Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1558
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2017-07-13
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure

Small Business Administration

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill revises the duties of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to include: (1) issuing, modifying, or amending rules governing federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements; and (2) authorizing an agency to issue such supplemental rules governing such compliance as the Chief Counsel may approve.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1558 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 13, 2017 Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To amend section 203 of Public Law 94–305 to ensure proper authority for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017 . 2. Additional powers of the chief counsel for advocacy (a) Chief counsel authority Section 203(a) of Public Law 94–305 ( 15 U.S.C. 634c(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (7) issue, modify, or amend rules governing compliance by agencies with chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, after opportunity for notice and comment under section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and (8) authorize an agency to issue such supplemental rules governing compliance with chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, as the Chief Counsel may approve, and ensure that the supplemental rules comply with such chapter 6 and with the notice and comment process under section 553 of title 5, United States Code. . (b) Implementation On and after the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration may exercise the authority under paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 203(a) of Public Law 94–305 ( 15 U.S.C. 634c(a) ), as added by subsection (a).