supported by 49 other Members (a quorum being present)
may offer an amendment striking the reference number
or numbers of a cancellation or cancellations from the bill.
Consideration of the bill for amendment shall not exceed
one hour excluding time for recorded votes and quorum
calls. No amendment shall be subject to further amend-
ment, except pro forma amendments for the purposes of
debate only. At the conclusion of the consideration of the
bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report
the bill to the House with such amendments as may have
been adopted. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion. A motion to recon-
sider the vote on passage of the bill shall not be in order.
‘‘(3) Appeals from decisions of the Chair regarding
application of the rules of the House of Representatives
to the procedure relating to a disapproval bill shall be de-
cided without debate.
‘‘(4) It shall not be in order to consider under this
subsection more than one disapproval bill for the same
special message except for consideration of a similar Sen-
ate bill (unless the House has already rejected a dis-
approval bill for the same special message) or more than
one motion to discharge described in paragraph (1) with
respect to a disapproval bill for that special message.
‘‘(e) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
‘‘(1) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any dis-
approval bill introduced in the Senate shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committee or committees.
A committee to which a disapproval bill has been re-
ferred shall report the bill not later than the seventh
day of session following the date of introduction of
that bill. If any committee fails to report the bill
within that period, that committee shall be auto-
matically discharged from further consideration of
the bill and the bill shall be placed on the Calendar.
‘‘(2) DISAPPROVAL BILL FROM HOUSE.—When
the Senate receives from the House of Representa-
tives a disapproval bill, such bill shall not be referred
to committee and shall be placed on the Calendar.
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF SINGLE DISAPPROVAL
BILL.—After the Senate has proceeded to the con-
sideration of a disapproval bill for a special message,
then no other disapproval bill originating in that
same House relating to that same message shall be
subject to the procedures set forth in this sub-
section.
‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS.—
‘‘(A) AMENDMENTS IN ORDER.—The only
amendments in order to a disapproval bill are—
‘‘(i) an amendment that strikes the
reference number of a cancellation from
the disapproval bill; and
‘‘(ii) an amendment that only inserts
the reference number of a cancellation in-
cluded in the special message to which the
disapproval bill relates that is not already
contained in such bill.
‘‘(B) WAIVER OR APPEAL.—An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Senators, duly chosen
and sworn, shall be required in the Senate—
‘‘(i) to waive or suspend this para-
graph; or
‘‘(ii) to sustain an appeal of the ruling
of the Chair on a point of order raised
under this paragraph.
‘‘(5) MOTION
NONDEBATABLE.—A motion to
proceed to consideration of a disapproval bill under
this subsection shall not be debatable. It shall not be
in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the
motion to proceed was adopted or rejected, although
subsequent motions to proceed may be made under
this paragraph.
‘‘(6) LIMIT ON CONSIDERATION.— (A) After no
more than 10 hours of consideration of a dis-
approval bill, the Senate shall proceed, without inter-
vening action or debate (except as permitted under
paragraph (9)), to vote on the final disposition
thereof to the exclusion of all amendments not then
pending and to the exclusion of all motions, except
a motion to reconsider or to table.
‘‘(B) A single motion to extend the time for
consideration under subparagraph (A) for no more
than an additional five hours is in order prior to the
expiration of such time and shall be decided without
debate.
‘‘(C) The time for debate on the disapproval bill
shall be equally divided between the Majority Leader
and the Minority Leader or their designees.
‘‘(7) DEBATE
ON
AMENDMENTS.—Debate on
any amendment to a disapproval bill shall be limited
to one hour, equally divided and controlled by the
Senator proposing the amendment and the majority
manager, unless the majority manager is in favor of
the amendment, in which case the minority manager
shall be in control of the time in opposition.
‘‘(8) NO MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to
recommit a disapproval bill shall not be in order.
‘‘(9) DISPOSITION
OF
SENATE
DISAPPROVAL
BILL.—If the Senate has read for the third time a
disapproval bill that originated in the Senate, then
it shall be in order at any time thereafter to move
to proceed to the consideration of a disapproval bill
for the same special message received from the
House of Representatives and placed on the Cal-
endar pursuant to paragraph (2), strike all after the
enacting clause, substitute the text of the Senate
disapproval bill, agree to the Senate amendment,
and vote on final disposition of the House dis-
approval bill, all without any intervening action or
debate.
‘‘(10) CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE MESSAGE.—
Consideration in the Senate of all motions, amend-
ments, or appeals necessary to dispose of a message
from the House of Representatives on a disapproval
bill shall be limited to not more than four hours. De-
bate on each motion or amendment shall be limited
to 30 minutes. Debate on any appeal or point of
order that is submitted in connection with the dis-
position of the House message shall be limited to 20
minutes. Any time for debate shall be equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and the majority
manager, unless the majority manager is a pro-
ponent of the motion, amendment, appeal, or point
of order, in which case the minority manager shall
be in control of the time in opposition.
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATION IN CONFERENCE—
‘‘(1) CONVENING
OF
CONFERENCE.—In the
case of disagreement between the two Houses of
Congress with respect to a disapproval bill passed by
both Houses, conferees should be promptly ap-
pointed and a conference promptly convened, if nec-
essary.
‘‘(2) HOUSE
CONSIDERATION.—(A) Notwith-
standing any other rule of the House of Representa-
tives, it shall be in order to consider the report of
a committee of conference relating to a disapproval
bill provided such report has been available for one
calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal
holidays, unless the House is in session on such a
day) and the accompanying statement shall have
been filed in the House.
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
on the conference report and any amendments in
disagreement on any disapproval bill shall each be
limited to not more than one hour equally divided
and controlled by a proponent and an opponent. A
motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A
motion to recommit the conference report is not in
order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider
the vote by which the conference report is agreed to
or disagreed to.
‘‘(3) SENATE
CONSIDERATION.—Consideration
in the Senate of the conference report and any
amendments in disagreement on a disapproval bill
shall be limited to not more than four hours equally
divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and
the Minority Leader or their designees. A motion to
recommit the conference report is not in order.
‘‘(4) LIMITS ON SCOPE.—(A) When a disagree-
ment to an amendment in the nature of a substitute
has been referred to a conference, the conferees shall
report those cancellations that were included in both
the bill and the amendment, and may report a can-
cellation included in either the bill or the amend-
ment, but shall not include any other matter.
‘‘(B) When a disagreement on an amendment
or amendments of one House to the disapproval bill
of the other House has been referred to a committee
of conference, the conferees shall report those can-
cellations upon which both Houses agree and may
report any or all of those cancellations upon which
there is disagreement, but shall not include any
other matter.
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 1026. As used in this part:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘appro-
priation law’ means an Act referred to in section
105 of title 1, United States Code, including any
general or special appropriation Act, or any Act
making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap-
propriations, that has been signed into law pursuant
to Article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the
United States.
‘‘(2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘calendar day’
means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid-
night.
‘‘(3) CALENDAR DAYS OF SESSION.—The term
‘calendar days of session’ shall mean only those days
on which both Houses of Congress are in session.
‘‘(4) CANCEL.—The term ‘cancel’ or ‘cancella-
tion’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to any dollar amount of
discretionary budget authority, to rescind;
‘‘(B) with respect to any item of new direct
spending—
‘‘(i) that is budget authority provided
by law (other than an appropriation law),
to prevent such budget authority from hav-
ing legal force or effect;
‘‘(ii) that is entitlement authority, to
prevent the specific legal obligation of the
United States from having legal force or
effect; or
‘‘(iii) through the food stamp pro-
gram, to prevent the specific provision of
law that results in an increase in budget
authority or outlays for that program from
having legal force or effect; and
‘‘(C) with respect to a limited tax benefit,
to prevent the specific provision of law that pro-
vides such benefit from having legal force or ef-
fect.
‘‘(5) DIRECT
SPENDING.—The term ‘direct
spending’ means—
‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law
(other than an appropriation law);
‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and
‘‘(C) the food stamp program.
‘‘(6) DISAPPROVAL
BILL.—The term ‘dis-
approval bill’ means a bill or joint resolution which
only disapproves one or more cancellations of dollar
amounts of discretionary budget authority, items of
new direct spending, or limited tax benefits in a spe-
cial message transmitted by the President under this
part and—
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill
disapproving the cancellations transmitted by
the President on llll’, the blank space
being filled in with the date of transmission of
the relevant special message and the public law
number to which the message relates;
‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; and
‘‘(C) which provides only the following
after the enacting clause: ‘That Congress dis-
approves of cancellations llll’, the blank
space being filled in with a list by reference
number of one or more cancellations contained
in the President’s special message, ‘as transmit-
ted by the President in a special message on
llll’, the blank space being filled in with
the appropriate date, ‘regarding llll.’, the
blank space being filled in with the public law
number to which the special message relates.
‘‘(7) DOLLAR
AMOUNT
OF
DISCRETIONARY
BUDGET
AUTHORITY.—(A) Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘dollar amount of dis-
cretionary budget authority’ means the entire dollar
amount of budget authority—
‘‘(i) specified in an appropriation law, or
the entire dollar amount of budget authority re-
quired to be allocated by a specific proviso in an
appropriation law for which a specific dollar fig-
ure was not included;
‘‘(ii) represented separately in any table,
chart, or explanatory text included in the state-
ment of managers or the governing committee
report accompanying such law;
‘‘(iii) required to be allocated for a specific
program, project, or activity in a law (other
than an appropriation law) that mandates the
expenditure of budget authority from accounts,
programs, projects, or activities for which budg-
et authority is provided in an appropriation law;
‘‘(iv) represented by the product of the es-
timated procurement cost and the total quantity
of items specified in an appropriation law or in-
cluded in the statement of managers or the gov-
erning committee report accompanying such
law; and
‘‘(v) represented by the product of the esti-
mated procurement cost and the total quantity
of items required to be provided in a law (other
than an appropriation law) that mandates the
expenditure of budget authority from accounts,
programs, projects, or activities for which budg-
et authority is provided in an appropriation law.
‘‘(B) The term ‘dollar amount of discretionary
budget authority’ does not include—
‘‘(i) direct spending;
‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appropriation
law which funds direct spending provided for in
other law;
‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority re-
scinded or canceled in an appropriation law; or
‘‘(iv) any restriction, condition, or limita-
tion in an appropriation law or the accompany-
ing statement of managers or committee reports
on the expenditure of budget authority for an
account, program, project, or activity, or on ac-
tivities involving such expenditure.
‘‘(8) ITEM OF NEW DIRECT SPENDING.—The
term ‘item of new direct spending’ means any spe-
cific provision of law that is estimated to result in
an increase in budget authority or outlays for direct
spending relative to the most recent levels calculated
pursuant to section 257 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
‘‘(9) LIMITED
TAX
BENEFIT.—(A) The term
‘limited tax benefit’ means—
‘‘(i) any revenue-losing provision which
provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclu-
sion, or preference to 100 or fewer beneficiaries
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in
any fiscal year for which the provision is in ef-
fect; and
‘‘(ii) any Federal tax provision which pro-
vides temporary or permanent transitional relief
for 10 or fewer beneficiaries in any fiscal year
from a change to the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
‘‘(B) A provision shall not be treated as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) if the effect of that
provision is that—
‘‘(i) all persons in the same industry or en-
gaged in the same type of activity receive the
same treatment;
‘‘(ii) all persons owning the same type of
property, or issuing the same type of invest-
ment, receive the same treatment; or
‘‘(iii) any difference in the treatment of
persons is based solely on—
‘‘(I) in the case of businesses and as-
sociations, the size or form of the business
or association involved;
‘‘(II) in the case of individuals, gen-
eral demographic conditions, such as in-
come, marital status, number of depend-
ents, or tax return filing status;
‘‘(III) the amount involved; or
‘‘(IV) a generally-available election
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(C) A provision shall not be treated as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii) if—
‘‘(i) it provides for the retention of prior
law with respect to all binding contracts or
other legally enforceable obligations in existence
on a date contemporaneous with congressional
action specifying such date; or
‘‘(ii) it is a technical correction to pre-
viously enacted legislation that is estimated to
have no revenue effect.
‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) all businesses and associations which
are related within the meaning of sections
707(b) and 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary;
‘‘(ii) all qualified plans of an employer
shall be treated as a single beneficiary;
‘‘(iii) all holders of the same bond issue
shall be treated as a single beneficiary; and
‘‘(iv) if a corporation, partnership, associa-
tion, trust or estate is the beneficiary of a pro-
vision, the shareholders of the corporation, the
partners of the partnership, the members of the
association, or the beneficiaries of the trust or
estate shall not also be treated as beneficiaries
of such provision.
‘‘(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘revenue-losing provision’ means any provision which
results in a reduction in Federal tax revenues for
any one of the two following periods—
‘‘(i) the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective; or
‘‘(ii) the period of the 5 fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year for which the pro-
vision is effective.
‘‘(F) The terms used in this paragraph shall
have the same meaning as those terms have gen-
erally in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless
otherwise expressly provided.
‘‘(10) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget.
‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF LIMITED TAX BENEFITS
‘‘SEC. 1027. (a) STATEMENT BY JOINT TAX COM-
MITTEE.—The Joint Committee on Taxation shall review
any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which
includes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 that is being prepared for filing by a committee of
conference of the two Houses, and shall identify whether
such bill or joint resolution contains any limited tax bene-
fits. The Joint Committee on Taxation shall provide to
the committee of conference a statement identifying any
such limited tax benefits or declaring that the bill or joint
resolution does not contain any limited tax benefits. Any
such statement shall be made available to any Member of
Congress by the Joint Committee on Taxation imme-
diately upon request.
‘‘(b) STATEMENT INCLUDED IN LEGISLATION.—(1)
Notwithstanding any other rule of the House of Rep-
resentatives or any rule or precedent of the Senate, any
revenue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which in-
cludes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 reported by a committee of conference of the two
Houses may include, as a separate section of such bill or
‘‘(1) with a separate section described in sub-
section (b)(2), then the President may use the au-
thority granted in section 1021(a)(3) only to cancel
any limited tax benefit in that law, if any, identified
in such separate section; or
‘‘(2) without a separate section described in
subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the
authority granted in section 1021(a)(3) to cancel
any limited tax benefit in that law that meets the
definition in section 1026.
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF LIMITED
TAX BENEFITS.—There shall be no judicial review of the
congressional identification under subsections (a) and (b)
of a limited tax benefit in a conference report.’’.
SEC. 203. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—
(1) Any Member of Congress or any individual
adversely affected by part C of title X of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 may bring an action, in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia, for declara-
tory judgment and injunctive relief on the ground
that any provision of this part violates the Constitu-
tion.
(2) A copy of any complaint in an action
brought under paragraph (1) shall be promptly de-
livered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, and each House of
Congress shall have the right to intervene in such
action.
(3) Nothing in this section or in any other law
shall infringe upon the right of the House of Rep-
resentatives to intervene in an action brought under
paragraph (1) without the necessity of adopting a
resolution to authorize such intervention.
(b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any order of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the
Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal
shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 cal-
endar days after such order is entered; and the jurisdic-
tional statement shall be filed within 30 calendar days
after such order is entered. No stay of an order issued
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be issued by a single Justice of the Su-
preme Court.
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be the
duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia
and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance
on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible ex-
tent the disposition of any matter brought under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 204. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLES.—Section 1(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘title X’’ and insert-
ing a period;
(2) inserting ‘‘Parts A and B of’’ before ‘‘title
X’’; and
(3) inserting at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Part C of title X may be cited as the ‘Line
Item Veto Act of 1996’.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set
forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘PART C—LINE ITEM VETO
‘‘Sec. 1021. Line item veto authority.
‘‘Sec. 1022. Special messages.
‘‘Sec. 1023. Cancellation effective unless disapproved.
‘‘Sec. 1024. Deficit reduction.
‘‘Sec. 1025. Expedited congressional consideration of disapproval bills.
‘‘Sec. 1026. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 1027. Identification of limited tax benefits.’’.
(c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1017, 1025,
and 1027’’.
SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE DATES.
This Act and the amendments made by it shall take
effect and apply to measures enacted on the earlier of—
(1) the day after the enactment into law, pursu-
ant to Article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the
United States, of an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for a seven-year plan for deficit reduction and
achieve a balanced Federal budget.’’; or
(2) January 1, 1997;
and shall have no force or effect on or after January 1,
2005.
TITLE III—SMALL BUSINESS
REGULATORY FAIRNESS
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business
Growth and Fairness Act of 1996’’.
Subtitle A—Regulatory Compliance
Simplification
SEC. 311. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this subtitle and subtitle B—
(1) the terms ‘‘rule’’ and ‘‘small entity’’ have
the same meanings as in section 601 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code;
(2) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the same meaning as
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and
(3) the term ‘‘small entity compliance guide’’
means a document designated as such by an agency.
SEC. 312. COMPLIANCE GUIDES.
(a) COMPLIANCE GUIDE.—For each rule or group of
related rules for which an agency is required to prepare
a final regulatory flexibility analysis under section 604 of
title 5, United States Code, the agency shall publish one
or more guides to assist small entities in complying with
the rule, and shall designate such publications as ‘‘small
entity compliance guides’’. The guides shall explain the ac-
tions a small entity is required to take to comply with a
rule or group of rules. The agency shall, in its sole discre-
tion, taking into account the subject matter of the rule
and the language of relevant statutes, ensure that the
guide is written using sufficiently plain language likely to
be understood by affected small entities. Agencies may
prepare separate guides covering groups or classes of simi-
larly affected small entities, and may cooperate with asso-
ciations of small entities to develop and distribute such
guides.
(b) COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.—
Agencies shall cooperate to make available to small enti-
ties through comprehensive sources of information, the
small entity compliance guides and all other available in-
formation on statutory and regulatory requirements af-
fecting small entities.
(c) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.—An agency’s
small entity compliance guide shall not be subject to judi-
cial review, except that in any civil or administrative ac-
tion against a small entity for a violation occurring after
the effective date of this section, the content of the small
entity compliance guide may be considered as evidence of
the reasonableness or appropriateness of any proposed
fines, penalties or damages.
SEC. 313. INFORMAL SMALL ENTITY GUIDANCE.
(a) GENERAL.—Whenever appropriate in the interest
of administering statutes and regulations within the juris-
diction of an agency, it shall be the practice of the agency
to answer inquiries by small entities concerning informa-
tion on and advice about compliance with such statutes
and regulations, interpreting and applying the law to spe-
cific sets of facts supplied by the small entity. In any civil
or administrative action against a small entity, guidance
given by an agency applying the law to facts provided by
the small entity may be considered as evidence of the rea-
sonableness or appropriateness of any proposed fines, pen-
alties or damages sought against such small entity.
(b) PROGRAM.—Each agency regulating the activities
of small entities shall establish a program for responding
to such inquiries no later than 1 year after enactment of
this section, utilizing existing functions and personnel of
the agency to the extent practicable.
SEC. 314. SERVICES OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS.
Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (O), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (P), by striking the period
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs:
‘‘(Q) providing assistance to small business
concerns regarding regulatory requirements;
and
‘‘(R) developing informational publications,
establishing resource centers of reference mate-
rials, and distributing compliance guides pub-
lished under section 312(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Growth and Fairness Act of 1996.’’.
SEC. 315. COOPERATION ON GUIDANCE.
Agencies may, to the extent resources are available
and where appropriate, in cooperation with the states, de-
velop guides that fully integrate requirements of both Fed-
eral and state regulations where regulations within an
agency’s area of interest at the Federal and state levels
impact small businesses. Where regulations vary among
the states, separate guides may be created for separate
states in cooperation with State agencies.
Subtitle B—Regulatory
Enforcement Reforms
SEC. 321. SMALL BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE ENFORCE-
MENT OMBUDSMAN.
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating section 30 as section 31;
and
(2) by inserting after section 29 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 30. OVERSIGHT OF REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
term—
‘‘(1) ‘‘Board’’ means a Regional Small Business
Regulatory Fairness Board established under sub-
section (c); and
‘‘(2) ‘‘Ombudsman’’ means the Small Business
and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombuds-
man designated under subsection (b).
‘‘(b) SBA ENFORCEMENT OMBUDSMAN.—
‘‘(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Administration shall
designate a Small Business and Agriculture Regu-
latory Enforcement Ombudsman utilizing personnel
of the Small Business Administration to the extent
practicable. Other agencies shall assist the Ombuds-
man and take actions as necessary to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of this section. Nothing
in this section is intended to replace or diminish the
activities of any Ombudsman or similar office in any
other agency.
‘‘(2) The Ombudsman shall—
‘‘(A) work with each agency with regu-
latory authority over small businesses to ensure
that small business concerns that receive or are
subject to an audit, on-site inspection, compli-
ance assistance effort, or other enforcement re-
lated communication or contact by agency per-
sonnel are provided with a means to comment
on the enforcement activity conducted by such
personnel;
‘‘(E) provide the affected agency with an
opportunity to comment on draft reports pre-
pared under subparagraph (C) and include a
section of the final report in which the affected
agency may make such comments as are not
addressed by the Ombudsman in revisions to
the draft.
‘‘(c) REGIONAL
SMALL
BUSINESS
REGULATORY
FAIRNESS BOARDS.—
‘‘(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Administration shall
establish a Small Business Regulatory Fairness
Board in each regional office of the Small Business
Administration.
‘‘(2) Each Board established under paragraph
(1) shall—
‘‘(A) meet at least annually to advise the
Ombudsman on matters of concern to small
businesses relating to the enforcement activities
of agencies;
‘‘(B) report to the Ombudsman on sub-
stantiated instances of excessive enforcement
actions of agencies against small business con-
cerns including any findings or recommenda-
tions of the Board as to agency enforcement
policy or practice; and
‘‘(C) prior to publication, provide comment
on the annual report of the Ombudsman pre-
pared under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) Each Board shall consist of five members
appointed by the Administration, who are owners,
operators, or officers of small business concerns,
after receiving the recommendations of the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committees on
Small Business of the House of Representatives and
the Senate. Not more than three of the Board mem-
bers shall be of the same political party. No member
shall be an officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, in either the executive branch or the Con-
gress.
‘‘(4) Members of the Board shall serve for
terms of three years or less.
‘‘(5) The Administration shall select a chair
from among the members of the Board who shall
serve for not more than 2 years as chair.
‘‘(6) A majority of the members of the Board
shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of busi-
ness, but a lesser number may hold hearings.
‘‘(d) POWERS OF THE BOARDS.
‘‘(1) The Board may hold such hearings and
collect such information as appropriate for carrying
out this section.
‘‘(2) The Board may use the United States
mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as other departments and agencies of the
Federal Government.
‘‘(3) The Board may accept donations of serv-
ices necessary to conduct its business, provided that
the donations and their sources are disclosed by the
Board.
‘‘(4) Members of the Board shall serve without
compensation, provided that, members of the Board
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em-
ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their
homes or regular places of business in the perform-
ance of services for the Board.’’.
SEC. 322. RIGHTS OF SMALL ENTITIES IN ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each agency regulating the activi-
ties of small entities shall establish a policy or program
within 1 year of enactment of this section to provide for
the reduction, and under appropriate circumstances for
the waiver, of civil penalties for violations of a statutory
or regulatory requirement by a small entity. Under appro-
priate circumstances, an agency may consider ability to
pay in determining penalty assessments on small entities.
(b) CONDITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS.—Subject to the
requirements or limitations of other statutes, policies or
programs established under this section shall contain con-
ditions or exclusions which may include, but shall not be
limited to—
(1) requiring the small entity to correct the vio-
lation within a reasonable correction period;
(2) limiting the applicability to violations dis-
covered by the small entity through participation in
a compliance assistance or audit program operated
or supported by the agency or a state;
(3) excluding small entities that have been sub-
ject to multiple enforcement actions by the agency;
(4) excluding violations involving willful or
criminal conduct;
(5) excluding violations that pose serious
health, safety or environmental threats; and
(6) requiring a good faith effort to comply with
the law.
(c) REPORTING.—Agencies shall report to Congress
no later than 2 years from the effective date on the scope
of their program or policy, the number of enforcement ac-
tions against small entities that qualified or failed to qual-
ify for the program or policy, and the total amount of pen-
alty reductions and waivers.
Subtitle C—Strengthening
Regulatory Flexibility
SEC. 331. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 611 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 611. Judicial review
‘‘(a)(1) Not later than one year, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, after the effective date of a final
rule with respect to which an agency—
‘‘(A) certified, pursuant to section 605(b), that
such rule would not have a significant economic im-
pact on a substantial number of small entities; or
‘‘(B) prepared a final regulatory flexibility anal-
ysis pursuant to section 604,
an affected small entity may petition for the judicial re-
view of such certification or analysis in accordance with
the terms of this subsection. A court having jurisdiction
to review such rule for compliance with the provisions of
section 553 or under any other provision of law shall have
jurisdiction to review such certification or analysis. In the
case where an agency delays the issuance of a final regu-
latory flexibility analysis pursuant to section 608(b), a pe-
tition for judicial review under this subsection shall be
filed not later than one year, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, after the date the analysis is made avail-
able to the public.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘af-
fected small entity’ means a small entity that is or will
be adversely affected by the final rule.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
affect the authority of any court to stay the effective date
of any rule or provision thereof under any other provision
of law.
‘‘(4)(A) In the case where the agency certified that
such rule would not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities, the court may
order the agency to prepare a final regulatory flexibility
analysis pursuant to section 604 if the court determines,
on the basis of the rulemaking record, that the certifi-
cation was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion,
or otherwise not in accordance with law.
‘‘(B) In the case where the agency prepared a final
regulatory flexibility analysis, the court may order the
agency to take corrective action consistent with the re-
quirements of section 604 if the court determines, on the
basis of the rulemaking record, that the final regulatory
flexibility analysis was prepared by the agency without ob-
servance of procedure required by section 604.
‘‘(5) If, by the end of the 90-day period beginning
on the date of the order of the court pursuant to para-
graph (4) (or such longer period as the court may pro-
vide), the agency fails, as appropriate—
‘‘(A) to prepare the analysis required by section
604; or
‘‘(B) to take corrective action consistent with
the requirements of section 604,
the court may stay the rule or grant such other relief as
it deems appropriate.
‘‘(6) In making any determination or granting any
relief authorized by this subsection, the court shall take
due account of the rule of prejudicial error.
‘‘(b) In an action for the judicial review of a rule,
any regulatory flexibility analysis for such rule (including
an analysis prepared or corrected pursuant to subsection
(a)(4)) shall constitute part of the whole record of agency
action in connection with such review.
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section bars judicial review of
any other impact statement or similar analysis required
by any other law if judicial review of such statement or
analysis is otherwise provided by law.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply only to final agency rules issued
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 332. RULES COMMENTED ON BY SBA CHIEF COUNSEL
FOR ADVOCACY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 612 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) ACTION BY THE SBA CHIEF COUNSEL FOR AD-
VOCACY.—
‘‘(1) TRANSMITTAL OF PROPOSED RULES AND
INITIAL
REGULATORY
FLEXIBILITY
ANALYSIS
TO
SBA CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ADVOCACY.—On or before
the 30th day preceding the date of publication by an
agency of general notice of proposed rulemaking for
a rule, the agency shall transmit to the Chief Coun-
sel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administra-
tion—
‘‘(A) a copy of the proposed rule; and
‘‘(B)(i) a copy of the initial regulatory
flexibility analysis for the rule if required under
section 603; or
‘‘(ii) a determination by the agency that an
initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not re-
quired for the proposed rule under section 603
and an explanation for the determination.
‘‘(2) STATEMENT OF EFFECT.—On or before
the 15th day following receipt of a proposed rule and
initial regulatory flexibility analysis from an agency
under paragraph (1), the Chief Counsel for Advo-
cacy may transmit to the agency a written statement
of the effect of the proposed rule on small entities.
‘‘(3) RESPONSE.—If the Chief Counsel for Ad-
vocacy transmits to an agency a statement of effect
on a proposed rule in accordance with paragraph
(2), the agency shall publish the statement, together
with the response of the agency to the statement, in
the Federal Register at the time of publication of
general notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE.—Any proposed rules is-
sued by an appropriate Federal banking agency (as
that term is defined in section 3(q) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(q)), the Na-
tional Credit Union Administration, or the Office of
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, in connection
with the implementation of monetary policy or to en-
sure the safety and soundness of federally insured
depository institutions, any affiliate of such an insti-
tution, credit unions, or government sponsored hous-
ing enterprises or to protect the Federal deposit in-
surance funds shall not be subject to the require-
ments of this subsection.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 603(a) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘in
accordance with section 612(d)’’ before the period at the
end of the last sentence.
SEC. 333. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SBA CHIEF
COUNSEL FOR ADVOCACY.
It is the sense of Congress that the Chief Counsel
for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration should
be permitted to appear as amicus curiae in any action or
case brought in a court of the United States for the pur-
pose of reviewing a rule.
Subtitle D—Congressional Review
SEC. 341. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
immediately after chapter 7 the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULEMAKING
‘‘Sec.
‘‘801. Congressional review.
‘‘802. Congressional disapproval procedure.
‘‘803. Special rule on statutory, regulatory, and judicial deadlines.
‘‘804. Definitions.
‘‘805. Judicial review.
‘‘806. Applicability; severability.
‘‘807. Exemption for monetary policy.
‘‘808. Effective date of certain rules.
‘‘§ 801. Congressional review
‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule can take effect as a final
rule, the Federal agency promulgating such rule shall sub-
mit 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, including whether it is a major rule; and
‘‘(iii) the proposed effective date of the rule.
‘‘(B) The Federal agency promulgating the rule shall
make available to the Comptroller General, and, upon re-
quest, to each House of Congress—
‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis
of the rule, if any;
‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions relevant to sections
603, 604, 605, 607, and 609;
‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions relevant 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, each House shall provide copies
to the Chairman and Ranking Member of each standing
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
in each House of the Congress by the end of 15 calendar
days after the submission or publication date as provided
in section 802(b)(2). The report of the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall include an assessment of the agency’s compli-
ance with procedural steps required by paragraph (1)(B).
‘‘(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 as a final rule, the
latest of—
‘‘(A) the later of the date occurring 60 days
(excluding days either House of Congress is ad-
journed for more than 3 days during a session of
Congress) after the date on which—
‘‘(i) the Congress receives the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1); or
‘‘(ii) the rule is published in the Federal
Register;
‘‘(B) if the Congress passes a joint resolution of
disapproval described under section 802 relating to
the rule, and the President signs a veto of such reso-
lution, the earlier date—
‘‘(i) on which either House of Congress
votes and fails to override the veto of the Presi-
dent; or
‘‘(ii) occurring 30 session days after the
date on which the Congress received the veto
and objections of the President; or
‘‘(C) the date the rule would have otherwise
taken effect, if not for this section (unless a joint
resolution of disapproval under section 802 is en-
acted).
‘‘(4) Except for a major rule, a rule shall take effect
as otherwise provided by law after submission to Congress
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the effective
date of a rule shall not be delayed by operation of this
chapter beyond the date on which either House of Con-
gress votes to reject a joint resolution of disapproval under
section 802.
‘‘(b)(1) A rule or proposed rule shall not take effect
(or continue) as a final rule, if the Congress enacts a joint
resolution of disapproval described under section 802.
‘‘(2) A rule or proposed rule that does not take effect
(or does not continue) under paragraph (1) may not be
reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule
that is substantially the same as such a rule or proposed
rule may not be issued, unless the reissued or new rule
is specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date
of the joint resolution disapproving the original rule.
‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a rule that
would not take effect by reason of this chapter may take
effect, if the President makes a determination under para-
graph (2) and submits written notice of such determina-
tion to the Congress.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made
by the President by Executive order that the 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 a statute implementing
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 or the effect of a joint resolution
of disapproval under this section.
‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth-
erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule
that is published in the Federal Register (as a rule that
shall take effect as a final rule) during the period begin-
ning on the date occurring 60 days before the date the
Congress adjourns a session of Congress through the date
on which the same or succeeding Congress first convenes
its next session, section 802 shall apply to such rule in
the succeeding session of Congress.
‘‘(2)(A) In applying section 802 for purposes of such
additional review, a rule described under paragraph (1)
shall be treated as though—
‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal
Register (as a rule that shall take effect as a final
rule) on the 15th session day after the succeeding
Congress first convenes; and
‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to
Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date.
‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a
report shall be submitted to Congress before a final rule
can take effect.
‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take
effect as a final rule as otherwise provided by law (includ-
ing other subsections of this section).
‘‘(e)(1) Section 802 shall apply in accordance with
its terms to any major rule that was published in the Fed-
eral Register (as a rule that shall take effect as a final
rule) in the period beginning on November 20, 1994,
through the date of enactment of this title.
‘‘(2) In applying section 802 for purposes of Congres-
sional review, a rule described under paragraph (1) shall
be treated as though—
‘‘(A) such rule were published in the Federal
Register (as a rule that shall take effect as a final
rule) on the date of enactment of this title; and
‘‘(B) a report on such rule were submitted to
Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date.
‘‘(3) The effectiveness of a rule described under para-
graph (1) shall be as otherwise provided by law, unless
the rule is made of no force or effect under section 802.
‘‘(4) The Comptroller General shall not be required
to report on a rule described in paragraph (1) unless so
requested by a committee of jurisdiction of either House
of Congress.
‘‘(f) Any rule that takes effect and later is made of
no force or effect by enactment of a joint resolution under
section 802 shall be treated as though such rule had never
taken effect.
‘‘(g) If the Congress does not enact a joint resolution
of disapproval under section 802, no court or agency may
infer any intent of the Congress from any action or inac-
tion of the Congress with regard to such rule, related stat-
ute, or joint resolution of disapproval.
‘‘§ 802. Congressional disapproval procedure
‘‘(a) JOINT RESOLUTION DEFINED.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘joint resolution’ means only—
‘‘(1) a joint resolution introduced in the period
beginning on the date on which the report referred
to in section 801(a) is received by Congress and end-
ing 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House
of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days dur-
ing a session of Congress), the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress
disapproves the rule submitted by the ll relating
to ll, and such rule shall have no force or effect.’
(The blank spaces being appropriately filled in); or
‘‘(2) a joint resolution the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the Con-
gress disapproves the proposed rule published by the
llll relating to lll, and such proposed
rule shall not be issued or take effect as a final
rule.’ (the blank spaces being appropriately filled in)
‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a)
shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-
gress with jurisdiction.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘submis-
sion or publication date’ means—
‘‘(A) in the case of a joint resolution described
in subsection (a)(1) the later of the date on which—
‘‘(i) the Congress receives the report sub-
mitted under section 801(a)(1); or
‘‘(ii) the rule is published in the Federal
Register; or
‘‘(B) in the case of a joint resolution described
in subsection (a)(2), the date of introduction of the
joint resolution.
‘‘(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 20 calendar days after the sub-
mission or publication date defined under subsection
(b)(2), such committee may be discharged from further
consideration of such joint resolution upon a petition sup-
ported in writing by 30 Members of the Senate, and such
joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate cal-
endar.
‘‘(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 further to
limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment
to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to
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) If, before the passage by one House of a joint
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that
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.
‘‘(f) This section is enacted by Congress—
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a 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 it supersedes other rules only to
the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as
relating 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.
‘‘§ 803. Special rule on statutory, regulatory, and judi-
cial deadlines
‘‘(a) In the case of any deadline for, relating to, or
involving any rule which does not take effect (or the effec-
tiveness of which is terminated) because of enactment of
a joint resolution under section 802, that deadline is ex-
tended until the date 1 year after the date of the joint
resolution. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to affect a deadline merely by reason of the postponement
of a rule’s effective date under section 801(a).
‘‘(b) The term ‘deadline’ means any date certain for
fulfilling any obligation or exercising any authority estab-
lished by or under any Federal statute or regulation, or
by or under any court order implementing any Federal
statute or regulation.
‘‘§ 804. Definitions
‘‘(a) For purposes of this chapter—
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any
agency as that term is defined in section 551(1) (re-
lating to administrative procedure).
‘‘(2) The term ‘‘major rule’’ means any rule
subject to section 553(c) that has resulted in or is
likely to result in—
‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of
$100,000,000 or more;
‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for
consumers, 
individual 
industries, 
Federal,
State, or local government agencies, or geo-
graphic regions; or
‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-
tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-
novation, or on the ability of United States-
based enterprises to compete with foreign-based
enterprises in domestic and export markets.
The term does not include any rule promulgated
under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the
amendments made by that Act.
‘‘(3) The term ‘final rule’ means any final rule
or interim final rule.
‘‘(b) As used in subsection (a)(3), the term ‘rule’ has
the meaning given such term in section 551, except that
such term does not include any rule of particular applica-
bility including a rule that approves or prescribes for the
future rates, wages, prices, services, or allowances there-
for, corporate or financial structures, reorganizations,
mergers, or acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices
or disclosures bearing on any of the foregoing or any rule
of agency organization, personnel, procedure, practice or
any routine matter.
‘‘§ 805. Judicial review
‘‘No determination, finding, action, or omission under
this chapter shall be subject to judicial review.
‘‘§ 806. Applicability; severability
‘‘(a) This chapter shall apply notwithstanding any
other provision of law.
‘‘(b) If any provision of this chapter or the applica-
tion of any provision of this chapter to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provi-
sion to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder
of this chapter, shall not be affected thereby.
‘‘§ 807. 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.
‘‘§ 808. Effective date of certain rules
‘‘Notwithstanding section 801, any rule that estab-
lishes, modifies, opens, closes, or conducts a regulatory
program for a commercial, recreational, or subsistence ac-
tivity related to hunting, fishing, or camping may take ef-
fect at such time as the Federal agency promulgating the
rule determines.’’.
SEC. 342. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by section 341 shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 343. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
The table of chapters for part I of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after
the item relating to chapter 7 the following:
‘‘8. Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking ...........
801’’.
TITLE IV—PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT
SEC. 401. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking the dollar limitation
contained 
in 
such 
subsection 
and 
inserting
‘‘$5,500,000,000,000’’.
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