,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gibb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #d1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,comer 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,higgins of  
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,armstrong1 ,mr4       
,cloud1 ,ms4 ,foxx of ,north ,carolina1 
,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee1
 and ,mr4 ,keller7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
minimize increases in the cost of       
complying with ,federal rules during the
 coronavirus pandemic1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pandemic           
,regulatory ,cost ,relief ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,prohibition against increasing   
regulatory compliance costs during      

coronavirus pandemic  7a7 ,in general ,a
 ,federal rule for which an agency has  
estimated the costs of compliance may   
not be promulgated during the covered   
period if such rule increases the total 
,federal regulatory compliance costs for
 the class of entities to be subject to 
the rule1 unless-- 7#a7 such increase is
 offset by a corresponding rescission of
 rules that reduces the total ,federal  
regulatory compliance cost for that     
class of entities by an equal or greater
 amount2 or  7#b7 the ,director of the  
,office of ,management and ,budget--    
7,a7 determines-- 7i7 that no such      
corresponding rescission of rules is    
available to be made2 or  7ii7 the rule 
is necessary for the protection of--    
7,i7 public health against the          
coronavirus pandemic2 or  7,,ii7        
national security2 and  7,b7 publishes a
 notice to that effect in the ,federal  
,register at the time the rule is       
promulgated4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,coronavirus pandemic ,the

 term coronavirus pandemic means the    
,,sars-,co,v-#b pandemic of #bjai-bjbj4 
7#b7 ,covered period ,the term covered  
period means the period that-- 7,a7     
begins on the date of the enactment of  
this section2 and  7,b7 ends on the date
 that is #a year after the date on which
 the public health emergency declared   
under section #cai of the ,public       
,health ,services ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#bdg;d7 as a result of the coronavirus  
pandemic expires1 or any renewal        
thereof4  7#c7 ,regulatory compliance   
cost ,the term regulatory compliance    
cost means any direct cost1 and any     
reasonably foreseeable indirect cost    
7including revenue lost71 of complying  
with a ,federal rule4  7#d7 ,rule ,the  
term rule has the meaning given that    
term in section #eea of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code4