Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-2432
Sponsor: Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Apples
Broadband
Commerce
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Disaster relief
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government regulation
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Law
Legislation
Marketing of farm produce
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regulatory impact statements
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2003 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in minimizing the Federal information collection burden, to assign the equivalent of at least two full-time staffers to review the burden on the public imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements.
 
Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication.
 
Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to: (1) instruct the Director of OMB to require each agency annually to submit an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork for the agency and each agency program for the fiscal year of submission and each of the four succeeding fiscal years and for the current fiscal year and the prior fiscal year; and (2) include such accounting statement and associated report as part of the Federal budget submitted to the President, in a form that allows direct comparison of the budget for Government activities and functions with the costs and benefits to the public of associated Federal rules and paperwork.
 
Requires the Director to designate at least five agencies as pilot projects in regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007. Includes the regulatory budgets of the designated agencies as an alternative budget presentation in the Government's budget for FY 2007.

action_date: 2004-05-14
text: 
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to: (1) require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Office of Tax Policy of the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, in minimizing the Federal information collection burden, to conduct a review of the collections of information by the IRS to identify actions that it can take to reduce the information collection burden imposed on small business concerns, consistent with current Federal law requiring the task force on information collection and dissemination to examine the feasibility of requiring Federal agencies to consolidate requirements regarding collections of information with respect to small business concerns within and across such agencies; and (2) include the results of such review in the annual report submitted to Congress for FY 2006 on the major activities respecting Federal information policy.
 
(Sec. 4) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements. Makes the repeal of such exemptions effective 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to: (1) instruct the Director of OMB, in carrying out requirements for the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress with the Federal budget submitted to the President, to require each agency annually to submit to OMB an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork to the extent feasible for the agency and each agency program; and (2) include such accounting statement and associated report as part of the Federal budget submitted to the President.
 
Requires the Director, after consultation with the head of each agency, to designate at least three agencies (or offices within an agency) to participate in a study on regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007, including three regulatory agencies or offices from among the Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires such study to address the preparation of regulatory budgets and such budgets to include the presentation of the varying estimated levels of benefits that would be associated with the different estimated levels of costs with respect to the regulatory alternatives under consideration by the agency (or office within the agency).
 
Includes in the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress for calendar year 2006 a presentation of the different levels of estimated regulatory benefits and costs with respect to the regulatory alternatives under consideration for at least one of the major regulatory programs of each of the designated agencies.
 
Requires the Director to include in such statement and report submitted to Congress for calendar year 2009 a report on the study which: (1) assesses the feasibility and advisability of including a regulatory budget as part of the Federal budget submitted to the President; (2) describes any difficulties encountered by OMB and the participating agencies in conducting such study; and (3) recommends, to the extent the President considers necessary or expedient, proposed legislation regarding regulatory budgets.

action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to: (1) require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Office of Tax Policy of the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, in minimizing the Federal information collection burden, to conduct a review of the collections of information by the IRS to identify actions that it can take to reduce the information collection burden imposed on small business concerns, consistent with current Federal law requiring the task force on information collection and dissemination to examine the feasibility of requiring Federal agencies to consolidate requirements regarding collections of information with respect to small business concerns within and across such agencies; and (2) include the results of such review in the annual report submitted to Congress for FY 2006 on the major activities respecting Federal information policy.
 
(Sec. 4) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements. Makes the repeal of such exemptions effective 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to instruct the Director of OMB, in carrying out requirements for the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress with the Federal budget submitted to the President, to require each agency annually to submit to OMB an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork to the extent feasible for the agency and each agency program.
 
Requires the Director, after consultation with the head of each agency, to designate at least three agencies (or offices within an agency) to participate in a study on regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007, including three regulatory agencies or offices from among the Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires such study to address the preparation of regulatory budgets and such budgets to include the presentation of the varying estimated levels of benefits that would be associated with the different estimated levels of costs with respect to the regulatory alternatives under consideration by the agency (or office within the agency).
 
Includes in the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress for calendar year 2006 a presentation of the different levels of estimated regulatory benefits and costs with respect to the regulatory alternatives under consideration for at least one of the major regulatory programs of each of the designated agencies.
 
Requires the Director, after consultation with the Committees on the Budget and on Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committees on the Budget and on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, to include in such statement and report submitted to Congress for calendar year 2009 a report on the study which: (1) assesses the feasibility and advisability of including a regulatory budget as part of the Federal budget submitted to the President; (2) describes any difficulties encountered by OMB and the participating agencies in conducting such study; and (3) recommends, to the extent the President considers necessary or expedient, proposed legislation regarding regulatory budgets. Requires such report to also be submitted directly to such congressional committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 645, H.R. 2432 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 373 - 54 (Roll no. 188).
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 373 - 54 (Roll no. 188).
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3160)
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2432.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ose amendment.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2432.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Robert B. Aderholt to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 645 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2728, H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731 and H.R. 2432.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 645. (consideration: CR H3141-3160; text of measure as reported in House: CR H3152-3153)
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Rule H. Res. 645 passed House.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 645 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2728, H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731 and H.R. 2432.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Government Reform, H. Rept. 108-490, Part II.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Government Reform, H. Rept. 108-490, Part II.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: PERMISSION TO FILE REPORT - Mr. Murphy asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Government Reform be permitted to file a supplemental report on H.R. 2432. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 277.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Committee on The Budget discharged.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Committee on The Budget discharged.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 14, 2004.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-490, Part I.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-490, Part I.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1221-1222)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House