,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjae ,mr4 ,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blunt1 and ,mr4 ,gardner7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require        
agencies to publish the categorization  
of certain proposed and final rules1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,regulatory ,impact ,scale on the       
,economy ,small ,business ,act of #bjae 
or the ,,rise ,small ,business ,act of  
#bjae4  #b4 ,categorization of rules    
,section #eec of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7f7             
,categorization of rules  7#a7 ,in      
general ,before an agency promulgates a 
proposed or final rule that the agency  
determines is likely to have an annual  
effect on the economy of not less than  

#ajj1jjj1jjj1 the agency shall--  7,a7  
assign the rule to the applicable       
category described in paragraph 7#b7    
based on the highest possible annual    
effect that the agency determines the   
proposed or final rule is likely to have
 on the economy2 and  7,b7 publish in   
the ,federal ,register the assigned     
category for the rule4  7#b7 ,categories
 ,a proposed or final rule is a--  7,a7 
category #a rule1 if the agency         
determines that the rule is likely to   
result in an annual effect on the       
economy of not less than #ajj1jjj1jjj   
and not more than #dii1iii1iii2  7,b7   
category #b rule1 if the agency         
determines that the rule is likely to   
result in an annual effect on the       
economy of not less than #ejj1jjj1jjj   
and not more than #iii1iii1iii2  7,c7   
category #c rule1 if the agency         
determines that the rule is likely to   
result in an annual effect on the       
economy of not less than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj 
and not more than #d1iii1iii1iii2  7,d7 

category #d rule1 if the agency         
determines that the rule is likely to   
result in an annual effect on the       
economy of not less than #e1jjj1jjj1jjj 
and not more than #i1iii1iii1iii2 and   
7,e7 category #e rule1 if the agency    
determines that the rule is likely to   
result in an annual effect on the       
economy of not less than                
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj4  7#c7 ,submission to   
,,oira ,each agency shall1 on an annual 
basis1 submit to the ,administrator of  
the ,office of ,information and         
,regulatory ,affairs a list of the      
rules1 by category1 that the agency     
published in the ,federal ,register     
under paragraph 7#a7 during the         
preceding year4  7#d7 ,publication on   
,,oira website ,not later than #fj days 
after the date on which the             
,administrator of the ,office of        
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs   
receives a list of rules from an agency 
under paragraph 7#c71 the ,administrator
 shall publish on www4reginfo4gov--     

7,a7 the list of rules received from the
 agency under paragraph 7#c72 and  7,b7 
an estimate of the costs and benefits of
 each rule included on the list4  4  #c4
 ,defining significant economic impact  
for initial and final regulatory        
flexibility analyses ,section #fja of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph #f1 by      
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
paragraph #g1 by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon2  7#c7
 in paragraph #h--  7,a7 by striking    
,recordkeeping and all that follows     
through ,the and inserting the2 and     
7,b7 by striking the period at the end  
and inserting 2 and2 and  7#d7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#i7 the    
term significant economic impact means  
an annual economic effect of not less   
than #ajj1jjj1jjj4  4