,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bfb  #aacth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bhjd  ,report ,no4 #aac-ced1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,holding 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bachus1   
,mr4 ,coble1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1  
,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,marino1 ,mr4        
,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,smith of    
,missouri1 and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7          
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 
,february #ba1 #bjad ,additional        
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,meadows and ,mr4 ,gosar 
,february #ba1 #bjad ,reported from the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform with an amendment ,strike out  
all after the enacting clause and insert

 the part printed in italic ,for text of
 introduced bill1 see copy of bill as   
introduced on ,july #bd1 #bjac          
,february #ba1 #bjad ,the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary discharged2 committed to 
the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on  
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require   
the ,administrator of the ,office of    
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs to
 publish information about rules on the 
,internet1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,all ,economic ,regulations are     
,transparent ,act of #bjad or the       
,,alert ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,office of  
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs   
publication of information relating to  
rules  7a7 ,amendment ,title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by inserting 
after chapter #f1 the following new     
chapter3  #f;,a ,office of ,information 
and ,regulatory ,affairs ,publication of
 ,information ,relating to ,rules  ,sec4

 #fea4 ,agency monthly submission to    
,office of ,information and ,regulatory 
,affairs4 #feb4 ,office of ,information 
and ,regulatory ,affairs ,publications4 
#fec4 ,requirement for rules to appear  
in agency-specific monthly publication4 
#fed4 ,definitions4  #fea4 ,agency      
monthly submission to ,office of        
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs   
,on a monthly basis1 the head of each   
agency shall submit to the              
,administrator of the ,office of        
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs   
7referred to in this chapter as the     
,administrator71 in such a manner as the
 ,administrator may reasonably require1 
the following information3  7#a7 ,for   
each rule that the agency expects to    
propose or finalize during the following
 year3  7,a7 ,a summary of the nature of
 the rule1 including the regulation     
identifier number and the docket number 
for the rule4  7,b7 ,the objectives of  
and legal basis for the issuance of the 
rule1 including--  7i7 any statutory or 

judicial deadline2 and  7ii7 whether the
 legal basis restricts or precludes the 
agency from conducting an analysis of   
the costs or benefits of the rule during
 the rule making1 and if not1 whether   
the agency plans to conduct an analysis 
of the costs or benefits of the rule    
during the rule making4  7,c7 ,whether  
the agency plans to claim an exemption  
from the requirements of section #eec   
pursuant to section #eec7;b77,b74  7,d7 
,the stage of the rule making as of the 
date of submission4  7,e7 ,whether the  
rule is subject to review under section 
#faj4  7#b7 ,for any rule for which the 
agency expects to finalize during the   
following year and has issued a general 
notice of proposed rule making--  7,a7  
an approximate schedule for completing  
action on the rule2  7,b7 an estimate of
 whether the rule will cost--  7i7 less 
than #ej1jjj1jjj2  7ii7 #ej1jjj1jjj or  
more but less than #ajj1jjj1jjj2  7iii7 
#ajj1jjj1jjj or more but less than      
#ejj1jjj1jjj2  7iv7 #ejj1jjj1jjj or more

 but less than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj2  7v7     
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj or more but less than    
#e1jjj1jjj1jjj2  7vi7 #e1jjj1jjj1jjj or 
more but less than #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 or  
7vii7 #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj or more2 and  7,c7
 any estimate of the economic effects of
 the rule1 including any estimate of the
 net effect that the rule will have on  
the number of jobs in the ,united       
,states1 that was considered in drafting
 the rule4 ,if such estimate is not     
available1 a statement affirming that no
 information on the economic effects1   
including the effect on the number of   
jobs1 of the rule has been considered4  
#feb4 ,office of ,information and       
,regulatory ,affairs ,publications  7a7 
,agency-specific information published  
monthly ,not later than #cj days after  
the submission of information pursuant  
to section #fea1 the ,administrator     
shall make such information publicly    
available on the ,internet4  7b7        
,cumulative assessment of agency rule   
making published annually  7#a7         

,publication in the ,federal ,register  
,not later than ,october #a of each     
year1 the ,administrator shall publish  
in the ,federal ,register1 for the      
previous year the following3  7,a7 ,the 
information that the ,administrator     
received from the head of each agency   
under section #fea4  7,b7 ,the number of
 rules and a list of each such rule--   
7i7 that was proposed by each agency1   
including1 for each such rule1 an       
indication of whether the issuing agency
 conducted an analysis of the costs or  
benefits of the rule2 and  7ii7 that was
 finalized by each agency1 including for
 each such rule an indication of        
whether--  7,i7 the issuing agency      
conducted an analysis of the costs or   
benefits of the rule2  7,,ii7 the agency
 claimed an exemption from the          
procedures under section #eec pursuant  
to section #eec7;b77,b72 and  7,,iii7   
the rule was issued pursuant to a       
statutory mandate or the rule making is 
committed to agency discretion by law4  

7,c7 ,the number of agency actions and a
 list of each such action taken by each 
agency that--  7i7 repealed a rule2     
7ii7 reduced the scope of a rule2  7iii7
 reduced the cost of a rule2 or  7iv7   
accelerated the expiration date of a    
rule4  7,d7 ,the total cost 7without    
reducing the cost by any offsetting     
benefits7 of all rules proposed or      
finalized1 and the number of rules for  
which an estimate of the cost of the    
rule was not available4  7#b7           
,publication on the ,internet ,not later
 than ,october #a of each year1 the     
,administrator shall make publicly      
available on the ,internet the          
following3  7,a7 ,the analysis of the   
costs or benefits1 if conducted1 for    
each proposed rule or final rule issued 
by an agency for the previous year4     
7,b7 ,the docket number and regulation  
identifier number for each proposed or  
final rule issued by an agency for the  
previous year4  7,c7 ,the number of     
rules and a list of each such rule      

reviewed by the ,director of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget for the     
previous year1 and the authority under  
which each such review was conducted4   
7,d7 ,the number of rules and a list of 
each such rule for which the head of an 
agency completed a review under section 
#faj for the previous year4  7,e7 ,the  
number of rules and a list of each such 
rule submitted to the ,comptroller      
,general under section #hja4  7,f7 ,the 
number of rules and a list of each such 
rule for which a resolution of          
disapproval was introduced in either the
 ,house of ,representatives or the      
,senate under section #hjb4  #fec4      
,requirement for rules to appear in     
agency-specific monthly publication  7a7
 ,in general ,subject to subsection 7b71
 a rule may not take effect until the   
information required to be made publicly
 available on the ,internet regarding   
such rule pursuant to section #feb7;a7  
has been so available for not less than 
#f months4  7b7 ,exceptions ,the        

requirement of subsection 7a7 shall not 
apply in the case of a rule--  7#a7 for 
which the agency issuing the rule claims
 an exception under section             
#eec7;b77,b72 or  7#b7 which the        
,president determines by ,executive     
,order should take effect because the   
rule is--  7,a7 necessary because of an 
imminent threat to health or safety or  
other emergency2  7,b7 necessary for the
 enforcement of criminal laws2  7,c7    
necessary for national security2 or     
7,d7 issued pursuant to any statute     
implementing an international trade     
agreement4  #fed4 ,definitions ,in this 
chapter1 the terms agency1 agency       
action1 rule1 and rule making have the  
meanings given those terms in section   
#eea4  4  7b7 ,technical and conforming 
amendment ,the table of chapters for    
part ,i of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended by inserting after the
 item relating to chapter #e1 the       
following3  #f4 ,the ,analysis of       
,regulatory ,functions#fja #f;,a4       

,office of ,information and ,regulatory 
,affairs ,publication of ,information   
,relating to ,rules#fea  4  7c7         
,effective dates  7#a7 ,agency monthly  
submission to the ,office of            
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs   
,the first submission required pursuant 
to section #fea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 shall be submitted not later than  
#cj days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 and monthly thereafter4  
7#b7 ,cumulative assessment of agency   
rule making  7,a7 ,in general           
,subsection 7b7 of section #feb of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as added by 
subsection 7a71 shall take effect on the
 date that is #fj days after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4  7,b7      
,deadline ,the first requirement to     
publish or make available1 as the case  
may be1 under subsection 7b7 of section 
#feb of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1
 as added by subsection 7a71 shall be   
the first ,october #a after the         

effective date of such subsection4  7,c7
 ,first publication ,the requirement    
under section #feb7;b77#b77;,a7 of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as added by 
subsection 7a71 shall include for the   
first publication1 any analysis of the  
costs or benefits conducted for a       
proposed or final rule1 for the #aj     
years before the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4  7#c7 ,requirement for    
rules to appear in agency-specific      
monthly publication ,section #fec of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as     
added by subsection 7a71 shall take     
effect on the date that is #h months    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  ,february #ba1 #bjad ,reported   
from the ,committee on ,oversight and   
,government ,reform with an amendment   
,february #ba1 #bjad ,the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary discharged2 committed to 
the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on  
the ,state of the ,union and ordered to 
be printed