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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Workforce Improvement and 
Jobs Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTING ALIENS EARNING MASTER'S OR HIGHER DEGREE IN UNITED 
              STATES FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS ON H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.

    Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) For any fiscal year, the applicable numerical limitation 
contained in paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien 
issued a visa or otherwise provided status under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) who has earned a master's or higher degree from an 
institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), until the number of 
aliens who are exempted from such numerical limitation during such year 
exceeds 20,000.''.

SEC. 3. MAKING PERMANENT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORITIES WITH 
              RESPECT TO H-1B NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Attestation Requirements.--Section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)(E)(ii)) is amended 
by striking ``subparagraph, and before October 1, 2003,'' and inserting 
``subparagraph''.
    (b) Fee.--Section 214(c)(9)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ``before October 1, 
2003''.
    (c) Department of Labor Investigative Authorities.--Section 
413(e)(2) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act 
of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is repealed.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Attestation requirements.--The amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall apply to applications under section 
        212(n)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act filed on or 
        after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
            (2) Fee.--The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply 
        to petitions under section 214(c) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act filed on or after the date that is 30 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Department of labor investigative authority.--The 
        amendment made by subsection (c) shall take effect on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION FEE.

    (a) Imposition of Fee.--Section 214(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(12)(A) In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose a fraud prevention and 
detection fee on an employer filing a petition under paragraph (1)--
            ``(i) initially to grant an alien nonimmigrant status 
        described in subparagraph (H)(i)(b) or (L) of section 
        101(a)(15); or
            ``(ii) to obtain authorization for an alien having such 
        status to change employers.
    ``(B) In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the 
Secretary of State shall impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on 
an alien filing an application abroad for a visa authorizing admission 
to the United States as a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(L), if the alien is covered under a blanket petition 
described in paragraph (2)(A).
    ``(C) The amount of the fee imposed under subparagraph (A) or (B) 
shall be $500.
    ``(D) The fee imposed under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall only 
apply to principal aliens and not to the spouses or children who are 
accompanying or following to join such principal aliens.
    ``(E) Fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the 
Treasury in accordance with section 286(v).''.
    (b) Establishment of Account; Use of Fees.--Section 286 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(v) H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established in the general fund 
        of the Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the 
        `H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account'. 
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be 
        deposited as offsetting receipts into the account all fees 
        collected under section 214(c)(12).
            ``(2) Use of fees to combat fraud.--
                    ``(A) Secretary of state.--One-third of the amounts 
                deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account shall remain available to the 
                Secretary of State until expended for programs and 
                activities at United States embassies and consulates 
                abroad--
                            ``(i) to increase the number diplomatic 
                        security personnel assigned exclusively to the 
                        function of preventing and detecting fraud by 
                        applicants for visas described in subparagraph 
                        (H)(i) or (L) of section 101(a)(15);
                            ``(ii) otherwise to prevent and detect such 
                        fraud pursuant to the terms of a memorandum of 
                        understanding or other cooperative agreement 
                        between the Secretary of State and the 
                        Secretary of Homeland Security; and
                            ``(iii) upon request by the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security, to assist such Secretary in 
                        carrying out the fraud prevention and detection 
                        programs and activities described in 
                        subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Secretary of homeland security.--One-third of 
                the amounts deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud 
                Prevention and Detection Account shall remain available 
                to the Secretary of Homeland Security until expended 
                for programs and activities to prevent and detect fraud 
                with respect to petitions under paragraph (1) or (2)(A) 
                of section 214(c) to grant an alien nonimmigrant status 
                described in subparagraph (H)(i) or (L) of section 
                101(a)(15).
                    ``(C) Secretary of labor.--One-third of the amounts 
                deposited into the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account shall remain available to the 
                Secretary of Labor until expended for enforcement 
                programs and activities described in section 212(n).
                    ``(D) Consultation.--The Secretary of State, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of 
                Labor shall consult one another with respect to the use 
                of the funds in the H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and 
                Detection Account.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and the fees imposed 
under such amendments shall apply to petitions under section 214(c) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, and applications for nonimmigrant 
visas under section 222 of such Act, filed on or after the date that is 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. ENSURING INTEGRITY OF VISAS FOR INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREES.

    (a) Nonimmigrant L-1 Visa Category.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following:
    ``(F) An alien who will serve in a capacity involving specialized 
knowledge with respect to an employer for purposes of section 
101(a)(15)(L) and will be stationed primarily at the worksite of an 
employer other than the petitioning employer or its affiliate, 
subsidiary, or parent shall not be eligible for classification under 
section 101(a)(15)(L) if--
            ``(i) the alien will be controlled and supervised 
        principally by such unaffiliated employer; or
            ``(ii) the placement of the alien at the worksite of the 
        unaffiliated employer is part of an arrangement merely to 
        provide labor for the unaffiliated employer rather than in 
        connection with the provision of a product or service for which 
        specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is 
        necessary.''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to petitions filed on or after the effective date 
        of this section, whether for initial, extended, or amended 
        classification.
    (b) Requirement for Prior Continuous Employment for Certain 
Intracompany Transferees.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)(A)) is amended by 
        striking the last sentence (relating to reduction of the 1-year 
        period of continuous employment abroad to 6 months).
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply only to petitions for initial classification filed 
        on or after the effective date of this section.
    (c) Maintenance of Statistics.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        maintain statistics regarding petitions filed, approved, 
        extended, and amended with respect to nonimmigrants described 
        in section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)), including the number of such 
        nonimmigrants who are classified on the basis of specialized 
        knowledge and the number of nonimmigrants who are classified on 
        the basis of specialized knowledge in order to work primarily 
        at offsite locations.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to petitions 
        filed on or after the effective date of this section.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

Answer: American Workforce Improvement and Jobs Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt up to 20,000 aliens holding a master's or higher degree from the numerical limitation on H-1B (temporary employment in a specialty occupation) nonimmigrants in any fiscal year.

Makes permanent: (1) the attestation requirement concerning nondisplacement of U.S. workers applicable to H-1B-dependent employers and willful violators; (2) the filing fee applicable to H-1B petitioners; and (3) the Secretary of Labor's authority under the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act to investigate an employer's alleged failure to meet specified labor attestation conditions (by repealing a sunset provision in that Act).

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on H-1B or L (intracompany business personnel) petitioners for use in combating fraud and carrying out labor attestation enforcement activities. Establishes an H-1B and L Fraud Prevention and Detection Account for the deposit of such fees.

Renders ineligible for L visa status those aliens who will serve in a capacity involving specialized knowledge at the worksite of an employer other than the petitioning employer or its affiliate if: (1) the alien will be controlled principally by the unaffiliated employer; or (2) the placement with the unaffiliated employer is part of an arrangement merely to provide labor rather than to use the alien's specialized knowledge.

Eliminates the current reduction in the continuous employment requirement for aliens seeking L visa status pursuant to an employer's blanket petition.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain statistics regarding L visa petitions.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alien Child Protection and Deferred 
Enforced Departure Family Unity Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR ANY ALIEN ORPHAN WHO IS 
              PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS LESS THAN 
              12 YEARS OF AGE.

    (a) Adjustment of Status.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act, the status of any alien 
        described in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Attorney 
        General to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
        residence, if the alien--
                    (A) applies for such adjustment; and
                    (B) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 
                visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States 
                for permanent residence, except in determining such 
                admissibility the grounds for inadmissibility specified 
                in paragraphs (4), (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9) of section 
                212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not 
                apply.
            (2) Relationship of application to certain orders.--An 
        alien present in the United States who has been ordered 
        excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily 
        from the United States under any provision of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act may, notwithstanding such order, apply for 
        adjustment of status under paragraph (1). Such an alien may not 
        be required, as a condition on submitting or granting such 
        application, to file a motion to reopen, reconsider, or vacate 
        such order. If the Attorney General grants the application, the 
        Attorney General shall cancel the order. If the Attorney 
        General renders a final administrative decision to deny the 
        application, the order shall be effective and enforceable to 
        the same extent as if the application had not been made.
    (b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--The benefits 
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who--
            (1) at the time of application has not attained the age of 
        12 years;
            (2) is physically present in the United States; and
            (3) has no living legally-recognized parent.
    (c) Stay of Removal.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall provide by 
        regulation for an alien subject to a final order of deportation 
        or removal or exclusion to seek a stay of such order based on 
        the filing of an application under subsection (a).
            (2) During certain proceedings.--Notwithstanding any 
        provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Attorney 
        General shall not order any alien to be removed from the United 
        States, if the alien is in exclusion, deportation, or removal 
        proceedings under any provision of such Act and raises as a 
        defense to such an order the eligibility of the alien to apply 
        for adjustment of status under subsection (a), except where the 
        Attorney General has rendered a final administrative 
        determination to deny the application.
    (d) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Attorney General 
shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status under subsection 
(a) the same right to, and procedures for, administrative review as are 
provided to--
            (1) applicants for adjustment of status under section 245 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or
            (2) aliens subject to removal proceedings under section 240 
        of such Act.
    (e) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--When an alien is 
granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall not be 
required to reduce the number of immigrant visas authorized to be 
issued under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
    (f) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions 
contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the 
administration of this section. Nothing contained in this Act shall be 
held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, 
duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the 
administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law relating to 
immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact that an alien may 
be eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence under this section shall not preclude the alien 
from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which the 
alien may be eligible.

SEC. 2. DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE FOR ANY ALIEN NATURAL AND LEGAL 
              PARENT OF A CHILD BORN IN THE UNITED STATES WHO IS LESS 
              THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE.

    (a) Deferred Enforced Departure.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act, the removal or enforced departure any alien 
        described in subsection (b) shall be deferred by the Attorney 
General during any period in which the alien is the natural and legal 
parent of a child born in the United States who has not attained the 
age of 18 years, if the alien applies for such deferral.
            (2) Relationship of application to certain orders.--An 
        alien present in the United States who has been ordered 
        excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily 
        from the United States under any provision of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act may, notwithstanding such order, apply for 
        deferral of enforced departure under paragraph (1). Such an 
        alien may not be required, as a condition on submitting or 
        granting such application, to file a motion to reopen, 
        reconsider, or vacate such order. If the Attorney General 
        grants the application, the Attorney General shall cancel the 
        order. If the Attorney General renders a final administrative 
        decision to deny the application, the order shall be effective 
        and enforceable to the same extent as if the application had 
        not been made.
    (b) Aliens Eligible for Deferred Enforced Departure.--The benefits 
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who--
            (1) is physically present in the United States; and
            (2) is the natural and legal parent of a child born in the 
        United States who has not attained the age of 18 years.
    (c) Stay of Removal.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall provide by 
        regulation for an alien subject to a final order of deportation 
        or removal or exclusion to seek a stay of such order based on 
        the filing of an application under subsection (a).
            (2) During certain proceedings.--Notwithstanding any 
        provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Attorney 
        General shall not order any alien to be removed from the United 
        States, if the alien is in exclusion, deportation, or removal 
        proceedings under any provision of such Act and raises as a 
        defense to such an order the eligibility of the alien to apply 
        for adjustment of status under subsection (a), except where the 
        Attorney General has rendered a final administrative 
        determination to deny the application.
    (d) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Attorney General 
shall provide to applicants for deferred enforced departure under 
subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for, administrative 
review as are provided to aliens subject to removal proceedings under 
section 240 of such Act.
    (e) Work Authorization.--
            (1) During application process.--The Attorney General may 
        authorize an alien who has applied for deferred enforced 
        departure under subsection (a) to engage in employment in the 
        United States during the pendency of such application and may 
        provide the alien with an ``employment authorized'' endorsement 
        or other appropriate document signifying authorization of 
        employment, except that if such application is pending for a 
        period exceeding 180 days, and has not been denied, the 
        Attorney General shall authorize such employment.
            (2) During deferred enforced departure period.--The 
        Attorney General shall authorize an alien who is granted 
        deferred enforced departure under subsection (a) to engage in 
        employment in the United States during any period in which 
        deferred enforced departure applies.
    (f) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions 
contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the 
administration of this section. Nothing contained in this Act shall be 
held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, 
duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the 
administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law relating to 
immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact that an alien may 
be eligible to be granted deferred enforced departure status under this 
section shall not preclude the alien from seeking immigration status 
under any other provision of law for which the alien may be eligible.

Answer: Provides for deferred enforced departure (and stay of removal if applicable) of an alien who is the natural and legal parent of a U.S.-born child under 18 years old.


Question: OF CONFLICTS.

    To the extent permitted by law, disagreements or conflicts between 
or among agency heads or between OMB and any agency that cannot be 
resolved by the Administrator of OIRA shall be resolved by the 
President or a designee of the President.

SEC. 8. PUBLICATION.

    Except to the extent required by law, an agency shall not publish 
in the Federal Register or otherwise issue to the public any regulatory 
action that is subject to review under section 6 until--
            (1) the Administrator of OIRA notifies the agency that OIRA 
        has waived its review of the action or has completed its review 
        without any requests for further consideration, or
            (2) the applicable time period in section 6(b)(2) expires 
        without OIRA having notified the agency that it is returning 
        the regulatory action for further consideration under section 
        6(b)(3),
whichever occurs first. If the terms of the preceding sentence have not 
been satisfied and an agency wants to publish or otherwise issue a 
regulatory action, the head of that agency may request Presidential 
consideration through the Administrator of OIRA, as provided under 
section 8. Upon receipt of this request, the Administrator of OIRA 
shall notify the Advisers. The guidelines and time period set forth in 
section 8 shall apply to the publication of regulatory actions for 
which Presidential consideration has been sought.

SEC. 9. AGENCY AUTHORITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as displacing the agencies' 
authority or responsibilities, as authorized by law.

SEC. 10. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect any otherwise available judicial 
review of agency action. This Act is intended only to improve the 
internal management of the Federal Government and does not create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
equity by a party against the United States, its agencies or 
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Advisers'' refers to such regulatory policy 
        advisers to the President as the President and the 
        Administrator of OIRA may from time to time consult, including, 
        among others--
                    (A) the Director of OMB;
                    (B) the Chair (or another member) of the Council of 
                Economic Advisers;
                    (C) the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy;
                    (D) the Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy;
                    (E) the Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs;
                    (F) the Assistant to the President for Science and 
                Technology;
                    (G) the Assistant to the President for 
                Intergovernmental Affairs;
                    (H) the Assistant to the President and Staff 
                Secretary;
                    (I) the Assistant to the President and Chief of 
                Staff to the Administrator of OIRA;
                    (J) the Assistant to the President and Counsel to 
                the President; and
                    (K) the Deputy Assistant to the President and 
                Director of the White House Office on Environmental 
                Policy.
            (2) Except as provided in section 4(f), the term ``agency'' 
        means any authority of the United States that is an ``agency'' 
        under section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, other 
        than those considered to be independent regulatory agencies, as 
        defined in section 3502(10) of title 44, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``Director'' means the Director of OMB.
            (4) The term ``regulation'' or ``rule'' means an agency 
        statement of general applicability and future effect, which the 
        agency intends to have the force and effect of law, that is 
        designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or 
        to describe the procedure or practice requirements of an 
        agency. It does not, however, include--
                    (A) regulations or rules issued in accordance with 
                the formal rulemaking provisions of sections 556 and 
                557 of title 5, United States Code;
                    (B) regulations or rules that pertain to a military 
                or foreign affairs function of the United States, other 
                than procurement regulations and regulations involving 
                the import or export of non-defense articles and 
                services;
                    (C) regulations or rules that are limited to agency 
                organization, management, or personnel matters; or
                    (D) any other category of regulations exempted by 
                the Administrator of OIRA.
            (5) The term ``regulatory action'' means any substantive 
        action by an agency (normally published in the Federal 
        Register) that promulgates or is expected to lead to the 
        promulgation of a final rule or regulation, including notices 
        of inquiry, advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices 
        of proposed rulemaking.
            (6) The term ``significant regulatory action'' means any 
        regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that may--
                    (A) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 
                million 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 otherwise 
                interfere with an action taken or planned by another 
                agency;
                    (C) materially alter the budgetary impact of 
                entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or 
                the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or
                    (D) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out 
                of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the 
                principles set forth in this Act.

Answer:
Government Regulatory Improvement and Performance Act of 1998 - Declares that:  (1) Federal agencies should promulgate only such regulations as are required by law, necessary to interpret the law, or necessary to protect and promote or improve the health and safety of the public, the environment, or the well-being of the American people; and (2) in deciding whether and how to regulate, agencies should assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating. 
Sets forth principles of regulation to ensure that the agencies' regulatory programs are consistent with such philosophy, including that each agency:  (1) identify the problem that it intends to address by regulation, assess its significance, and if possible conduct a risk analysis; (2) identify and assess available alternatives to direct regulation; (3) wherever feasible, seek views of appropriate State, local, and tribal officials before imposing requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect those governmental entities. 
(Sec. 3) Directs the Office of Management and Budget to carry out coordinated review of agency rulemaking.  Designates its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as the repository of expertise concerning regulatory issues. 
(Sec. 4) Directs the OIRA Administrator, early in each year's planning cycle, to convene a meeting of the regulatory policy advisers to the President and agency heads to seek a common understanding of priorities and to coordinate regulatory efforts for the upcoming year. 
Requires each agency to prepare:  (1) a unified regulatory agenda of all regulations under development or review; and (2) a regulatory plan of the most important significant regulatory actions that the agency reasonably expects to issue in that fiscal year or thereafter. 
Directs the Administrator to:  (1) convene and chair a regulatory working group, which shall meet at least quarterly, to assist agencies in identifying and analyzing important regulatory issues; (2) meet quarterly, along with agency heads, with representatives of State, local, and tribal governments to identify exiting and proposed regulations that may uniquely or significantly affect those governmental entities; and (3) convene periodic conferences with representatives of businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and the public to discuss regulatory issues. 
(Sec. 5) Requires that:  (1) each agency submit to OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations; and (2) any significant regulations selected for review be included in the agency's annual plan, and the agency identify any legislative mandates that require the agency to promulgate or continue to impose unnecessary or outdated regulations. 
(Sec. 5) Requires each agency to:  (1) submit to the OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations for possible modification or elimination; (2) provide the public with meaningful participation in the regulatory process and a meaningful opportunity to comment on any proposed regulation, generally including a comment period of not less than 60 days; and (2) explore and, where appropriate, use consensual mechanisms for developing regulations, including negotiated rulemaking. 
Directs:  (1) each agency head to designate a Regulatory Policy Office; (2) each agency to develop its regulatory actions in a timely fashion and adhere to specified procedures; (3) each agency to provide the OIRA with a list of its planned regulatory actions, including significant regulatory actions; and (4)  the Administrator to provide meaningful guidance and oversight. 
(Sec. 8) Prohibits an agency from publishing a regulation until the Administrator has waived review of the action, completed such review, or the review period has passed, whichever occurs first.