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HAMDT 48 (104th)

An amendment (numbered 2 as printed in the Congressional Record) to require federal agencies, in cases where their rulemaking record indicates that there are two or more methods that could be used to accomplish the objectives of a particular regulation containing federal mandates, to 1) choose the option which is least costly and burdensome to state, local and tribal governments or to the private sector; or 2) publish with the final regulation an explanation of why the agency chose the more costly or burdensome method of applying the federal mandate.