[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1992 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1992

   To amend chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
           results based regulations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             March 25 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

   Mr. Roth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
           results based regulations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Results Based Regulations Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. RESULTS BASED REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 559 the following new section:
``Sec. 560. Results based regulations
    ``(a) For purposes of this section the term `regulation' means any 
rule for which the agency publishes a general notice of proposed 
rulemaking under section 553(b) or any other law.
    ``(b) To the greatest extent practicable, each agency shall include 
in the general notice of proposed rulemaking relating to a regulation--
            ``(1) a statement of--
                    ``(A) the overall outcomes and results to be 
                achieved by the regulation;
                    ``(B) methods to quantify such outcomes and 
                results;
                    ``(C) possible alternative methods to achieve such 
                outcomes and results; and
                    ``(D) a process for waiving in whole or part such 
                regulation if an alternative is subsequently proposed 
                under which the agency determines the waiver applicant, 
                and others covered by such waiver, would have no less 
                of an impact on the achievement of those outcomes and 
                results than would occur without such waiver; and
            ``(2) a solicitation for comments by persons affected by 
        the regulation on the methods and processes described under 
        paragraph (1) (B), (C), and (D).
    ``(c) An agency action taken under this section shall not be 
subject to review by a court of the United States.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 559 the following new item:

``560. Results based regulations.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

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