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<p><STRONG>Number: 112-5</STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG>Date: December 5, 2011</STRONG></p>
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<p align="center"><STRONG>House Passes H.R. 3010</STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG>The </STRONG><STRONG>Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011</STRONG>
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<p>On December 2, 2011, the House passed H.R. 3010, the <EM>Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011</EM>, by a vote of 253-167. H.R. 3010 is the second of two bills approved by the House in recent days (see Legislative Bulletin 112-4 on H.R. 527) that would revise the Federal rulemaking process. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.<BR>
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<LI>Would amend rulemaking provisions in the Administrative Procedure Act by requiring agencies, in making a rule, to base preliminary and final determinations on evidence. In addition, agencies would be required to consider:<BR>
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<LI>Would require agencies to publish an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), no later than 90 days before a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is published, for major and high-impact rules. “Major” rules would be defined as, among other things, rules having an annual economic cost to the economy of $100 million or more, while “high-impact” rules would be those costing the economy in excess of $1 billion per year.<BR>
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<LI>The ANPR would be required to include: an identification of the nature and significance of the problem that the agency may address with the rule; the legal authority under which the rule may be proposed; and preliminary information concerning other considerations, such as reasonable alternatives and cost/benefit analysis. It would provide not less than 60 days for public comment. </LI>
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<LI>Would allow agencies to adopt interim rules when they, for good cause, cannot comply with the rulemaking requirements. Agencies would have up to 270 days from issuance of interim rule (or 18 months for major or high-impact rules) to complete the rulemaking process and either adopt a final rule or rescind the interim rule.<BR>
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<LI>Would require agencies to confer with OIRA before issuing major guidance or guidance on statutory mandates. Would also require that such guidance be understandable, necessary, and appropriate based upon a cost/benefit analysis. <BR>
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<LI>Would require OIRA to issue guidelines to agencies promoting coordination and simplification of agency rules. Would require agencies to ensure that the necessity and reasonableness of proposed rules is clearly established. </LI>
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<LI>Would require agencies to include in the rulemaking record, and make available electronically and otherwise, all documents and information prepared or considered by the agency. </LI>
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<LI>Would expand judicial review of agency rulemaking to: 1) allow immediate review of rulemaking not in compliance with notice requirements; 2) establish a substantial evidence standard for affirming rulemaking decisions; and 3) require agencies to make available all documents and information associated with rulemaking. </LI>
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<LI>Would be effective upon enactment, but would not apply to any rule makings pending or completed on the date of enactment. </LI>
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