3.0.0 1938 2023-01-11T13:22:58Z 2023-01-11T13:22:58Z Senate S S 2011-12-01 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-01T23:08:34Z Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 112 527 HR 2011-12-05 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS Manufacturing Comeback Act of 2012 112 6240 HR 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2011-12-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8152-8155) IntroReferral 2011-12-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8151-8152) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-12-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Economic performance and conditions Federal appellate courts Government information and archives Industrial policy and productivity Judicial review and appeals Jurisdiction and venue Land use and conservation Small Business Administration Small business Commerce 00 2011-12-01 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-15T21:02:59Z Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to revise the definition of "rule" under such Act to exclude a rule of particular (and not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, and other financial indicators and to define "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule as any direct economic effect on small entities from such rule and any indirect economic effect on small entities that is reasonably foreseeable and that results from such rule. Includes tribal organizations within the definition of "small governmental jurisdictions" for purposes of such Act.

Requires initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses to: (1) describe alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize the beneficial significant economic impact on small entities, and (2) include revisions or amendments to a land management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior under specified Acts.

Requires each federal agency to include in its regulatory flexibility agenda a description of the sector of the North American Industrial Classification System that is affected by a proposed agency rule which is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Expands elements of initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses under RFA to include estimates and descriptions of the cumulative economic impact of a proposed rule on a small entity.

Repeals provisions allowing a waiver or delay of the completion of an initial regulatory flexibility analysis. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules governing federal agency compliance with RFA requirements. Authorizes the Chief Counsel to modify or amend such rules, to intervene in agency adjudication relating to such rules, and to inform an agency of the impact of its rulemaking on small entities.

Revises requirements for agency notification of the SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy prior to the publication of any proposed rule. Requires agencies to provide the Chief Counsel with: (1) all materials prepared or utilized in making the proposed rule, and (2) information on the potential adverse and beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on small entities.

Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the periodic review of existing and new rules that have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities to determine whether such rules should be continued, changed, or rescinded.

Provides for judicial review of an agency final rule for compliance with RFA requirements after the publication of such rule. Grants federal courts of appeal jurisdiction to review all final rules issued in accordance with RFA.

]]> Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 Display Title Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1938is/xml/BILLS-112s1938is.xml 2011-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8152-8155) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.