,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cedg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #i1  
#bjaf,mr4 ,hatch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to provide for the       
publication1 by the ,office of          
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs1  
of information relating to rule makings1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,all ,economic ,regulations are         
,transparent ,act of #bjaf or the       
,,alert ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,office of  
information and regulatory affairs      
publication of information relating to  
rules  7a7 ,in general ,part ,i of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after chapter #f the       
following3  #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 of1 
and legal basis for1 the issuance of the

 rule1 including-- 7i7 any statutory or 
judicial deadline2 and  7ii7 whether--  
7,i7 the legal basis restricts or       
precludes the agency from conducting an 
analysis of the costs or benefits of the
 rule during the rule making2 and       
7,,ii7 if the legal basis does not      
restrict or preclude the agency from    
conducting an analysis of the costs or  
benefits of the rule during the rule    
making1 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 under 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 
that the agency expects to finalize     
during the following year and for which 
the agency has issued a general notice  
of proposed rule making3  7,a7 ,an      
approximate schedule for completing     

action on the rule4  7,b7 ,an estimate  
of whether the rule will cost--  7i7    
less than #ej1jjj1jjj2  7ii7 not less   
than #ej1jjj1jjj and less than          
#ajj1jjj1jjj2  7iii7 not less than      
#ajj1jjj1jjj and less than #ejj1jjj1jjj2
  7iv7 not less than #ejj1jjj1jjj and   
less than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj2  7v7 not less 
than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj and less than       
#e1jjj1jjj1jjj2  7vi7 not less than     
#e1jjj1jjj1jjj and less than            
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 or  7vii7 not less than
 #aj1jjj1jjj1jjj4  7,c7 ,subject to     
subparagraph 7,d71 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  7,d7 ,if an     
estimate under subparagraph 7,c7 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 under     
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    
year1 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 including1   
for each such rule1 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 under     
section #eec7;b77,b72 and  7,,iii7 7aa7 
the rule was issued pursuant to a       
statutory mandate2 or  7bb7 the rule    
making is committed to agency discretion
 by law4  7,c7 ,the number of agency    
actions1 and a list of each such action 
taken by each agency1 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 finalized 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 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 year 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 of the ,united ,states 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 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 that rule    
under section #feb7;a7 has been so      
available for not less than #ahj days4  
7b7 ,exceptions ,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 that the         
,president determines by ,executive     
order should take effect because the    
rule is-- 7,a7 necessary because of--   
7i7 an imminent threat to health or     
safety2 or  7ii7 another emergency2     
7,b7 necessary for the enforcement of   
criminal laws2  7,c7 necessary for      
national security2 or  7,d7 issued under
 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 #e the following3  #f4,the      
,analysis of ,regulatory                
,functions#fjaf;,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  
under 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 ,act4  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 applicable1 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 
that 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 include1 for the  
first publication under that section1   
any analysis of the costs or benefits   
conducted for a proposed or final rule  
for the #aj-year period preceding 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 #bdj days after the date of the      

enactment of this ,act4