foreign affairs function of the United 
States; 
(iv) regulations, statements, or other 
agency actions that are reviewed and usu-
ally modified each year (or more fre-
quently), or are reviewed regularly and 
usually modified based on changing eco-
nomic or seasonal conditions; 
(v) regulations or other agency actions 
that grant an approval, license, permit, 
registration, or similar authority or that 
grant or recognize an exemption or relieve 
a restriction, or any agency action nec-
essary to permit new or improved applica-
tions of technology or to allow the manu-
facture, distribution, sale, or use of a sub-
stance or product; and 
(vi) regulations or other agency state-
ments that the Administrator certifies in 
writing are necessary for the enforcement 
of the Federal criminal laws. 
(B) SCOPE OF A RULE.—For purposes of 
this title, each set of rules designated in the 
Code of Federal Regulations as a part shall be 
treated as one rule. Each set of rules that do 
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not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations 
and that are comparable to a part of that Code 
under guidelines established by the Adminis-
trator shall be treated as one rule. 
(6) SUNSET
REVIEW.—The term ‘‘sunset re-
view’’ means a review of the rule under this title. 
SEC. 612. SUNSET OF THIS TITLE. 
This title shall have no force or effect after the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
title. 
TITLE VII—REGULATION COSTS 
TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND 
GRACE PERIOD FOR REGU-
LATORY VIOLATIONS 
SEC. 701. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDY ON 
THE COST OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 1 
year after the date of enactment of this title, and annually 
thereafter, the Administrator shall conduct an annual 
study of the total costs to small business concerns of Fed-
eral regulations and the amount that such total costs have 
increased over the prior year. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting each study re-
quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall use 
the best available estimates of the costs and the benefits, 
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disaggregated by the agency issuing the regulation, of 
each major rule (as defined in section 804 of title 5, 
United States Code) made after the date of the study in 
the prior year resulting in a net cost to small business 
concerns during the period to which the report pertains, 
and of the cumulative costs of such rules. Such estimates 
may include estimates produced under the terms of Execu-
tive Order 12866. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after com-
pleting a study required by this section, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on 
the findings of that study. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administration shall 
carry out this section using unobligated funds other-
wise made available to the Administration. 
(2) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING
FUND-
ING.—It is the sense of Congress that no additional 
funds should be made available to the Administra-
tion to carry out this title. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration 
and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and 
(2) the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 
same meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 702. GRACE PERIOD FOR REGULATORY VIOLATIONS. 
Section 558 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) Before any enforcement action is taken on any 
sanction on a business for any violation of a rule or pursu-
ant to an adjudication an agency shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 10 business days after the 
date on which the agency determines that a sanction 
may be imposed on the business, provide notice to 
the business that, if the business is a small business 
as defined in subsection (k), the small business may 
be subject to a sanction at the end of the grace pe-
riod described in paragraph (3); 
‘‘(2) delay any further action for a period of 15 
calendar days; 
‘‘(3) for any small business, defer any further 
action for a period of not less than 6 months, less 
the 15 days described in paragraph (2), which shall 
be extended by an additional period of 3 months on 
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application by the small business demonstrating rea-
sonable efforts made in good faith to remedy the vio-
lation or other conduct giving rise to the sanction; 
‘‘(4) make a further determination after the pe-
riod described in paragraph (3) as to whether or not 
the small business would still be subject to the sanc-
tion as of the end of that period; 
‘‘(5) if the determination under paragraph (4) 
is that the small business would not be subject to 
the sanction, waive the sanction; and 
‘‘(6) if notice is given more than 10 business 
days after the date on which the agency determines 
that a sanction may be imposed on the business, and 
the agency determines that the same sanction may 
have been imposed on the business 10 business days 
prior to the date of the notice, that date of notice 
shall be the effective date commencing the grace pe-
riod described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(e) The grace period described by subsection (d) 
shall be applicable only once per business per rule, but 
shall cover subsequent violations of the same rule until it 
expires. 
‘‘(f) The grace period described by subsection (d) 
shall not apply to a violation that puts anyone in imminent 
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danger, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act (29 U.S.C. 662 et seq.). 
‘‘(g) Nothing in subsection (d) shall be construed to 
prevent a small business from appealing any sanction im-
posed in accordance with the procedures of the agency, 
or from seeking review under chapter 7 of this title. 
‘‘(h) Any sanction by an agency on a small business 
for any violation of a rule or pursuant to an adjudication, 
absent proof of written notice of the sanction and the date 
on which the agency determined that a sanction may be 
imposed, or in violation of subsection (d)(3), shall be null 
and void. 
‘‘(i) Federal agencies shall report annually to the Om-
budsman on the utilization of this directive and disclose 
the penalty mitigation for small businesses. 
‘‘(j) The Ombudsman shall include in its annual re-
port to Congress the agency reports described by sub-
section (i) and a summary of the findings. 
‘‘(k) For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) term ‘small business’ is defined as any sole 
proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited li-
ability company, or other business entity, that— 
‘‘(A) had less than $10,000,000 in gross 
receipts in the preceding calendar year; 
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TITLE VIII—MAJOR RULES OF 
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH BE 
APPROVED BY CONGRESS 
SEC. 801. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING. 
Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 
OF AGENCY RULEMAKING 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘801. Congressional review. 
‘‘802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules. 
‘‘803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. 
‘‘804. Definitions. 
‘‘805. Judicial review. 
‘‘806. Exemption for monetary policy. 
‘‘807. Effective date of certain rules. 
‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 
‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 
agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House 
of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 
containing— 
‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 
‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 
rule; 
‘‘(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or 
nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the clas-
sification specifically addressing each criteria for a 
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major rule contained within clauses (i) through (iii) 
of section 804(2)(A) or within section 804(2)(B); 
‘‘(iv) a list of any other related regulatory ac-
tions taken by or that will be taken by the Federal 
agency promulgating the rule that are intended to 
implement the same statutory provision or regu-
latory objective as well as the individual and aggre-
gate economic effects of those actions; 
‘‘(v) a list of any other related regulatory ac-
tions taken by or that will be taken by any other 
Federal agency with authority to implement the 
same statutory provision or regulatory objective that 
are intended to implement such provision or objec-
tive, of which the Federal agency promulgating the 
rule is aware, as well as the individual and aggre-
gate economic effects of those actions; and 
‘‘(vi) the proposed effective date of the rule. 
‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 
under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 
the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 
available to each House of Congress— 
‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 
of the rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs 
added or lost, differentiating between public and pri-
vate sector jobs; 
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‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 
603, 604, 605, 607, and 609 of this title; 
‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 
202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995; and 
‘‘(iv) any other relevant information or require-
ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu-
tive orders. 
‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub-
paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re-
port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand-
ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill 
to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 
issued. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re-
port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 
by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 
publication date. The report of the Comptroller General 
shall include an assessment of the agency’s compliance 
with procedural steps required by paragraph (1)(B) and 
an assessment of whether the major rule imposes any new 
limits or mandates on private-sector activity. 
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‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp-
troller General by providing information relevant to the 
Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 
a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 
as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 
resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 
is later. 
‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 
by section 803 after submission to Congress under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 
major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 
subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat-
ing to the same rule may not be considered under this 
chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate. 
‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 
Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 
under section 802. 
‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 
legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 
which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is re-
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ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con-
gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 
of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 
shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 
not take effect. 
‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 
may take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the 
President makes a determination under paragraph (2) and 
submits written notice of such determination to the Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 
by the President by Executive order that the major rule 
should take effect because such 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. 
‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 
under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce-
dures under section 802. 
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‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth-
erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 
for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub-
section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 
occurring— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days, 
or 
‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa-
tives, 60 legislative days, 
before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 
session of Congress through the date on which the same 
or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec-
tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc-
ceeding session of Congress. 
‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur-
poses of such additional review, a rule described under 
paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— 
‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 
Register on— 
‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 
session day, or 
‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 
after the succeeding session of Congress first con-
venes; and 
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joint resolution that has appeared on the calendar for at 
least 5 legislative days to call up that joint resolution for 
immediate consideration in the House without intervention 
of any point of order. When so called up a joint resolution 
shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent, and the previous question shall be considered 
as ordered to its passage without intervening motion. It 
shall not be in order to reconsider the vote on passage. 
If a vote on final passage of the joint resolution has not 
been taken by the third Thursday on which the Speaker 
may recognize a Member under this subsection, such vote 
shall be taken on that day. 
‘‘(f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a), one House receives from the other a 
joint resolution having the same text, then— 
‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee; and 
‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall 
be the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House until the vote on pas-
sage, when the joint resolution received from the 
other House shall supplant the joint resolution of 
the receiving House. 
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‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 
Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 
Senate is a revenue measure. 
‘‘(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final 
passage of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 
described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be 
taken on that day. 
‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 
Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such is deemed to be part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 
where explicitly so; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the Constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 
time, in the same manner and to the same extent as 
in the case of any other rule of that House. 
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‘‘§ 803. 
Congressional 
disapproval 
procedure 
for 
nonmajor rules 
‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res-
olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 
period beginning on the date on which the report referred 
to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and 
ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 
of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 
session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 
nonmajor rule submitted by the lll relating to 
lll, and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The 
blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 
‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-
gress with jurisdiction. 
‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re-
ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 
not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 
resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 
of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 
be discharged from further consideration of such joint res-
olution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Mem-
bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 
placed on the calendar. 
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‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 
a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com-
mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 
consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 
(a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 
for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu-
tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 
waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 
a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 
not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 
disposed of. 
‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment 
to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 
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the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the joint resolution is not in order. 
‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-
sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 
shall occur. 
‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-
dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 
(a) shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(e) In the Senate the procedure specified in sub-
section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 
a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 
‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 
beginning with the applicable submission or publica-
tion date, or 
‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 
was submitted during the period referred to in sec-
tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 
days beginning on the 15th session day after the 
succeeding session of Congress first convenes. 
‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 
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House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 
shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 
resolution— 
‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House; but 
‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the joint resolution of the other House. 
‘‘§ 804. Definitions 
‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 
agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in-
cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of the Office of Management and Budget finds— 
‘‘(A) has resulted in or is likely to result 
in— 
‘‘(i) an annual effect on the economy 
of $50,000,000 or more; 
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‘‘(ii) a major increase in costs or 
prices for consumers, individual industries, 
Federal, State, or local government agen-
cies, or geographic regions; or 
‘‘(iii) significant adverse effects on 
competition, employment, investment, pro-
ductivity, innovation, or on the ability of 
United States-based enterprises to compete 
with foreign-based enterprises in domestic 
and export markets; 
‘‘(B) is made by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and that 
would have a significant impact on a substan-
tial number of agricultural entities, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture (who 
shall publish such determination in the Federal 
Register); 
‘‘(C) is a rule that implements or provides 
for the imposition or collection of a carbon tax; 
or 
‘‘(D) is made under the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 
148). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 
that is not a major rule. 
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‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 551, except that such term does 
not include any rule of particular applicability, in-
cluding a rule that approves or prescribes for the fu-
ture rates, wages, prices, services, or allowances 
therefore, corporate or financial structures, reorga-
nizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, or ac-
counting practices or disclosures bearing on any of 
the foregoing. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘submission date or publication 
date’, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 
means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a major rule, the date 
on which the Congress receives the report sub-
mitted under section 801(a)(1); and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a nonmajor rule, the 
later of— 
‘‘(i) the date on which the Congress 
receives the report submitted under section 
801(a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) the date on which the nonmajor 
rule is published in the Federal Register, if 
so published. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘agricultural entity’ means any 
entity involved in or related to agricultural enter-
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prise, including enterprises that are engaged in the 
business of production of food and fiber, ranching 
and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other 
farming and agricultural related industries. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘carbon tax’ means a fee, levy, 
or price on— 
‘‘(A) emissions, including carbon dioxide 
emissions generated by the burning of coal, nat-
ural gas, or oil; or 
‘‘(B) coal, natural gas, or oil based on 
emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions 
that would be generated through the fuel’s com-
bustion. 
‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 
‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 
under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de-
termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec-
essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 
effect. 
‘‘(c) The enactment of a joint resolution of approval 
under section 802 shall not be interpreted to serve as a 
grant or modification of statutory authority by Congress 
for the promulgation of a rule, shall not extinguish or af-
fect any claim, whether substantive or procedural, against 
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any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not form part of 
the record before the court in any judicial proceeding con-
cerning a rule except for purposes of determining whether 
or not the rule is in effect. 
‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con-
cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 
Federal Open Market Committee. 
‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 
‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 
closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com-
mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 
to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 
‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 
agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 
finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 
the rule issued) that notice and public procedure 
thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 
to the public interest, 
shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency pro-
mulgating the rule determines.’’. 
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SEC. 802. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES SUBJECT TO 
SECTION 802 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
Section 257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) BUDGETARY
EFFECTS
OF
RULES 
SUBJECT TO SECTION 802 OF TITLE 5, UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Any rules subject to the con-
gressional approval procedure set forth in sec-
tion 802 of chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, affecting budget authority, outlays, or re-
ceipts shall be assumed to be effective unless it 
is not approved in accordance with such sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 803. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 
OF RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study to determine, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) how many rules (as such term is defined in 
section 804 of title 5, United States Code) were in 
effect; 
(2) how many major rules (as such term is de-
fined in section 804 of title 5, United States Code) 
were in effect; and 
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(3) the total estimated economic cost imposed 
by all such rules. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit a report to Congress that 
contains the findings of the study conducted under sub-
section (a). 
TITLE IX—SIMPLIFICATION OF 
MERGERS, 
ACQUISITIONS 
AND SALES OF SMALL BUSI-
NESS 
SEC. 901. REGISTRATION EXEMPTION FOR MERGER AND 
ACQUISITION BROKERS. 
(a) REGISTRATION EXEMPTION.—Section 15(b) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) REGISTRATION EXEMPTION FOR MERGER 
AND ACQUISITION BROKERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), an M&A broker shall be ex-
empt from registration under this section. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUDED
ACTIVITIES.—An M&A 
broker is not exempt from registration under 
this paragraph if such broker does any of the 
following: 
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‘‘(i) Directly or indirectly, in connec-
tion with the transfer of ownership of an 
eligible privately held company, receives, 
holds, transmits, or has custody of the 
funds or securities to be exchanged by the 
parties to the transaction. 
‘‘(ii) Engages on behalf of an issuer in 
a public offering of any class of securities 
that is registered, or is required to be reg-
istered, with the Commission under section 
12 or with respect to which the issuer files, 
or is required to file, periodic information, 
documents, and reports under subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to limit 
any other authority of the Commission to ex-
empt any person, or any class of persons, from 
any provision of this title, or from any provision 
of any rule or regulation thereunder. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) CONTROL.—The term ‘control’ 
means the power, directly or indirectly, to 
direct the management or policies of a 
company, whether through ownership of 
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securities, by contract, or otherwise. There 
is a presumption of control for any person 
who— 
‘‘(I) is a director, general part-
ner, member or manager of a limited 
liability company, or officer exercising 
executive responsibility (or has similar 
status or functions); 
‘‘(II) has the right to vote 20 
percent or more of a class of voting 
securities or the power to sell or direct 
the sale of 20 percent or more of a 
class of voting securities; or 
‘‘(III) in the case of a partner-
ship or limited liability company, has 
the right to receive upon dissolution, 
or has contributed, 20 percent or 
more of the capital. 
‘‘(ii) 
ELIGIBLE
PRIVATELY
HELD 
COMPANY.—The term ‘eligible privately 
held company’ means a company that 
meets both of the following conditions: 
‘‘(I) The company does not have 
any class of securities registered, or 
required to be registered, with the 
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Commission under section 12 or with 
respect to which the company files, or 
is required to file, periodic informa-
tion, documents, and reports under 
subsection (d). 
‘‘(II) In the fiscal year ending 
immediately before the fiscal year in 
which the services of the M&A broker 
are initially engaged with respect to 
the securities transaction, the com-
pany meets either or both of the fol-
lowing conditions (determined in ac-
cordance with the historical financial 
accounting records of the company): 
‘‘(aa) The earnings of the 
company before interest, taxes, 
depreciation, and amortization 
are less than $25,000,000. 
‘‘(bb) The gross revenues of 
the 
company 
are 
less 
than 
$250,000,000. 
‘‘(iii) M&A BROKER.—The term ‘M&A 
broker’ means a broker, and any person 
associated with a broker, engaged in the 
business of effecting securities transactions 
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solely in connection with the transfer of 
ownership of an eligible privately held com-
pany, regardless of whether the broker acts 
on behalf of a seller or buyer, through the 
purchase, sale, exchange, issuance, repur-
chase, or redemption of, or a business com-
bination involving, securities or assets of 
the eligible privately held company, if the 
broker reasonably believes that— 
‘‘(I) upon consummation of the 
transaction, any person acquiring se-
curities or assets of the eligible pri-
vately held company, acting alone or 
in concert, will control and, directly or 
indirectly, will be active in the man-
agement of the eligible privately held 
company or the business conducted 
with the assets of the eligible privately 
held company; and 
‘‘(II) if any person is offered se-
curities in exchange for securities or 
assets of the eligible privately held 
company, such person will, prior to 
becoming legally bound to consum-
mate the transaction, receive or have 
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reasonable access to the most recent 
year-end balance sheet, income state-
ment, statement of changes in finan-
cial position, and statement of owner’s 
equity of the issuer of the securities 
offered in exchange, and, if the finan-
cial statements of the issuer are au-
dited, the related report of the inde-
pendent auditor, a balance sheet 
dated not more than 120 days before 
the date of the offer, and information 
pertaining to the management, busi-
ness, results of operations for the pe-
riod covered by the foregoing financial 
statements, and material loss contin-
gencies of the issuer. 
‘‘(E) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On the date that 
is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Small Business Mergers, Acquisi-
tions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification 
Act of 2014, and every 5 years thereafter, 
each 
dollar 
amount 
in 
subparagraph 
(D)(ii)(II) shall be adjusted by— 
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‘‘(I) dividing the annual value of 
the Employment Cost Index For 
Wages and Salaries, Private Industry 
Workers (or any successor index), as 
published by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, for the calendar year pre-
ceding the calendar year in which the 
adjustment is being made by the an-
nual value of such index (or suc-
cessor) for the calendar year ending 
December 31, 2012; and 
‘‘(II) multiplying such dollar 
amount by the quotient obtained 
under subclause (I). 
‘‘(ii) 
ROUNDING.—Each 
dollar 
amount determined under clause (i) shall 
be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
$100,000.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title and any amend-
ment made by this title shall take effect on the date that 
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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DIVISION III—ENERGY 
TITLE X—OFFSHORE ENERGY 
AND JOBS ACT 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Offshore Energy and 
Jobs Act’’. 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental 
Shelf Leasing Program Reforms 
SEC. 1011. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PRO-
GRAM REFORMS. 
Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program 
under this section, the Secretary shall make avail-
able for leasing and conduct lease sales including at 
least 50 percent of the available unleased acreage 
within each outer Continental Shelf planning area 
considered to have the largest undiscovered, tech-
nically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total 
btu basis) based upon the most recent national geo-
logic assessment of the outer Continental Shelf, with 
an emphasis on offering the most geologically pro-
spective parts of the planning area. 
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‘‘(B) The Secretary shall include in each pro-
posed oil and gas leasing program under this section 
any State subdivision of an outer Continental Shelf 
planning area that the Governor of the State that 
represents that subdivision requests be made avail-
able for leasing. The Secretary may not remove such 
a subdivision from the program until publication of 
the final program, and shall include and consider all 
such subdivisions in any environmental review con-
ducted and statement prepared for such program 
under section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)). 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make available for leasing 
any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
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‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
SEC. 1012. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
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‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes of the 5- 
year oil and gas leasing program, the production 
goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an in-
crease by 2032 of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
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SEC. 1013. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL OF NEW 5-YEAR 
OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
(1) by not later than July 15, 2014, publish 
and submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas 
leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) for the 
5-year period beginning on such date and ending 
July 15, 2020; and 
(2) by not later than July 15, 2015, approve a 
final oil and gas leasing program under such section 
for such period. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALL AREAS.—In preparing 
such program the Secretary shall include consideration of 
areas of the Continental Shelf off the coasts of all States 
(as such term is defined in section 2 of that Act, as 
amended by this title), that are subject to leasing under 
this title. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 18(d)(3) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘or after eighteen 
months following the date of enactment of this section, 
whichever first occurs,’’. 
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SEC. 1014. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize 
the issuance of a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) to any person des-
ignated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), 
or the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); 
(2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 
2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 
2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 
2013); 
(3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 
2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 
2004); or 
(4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note). 
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Subtitle B—Directing the President 
To Conduct New OCS Sales in 
Virginia, South Carolina, and 
California 
SEC. 1021. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL 
AND GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the exclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
& Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 
under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE REPLACEMENT LEASE 
BLOCKS AVAILABLE.—For each lease block in a proposed 
lease sale under this section for which the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, 
under the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in sec-
tion 1025(b), issues a statement proposing deferral from 
a lease offering due to defense-related activities that are 
irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, 
the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall make available in the same lease 
sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale plan-
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ning area that is acceptable for oil and gas exploration 
and production in order to mitigate conflict. 
(c) BALANCING MILITARY AND ENERGY PRODUC-
TION GOALS.—In recognition that the Outer Continental 
Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy 
resources produced therefrom are integral to national se-
curity, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section in 
order to ensure achievement of the following common 
goals: 
(1) Preserving the ability of the Armed Forces 
of the United States to maintain an optimum state 
of readiness through their continued use of the 
Outer Continental Shelf. 
(2) Allowing effective exploration, development, 
and production of our Nation’s oil, gas, and renew-
able energy resources. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LEASE SALE 220.—The term ‘‘Lease Sale 
220’’ means such lease sale referred to in the Re-
quest for Comments on the Draft Proposed 5-Year 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program for 2010–2015 and Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
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for the Proposed 5-Year Program published January 
21, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3631). 
(2) VIRGINIA LEASE SALE PLANNING AREA.— 
The term ‘‘Virginia lease sale planning area’’ means 
the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as that term 
is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)) that is bounded by— 
(A) a northern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the northernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 37 de-
grees 17 minutes 1 second North latitude, 71 
degrees 5 minutes 16 seconds West longitude; 
and 
(B) a southern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the southernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 36 de-
grees 31 minutes 58 seconds North latitude, 71 
degrees 30 minutes 1 second West longitude. 
SEC. 1022. SOUTH CAROLINA LEASE SALE. 
Notwithstanding inclusion of the South Atlantic 
Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area in the Final Outer 
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Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a lease sale not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act for areas off the coast of South Carolina determined 
by the Secretary to have the most geologically promising 
hydrocarbon resources and constituting not less than 25 
percent of the leasable area within the South Carolina off-
shore administrative boundaries depicted in the notice en-
titled ‘‘Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Adminis-
trative Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands 
Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the United States 
Outer Continental Shelf’’, published January 3, 2006 (71 
Fed. Reg. 127). 
SEC. 1023. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXISTING INFRASTRUC-
TURE LEASE SALE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
offer for sale leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and 
Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California 
OCS Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later 
than December 31, 2014. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES OR ONSHORE- 
BASED DRILLING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall in-
clude in leases offered for sale under this lease sale such 
terms and conditions as are necessary to require that de-
velopment and production may occur only from offshore 
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infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this Act or from onshore-based, extended-reach drilling. 
SEC. 1024. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this title, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a multisale environ-
mental impact statement under section 102 of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) 
for all lease sales required under this subtitle. 
(b) ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.—Notwithstanding 
section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such statement— 
(1) the Secretary is not required to identify 
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze 
the environmental effects of such alternative courses 
of action; and 
(2) the Secretary shall only— 
(A) identify a preferred action for leasing 
and not more than one alternative leasing pro-
posal; and 
(B) analyze the environmental effects and 
potential mitigation measures for such pre-
ferred action and such alternative leasing pro-
posal. 
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SEC. 1025. NATIONAL DEFENSE. 
(a) NATIONAL DEFENSE AREAS.—This title does not 
affect the existing authority of the Secretary of Defense, 
with the approval of the President, to designate national 
defense areas on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 
section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1341(d)). 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY 
OPERATIONS.—No person may engage in any exploration, 
development, or production of oil or natural gas on the 
Outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under this 
title that would conflict with any military operation, as 
determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agree-
ment between the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer 
Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision 
or replacement for that agreement that is agreed to by 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior 
after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease 
under which such exploration, development, or production 
is conducted. 
SEC. 1026. OPENING THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO FOR 
EXPLORATION. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico En-
ergy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public 
Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is repealed. 
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106 
(B) report to the Under Secretary for En-
ergy, Lands, and Minerals; 
(C) be paid at the rate payable for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule; and 
(D) be responsible for ensuring safe and 
efficient development of energy and minerals on 
the Outer Continental Shelf of the United 
States; and 
(3) an Assistant Secretary of Land and Min-
erals Management, who shall— 
(A) be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advise and consent of the Senate; 
(B) report to the Under Secretary for En-
ergy, Lands, and Minerals; 
(C) be paid at the rate payable for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule; and 
(D) be responsible for ensuring safe and 
efficient development of energy and minerals on 
public lands and other Federal onshore lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior, including implementation of the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) and administra-
tion of the Office of Surface Mining. 
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Index for the month of June of the calendar year 
preceding the adjustment exceeds the Consumer 
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar 
year in which the claim was determined or last ad-
justed. 
‘‘(5) ANNUAL FEES.—Annual fees shall be col-
lected under this subsection for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal 
year 2014 shall be— 
‘‘(A) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, 
but with processing equipment or gathering 
lines; 
‘‘(B) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells; and 
‘‘(C) $31,500 for facilities with more than 
10 wells, with any combination of active or in-
active wells. 
‘‘(6) FEES FOR DRILLING RIGS.—Fees for drill-
ing rigs shall be assessed under this subsection for 
all inspections completed in fiscal years 2015 
through 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2015 shall be— 
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