Author: United States. General Accounting Office

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 25

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the major rules submitted to Congress during the first 2 years that the congressional review provisions in the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) were in effect, focusing on: (1) how many major rules were issued during this period; (2) which agencies issued the rules; (3) how many of the rules had notices of proposed rulemaking; and (4) which regulatory statutes and executive orders the agencies commonly cite in the reports that SBREFA requires the agencies to submit. GAO noted that: (1) federal agencies sent GAO 122 rules that they and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs said were major during the first 2 years that SBREFA's congressional review provisions were in effect; (2) most of these rules were issued by four executive departments and agencies and two independent regulatory agencies; (3) the rules varied substantially in terms of whether they had notices of proposed rulemaking and the time elapsed between final rulemaking an any proposed rules; (4) the agencies indicated that the rules also varied regarding the applicability of certain statutory and executive order rule-making requirements; and (5) on several occasions, federal agencies did not delay the effective dates of their major rules for the required 60 days to allow time for congressional review.

Download or read book Regulatory Reform written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the major rules submitted to Congress during the first 2 years that the congressional review provisions in the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) were in effect, focusing on: (1) how many major rules were issued during this period; (2) which agencies issued the rules; (3) how many of the rules had notices of proposed rulemaking; and (4) which regulatory statutes and executive orders the agencies commonly cite in the reports that SBREFA requires the agencies to submit. GAO noted that: (1) federal agencies sent GAO 122 rules that they and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs said were major during the first 2 years that SBREFA's congressional review provisions were in effect; (2) most of these rules were issued by four executive departments and agencies and two independent regulatory agencies; (3) the rules varied substantially in terms of whether they had notices of proposed rulemaking and the time elapsed between final rulemaking an any proposed rules; (4) the agencies indicated that the rules also varied regarding the applicability of certain statutory and executive order rule-making requirements; and (5) on several occasions, federal agencies did not delay the effective dates of their major rules for the required 60 days to allow time for congressional review.