113 S1730 IS: Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-11-19
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<enum>I</enum><header>Clearing
unnecessary regulatory burdens</header><section id="idACF37F3EFC4749B09F55116F13DC3054" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Clearing Unnecessary Regulatory
Burdens Act of 2013</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>CURB Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id3DBCE27EAB824CD1BBAE2EE037ECB2DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Regulatory
reform</header><subsection id="id357C94503B704DC38DBBF8D145922CAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text><paragraph id="id3F32FEC1DD4C4B829357A4610BC6F1D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0AA57457C0647459F1435F5A0B9ADB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> has the same meaning as in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3502">section 3502(1)</external-xref> of title 44,
United States Code;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4FB74CBDF2FE46549EB31622A60BD83B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>economically significant guidance document</term> means a significant
guidance document that may reasonably be anticipated to lead to an annual
effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more or adversely affect in a material
way the economy or a sector of the economy, except that economically
significant guidance documents do not include guidance documents on Federal
expenditures and receipts;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56712B08CD9F49D8B1F4DDEEBEBCB771"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>disseminated</term>—</text><subparagraph id="id68EE0DF90E784D84A68A62CFDB5FB48A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means prepared by
an agency and distributed to the public or regulated entities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5216E8598CD84F6699A0E8764BF494F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not
include—</text><clause id="id332C5A61BF7A46C797EFDF464F45E69E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distribution
limited to Federal Government employees;</text></clause><clause id="id5F21D136420C44C0B2978EB50E861357"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>intra- or
interagency use or sharing of Federal Government information; and</text></clause><clause id="id67EA44F3E3CE4AD69A103F1CA522833C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>responses to
requests for agency records under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>),
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">section 552a</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the
<quote>Privacy Act</quote>), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), or other similar laws;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4E6AB1EA02A04B35A998D71ED07B87CD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>guidance document</term> means an agency statement of general
applicability and future effect, other than a regulatory action, that sets
forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory or technical issue or an
interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id856403458E874A2B9F7F3E5F3C27B7DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulation</term> means an agency statement of general applicability and
future effect, which the agency intends to have the force and effect of law,
that is designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or to
describe the procedure or practice requirements of an agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB42065B8B078426CB5726D5CCAEAB21C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulatory action</term> means any substantive action by an agency
(normally published in the Federal Register) that promulgates or is expected to
lead to the promulgation of a final regulation, including notices of inquiry,
advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices of proposed
rulemaking;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28BAE0364B2145C18E42B2A62CC1AF4F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>significant guidance document</term>—</text><subparagraph id="id385931D46A8B4599BB0F24814B0186F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a guidance
document disseminated to regulated entities or the general public that may
reasonably be anticipated to—</text><clause id="idE49048A0ACBC4566A2829F8DC2956C26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lead to an annual
effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more or affect in a material way the
economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities;</text></clause><clause id="id126F9E5AC9A9401EB60C40ABE944FE11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another
agency;</text></clause><clause id="IDeb557916062e4508af690bcea8e32a48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>materially
alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs
or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or</text></clause><clause id="ID65f54d322feb47adacd8d63e363536e6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>raise novel
legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates and the priorities,
principles, and provisions of this section; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D954880E66E4212AC9346F49FB24FED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not
include—</text><clause id="id32396FF51FC7425B9A58D038AB80A433"><enum>(i)</enum><text>legal advisory
opinions for internal Executive Branch use and not for release (such as
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinions);</text></clause><clause id="idCBA1F39BF39B45C880BB1478E07A1C0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>briefs and other
positions taken by agencies in investigations, pre-litigation, litigation, or
other enforcement proceedings;</text></clause><clause id="id306A8652B695451F84B04D4EF29B718C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>speeches;</text></clause><clause id="id2B0EDCB0FFC8413BAD9196B1C5479AAE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>editorials;</text></clause><clause id="id37C84E6B71BA49CFA1E96F666069C37F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>media
interviews;</text></clause><clause id="idCAD98A7113C8418CBDA999B427ED9A1D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>press
materials;</text></clause><clause id="id1813281546A04D888BD0A6A39DAAA59B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>congressional
correspondence;</text></clause><clause id="id796BEED2FBEB47E2ADCABCFF3237CE00"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>guidance
documents that pertain to a military or foreign affairs function of the United
States (other than guidance on procurement or the import or export of
non-defense articles and services);</text></clause><clause id="idBD83B78C0EB34303805BD0DF963FA14F"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>grant
solicitations;</text></clause><clause id="id5418DA32DC8A4A6E8D77362D0293F0EB"><enum>(x)</enum><text>warning
letters;</text></clause><clause id="idA1B490C087CC4842ACAFA79B53151262"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>case or
investigatory letters responding to complaints involving fact-specific
determinations;</text></clause><clause id="id635AF6D9378A4230A1234AA96B6D6A1F"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>purely internal
agency policies;</text></clause><clause id="idDC97FBC6E26C4B2DA6BAB90EDA2988D3"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>guidance
documents that pertain to the use, operation or control of a government
facility;</text></clause><clause id="id8FE1103FCD4D4ADC9832631E4999A5B5"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>internal
guidance documents directed solely to other agencies; and</text></clause><clause id="id17A6D8F9818646429D553E3960F724BE"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>any other
category of significant guidance documents exempted by an agency head in
consultation with the Administrator; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4D5F9246CB2B4A40B85EC5E3A06EAA4B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term
<term>significant regulatory action</term> means any regulatory action that is
likely to result in a regulation that may—</text><subparagraph id="ID27b33d6de081495598b720b19b470ca1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have an annual
effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more or adversely affect in a material
way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the
environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcfe9384cb948435a9aa6ddfa56374471"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another
agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID39efd265308149ce892109dbe71ade66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>materially alter
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or
the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaa881baa7cf5457f88ee2a4811a00475"><enum>(D)</enum><text>raise novel legal
or policy issues arising out of legal mandates and the priorities, principles,
and provisions of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8B055AF764B4BF3840C550F809C4CF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agency
assessment of significant regulatory actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each significant regulatory action,
each agency shall submit, at such times specified by the Administrator, a
report to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs that
includes—</text><paragraph id="ID3b601023aaf54fb89fa80c954ae691b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment,
including the underlying analysis, of benefits anticipated from the significant
regulatory action, such as—</text><subparagraph id="id341BC0FCFA58435F8B70A8CA8C919780"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the promotion of
the efficient functioning of the economy and private markets;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9CBAEAC0E2C54D3BBAC982EB35ED8284"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the enhancement
of health and safety;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE9928FB26914498A150F5633AF93941"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the protection of
the natural environment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA9E8D0EF2A35452B9786215416048037"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the elimination
or reduction of discrimination or bias;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3F2973A51CE42D0A416B3455EDB2349"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent
feasible, a quantification of the benefits assessed under paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID72c1dea3486b4ab89c214f20681557ca"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment,
including the underlying analysis, of costs anticipated from the regulatory
action, such as—</text><subparagraph id="id6A627996FB4F4E50A2806DF53A205AD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the direct cost
both to the Federal Government in administering the significant regulatory
action and to businesses, consumers, and others (including State, local, and
tribal officials) in complying with the regulation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28B32B45FE0345489EE7DC59AC1602B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any adverse
effects on the efficient functioning of the economy, private markets (including
productivity, employment, and competitiveness), health, safety, the natural
environment, job creation, the prices of consumer goods, and energy
costs;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB507FEFC65F14713B7182D4B60D70BDC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to the extent
feasible, a quantification of the costs assessed under paragraph (3);
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID49a811dbaf664ad0a4c73ff7f266f173"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment,
including the underlying analysis, of costs and benefits of potentially
effective and reasonably feasible alternatives to the planned significant
regulatory action, identified by the agency or the public (including improving
the current regulation and reasonably viable nonregulatory actions), and an
explanation why the planned regulatory action is preferable to the identified
potential alternatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4B529E076D05432F94E34A38657134CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agency good
guidance practices</header><paragraph id="idF6DC2C62BE6D4CDE9D078E1659B2A013"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency
standards for significant guidance documents</header><subparagraph id="id48FA03352EBC4648B3EB8492A1202F04"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Approval
procedures</header><clause id="id2656356406B4475694E5AA58B2B471F7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each agency shall develop or have written procedures for
the approval of significant guidance documents, which shall ensure that the
issuance of significant guidance documents is approved by appropriate senior
agency officials.</text></clause><clause id="idD5FF100ADC2A4647B1F84674180D8BFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Employees
of an agency may not depart from significant guidance documents without
appropriate justification and supervisory concurrence.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF596DC047625418783F98FEB5296D4F6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Standard
elements</header><text>Each significant guidance document—</text><clause id="idDDCC97DBD254402EB3AD7698723DFBBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall—</text><subclause id="ID70a8a62dbc9d48bcbbe03f01815ce329"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include the term
<term>guidance</term> or its functional equivalent;</text></subclause><subclause id="IDc0653d3c95214173ad9dd02990925fad"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identify the
agency or office issuing the document;</text></subclause><subclause id="ID4e729ef32075435ebf5e19a8390d622a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>identify the
activity to which and the persons to whom the significant guidance document
applies;</text></subclause><subclause id="ID441b070ca97648be948dd4bdaf2ff96c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>include the date
of issuance;</text></subclause><subclause id="ID6ddb021923854f0787f837912d59a3a0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>note if the
significant guidance document is a revision to a previously issued guidance
document and, if so, identify the document that the significant guidance
document replaces;</text></subclause><subclause id="ID5ce5809819254e8fba92f0babdd7705f"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>provide the
title of the document and a document identification number; and</text></subclause><subclause id="IDeae9bec1385847ba8e74869844359365"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>include the
citation to the statutory provision or regulation (in Code of Federal
Regulations format) which the significant guidance document applies to or
interprets; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ID0b54b4395e194c9db564cc82ce9e20e9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not
include mandatory terms such as <term>shall</term>, <term>must</term>,
<term>required</term>, or <term>requirement</term> unless—</text><subclause id="id05642E41DBF04BF98BC5A4157A3DE7E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the agency is
using those terms to describe a statutory or regulatory requirement; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idD7BA00FE7CAF4EC1BC466DB54FA6C782"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the terminology
is addressed to agency staff and will not foreclose agency consideration of
positions advanced by affected private parties.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23BB8D893F8742FCA2AE50DD72212EB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public access
and feedback for significant guidance documents</header><subparagraph id="id1D35A365BE9349FA9EC6AF338F30C53C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Internet
access</header><clause id="id0A81DC282D614995AFD0A9A7F9BDFA90"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each agency shall—</text><subclause id="id1F59794F392A4643B49F9C5707CA5BDF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>maintain on the
Web site for the agency, or as a link on the Web site of the agency to the
electronic list posted on a Web site of a component of the agency a list of the
significant guidance documents in effect of the agency, including a link to the
text of each significant guidance document that is in effect; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id56A7F6BD098647A39936AA713268A967"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not later than
30 days after the date on which a significant guidance document is issued,
update the list described in clause (i).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id46F4526B31164EF8860DEADEAFAB6B98"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>List
requirements</header><text>The list described in subparagraph (A)(i)
shall—</text><subclause id="id565EEDA4C19E422C8CB91A5C5CFCB693"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include the name
of each—</text><item id="id2F9CEF32C9084692B02D6D9238B046BB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>significant
guidance document;</text></item><item id="id286910A8D5F640A9BDF742ADCAF0DD00"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>document
identification number; and</text></item><item id="idB352289827124B4BA293E97CE6230C19"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>issuance and
revision dates; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id3AE42977F9DA40AE88161942DAD57221"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identify
significant guidance documents that have been added, revised, or withdrawn in
the preceding year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id656967EB6AEC4F448B5B263830B924AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
feedback</header><clause id="idEC2DE8CE79514B6580FCC60E9DE2C62A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each agency shall establish and clearly advertise on the
Web site for the agency a means for the public to electronically submit—</text><subclause id="id3B85A0C4F38442C09C5247FC2836C912"><enum>(I)</enum><text>comments on
significant guidance documents; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idCC68B8381FF64A63819506C0D698F510"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a request for
issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of significant guidance
documents.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id40803098AD754F2882066BEE27ECDA19"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Agency
response</header><text>Any comments or requests submitted under subparagraph
(A)—</text><subclause id="idF681A4EB5D8E4ACB82DF82E74C191FF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are for the
benefit of the agency; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id02EFCA4E65154CF6947DAEE26EEBBB2D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall not
require a formal response from the agency.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id364882D55F1E4E95AD26A322B204BAE3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Office for
public comments</header><subclause id="idF9603E72D46444C3BB9B8280949C1996"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each agency shall designate an office to receive and
address complaints from the public relating to—</text><item id="idC02289212D764AE5AB61FB9C52BD2A14"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
failure of the agency to follow the procedures described in this section;
or</text></item><item id="id3226BAAD067346AE80821F8F185C6CB7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
failure to treat a significant guidance document as a binding
requirement.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id1692F4359EDA442598E0BC6054FAF004"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Web
site</header><text>The agency shall provide, on the Web site of the agency, the
name and contact information for the office designated under clause (i).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idACA2BF5934E94580ACE99291AE5E3DED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice and
public comment for economically significant guidance documents</header><subparagraph id="id9D5593C103984268BB2F4DF93E711D01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), in preparing a draft
of an economically significant guidance document, and before issuance of the
final significant guidance document, each agency shall—</text><clause id="IDc79d38b63402410aaf04ff6fcc88c723"><enum>(i)</enum><text>publish a notice
in the Federal Register announcing that the draft document is available;</text></clause><clause id="IDdd45f262017046d1b1b1025e82999f99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>post the draft
document on the Internet and make a tangible copy of that document publicly
available (or notify the public how the public can review the guidance document
if the document is not in a format that permits such electronic posting with
reasonable efforts);</text></clause><clause id="IDfc6d242999514968aa43d693ace69d99"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>invite public
comment on the draft document; and</text></clause><clause id="ID8e993acb379b4d1f87f1c1582eb2d0df"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>prepare and post
on the Web site of the agency a document with responses of the agency to public
comments.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC8A7393F83464D9C986182F559FEB3AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>In
consultation with the Administrator, an agency head may identify a particular
economically significant guidance document or category of such documents for
which the procedures of this subsection are not feasible or appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id90E069345B1946DCA8D4D46C56E752BA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Emergencies</header><subparagraph id="id3782836661594EF58256863FC803075B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In emergency situations or when an agency is obligated by
law to act more quickly than normal review procedures allow, the agency shall
notify the Administrator as soon as possible and, to the extent practicable,
comply with this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id138158D49CF64B0CBBCBCD3EBE4112A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Significant
guidance documents subject to statutory or court-imposed
deadline</header><text>For a significant guidance document that is governed by
a statutory or court-imposed deadline, the agency shall, to the extent
practicable, schedule the proceedings of the agency to permit sufficient time
to comply with this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22DAC39BA02844BCBCD713C64D37DA82"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall take effect 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id899AF642F1ED4D7B9B51803FCCCD1A1B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Reduction or
waiver of civil penalties imposed on small entities</header><subsection id="id04749F053B39450FA30E85CFEA740A7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">Chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01B9467DC4864E8DBF2497F81B8BC4DC" style="USC"><section id="id8333345CE9134E7F9A11E30C069EC920"><enum>613.</enum><header>Reduction or
waiver of civil penalties imposed on small entities</header><subsection id="id497EB090DD1B419AAECA293F11C5960E"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Upon notifying a
small entity of a violation by the small entity of a collection of information
or recordkeeping requirement, the agency shall provide the small entity with an
opportunity to request that the agency reduce or waive any civil penalty
imposed on the small entity as a result of the violation.</text></subsection><subsection id="idEEC48A6F832B466895B91F524381A5D2"><enum>(b)</enum><text>If a small entity
requests a reduction or waiver under subsection (a), the agency that receives
the request shall—</text><paragraph id="id22876F6478FA43B2A56C5C40EF891190"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the
records of the agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09F2428CB56848DBB4230FD4E33368BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduce or waive
the civil penalty imposed on the small entity if the agency determines
that—</text><subparagraph id="id04EA70CD5DE4427BA41CC210AEF8ABCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the civil penalty
was the result of a first-time violation by the small entity of a collection of
information or recordkeeping requirement; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3F7EA0BF9CC47CCA379496F10DE5953"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reduction or
waiver is consistent with the conditions and exclusions described in paragraphs
(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 223(b) of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">5 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB72E7AC793BC43CF8EF1DD900B18536A"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Not later than 60
days after the receipt of a request from a small entity under subsection (a),
an agency shall send the small entity written notice of the determination of
the agency with respect to the request and the reasons for the
determination.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE93CC0C26F97433DB66F93C24D930388"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel
for Advocacy shall submit to Congress an annual report summarizing—</text><paragraph id="id779803E8DAE74B7AA43D01AE84DC4B67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all requests
received by the agencies under subsection (a) during the previous year;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F4C4E66521E4D198CE946B1B585B761"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of
the requests described in paragraph
(1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idCADADC1E1A3042F7AC5C8929A84F4DC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 6 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idFED6343616DF4039A0CBECA089F60D57" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">613. Reduction or waiver of civil
penalties imposed on small
entities.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Regulatory
Flexibility Improvement</header><section id="id96C41797851344C8922551FC445A2482"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Regulatory Flexibility
Improvement Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="ID5FED9ECE74E049CAB0E30FA1D3DAD856"><enum>202.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text><paragraph id="ID18B59B98E5F7457DA941E758F4C4B622"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A vibrant and
growing small business sector is critical to the recovery of the economy of the
United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7ACDE27B41E4426993876F7679C6259A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Regulations
designed for application to large-scale entities have been applied uniformly to
small businesses and other small entities, sometimes inhibiting the ability of
small entities to create new jobs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID99B7A3E3F2404432A70FF75064326F57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Uniform Federal
regulatory and reporting requirements in many instances have imposed on small
businesses and other small entities unnecessary and disproportionately
burdensome demands, including legal, accounting, and consulting costs, thereby
threatening the viability of small entities and the ability of small entities
to compete and create new jobs in a global marketplace.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3D3ED19F47894B93BB814E93BCF1A449"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Since 1980,
Federal agencies have been required to recognize and take account of the
differences in the scale and resources of regulated entities, but in many
instances have failed to do so.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID74b136e646e64044bc90f10e8e82b349"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In 2009, there
were nearly 70,000 pages in the Federal Register, and, according to research by
the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, the annual cost of
Federal regulations totals $1,750,000,000,000. Small firms bear a
disproportionate burden, paying approximately 36 percent more per employee than
larger firms in annual regulatory compliance costs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5DBDA186C98A4D579BE978A468890CEE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>All agencies in
the Federal Government should fully consider the costs, including indirect
economic impacts and the potential for job loss, of proposed rules,
periodically review existing regulations to determine their impact on small
entities, and repeal regulations that are unnecessarily duplicative or have
outlived their stated purpose.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1D71B6D38AC148BE84AE545BAC5304FB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>It is the
intention of Congress to amend <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to
ensure that all impacts, including foreseeable indirect effects, of proposed
and final rules are considered by agencies during the rulemaking process and
that the agencies assess a full range of alternatives that will limit adverse
economic consequences, enhance economic benefits, and fully address potential
job loss.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID2AA2C8F7C9C8430FAED5E25F4048E700"><enum>203.</enum><header>Including
indirect economic impact in small entity analyses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">Section 601</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEDADB1282A9144CE82A8F32D92940636" style="OLC"><paragraph id="ID2008BE38FE1940338A0E3D76E9A1E1F3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term
<term>economic impact</term> means, with respect to a proposed or final
rule—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0200910476A0414CA30482D7B9836374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic
effects on small entities directly regulated by the rule; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4F1114D75CF40E18B641409E72B7081"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasonably
foreseeable economic effects of the rule on small entities that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1C50E80BFEB4CA49174637F5AA4760E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>purchase products
or services from, sell products or services to, or otherwise conduct business
with entities directly regulated by the rule;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67315754C634E9D8663F23943AB5CD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are directly
regulated by other governmental entities as a result of the rule; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88A6D4B06B8E48279C95E7416005B2E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are not
directly regulated by the agency as a result of the rule but are otherwise
subject to other agency regulations as a result of the
rule.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id724D4B28840C49B5AF3057307D24099E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Judicial
review to allow small entities to challenge proposed regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/611">Section 611(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9808CE39AA214FDCA83E6D46DD18E624"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>603,</quote> after <quote>601,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94A928348C1A4707BAE020FA7B41FE6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>603,</quote> after <quote>601,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBB161C06B8A64AC8A13504883A1C176C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFBAF79C567E47A09EC871C5C6834166" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5966E1A4DCA4817D3A17D99F52BB6D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A small entity may seek such review
during the 1-year period beginning on the date of final agency action, except
that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18E50575172442DC8101CAF0B56DF7D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if a provision of law requires that an
action challenging a final agency action be commenced before the expiration of
1 year, the lesser period shall apply to an action for judicial review under
this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7121A67145CC468A827BEB019ACE8720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of noncompliance with
section 603 or 605(b), a small entity may seek judicial review of agency
compliance with such section before the close of the public comment
period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id45D63E4B662E404085C3B167C903F347"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text><subparagraph id="id450756A25C5F4BF4A31ABD8C462F7163"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8F5AC803FEF94D53A9A9231CFF9B4A08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECB208751AE1474EB1B726A7E05CB79E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA68D97209134488BA83DE4342BB069B7" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="idD03C42FF02EB48EA8D7AE6B58B9ED3A5" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>issuing an injunction prohibiting an
agency from taking any agency action with respect to a rulemaking until that
agency is in compliance with the requirements of section 603 or
605.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id6CCF9C19953144EEB7F23B3DC52A0EF3"><enum>205.</enum><header>Periodic
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/610">Section 610</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="idBB19ED1A6E94473798098BBFC680E1A8" style="USC"><section id="idA4C726593D314B00970CDD5C1A310679"><enum>610.</enum><header>Periodic
review of rules</header><subsection id="id8D110941B0EF4C33819702723D0EAF38"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF89617E336EA4B9FB0B5477030945BB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory
Flexibility Improvement Act of 2013</short-title>, each agency shall establish
a plan for the periodic review of—</text><subparagraph id="id542E5BF666B04E0080DC8BD168D8F1DC" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each rule issued by the agency that
the head of the agency determines has a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities, without regard to whether the agency
performed an analysis under section 604 with respect to the rule; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34A7815BB37C4099A8A61B3A50BAC7E5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any small entity compliance guide
required to be published by the agency under section 212 of the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">5 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id61515192BA934DE2ACAA2B79F6D4AA2E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In reviewing rules and small entity
compliance guides under paragraph (1), the agency shall determine whether the
rules and guides should—</text><subparagraph id="id4B682CC0C3CF474BAA861EC16420C268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be amended or rescinded, consistent
with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant
adverse economic impacts on a substantial number of small entities (including
an estimate of any adverse impacts on job creation and employment by small
entities); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA9AB6F4DC4D4FA59D704CE0AC342CFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue in effect without
change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB981CE4DCECA41FAAC5D9237693276D2" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each agency shall publish the plan
established under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register and on the Web site of
the agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45B49FCB5DA643459DE07097879FE110" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An agency may amend the plan
established under paragraph (1) at any time by publishing the amendment in the
Federal Register and on the Web site of the agency.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5E50A4BB59734068A952110B13FC06F3"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each plan
established under subsection (a) shall provide for—</text><paragraph id="idC46FD04F97EB402695FA2B494BC6F4C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the review of
each rule and small entity compliance guide described in subsection (a)(1) in
effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of
2013</short-title>—</text><subparagraph id="idEF3D61E1F76E4F2989C49408A15A2C85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 9
years after the date of publication of the plan in the Federal Register;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBAD7110BE9994BCEAB081244902D3558"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every 9 years
thereafter; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id47F4DDABFCAD46E48EAB1042EB200FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the review of
each rule adopted and small entity compliance guide described in subsection
(a)(1) that is published after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of
2013</short-title>—</text><subparagraph id="idABF50ED055DB426994B1E65F0BD4D78A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 9
years after the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB175485A6B7E4E359610C5192BBBAA59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every 9 years
thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCB3A19EE8E504369BF5F580ECE2BA800"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In reviewing
rules under the plan required under subsection (a), the agency shall
consider—</text><paragraph id="id4D464B71CE2A464B8AB17AFAB1A7B810"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the continued
need for the rule;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id55AEEC7119FB4D95B26AAF8211E980F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the nature of
complaints received by the agency from small entities concerning the
rule;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA1D20E98638B4267B08DCF33974D421A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>comments by the
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB832C987900C4C8DA4CF7E98461EC5D4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the complexity of
the rule;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76F6C95A57AA4906BF8509BBC96FEF85"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to
which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules and,
unless the head of the agency determines it to be infeasible, State and local
rules;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2EC1CC8FB5EE412DA48C21871F94631B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the contribution
of the rule to the cumulative economic impact of all Federal rules on the class
of small entities affected by the rule, unless the head of the agency
determines that such a calculation cannot be made;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id029956967CCC4D4CB14D219F73071BDB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the length of
time since the rule has been evaluated, or the degree to which technology,
economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the
rule; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93CFCD1A8B6D415F8B51DD07F4CE1F9D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the economic
impact of the rule, including—</text><subparagraph id="id40B5BCD1D4684E7194696BA66D9913A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the estimated
number of small entities to which the rule will apply;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4613E8C8E2548849486091616369672"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated
number of small entity jobs that will be lost or created due to the rule;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02A4AF3097EA408F9F0789D4AFA1A2F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projected
reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the proposed
rule, including—</text><clause id="idF7C5C105CD1D455A98816CB25C8D3F16"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an estimate of
the classes of small entities that will be subject to the requirement;
and</text></clause><clause id="id42B3B75268D240EF9C23F1BA3D9DA2B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the type of
professional skills necessary for preparation of the report or record.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id43999492614644D6808C92842E4ABF6D"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFAA0F263D56E4116A2C106E087E93222"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each agency shall
submit an annual report regarding the results of the review required under
subsection (a) to—</text><subparagraph id="idB1766B22F0A74FC8BDA726D1E7D05BF3" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70E609CCE225468AB1D896DEBE64848C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an agency that is not
an independent regulatory agency (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3502">section 3502(5)</external-xref> of title 44),
the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the
Office of Management and Budget.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3980D76829BB433F86B086E6AC5B9C27" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report required under paragraph
(1) shall include a description of any rule or guide with respect to which the
agency made a determination of infeasibility under paragraph (5) or (6) of
subsection (c), together with a detailed explanation of the reasons for the
determination.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA185E0D1FE2F4529B66750B7D7253BEB"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Each agency shall
publish in the Federal Register and on the Web site of the agency a list of the
rules and small entity compliance guides to be reviewed under the plan required
under subsection (a) that includes—</text><paragraph id="id34BE5C314F4A415DB146B013CBC0739C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a brief
description of each rule or guide;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEBC2BD68B4234FBDAE6DAB0C51100B63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each rule,
the reason why the head of the agency determined that the rule has a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (without
regard to whether the agency had prepared a final regulatory flexibility
analysis for the rule); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6470942B43ED4CBF89057DEF012BC8BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a request for
comments from the public, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration, and the Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman concerning the
enforcement of the rules or publication of the guides.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1E164A3A1EBE4522937B620F693D4A03"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idAD65CB2FDEE4432DA2F83D70C8379656"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 6 months
after each date described in subsection (b)(1), the Inspector General for each
agency shall—</text><subparagraph id="id31DCDC253E1841BAB9E30B7A7B8E8701" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether the agency has
conducted the review required under subsection (b) appropriately; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1DDBEF23F3C64EDB8907255232752FB9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the head of the agency
of—</text><clause id="id56A16878496C4F3F9BFAC1C1F7F6B961"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the determination
under subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="idDAD4FA3215FA46CEA429076241C9E73E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any issues preventing the
Inspector General from determining that the agency has conducted the review
under subsection (b) appropriately.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5D47FA21E33842E9B17D9B9E7ADF6395" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBC2E4385F783480D8F01DAD3844DDEB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 6 months
after the date on which the head of an agency receives a notice under paragraph
(1)(B) that the agency has not conducted the review under subsection (b)
appropriately, the agency shall address the issues identified in the
notice.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF82DC0D69A4481BA7FC689990B84B1F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after the last
day of the 6-month period described in subparagraph (A), the Inspector General
for an agency that receives a notice described in subparagraph (A)
shall—</text><clause id="idF274D36E6A0C403996161A05A387449C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether the agency has
addressed the issues identified in the notice; and</text></clause><clause id="id8A75FE84E03A46E980CAB760B81643F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notify Congress if the Inspector
General determines that the agency has not addressed the issues identified in
the notice; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12E820F176DF4773A1987DB4F1EA54E7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after the date
on which the Inspector General for an agency transmits a notice under
subparagraph (B)(ii), an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount appropriated
for the fiscal year to the appropriations account of the agency that is used to
pay salaries shall be rescinded.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC7C94DF84924E37ACA89A064FB77752" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph may be
construed to prevent Congress from acting to prevent a rescission under
subparagraph
(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id6BA38811D99C4717A2CB95CD5FF96E9A"><enum>206.</enum><header>Requiring
small business review panels for additional agencies</header><subsection id="id03D946B2608B4AA6B09AD5F7E015C788"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/609">Section 609</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—</text><paragraph id="idFCF2579C23644A8BA41E955F94E0191C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id6B0EF00D530548F994215AB6A35340F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a covered agency</quote>
the first place it appears and inserting <quote>an agency designated under
subsection (d)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0B1B0CA9A20446918CF97C21542F10B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a covered agency</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>the agency</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C0F7A3F927841EEA488C2721FCA723B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d), as amended by section 1100G(a) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (124 Stat.
2112), and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2835ED904D94FAB9904E80CFCBC2841" style="OLC"><subsection id="id41C92078C38747D1B0B3A94FA7B5DD21"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB922AD24BE2B47DDAC7D126469A8A7FC"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC8B89879628949D580BB0A25A74C7926"><enum>(A)</enum><text>On and after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory Flexibility
Improvement Act of 2013</short-title>, the Environmental Protection Agency and
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor
shall be—</text><clause id="idAD9FCF12F01F42EFBBC76A490E877AE7" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>agencies designated under this
subsection; and</text></clause><clause id="id27458A7087F34FE7AC695B1EBAB252BA" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the requirements of
subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FF6D7E46D9D4FE1ABABAF17618DEDCE" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>On and after the designated transfer
date established under section 1062 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/5582">12 U.S.C. 5582</external-xref>), the
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall be—</text><clause id="id2B673B5B83EC4ABDA2239B22A11F3DBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an agency designated under this
subsection; and</text></clause><clause id="id55218FA27B374E0680B391DFDDED0031"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the requirements of
subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEEC1966E6038458FBA4D8F617980076A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall
designate as agencies that shall be subject to the requirements of subsection
(b) on and after the date of the designation—</text><subparagraph id="id89C3D7FCB90C4B96A63502C5C62A1E48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3 agencies for the first year after
the date of enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory
Flexibility Improvement Act of 2013</short-title>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC28184B8E6E14E02968370D78EB8D308"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition to the agencies designated
under subparagraph (A), 3 agencies for the second year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory Flexibility
Improvement Act of 2013</short-title>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85485F3CC7E340BC9DD2B6B6CF98436C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in addition to the agencies designated
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), 3 agencies for the third year after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>Regulatory Flexibility
Improvement Act of 2013</short-title>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E035FBBDB7A4E4C8CF8FD6D54BA8EED" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall
designate agencies under paragraph (2) based on the economic impact of the
rules of the agency on small entities, beginning with agencies with the largest
economic impact on small entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id4BBBFC7CFE76454992EDF77C3AF75CEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by striking <quote>the covered agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the
agency</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8B6C4216A391488E96982DC130292B87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="idBA8E60D0E6BC4C04807183DE17B11D19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
603</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/603">Section 603(d)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by
section 1100G(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (124 Stat. 2112), is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id0E8FF753D1E5495EBE69659ACFFA3004"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>a covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2)</quote>
and inserting <quote>the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2DD48B8806D4B07BB8C8DAFC335F9D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>A covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2),</quote>
and inserting <quote>The Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id07CB5722C14C489DA489B95C4B8CEE14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
604</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/604">Section 604(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idFBBC984EEEA1482AAAB7F34AE74BD622"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second paragraph designated as paragraph (6) (relating to covered
agencies), as added by section 1100G(c)(3) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (124 Stat.
2113), as paragraph (7); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBAB08EC26E341E2BC3535909A1B7F4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
as so redesignated—</text><clause id="id715528647B6D4224BA7B205B7EBC97E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection</quote>;
and</text></clause><clause id="idB70E2434444445559B88101D42E3703E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Bureau</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB91B0D95508A44A5B65E3FBEB7058EAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act and apply on and after the designated
transfer date established under section 1062 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (12 U.S.C.
5582).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idBC09FA53E0CA476EB72F2CDAD83CF5E5"><enum>207.</enum><header>Expanding the
Regulatory Flexibility Act to agency guidance documents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">Section 601(2)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>public comment</quote> the
following: <quote>and any significant guidance document, as defined in the
Office of Management and Budget Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance
Procedures (72 Fed. Reg. 3432; January 25, 2007)</quote>.</text></section><section id="idCBCB3DA7F4254F2CACE1585FD28EC297"><enum>208.</enum><header>Requiring the
Internal Revenue Service to consider small entity impact</header><subsection id="idB5919B59E53A4990B67625BA2C2ED44E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/603">Section 603(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended, in the fifth sentence, by striking <quote>but only</quote> and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>but only to the
extent that such interpretative rules, or the statutes upon which such rules
are based, impose on small entities a collection of information requirement or
a recordkeeping requirement.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id602BCAB9EACD4B57BA3AA01B4B5BCA16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
601 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 103 of this title, is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idA45A13BCDACF47219386F20F2D691573"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F46C7F40C5C4DD1A4DD188F9BBDD24C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DB8E93EA2CC4EE8858A09FC355CBCB0" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id74AB5A000655460B9523951D31E6EFE2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>collection of information</term> has the meaning given that term in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3502">section 3502(3)</external-xref> of title 44;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE219DC09062745BCAB9ED764039E6B65"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>recordkeeping requirement</term> has the meaning given that term in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3502">section 3502(13)</external-xref> of title 44;
and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA48777E92FF94DFA978A3BB2DE1B9BFF"><enum>209.</enum><header>Reporting on
enforcement actions relating to small entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">5 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id794860717B2A4704A64EB658E2B215F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id978A664A006C48C1B39DBEFC67965BEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Each agency</quote> and
inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D5C1B5316074881A0FB08BD85AB647A" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idBC2176A3945046AC93DD2CAA5CE1BEE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
of policy or program</header><text>Each
agency</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15D8EE3C90314519BE97B8562098967F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DF4F6F4824A448C841F84F03646A423" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id9EE73D8D3216403CBAB24FAB79F7D428"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of civil
penalties</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of
2013</short-title>, and every 2 years thereafter, each agency regulating the
activities of small entities shall review the civil penalties imposed by the
agency for violations of a statutory or regulatory requirement by a small
entity to determine whether a reduction or waiver of the civil penalties is
appropriate.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3A873E136014DD08B90F971EC7C03B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="id8515AF2BB42E45049C4D62ED6162AA79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Agencies shall
report</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the scope</quote> and
inserting <quote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of
2013</short-title>, and every 2 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Small Business and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives a report discussing the scope</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA5494EC0BD2C401E89CAF98CA29A15F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and the total amount of penalty reductions and waivers</quote> and
inserting <quote>the total amount of penalty reductions and waivers, and the
results of the most recent review under subsection (a)(2)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idF1220E8EE9E140D8AC1AAB6BBD803B9E"><enum>210.</enum><header>Requiring more
detailed small entity analyses</header><subsection id="id5ABE7EE70E1D4361B02F8D04ABFEF68C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/603">Section 603</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, as amended by section 1100G(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/203">Public Law 111–203</external-xref> (124 Stat.
2112), is amended—</text><paragraph id="idBE448873DAF246139E0F738D55A441CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id8795B3A217BD48B0AD0823DD4A3FEA30"><subsection id="idFC11C53C7E6C48DDA5FD875C0052CDF9"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each initial
regulatory flexibility analysis required under this section shall contain a
detailed statement—</text><paragraph id="id1B171854C27F40BC8AFFA7107BDB9171"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describing the
reasons why action by the agency is being considered;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50B0E6C815C44FBFADBF1619C6EE9096"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describing the
objectives of, and legal basis for, the proposed rule;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1866381BB164850B4A7DD7E28225811"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimating the
number and type of small entities to which the proposed rule will apply;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5F6AA25BB7144E83B9C59288FCC38EE9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describing the
projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the
proposed rule, including an estimate of the classes of small entities which
will be subject to the requirement and the type of professional skills
necessary for preparation of the report and record;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id317DF296F709458EA25F907D796BB900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describing all
relevant Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the
proposed rule, or the reasons why such a description could not be provided;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD05E36C7F839477780957E9F45E61828"><enum>(6)</enum><text>estimating the
additional cumulative economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities,
including job loss by small entities, beyond that already imposed on the class
of small entities by the agency, or the reasons why such an estimate is not
available.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB6360528DA6540259C53F0F565DFB8DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0041A469E50946299472E80EC61EE1A7" style="USC"><subsection id="id4B8B295D9CC944EFBC2941B923A7A8FE"><enum>(e)</enum><text>An agency shall
notify the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration of
any draft rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities—</text><paragraph id="id8FC50581D2E24C58B8899971A91D6ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>when the agency
submits a draft rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the
Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866, if that order
requires the submission; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCC37B97B29FE42F2A3C967D8994F4377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if no submission
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is required—</text><subparagraph id="idABADAC4C1E7647E8B596D82ED9D5C509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a reasonable
period before publication of the rule by the agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0A1FB21F17D484F89E7750378E65B4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any event, not
later than 3 months before the date on which the agency publishes the
rule.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA0D6ED22D3CA4005A607582F7373D30F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><paragraph id="id2ACC717AC2704003B8C82C617075CC07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/604">Section 604(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text><subparagraph id="id2DE7E28290DD4594A21C91F1788DB88E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>description</quote> each place it
appears;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3741977370BA4AFAB32963392EBCCEC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="id14E1F21C10224BCABFDC8A37E70137D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>statement</quote> each place it
appears; and</text></clause><clause id="id5BC373FC82DB4A6BBDFF9C34D0974EA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(or certification of the proposed rule under section
605(b))</quote> after <quote>initial regulatory flexibility
analysis</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDC9736598E3D4B7CB5D51D72EDAEFFDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>an explanation</quote> and inserting <quote>a detailed
explanation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7592FB5ADA56434480E1452D2946B01E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(relating to a description of steps taken to minimize significant economic
impact), as added by section 1601 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/240">Public Law 111–240</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 2251), by inserting <quote>detailed</quote>
before <quote>statement</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3412453444CA4043BFC34A8969E0D626"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication of
analysis on web site, etc</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/604">Section 604(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="id0BEB6D5CACF14404930B55F34D1B6C51"><subsection id="id43A816A88F6144E0A3B5F7E132E777D4"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The agency
shall—</text><paragraph id="idCBE15E2557004329A5A39C8652F30CD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make copies of
the final regulatory flexibility analysis available to the public, including by
publishing the entire final regulatory flexibility analysis on the Web site of
the agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE71B8D4DBDE44DC8A74B61DD542E14A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in the
Federal Register the final regulatory flexibility analysis, or a summary of the
analysis that includes the telephone number, mailing address, and address of
the Web site where the complete final regulatory flexibility analysis may be
obtained.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5075A9E687EA44D2B3061493F1FC7ED2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cross-References
to other analyses</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/605">Section 605(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="id55377D639F6D4CA394D85F9DC653C9A6"><subsection id="id5AEA7139F180432BA6D1DD88C2F4A9E9"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A Federal agency
shall be deemed to have satisfied a requirement regarding the content of a
regulatory flexibility agenda or regulatory flexibility analysis under section
602, 603, or 604, if the Federal agency provides in the agenda or regulatory
flexibility analysis a cross-reference to the specific portion of an agenda or
analysis that is required by another law and that satisfies the requirement
under section 602, 603, or
604.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idCBBDDCC05F724ED791E7EC27C724F55D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certifications</header><text>Section
605(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by
striking <quote>statement providing the factual</quote> and inserting
<quote>detailed statement providing the factual and legal</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5981EB9E1D9C437B9285033E6D2670FF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/607">Section 607</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBD5309F7B8647FD812DC8350BA33E94" style="USC"><section id="id2485D3011E7C4FE68A710635A7D15F7F"><enum>607.</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In complying with
sections 603 and 604, an agency shall provide—</text><paragraph id="id42BB4F59E979430DB730A80C635A8165"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a quantifiable or
numerical description of the effects of the proposed or final rule, including
an estimate of the potential for job loss, and alternatives to the proposed or
final rule; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40AAAAB98E3B441BA74D2CB233F39789"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a more general
descriptive statement regarding the potential for job loss and a detailed
statement explaining why quantification under paragraph (1) is not practicable
or
reliable.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id58F86601076A4A1594874FF0912F537E"><enum>211.</enum><header>Ensuring that
agencies consider small entity impact during the rulemaking
process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605(b) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id46C6F6F3B3D746A9A7AB8D5054550D35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC4F20031020747868BDAB89ADF4391D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A317A78A52D494C97EE1C123F13B661" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id2BFB7A26AFE048FBA65755EDFC325008" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, after publication of the
certification required under paragraph (1), the head of the agency determines
that there will be a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities, the agency shall comply with the requirements of section 603
before the publication of the final rule, by—</text><subparagraph id="id939F5C1F3C6849E3A0CCA7BCD2E25F78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publishing an initial regulatory
flexibility analysis for public comment; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A102ADD63A340C68286AB4477889A65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>re-proposing the rule with an initial
regulatory flexibility analysis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCEB77333160C42DB95822D24A78C2836" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The head of an agency may not make a
certification relating to a rule under this subsection, unless the head of the
agency has determined—</text><subparagraph id="idBF5CAFC6499B4688988BB8CEFFEC7A68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average cost of the rule for small
entities affected or reasonably presumed to be affected by the rule;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D530373722642098F413F0780E83F5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of small entities affected
or reasonably presumed to be affected by the rule; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8546B2375A5F4E679E256106E7D557AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of affected small entities
for which that cost will be significant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8F760E6F6F645A594AE662DEC8FF17D" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Before publishing a certification and
a statement providing the factual basis for the certification under paragraph
(1), the head of an agency shall—</text><subparagraph id="idF31E30037AE14B24835CD071141625B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmit a copy of the certification
and statement to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE55B6C7979984476AC9BE0D819B82CD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult with the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration on the accuracy of the
certification and
statement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ID17A20A37353E48678634B1666D025DDA"><enum>212.</enum><header>Additional
powers of the Office of Advocacy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/305">Public Law 94–305</external-xref> (15 U.S.C.
634c) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7EB19985CD7D453290DD63BE0FEA7F0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0E7283A3F4D44EE597869799B38AD3AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE2C8AFD1E6724FC9AAC89C75732DE162"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (6) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746464D6B8804F5CB6ED81D9F0A9AA71" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id488D258CBB0446CAACF079564A3C1C1B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, comment on regulatory action by an agency
that affects small businesses, without regard to whether the agency is required
to file a notice of proposed rulemaking under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, with respect to the
action.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idF220A3691DBD4D0EABE260877B581BE1"><enum>213.</enum><header>Funding and
offsets</header><subsection id="id8EA01C70CC804A75B2CEA2DD3325D109"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Small Business Administration, for any
costs of carrying out this title and the amendments made by this title
(including the costs of hiring additional employees)—</text><paragraph id="id5DD9B661418B444BB179EF1F8F9A35BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2013;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCDF6B4A905649FFAD5A819D54E9188E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,000,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F31DE9E08C447A885C0C4823ECC3265"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for
fiscal year 2015.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id907D0F386AB74B0EB89711A80388C6D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>In
order to offset the costs of carrying out this title and the amendments made by
this title and to reduce the Federal deficit, the following provisions of law
are repealed, effective on the date of enactment of this Act:</text><paragraph id="idF51A8FFD36CA44E68CF7B1AD365D9ECC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 21(n) of
the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/648">15 U.S.C. 648</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2AEE2A1CDD8A4D21B586FBF7A1264414"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 27 of the
Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/654">15 U.S.C. 654</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idACBAAC4F0C9E4373B70558CA7A121CFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1203(c)
of the Energy Security and Efficiency Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657h">15 U.S.C. 657h(c)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDB217E2F188E14AC2B1EEC1AF50BF09F8"><enum>214.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><subsection id="ID8ABD0A3A14734705883466B9193890C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Heading</header><text>Section
605 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the section heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Avoidance</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows and
inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Incorporations by reference and
certification.</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID5D526E662BF247EBB8A32FE651FAA44F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="IDC88CC4FE6B92460280A3761A85F6AB10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 605 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="ID7826032A1686420783F3B09CDC8250C0" style="USC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">605. Incorporations by reference and
certifications.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID93A2F40D45124ACD94C6AA7F36D3EB65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 607 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id500012448AF5493CB48C3FE503D14E0B" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">607. Quantification
requirements.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>