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Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-7332| House 
| Updated: 6/25/2020
Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (3)
Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)James Comer (Republican)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)

Rules Committee, Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Budget Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act This bill revises rulemaking requirements with respect to unfunded mandates. Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final major rule. The analysis must include regulatory alternatives to the rule. Major rule means a rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines is likely to cause an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, federal, state, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions; or significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, public health and safety, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets. Before promulgating any proposed or final major rule, an agency shall select the regulatory alternative that maximizes net benefits, taking into consideration only the costs and benefits that arise within the scope of the statutory provision that authorizes the rulemaking, with exceptions. The bill prohibits Congress from considering a bill that increases private sector costs more than a certain amount unless certain conditions are met.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2020
Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4077
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-333.
  • June 25, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • June 25, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • December 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4077
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-333.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-4077: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act
  • HR 116-2: Moving Forward Act
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsEconomic performance and conditionsFederal-Indian relationsFederal Reserve SystemGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLabor marketMonetary policyOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Performance measurementSmall businessState and local finance

Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act

USA116th CongressHR-7332| House 
| Updated: 6/25/2020
Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act This bill revises rulemaking requirements with respect to unfunded mandates. Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final major rule. The analysis must include regulatory alternatives to the rule. Major rule means a rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines is likely to cause an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, federal, state, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions; or significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, public health and safety, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets. Before promulgating any proposed or final major rule, an agency shall select the regulatory alternative that maximizes net benefits, taking into consideration only the costs and benefits that arise within the scope of the statutory provision that authorizes the rulemaking, with exceptions. The bill prohibits Congress from considering a bill that increases private sector costs more than a certain amount unless certain conditions are met.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2020
Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-4077
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-333.
  • June 25, 2020
    Introduced in House


  • June 25, 2020
    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • December 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-4077
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-333.
Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (3)
Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)James Comer (Republican)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)

Rules Committee, Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Budget Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-4077: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act
  • HR 116-2: Moving Forward Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightConsumer affairsEconomic performance and conditionsFederal-Indian relationsFederal Reserve SystemGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLabor marketMonetary policyOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Performance measurementSmall businessState and local finance