United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2623 (115th)
Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2017
Introduced
24 May 2017
Last action
30 November 2017 · Committee
Status
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
Sponsors
Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11], Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4], Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9], Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5], Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4], Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10], Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6], Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6], Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7], Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4], Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC], Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7], Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1], Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Subjects
Taxation, Budget
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2017 This bill requires federal agencies to: (1) designate regulatory reform officers to oversee reduction, cost control, planning, review, and termination of regulatory programs; and (2) establish task forces to recommend, within a five-year period, the repeal or amendment of regulations that eliminate or inhibit jobs, impose costs exceeding benefits, create inconsistency, interfere with regulatory reform, are inconsistent with Paperwork Reduction Act guidelines, were made to implement executive orders or presidential directives subsequently rescinded or modified, or are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective. Any new incremental cost of a new significant regulatory action must be offset by the elimination of existing costs associated with at least two prior regulatory actions. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must set a net amount of incremental costs allowed for each agency in issuing new significant regulatory actions and repealing regulatory actions for the each fiscal year. If an agency does not exhaust all the incremental cost allowance for a fiscal year, that remaining balance may be included in the incremental allowance for the subsequent fiscal year. Before proposing a significant regulatory action during FY2018, an agency must identify at least two regulatory actions for repeal. Total incremental cost of all such new significant regulatory actions and any repealed regulatory action must be: (1) no greater than zero, or (2) consistent with an OMB waiver. Agencies must submit an annual regulatory plan to the OMB about: (1) the costs of proposed or finalized regulations, and (2) the economic effects and the net effect on jobs considered when drafting significant regulatory actions. The bill prohibits issuance of a significant regulatory action if it was not included in the most recent version of the published unified agenda of regulations under development or review, unless it was approved by the OMB.
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Timeline
24 May 2017
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2017
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 May 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 June 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Source: Committee
30 November 2017
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
Source: Committee
30 November 2017
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 24 May 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2623
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2623
- us · 115-hr-2623 · source updated 11 August 2025