Regulatory Reform Act

Summary

Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require the notice of proposed agency rulemaking to include: (1) a statement of the Congressional intent behind the rule; (2) a solicitation for public proposals for alternative methods; (3) a description of the data used in the rulemaking; and (4) a determination of whether the rule is a "major rule," as defined in this Act. Directs each agency to publish with such notice: (1) a description of the costs and benefits of and alternatives to the proposed rule; and (2) a justification for proposing the rule and selecting it over the alternatives. Requires agencies to give interested persons at least 60 days to submit written comments on any proposed rule and to make oral comments on major rules. Provides for a 30-day extension of such period. Directs each agency to publish with each final rule a statement of its basis and purpose, including an assessment of the public comments and a comparison of the costs, benefits, and adverse effects of the rule. Requires an agency officer or employee to prepare the rulemaking notice and the statement of the basis and purpose. Directs each agency to maintain, for judicial review, a public file of the paperwork and comments pertaining to each rulemaking proceeding. Allows an agency to promulgate an emergency rule without meeting the notice and comment requirements. Directs such agency: (1) to publish an explanation of the situation requiring the emergency rule and a justification of the emergency rule selected; and (2) to comply with normal rulemaking requirements as soon as practicable. Requires each agency to review its major rules every ten years. Directs each agency to: (1) publish and submit to the President a proposed review schedule; and (2) publish a final schedule within one year after enactment of this Act. Permits the President to select additional rules for review. Directs each agency to publish a notice of its proposed action regarding a reviewed rule. Requires that the notice: (1) assess the costs, benefits, and adverse effects of the rule; and (2) invite public proposals for modifications or alternatives to the rule. Requires an agency to follow normal rulemaking procedures when amending or rescinding a rule. Specifies procedures for renewing a rule without amendment. Directs a court reviewing an agency action to: (1) set aside any agency rule found to lack substantial support in the rulemaking file; (2) determine the authority or jurisdiction of the agency on the basis of the language of the authorizing statute or other evidence of legislative intent; and (3) accord no presumption in favor of or against agency action. Declares that when proceedings for review of the same agency action are instituted in two or more courts of appeals within ten days, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall select the court in which the record shall be filed by a system of random selection. Authorizes the courts not selected to grant preliminary relief pending transfer of their proceedings. Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register, semiannually, an agenda of the rules the agency expects to propose, promulgate, renew, or withdraw within the next 12 months, including a schedule of the significant actions pertaining to each rule. Directs the President to publish, semiannually, a Calendar of Federal Regulations, listing each of the major rules included in the agenda.

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Timeline

1. 30 April 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 April 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred jointly to Senate Committees on Governmental Affairs; Judiciary pursuant to the order of April 29, 1981.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 May 1981

   Floor

   Ordered, that the previous referral is amended to include the instructions that when one Committee reports the bill, the other Committee have thirty days in which to report or be deemed discharged from further consideration.

   Source: Floor

4. 8 May 1981

   Referred

   Committee on Judiciary. Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform; provided that if the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform shall favorably report the bill, or be discharged from further consideration thereof, then the Subcommittee on Agency Administration shall be discharged from further consideration of Section 5 of the bill.

   Source: Committee

5. 12 May 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

6. 13 May 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Agriculture Department; Commerce Department; Education Department; Energy Department; HUD; Interior Department.

   Source: Committee

7. 14 May 1981

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

8. 15 May 1981

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Agency Administration. Hearings held on Section 5.

   Source: Committee

9. 3 June 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Communications Commission.

   Source: Committee

10. 18 June 1981

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform. Measure with amendments to full committee.

    Source: Committee

11. 19 June 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Consumer Product Safety Commission.

    Source: Committee

12. 23 June 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

13. 13 July 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Interstate Commerce Commission.

    Source: Committee

14. 14 July 1981

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

15. 17 July 1981

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

16. 17 July 1981

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

17. 27 July 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

    Source: Committee

18. 31 July 1981

    Floor

    Senate agreed by unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs have until Sep 18, 81 to file report.

    Source: Floor

19. 5 August 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

    Source: Committee

20. 31 August 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Postal Rate Commission.

    Source: Committee

21. 4 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Trade Commission.

    Source: Committee

22. 8 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Interstate Commerce Commission; Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

    Source: Committee

23. 9 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

    Source: Committee

24. 11 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Reserve System.

    Source: Committee

25. 14 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Civil Aeronautics Board.

    Source: Committee

26. 15 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Consumer Product Safety Commission; Federal Maritime Commission.

    Source: Committee

27. 16 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

    Source: Committee

28. 17 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Source: Committee

29. 18 September 1981

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 274.

    Source: Calendars

30. 18 September 1981

    Reported

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Roth favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

31. 18 September 1981

    Reported

    Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Roth favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

32. 25 September 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Health and Human Services Department.

    Source: Committee

33. 2 October 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    Source: Committee

34. 30 November 1981

    Floor

    Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 97-284.

    Source: Floor

35. 30 November 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 97-284.

    Source: Committee

36. 9 December 1981

    Floor

    Star Print ordered on Report No. 97-284.

    Source: Floor

37. 16 December 1981

    Floor

    Committee on Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 97-305.

    Source: Floor

38. 16 December 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 97-305.

    Source: Committee

39. 12 February 1982

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Transportation Department.

    Source: Committee

40. 25 February 1982

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Source: Committee

41. 4 March 1982

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Defense Department.

    Source: Committee

42. 12 March 1982

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from VA.

    Source: Committee

43. 18 March 1982

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

44. 22 March 1982

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

45. 23 March 1982

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

46. 24 March 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 94-0. Record Vote No: 62.

    Source: Floor

47. 24 March 1982

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 24 March 1982

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• Reported to Senate amended, 2nd committee reporting

  summary · EN · 18 September 1981

  Open at official source

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