.S.C. 1356(q)). 
SEC. 6. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 
(a) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall, in accordance with subsection 
(b), conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the implementation 
of the requirements of section 7209(b) of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 with re-
spect to the issuance and use of identification cards, in-
cluding, if appropriate, State driver’s licenses pursuant to 
the pilot program conducted under section 3(a), passport 
cards issued under section 4(b), and the expedited traveler 
programs of the Department of Homeland Security, such 
as NEXUS, NEXUS AIR, SENTRI, FAST, and Reg-
istered Traveler, as documents sufficient on their own 
when produced to denote identity and citizenship for travel 
into the United States. 
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING ANALYSIS.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct the analysis required under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the requirements for a sig-
nificant regulatory action as set forth and defined in Exec-
utive Order 12866 (issued on September 30, 1993; pub-
lished in the Federal Register on October 4, 1993). Such 
analysis shall include the following information: 
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(1) An assessment, including the underlying 
analysis, of benefits anticipated from the regulatory 
action (such as the promotion of the efficient func-
tioning of the economic and private markets, the en-
hancement of health and safety, the protection of 
the natural environment, and the elimination or re-
duction of discrimination or bias) together with, to 
the extent feasible, a quantification of those benefits. 
(2) An assessment, including the underlying 
analysis, of costs anticipated from the regulatory ac-
tion (such as the direct cost both to the United 
States Government in administering the regulation 
and to businesses and others in complying with the 
regulation, and any adverse effects on the efficient 
functioning of the economy, private markets (includ-
ing productivity, employment, and competitiveness), 
health, safety, and the natural environment), to-
gether with, to the extent feasible, a quantification 
of those costs. 
(3) An assessment, including the underlying 
analysis, of costs and benefits of potentially effective 
and reasonably feasible alternatives to the planned 
regulation, identified by the agencies or the public 
(including improving the current regulation and rea-
sonably viable nonregulatory actions), and an expla-
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nation why the planned regulatory action is pref-
erable to potential alternatives. 
(c) TIME FOR PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall 
publish in the Federal Register the results of the analysis 
together with the Final Rule implementing section 
7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004, including information that— 
(1) identifies for the public, in a complete, 
clear, and simple manner, the substantive changes 
between the draft of the proposed regulatory action 
submitted to the Office of Information and Regu-
latory Affairs of the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and the action subsequently an-
nounced; and 
(2) identifies for the public those changes in the 
regulatory action that were made at the suggestion 
or recommendation of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs. 
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