,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eacf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,pompeo introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,trade   
,commission ,act to require that any    
legislative or regulatory recommendation
 of the ,federal ,trade ,commission be  
accompanied by an economic analysis and 
include a description of the rationale  
for such legislation or regulation4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,revealing ,economic ,conclusions  
for ,suggestions ,act or the ,,recs     
,act4  #b4 ,requirement of analysis and 
rationale for legislative and regulatory
 recommendations ,section #f7;f7 of the 
,federal ,trade ,commission ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #df7;f77 is amended by        
inserting after ,that the ,commission   
the following3 shall not submit any     
recommendations for legislative or      
regulatory action without an economic   

analysis by the ,bureau of ,economics of
 the ,commission sufficient to          
demonstrate that the ,commission has    
identified a problem it determines      
should be addressed1 including the      
rationale for the ,commission's         
determination that private markets or   
public institutions could not adequately
 address the issue1 and that its        
recommended legislative or regulatory   
action is based on a reasoned           
determination that the benefits of the  
recommended action outweigh its costs3  
,provided further1 ,that the            
,commission4