,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ece  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,risch1  
,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,wisconsin1
 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 ,mr4     
,paul1 and ,mr4 ,scott7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require a study and report  
by the ,small ,business ,administration 
regarding the costs to small business   
concerns of ,federal regulations4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,regulation ,costs to ,small        
,business ,act4  #b4 ,small ,business   
,administration study on the cost of    
,federal regulations  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,administrator shall conduct an    
annual study of the total costs to small
 business concerns of ,federal          
regulations4  7b7 ,requirement ,in      
conducting the study required under     
subsection 7a71 the ,administrator shall

 use a methodology that is substantially
 similar to the methodology used in     
conducting the study described in the   
report entitled ,the ,impact of         
,regulatory ,costs on ,small ,firms     
7,september #bjaj71 prepared on behalf  
of the ,office of ,advocacy of the      
,administration4  7c7 ,report ,not later
 than #a year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,administrator shall    
submit to ,congress a report on the     
findings of the study conducted under   
subsection 7a71 which shall include an  
estimate of the total annual costs of   
,federal regulations to small business  
concerns1 by agency1 as such term is    
defined in section #eea of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code4  7d7 ,funding    
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,administration   
shall carry out this section using      
unobligated funds otherwise made        
available to the ,administration4  7#b7 
,sense of ,congress regarding funding   
,it is the ,sense of ,congress that no  

additional funds should be made         
available to the ,administration to     
carry out this ,act4  #c4 ,definitions  
,in this ,act--  7#a7 the terms         
,administration and ,administrator mean 
the ,small ,business ,administration and
 the ,administrator thereof1            
respectively2 and  7#b7 the term small  
business concern has the same meaning as
 in section #c of the ,small ,business  
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74