[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6486 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6486

To amend title 5, United States Code, to decrease the annual effect on 
the economy that a rule must have to be a major rule from $100,000,000 
 to $50,000,000 for the purpose of increasing the number of rules for 
   which Congress can use the resolution of disapproval procedure to 
            disapprove a major rule, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

  Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. 
   Gardner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to decrease the annual effect on 
the economy that a rule must have to be a major rule from $100,000,000 
 to $50,000,000 for the purpose of increasing the number of rules for 
   which Congress can use the resolution of disapproval procedure to 
            disapprove a major rule, 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. AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF A MAJOR RULE.

    (a) Major Rule.--Section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``$100,000,000'' and inserting ``$50,000,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any proposed rule for which the Federal agency promulgating 
such rule submits a report under section 801(a)(1)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. SIGNIFICANT REGULATORY ACTION UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 12866.

    (a) Significant Regulatory Action.--In applying Executive Order 
12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory planning and review), 
the head of any agency and the Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs shall consider a regulatory action 
to be a significant regulatory action under section 3(f)(1) of such 
Executive order if the rule that is likely to result from such 
regulatory action may have an annual effect on the economy of 
$50,000,000 or more.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to--
            (1) any planned regulatory action that the head of an 
        agency submits to the Administrator of the Office of 
        Information and Regulatory Affairs under section 6(a)(3) of 
        Executive Order 12866 on or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (2) any regulatory action in a regulatory plan that the 
        head of an agency submits to the Administrator under section 
        4(c) of such Executive order on or after such date of the 
        enactment.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``agency'', 
``regulatory action'', and ``rule'' have the meanings given those terms 
for purposes of Executive Order 12866.
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