head of an agency with the results of the OIRA re-
view in writing, including a list of every standard, 
Executive order, guidance document, and law re-
viewed for compliance and the results for each. 
‘‘(2) CHANGES DURING REVIEW PERIOD.—As 
soon as practicable and before publication in the 
Federal Register of a significant regulatory action 
for which OIRA concluded review under this section, 
the head of the submitting agency shall make avail-
able to the Administrator a redline of any changes 
the agency made to the regulatory action during the 
review period. To the extent practicable, the agency 
shall identify any change made at the suggestion or 
recommendation of any other agency, member of the 
public, or other source. To the extent practicable, 
the agency should identify the source of any such 
change. 
‘‘§ 3524. Disclosure of regulatory review 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the earlier of the date on 
which an agency publishes a significant regulatory action 
reviewed under section 3523 in the Federal Register, the 
agency otherwise makes the significant regulatory action 
publicly available, or the agency announces a decision not 
to publish the regulatory action, the Administrator shall 
make available to the public online— 
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‘‘(1) all information submitted by an agency 
under section 3523; 
‘‘(2) the results of the review provided to the 
agency under section 3523; 
‘‘(3) the redline of any changes made by the 
agency during the course of the review provided 
under section 3523(i)(2); 
‘‘(4) all documents exchanged between senior 
level officials at OIRA and the agency during the re-
view; and 
‘‘(5) a list of each consultation described under 
section 3523(b). 
‘‘(b) AGENCY DISCLOSURE.—Each agency that sub-
mits a significant regulatory actions to OIRA under sec-
tion 3522 or 3523 shall maintain on the website of the 
agency the following: 
‘‘(1) A list of each active regulatory action, in-
cluding the status of the regulatory action or a link 
to each entry on the unified agenda. 
‘‘(2) The most recent regulatory plan of the 
agency. 
‘‘(3) A link to each record disclosed under sub-
section (a). 
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‘‘(c) PLAIN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT.—All infor-
mation provided to the public shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, be in plain, understandable language. 
‘‘(d) RECORDKEEPING.—The Administrator shall en-
sure any record associated with a significant regulatory 
action submitted to OIRA under section 3522 or 3523 is 
easily accessible for a period of time consistent with ap-
proved records disposition schedules for the agency, in a 
manner that all records associated with a significant regu-
latory action can be promptly submitted to Congress upon 
request.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 3521 the following new items: 
‘‘3522. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Working 
Group; regulatory plan; Unified Agenda 
‘‘3523. OIRA coordinated review of significant regulatory actions 
‘‘3524. Disclosure of regulatory review’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3502 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)(D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
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‘‘(15) the term ‘Administrator’ means, unless 
otherwise indicated, the Administrator of the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs; 
‘‘(16) the term ‘economically significant regu-
latory action’ means any regulatory action described 
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (21); 
‘‘(17) the term ‘OIRA’ means the Office of In-
formation and Regulatory Affairs; 
‘‘(18) the term ‘regulation’— 
‘‘(A) means an agency statement of gen-
eral applicability and future effect, which the 
agency intends to have the force and effect of 
law, that is designed to implement, interpret, or 
prescribe law or policy or to describe the proce-
dure or practice requirements of an agency; and 
‘‘(B) does not include such a statement 
if— 
‘‘(i) issued in accordance with the for-
mal rulemaking provisions of sections 556 
and 557 of title 5; 
‘‘(ii) the statement pertains to a mili-
tary or foreign affairs function of the 
United States, other than procurement 
regulations and regulations involving the 
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import or export of nondefense articles and 
services; 
‘‘(iii) the statement is limited to an 
agency organization, management, or per-
sonnel matters; or 
‘‘(iv) the statement is exempted as a 
regulation by the Administrator and a 
written explanation of the exemption, in-
cluding the date of the decision and the 
reasons for exempting the specific state-
ment, is made publically available online; 
‘‘(19) the term ‘regulation identifier number’ 
means a unique identification code for regulations, 
which is designed to assist tracking regulations 
through the course of development; 
‘‘(20) the term ‘regulatory action’ means— 
‘‘(A) any substantive action by an agency 
normally published in the Federal Register that 
promulgates or is expected to lead to the pro-
mulgation of a final regulation, including no-
tices of inquiry, advance notices of proposed 
rulemaking, and notices of proposed rule-
making; or 
‘‘(B) any agency statement of general ap-
plicability and future effect, other than a sub-
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stantive action described in subparagraph (A), 
which sets forth a policy on a statutory, regu-
latory, or technical issue or an interpretation of 
a statutory or regulatory issue; 
‘‘(21) the term ‘significant regulatory action’ 
means any regulatory action that is likely to result 
in a regulation that may— 
‘‘(A) have an annual effect on the economy 
of $100,000,000 or more; 
‘‘(B) adversely affect in a material way the 
economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, 
competition, jobs, the environment, public 
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal gov-
ernments or communities; 
‘‘(C) create a serious inconsistency or oth-
erwise interfere with an action taken or planned 
by another agency; 
‘‘(D) materially alter the budgetary impact 
of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan pro-
grams or the rights and obligations of recipi-
ents therein; or 
‘‘(E) raise novel legal or policy issues aris-
ing out of legal mandates; 
‘‘(22) the term ‘small business’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘small-business concern’ in sec-
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tion 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); 
and 
‘‘(23) the term ‘State’ means each of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, each territory 
or possession of the United States, and each feder-
ally recognized Indian tribe.’’. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF GUIDANCE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs shall issue any guidance required 
by section 3522 of title 44, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 3524 of title 44, as 
added by subsection (a), shall take effect 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized. 
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