[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3695 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3695

   To establish requirements relating to the issuance and review of 
                    regulations by Federal agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Franks of 
 New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish requirements relating to the issuance and review of 
                    regulations by Federal agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Regulation Cost-Benefit 
Assessment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE AND 
              REVIEW OF REGULATIONS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
Executive Order 12291 of February 17, 1981, as in effect on that date 
(in this Act referred to as the ``Order''), shall apply to each agency 
(as that term is defined in the Order).
    (b) Exceptions.--In the application of the Order--
            (1) ``rules in effect on the date of the enactment of the 
        Federal Regulation Cost-Benefit Assessment Act of 1993'' shall 
        be substituted for ``currently effective rules''; and
            (2) ``the date of the enactment of the Federal Regulation 
        Cost-Benefit Assessment Act of 1993'' shall be substituted for 
        ``the date of this Order''.

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