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US HR4655

US HR4655
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2013


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Introduced
05/09/2014
In Committee
07/21/2014
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2015

Introduced Session

113th Congress

Bill Summary

Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2013 [sic]- Amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to: (1) require regulatory impact analyses for rules that do not involve a legislative mandate and for final rules that do not have a prior notice of proposed rulemaking; (2) 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 or that may result in the expenditure of $100 million or more in any one year by state, local, and tribal governments; (3) require such agencies to identify and consider regulatory alternatives before promulgating any proposed or final rule and select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (4) define "cost" as the cost of compliance and any reasonably foreseeable indirect cost resulting from agency rulemaking; (5) exempt rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee from provisions of such Act relating to regulatory accountability and reform, review of federal mandates, and judicial review; and (6) expand provisions relating to judicial review of regulatory impact analyses. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require independent regulatory agencies to conduct regulatory impact analyses.

AI Summary

This bill, the Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2013, amends the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to enhance transparency and accountability in federal rulemaking. It requires federal agencies to conduct and publish detailed "regulatory impact analyses" (RIAs) for proposed and final rules that are expected to have a significant economic impact, defined as an annual effect of $100 million or more on the economy or $100 million or more in expenditures by state, local, and tribal governments. These analyses must quantify anticipated benefits and costs, consider various regulatory alternatives, and explain why the chosen alternative is the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome. The bill also defines "cost" to include compliance costs and reasonably foreseeable indirect costs, and expands judicial review of these analyses, allowing affected parties to challenge agency decisions based on the RIA. Additionally, it mandates that independent regulatory agencies also conduct RIAs and exempts rules concerning monetary policy from certain provisions of the Act.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs, Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. (on 07/21/2014)

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