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HR.572 - 119th Congress
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2025-01-21 - 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.
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2025-01-21
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This bill would change how federal agencies judge new regulations. It says agencies should only use factors that can be counted in dollars or clearly measured when doing cost-benefit reviews for proposed, final, or temporary rules. In other words, it would block agencies from relying on hard-to-measure or unpriced benefits or harms when deciding whether a rule is worth it. The bill also tells the Office of Management and Budget to update its guidance to match these limits, requires agencies to publish more detail about their analyses, and gives affected parties a way to challenge rules in court if an agency breaks these rules.
- Agencies would be barred from considering any “non-monetized” or “unquantified” factor in a regulatory impact analysis or cost-benefit analysis.
- The Office of Management and Budget could not issue guidance that allows or encourages agencies to use those kinds of factors, and it could not rely on them itself when reviewing another agency’s analysis.
- Each agency would have to publish summaries and full texts of its analyses in the Federal Register, including the methods it used and any other information showing how it made its decision.
- People affected by a rule could sue in federal court if an agency used non-monetized or unquantified factors in violation of the bill, and a court would have to invalidate the rule if it finds that happened. The rule would apply to agency rules issued on or after November 9, 2023, and the new standards would take effect 30 days after enactment.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 572 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 572
To prohibit the use of non-monetized or unqualified factors for
regulatory analyses, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 21, 2025
Mr. Sessions (for himself and Ms. Hageman) 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 prohibit the use of non-monetized or unqualified factors for
regulatory analyses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Regulations Evaluated to Determine
The Anticipated Price and Effect Act'' or the ``RED TAPE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that agencies must prioritize tangible, immediately
quantifiable monetary benefits in their decision making processes,
ensuring regulatory actions yield clear and measurable financial
benefits to the public and private sectors while minimizing unnecessary
regulatory costs or burdens.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON NET BENEFIT DISCOUNTS; CONSIDERATION OF
REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in section 601--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the
end and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in paragraph (8)--
(i) by striking ``Recordkeeping
Requirement.--T'' and inserting ``the''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(9) the term `benefit-cost analysis' has the meaning
given the term in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
94, as revised on November 9, 2023, or any successor revision;
and
``(10) the term `regulatory impact analysis' means a
regulatory analysis described in--
``(A) Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note;
relating to regulatory planning and review);
``(B) Executive Order 13563 (5 U.S.C. 601 note;
relating to improving regulation and regulatory
review);
``(C) Executive Order 14094 (88 Fed. Reg. 21879;
relating to modernizing regulatory review);
``(D) Office of Management and Budget Circular No.
A-4, as revised on November 9, 2023, or any successor
revision; or
``(E) Office of Management and Budget Circular No.
A-94, as revised on November 9, 2023, or any successor
revision.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 613. Prohibition on use of non-monetized or unqualified factors
for regulatory analyses
``(a) Agency Prohibition.--An agency may not consider any non-
monetized or unquantified factor when conducting a regulatory impact
analysis or benefit-cost analysis on any proposed rule, final rule, or
interim final rule.
``(b) OMB Prohibition.--The Office of Management and Budget may
not--
``(1) authorize in any manner, such as in issuing guidance,
a memorandum, a directive, or a rule that permit or endorse the
analysis or use of any non-monetized or unquantified factor
when conducting a regulatory impact analysis or benefit-cost
analysis on any proposed rule, final rule, or interim final
rule; or
``(2) consider any non-monetized or unquantified factor
presented in a regulatory impact analysis or benefit-cost
analysis of another agency.
``(c) Public Transparency.--Each agency shall publish in the
Federal Register, with respect to and along with each proposed rule,
final rule, or interim final rule--
``(1) a summary of each regulatory impact analysis and
benefit-cost analysis conducted by the agency;
``(2) the text of each regulatory impact analysis and
benefit-cost analysis conducted by the agency, including a
disclosure of the methodology and specific analyses used by the
agency in estimating economic impacts, and the determination
and rationale of such economic impact analyses; and
``(3) any additional information of the agency relevant to
the regulatory impact and benefit-cost analyses conducted by
the agency, such as the decision-making processes of the
agency.
``(d) Regulatory Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall issue revised guidance to agencies to ensure
compliance with the provisions of this section.
``(e) Judicial Review.--
``(1) In general.--Any party affected by a rule issued by
an agency that considered a non-monetized or unquantified
factor when conducting a regulatory impact or benefit-cost
analysis in violation of this section may bring a civil action
against the agency to challenge the rule in a district court of
the United States.
``(2) Invalidation of regulation.--If the court finds that
an agency relied upon non-monetized or unquantified factors to
evaluate a final rule or interim final rule in contravention of
this section, the court shall declare the rule invalid.
``(3) Application.--This subsection shall apply with
respect to any rule issued by an agency on or after November 9,
2023.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``613. Prohibition on use of non-monetized or unquantified factors for
regulatory analyses.''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 3 shall take effect on the date that
is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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