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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="787" measure-id="id113s787" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-04-23" update-date="2013-06-25">
<title>Restoring Integrity to our Government Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s787v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2013-06-25">
<action-date>2013-04-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Restoring Integrity to our Government Act - Prohibits a proposed significant regulatory action from being finalized unless it includes the reasons why the agency proposing it determined that it is a significant regulatory action.</p> <p>Defines &quot;significant regulatory action&quot; as any regulatory action likely to result in a regulation that may: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million 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; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligation of recipients thereof; (4) add to the national debt; or (5) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in this Act.</p>]]></summary-text>
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