,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,hunter 7for himself and ,mr4 ,rahall7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on the    
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require reports on the   
results of and methods used to calculate
 any cost-benefit or regulatory impact  
analysis1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cost-,benefit and ,regulatory      
,transparency ,enhancement ,act of      
#bjac4  #b4 ,cost-benefit and regulatory
 impact report requirement  7a7 ,in     
general ,as soon as practicable after   
the completion by an agency of any      
cost-benefit or regulatory impact       

analysis used to promulgate rules or    
guidelines or to determine              
administrative actions1 the head of the 
agency1 in consultation with the        
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget--  7#a7 shall submit to the 
relevant committees of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate a      
report on the result of and methods     
7including any key method7 used to      
calculate the cost-benefit or regulatory
 impact analysis2 and  7#b7 shall       
publish such report in the ,federal     
,register4  7b7 ,interim period  7#a7   
,in general ,any cost-benefit or        
regulatory impact analysis that is the  
subject of a report submitted pursuant  
to subsection 7a7 may not be finalized  
during the #fj-;day period starting on  
the date of submission of the report4   
7#b7 ,waiver authority ,the head of the 
agency concerned may waive the #fj-;day 
period described in paragraph 7#a7 in an
 emergency situation4  7c7 ,valuation of
 ,benefits ,during the #fj-;day period  

described in subsection 7b77#a71 the    
potential benefits of each cost-benefit 
or regulatory impact analysis shall be  
appropriately informed through the      
following3  7#a7 ,an opportunity for    
public comment on the results of the    
cost-benefit or regulatory impact       
analysis4  7#b7 ,agency consideration of
 public comments4  7#c7 ,a summary of   
public comments and agency responses in 
the ,federal ,register4  7d7            
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given that term in section #eea of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 except 
that the term does not include an       
independent regulatory agency as defined
 by section #cejb7e7 of title #dd1      
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,key method
 ,the term key method includes any      
method that determines the social cost  
of carbon4