,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ecf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,rubio introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require a study and report by the   
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states regarding the costs of ,federal 
regulations4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,regulation    
,costs to ,america ,act4  #b4 ,,gao     
study on the cost of federal regulations
  7a7 ,in general ,the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
conduct an annual study of the total    
costs of ,federal regulations4  7b7     
,requirement ,in conducting the study   
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall use a methodology         
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      
,small ,business ,administration4  7c7  
,report ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
every year thereafter1 the ,comptroller 
,general of the ,united ,states 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 by agency1 as such 
term is defined in section #eea of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7        
,funding ,the ,general ,accountability  
,office shall carry out this section    
using unobligated funds otherwise made  
available to the ,general               
,accountability ,office4  7e7 ,sense of 
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that no additional funds should be made 
available to carry out this section4