,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #b1       
#bjag,mr4 ,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,lankford1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 and ,mr4 ,hatch7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require notice and comment for certain  
interpretative rules4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,regulatory ,predictability for         
,business ,growth ,act of #bjag4  #b4   
,requiring notice and comment for       
certain interpretative rules ,subchapter
 ,,ii of chapter #e of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
section #eea--  7,a7 in paragraph 7#ac71
 by striking and at the end2  7,b7 in   
paragraph 7#ad71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon2   
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#ae7 longstanding          
interpretative rule means an            

interpretative rule that has been in    
effect for not less than #a year2 and   
7#af7 revise means1 with respect to an  
interpretative rule1 altering or        
otherwise changing any provision of a   
longstanding interpretative rule that   
conflicts1 or is in any way inconsistent
 with1 any provision in a subsequently  
promulgated interpretative rule4  2 and 
7#b7 in section #eec-- 7,a7 in          
subsection 7b77,a71 by striking         
interpretative rules and inserting an   
interpretative rule of an agency1 unless
 the interpretative rule revises a      
longstanding interpretative rule of the 
agency2 and  7,b7 in subsection 7d77#b71
 by striking interpretative rules and   
inserting an interpretative rule of an  
agency1 unless the interpretative rule  
revises a longstanding interpretative   
rule of the agency14