Regulatory Agenda Clarity Act

Bill: 118-hr-9030
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2024-07-15
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-852, Part I.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9030 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2024 Mr. Alford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Small Business , 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 A BILL To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act ), to ensure complete disclosure of an agency’s annual regulatory agenda.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Agenda Clarity Act . 2. Expansion of report of regulatory agenda Section 602 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking , and at the end and inserting a semicolon; (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) a brief description of each sector of the North American Industrial Classification System that is primarily affected by any rule which the agency expects to propose or promulgate which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and ; and (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Not later than 3 days after the date on which an agency publishes a regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register under subsection (a)— (1) such agency shall prominently display on the website of such agency a plain language summary of the information contained in the regulatory flexibility agenda; (2) the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall compile, by agency, and prominently display on the website of the Small Business Administration a plain language summary of each such regulatory flexibility agenda. .