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A bill to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-686| Senate 
| Updated: 3/21/2017
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2017 This bill revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) make consideration of the least burdensome alternative to a rule mandatory and require the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) exempt from such requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) expand judicial review of agency rulemaking. The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend such Act's requirements to independent regulatory agencies.
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Mar 21, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 21, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 21, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 21, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEconomic performance and conditionsFederal Reserve SystemGovernment information and archivesJudicial review and appealsMonetary policyUnemployment

A bill to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-686| Senate 
| Updated: 3/21/2017
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2017 This bill revises rulemaking requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) to: (1) require federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) make consideration of the least burdensome alternative to a rule mandatory and require the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) exempt from such requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) expand judicial review of agency rulemaking. The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend such Act's requirements to independent regulatory agencies.
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Timeline
Mar 21, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 21, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 21, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 21, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEconomic performance and conditionsFederal Reserve SystemGovernment information and archivesJudicial review and appealsMonetary policyUnemployment