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Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act

USA117th CongressHR-701| House 
| Updated: 3/22/2021
Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (1)
Henry Cuellar (Democratic)

Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, 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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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7332
Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act
Feb 2, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-170
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 2, 2021
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.
Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7332
    Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act


  • February 2, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-170
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 2, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • February 2, 2021
    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.


  • March 22, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 117-170: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency 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

USA117th CongressHR-701| House 
| Updated: 3/22/2021
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

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7332
Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act
Feb 2, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-170
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 2, 2021
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.
Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7332
    Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act


  • February 2, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-170
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 2, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • February 2, 2021
    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.


  • March 22, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Cosponsors (1)
Henry Cuellar (Democratic)

Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Rules Committee, Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Budget Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 117-170: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency 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