cy shall establish and publish procedures for the 
processing of a petition under paragraph (1), includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) using the agency website, the Federal 
Register, and other Federal websites to educate 
the public about how to file a petition under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) creating an accessible docket on the 
internet website of the agency, or on any exist-
ing Government-wide internet website, of any 
petition filed under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) No agency action under paragraph (3) 
shall be subject to review under chapter 7.’’. 
SEC. 16. AMENDMENT TO CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT. 
Section 801(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 17. REINSTATEMENT OF DISAPPROVED RULES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered rule’’ means a rule for 
which a joint resolution of disapproval was enacted 
under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘agency’’ in section 551(1) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(b) 
FAST-TRACK
REINSTATEMENT.—A 
Federal 
agency may reinstate a covered rule by publishing the cov-
ered rule in the Federal Register during the 1-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) REINSTATEMENT AFTER 1-YEAR PERIOD.—After 
the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act, a Federal agency may reinstate a cov-
ered rule using the rulemaking procedures described in 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 18. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT OF REGULATORY IMPACT.—If an 
agency is performing a cost-benefit or regulatory impact 
analysis in the course of issuing a rule, the agency shall— 
(1) take into account the benefits of the rule to 
the public, including the nonquantifiable benefits of 
the rule; and 
(2) except for good cause shown, prioritize 
adoption of a rule that provides benefits to the pub-
lic, including nonquantifiable benefits. 
(b) REQUIREMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS.— 
An agency shall agency shall take into account distribu-
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tional effects and the social equity impact of a rule when 
issuing such rule. 
(c) SCOPE
OF REVIEW.—Section 706 of title 5, 
United States Code, as amended by section 12, is amended 
in subsection (a), as so designated, by inserting after 
‘‘prejudicial error.’’ the following: ‘‘When acting under 
paragraph (2)(A), the court shall not require an agency 
to demonstrate that the challenged action meets a cost- 
benefit analysis standard except where explicitly required 
by law.’’. 
SEC. 19. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY; RULE.—The terms ‘‘agency’’ and 
‘‘rule’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) INTERESTED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘inter-
ested person’’ includes individuals, partnerships, cor-
porations, associations, or public or private organiza-
tions of any character other than an agency. 
(3) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget. 
(4) REGULATORY
ACTION.—The term ‘‘regu-
latory action’’ means any substantive action by an 
agency that promulgates or is expected to lead to the 
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promulgation of a final rule or regulation, including 
notices of inquiry, advance notices of proposed rule-
making, and notices of proposed rulemaking. 
(5) SIGNIFICANT
REGULATORY
ACTION.—The 
term ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ means any reg-
ulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that 
may— 
(A) have an annual effect on the economy 
of $100,000,000 or more or 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 governments or communities; 
(B) create a serious inconsistency or other-
wise interfere with an action taken or planned 
by another agency; 
(C) materially alter the budgetary impact 
of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan pro-
grams or the rights and obligations of recipi-
ents thereof; or 
(D) raise novel legal or policy issues aris-
ing out of legal mandates, the President’s prior-
ities, or the general principles of regulation cus-
tomarily practiced by the executive branch. 
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(6) SOCIAL EQUITY IMPACT.—The term ‘‘social 
equity impact’’ means any impact of a proposed 
rule, whether intended or unintended, that might 
reasonably be expected to disproportionately affect a 
population of interested persons that is part of a 
protected class or set of protected classes, based on 
the rules’s plain language, stated intention, and 
based on credible statistical projections and data on 
the impacts of similar rules, laws, and policies. 
(7) SOCIAL
EQUITY
ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘social equity assessment’’ means a written and pub-
licly available report that shall specifically consider 
any social equity impact, positive or negative, that 
the proposed policy might have on a population of 
interested persons who share a common char-
acteristic that renders them part of a protected 
class, where that population was previously subjected 
to discriminatory or exclusionary practices by the 
agency promulgating the rule or where credible de-
mographic evidence demonstrates significant dispari-
ties experienced by different populations within a 
protected class. 
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