1.Short
title and table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Jobs Through Growth
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table
of contents.
DIVISION A—Spending Reform
TITLE I—Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution
Sec. 1101. Balanced Budget Amendment to the
Constitution.
TITLE II—Enhanced Rescission Authority
Sec. 1201. Purposes.
Sec. 1202. Rescissions of funding.
Sec. 1203. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1204. Amendments to Part A of the Impoundment Control
Act.
Sec. 1205. Expiration.
DIVISION B—Tax Reform
TITLE I—Tax Reform for Families and Small Businesses
Sec. 2101. Tax Reform for Families and Small
Businesses.
TITLE II—Tax reform for employers
Sec. 2201. Reduction in corporate income tax rates and reform
of business tax.
TITLE III—Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011
Sec. 2301. Short title.
Sec. 2302. Repeal of imposition of withholding on certain
payments made to vendors by government entities.
Sec. 2303. Rescission of unspent federal funds to offset loss
in revenues.
DIVISION C—Regulation Reform
TITLE I—Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
Sec. 3101. Repeal of the job-killing health care law and health
care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010.
Sec. 3102. Budgetary effects of this subtitle.
TITLE II—Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2011
Sec. 3201. Short title.
Sec. 3202. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3203. Definitions.
Sec. 3204. Encouraging speedy resolution of claims.
Sec. 3205. Compensating patient injury.
Sec. 3206. Maximizing patient recovery.
Sec. 3207. Additional health benefits.
Sec. 3208. Punitive damages.
Sec. 3209. Authorization of payment of future damages to
claimants in health care lawsuits.
Sec. 3210. Effect on other laws.
Sec. 3211. State flexibility and protection of states’
rights.
Sec. 3212. Applicability; effective date.
TITLE III—Financial Takeover Repeal
Sec. 3301. Repeal.
TITLE IV—Regulations from the executive in need of Scrutiny
(REINS Act)
Sec. 3401. Short title.
Sec. 3402. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3403. Congressional review of agency
rulemaking.
TITLE V—Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation
Act
Sec. 3501. Short title.
Sec. 3502. Definitions.
Sec. 3503. Significant regulatory actions.
Sec. 3504. Waivers.
Sec. 3505. Judicial review.
TITLE VI—Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and
Onerous Mandates Act of 2011
Sec. 3601. Short title.
Sec. 3602. Findings.
Sec. 3603. Including indirect economic impact in small entity
analyses.
Sec. 3604. Judicial review to allow small entities to challenge
proposed regulations.
Sec. 3605. Periodic review.
Sec. 3606. Requiring small business review panels for
additional agencies.
Sec. 3607. Expanding the Regulatory Flexibility Act to agency
guidance documents.
Sec. 3608. Requiring the Internal Revenue Service to consider
small entity impact.
Sec. 3609. Reporting on enforcement actions relating to small
entities.
Sec. 3610. Requiring more detailed small entity
analyses.
Sec. 3611. Ensuring that agencies consider small entity impact
during the rulemaking process.
Sec. 3612. Additional powers of the Office of
Advocacy.
Sec. 3613. Funding and offsets.
Sec. 3614. Technical and conforming amendments.
TITLE VII—Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act
Sec. 3701. Short title.
Sec. 3702. Findings.
Sec. 3703. Regulatory impact analyses for certain
rules.
Sec. 3704. Least burdensome option or explanation
required.
Sec. 3705. Inclusion of application to independent regulatory
agencies.
Sec. 3706. Judicial review.
Sec. 3707. Effective date.
TITLE VIII—Government Litigation Savings Act
Sec. 3801. Short title.
Sec. 3802. Modification of Equal Access to Justice
provisions.
Sec. 3803. GAO study.
TITLE IX—Employment Protection Act of 2011
Sec. 3901. Short title.
Sec. 3902. Impacts of EPA regulatory activity on employment and
economic activity.
TITLE X—Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act
Sec. 3931. Short title.
Sec. 3932. Nuisance dust.
Sec. 3933. Temporary prohibition against revising any national
ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate
matter.
TITLE XI—National Labor Relations Board Reform
Sec. 3951. Short title.
Sec. 3952. Authority of the NLRB.
Sec. 3953. Retroactivity.
TITLE XII—Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
Sec. 3971. Short title.
Sec. 3972. Purposes.
Sec. 3973. Preservation of open competition and Federal
Government neutrality.
TITLE XIII—Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act
Sec. 3981. Short title.
Sec. 3982. Definitions.
Sec. 3983. Required regulatory analysis.
Sec. 3984. Rule of construction.
Sec. 3985. Public availability of data and regulatory
analysis.
Sec. 3986. Five-year regulatory impact analysis.
Sec. 3987. Retrospective review of existing rules.
Sec. 3988. Judicial review.
Sec. 3989. Chief Economists Council.
Sec. 3990. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 3991. Other regulatory entities.
Sec. 3992. Avoidance of duplicative or unnecessary
analyses.
Sec. 3993. Severability.
TITLE XIV—Regulatory Responsibility for Our Economy
Act
Sec. 3994. Short title.
Sec. 3995. Definitions.
Sec. 3996. Agency requirements.
Sec. 3997. Public participation.
Sec. 3998. Integration and innovation.
Sec. 3999. Flexible approaches.
Sec. 3999A. Science.
Sec. 3999B. Retrospective analyses of existing
rules.
TITLE XV—Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
Sec. 3999C. Short title.
Sec. 3999D. Use of authorized pesticides.
Sec. 3999E. Discharges of pesticides.
DIVISION D—Domestic Energy Job Promotion
TITLE I—Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction
Act
Sec. 4101. Short title.
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf leasing
Sec. 4111. Leasing program considered approved.
Sec. 4112. Lease sales.
Sec. 4113. Applications for permits to drill.
Sec. 4114. Lease sales for certain areas.
Subtitle B—Regulatory streamlining
Sec. 4131. Commercial leasing program for oil shale resources
on public land.
Sec. 4132. Jurisdiction over covered energy
projects.
Sec. 4133. Environmental impact statements.
Sec. 4134. Clean air regulation.
Sec. 4135. Employment effects of actions under Clean Air
Act.
Sec. 4136. Endangered species.
Sec. 4137. Reissuance of permits and leases.
Sec. 4138. Central Valley Project.
Sec. 4139. Beaufort Sea oil drilling project.
Sec. 4140. Environmental legal fees.
TITLE II—Jobs and Energy Permitting Act
Sec. 4201. Short title.
Sec. 4202. Air quality measurement.
Sec. 4203. Outer Continental Shelf source.
Sec. 4204. Permits.
TITLE III—American Energy and Western Jobs Act
Sec. 4301. Short title.
Sec. 4302. Rescission of certain instruction
memoranda.
Sec. 4303. Amendments to the Mineral Leasing Act.
Sec. 4304. Annual report on revenues generated from multiple
use of public land.
Sec. 4305. Federal onshore oil and natural gas production
goal.
Sec. 4306. Oil shale.
TITLE IV—Mining Jobs Protection Act
Sec. 4401. Short title.
Sec. 4402. Permits for dredged or fill material.
Sec. 4403. Review of permits.
TITLE V—Energy Tax Prevention Act
Sec. 4501. Short title.
Sec. 4502. No regulation of emissions of greenhouse
gases.
Sec. 4503. Preserving one national standard for
automobiles.
TITLE VI—Repeal Restrictions on Government Use of Domestic
Alternative Fuels
Sec. 4601. Repeal of unnecessary barrier to domestic fuel
production.
TITLE VII—Public Lands Job Creation Act
Sec. 4701. Short title.
Sec. 4702. Review of certain Federal Register
Notices.
DIVISION E—Export promotion
Sec. 5001. Short title.
Sec. 5002. Renewal of trade promotion authority.
Sec. 5003. Modification of standard for provisions that may be
included in implementing bills.
A
<enum>I</enum><header>Balanced Budget
Amendment to the Constitution</header>
<section id="id71014C257FEE4DA1B529762FAC43AA0B"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Balanced
Budget Amendment to the Constitution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that S.J. Res 10
should be passed and submitted to the states for ratification not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Enhanced
Rescission Authority</header>
<section id="idA03ABE60BA8C4814B42E9469BAA7E535"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to create an
optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission
requests, which would lead to an up-or-down vote by Congress on the President’s
package of rescissions, without amendment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID517a506dabad4a8f981b1a8d14458606" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rescissions of funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by striking part C and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id889E457586A74893BE109AC30B751EA6" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="id229F159176D543CB85A91DDDC22045AA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expedited consideration of proposed
rescissions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID123a41e8acb347c29b3d0e7bb521d9a9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1021.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability and disclaimer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The rules, procedures, requirements, and
definitions in this part apply only to executive and legislative actions
explicitly taken under this part. They do not apply to actions taken under part
B or to other executive and legislative actions not taken under this
part.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf361e3b48aad4c748c01b4d7e3aa10c2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1022.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4b0c2ed9139c40fc84e087ba422582ca"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>appropriations Act</term>,
<term>budget authority</term>, and <term>new budget authority</term> have the
same meanings as in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2586161887ae4922a4bf9e72ffda3ecc"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>account</term>,
<term>current year</term>, <term>CBO</term>, and <term>OMB</term> have the same
meanings as in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 as in effect on September 30, 2002.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49cad89cefd248f1bf3149c823a31344"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>days of session</term> shall
be calculated by excluding weekends and national holidays. Any day during which
a chamber of Congress is not in session shall not be counted as a day of
session of that chamber. Any day during which neither chamber is in session
shall not be counted as a day of session of Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5da9a8f7c68d49048ac5ddd234dc218f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>entitlement law</term> means
the statutory mandate or requirement of the United States to incur a financial
obligation unless that obligation is explicitly conditioned on the
appropriation in subsequent legislation of sufficient funds for that purpose,
and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc34cfcdee8fb4a2a93dec9b1fd24387c"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>funding</term> refers to new
budget authority and obligation limits except to the extent that the funding is
provided for entitlement law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f94d0e22d67438d8913e6dba37fba88"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rescind</term> means to
eliminate or reduce the amount of enacted funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9a43747eb9034873a8991fca5de7c498"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>withhold</term> and
<term>withholding</term> apply to any executive action or inaction that
precludes the obligation of funding at a time when it would otherwise have been
available to an agency for obligation. The terms do not include administrative
or preparatory actions undertaken prior to obligation in the normal course of
implementing budget laws.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDce918d3b613a4335bf276c7c657b9188" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1023.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing and packaging of rescission
requests</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd8396896ef5e437ebd03c41915e21f43"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President proposes that Congress
rescind funding under the procedures in this part, OMB shall transmit a message
to Congress containing the information specified in section 1024, and the
message transmitting the proposal shall be sent to Congress not later than 45
calendar days after the date of enactment of the funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd2d124e7793e40b4a5a63fa53dbddc3c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Packaging and Transmittal of Requested
Rescissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
provided in subsection (c), for each piece of legislation that provides
funding, the President shall request at most 1 package of rescissions and the
rescissions in that package shall apply only to funding contained in that
legislation. OMB shall deliver each message requesting a package of rescissions
to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session and to the Clerk
of the House of Representatives if the House is not in session. OMB shall make
a copy of the transmittal message publicly available, and shall publish in the
Federal Register a notice of the message and information on how it can be
obtained.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0731c0f1b0ae4905b2c68561604d7c60"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Packaging Rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After enactment of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71F1497FE539493E9D3AF99C0AD9FCB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e00f92ac2534eaf9123787271f2060a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a supplemental appropriations bill;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2532ea83cabb42f6b3006803f8d1aaa7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an omnibus appropriations bill;</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">covering some or all of the
activities customarily funded in more than 1 regular appropriations bill, the
President may propose as many as 2 packages rescinding funding contained in
that legislation, each within the 45-day period specified in subsection (a).
OMB shall not include the same rescission in both packages, and, if the
President requests the rescission of more than one discrete amount of funding
under the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee, OMB shall include each of
those discrete amounts in the same package.</continuation-text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34b134e0aca44344b0faa1b12c7f7a90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1024.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requests to rescind funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each request to rescind funding under
this part, the transmittal message shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDefbf9934b9944d1388a2c973ea59117d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id349AB24AC5F04FD58998B5B2DD02DBFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dollar amount to be rescinded;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb3da25f3bc5a4da699a6339ef09c2300"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency, bureau, and account from which
the rescission shall occur;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID332e8c1cab1f466585a0d572745c2632"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program, project, or activity within
the account (if applicable) from which the rescission shall occur;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a5d3ae5ca524a1586a8725125d0ccf6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of funding, if any, that would
remain for the account, program, project, or activity if the rescission request
is enacted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5f02b49fbed4448a14016947da717da"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reasons the President requests the
rescission;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCFACCE49F924B1A9A418890A42433DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate each separate rescission request
by number; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BACDB0FD84449B2854CBBBC38423ECE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include proposed legislative language to
accomplish the requested rescissions which may not include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95DFC28996C74D59A3C6505EE99A6A07"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any changes in existing law, other than the
rescission of funding; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id107EE226F5CC4FC7B042585516CC739F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any supplemental appropriations, transfers,
or reprogrammings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfde6a7b5d33b4fdb927581934f82a7fb" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1025.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants of and limitations on presidential
authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID81928067328742fabc9c4ab4f0c9e0e7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presidential authority To withhold
funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and if the President proposes a rescission of funding
under this part, OMB may, subject to the time limits provided in subsection
(c), temporarily withhold that funding from obligation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa02d63932adc46f2b6a2b0633e44dfa5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expedited Procedures Available only Once
per Bill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may
not invoke the procedures of this part, or the authority to withhold funding
granted by subsection (a), on more than 1 occasion for any Act providing
funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9a523b5b377a4d9dbfeabad274f9d5cd"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time Limits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">OMB shall make available for obligation any
funding withheld under subsection (a) on the earliest of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69bc688cefca4155894185f69edcbd35"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the day on which the President determines
that the continued withholding or reduction no longer advances the purpose of
legislative consideration of the rescission request;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6967e7cd595d4a8289ee35b4082ea754"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">starting from the day on which OMB
transmitted a message to Congress requesting the rescission of funding, 25
calendar days in which the House of Representatives has been in session or 25
calendar days in which the Senate has been in session, whichever occurs second;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID745e7ea91105438581feda2035c644b9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the last day after which the obligation of
the funding in question can no longer be fully accomplished in a prudent manner
before its expiration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75F01C1E446E4D4D912657EFF672852F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deficit reduction</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DDACF7E8E0E4CA59C96738000A7C286"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds that are rescinded under this part
shall be dedicated only to reducing the deficit or increasing the
surplus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H507B85EF940D4988968E8662FF291D8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment of levels in the concurrent
resolution on the budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 5 days after the date of enactment of an approval bill as provided
under this part, the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and
the House of Representatives shall revise allocations and aggregates and other
appropriate levels under the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget to
reflect the repeal or cancellation, and the applicable committees shall report
revised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b), as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d7fe4333aa14618bd474be94ff913f5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1026.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional consideration of rescission
requests</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f57f505d7e24938b262bc1d251b5dbd"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preparation of Legislation To Consider a
Package of Expedited Rescission Requests</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEA7A80404964C0684CB84DF322D93F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the House of Representatives receives a
package of expedited rescission requests, the Clerk shall prepare a House bill
that only rescinds the amounts requested which shall read as follows:</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45203a6f5ea24e0b93c78f87a5b92ec6"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>There are enacted the rescissions
numbered [insert number or numbers] as set forth in the Presidential message of
[insert date] transmitted under part C of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974
as amended.</quote></text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0bfeb0a08c424a45b9d89bc14dc3b9b2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Clerk shall include in the bill each
numbered rescission request listed in the Presidential package in question,
except that the Clerk shall omit a numbered rescission request if the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House, after consulting with the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, CBO, GAO, and the House and
Senate committees that have jurisdiction over the funding, determines that the
numbered rescission does not refer to funding or includes matter not permitted
under a request to rescind funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcb62155ee04e4d9bbc03f679191570c9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Introduction and Referral of Legislation To
Enact a Package of Expedited Rescissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The majority leader or the minority leader
of the House or Representatives, or a designee, shall (by request) introduce
each bill prepared under subsection (a) not later than 4 days of session of the
House after its transmittal, or, if no such bill is introduced within that
period, any member of the House may introduce the required bill in the required
form on the fifth or sixth day of session of the House after its transmittal.
If such an expedited rescission bill is introduced in accordance with the
preceding sentence, it shall be referred to the House committee of
jurisdiction. A copy of the introduced House bill shall be transmitted to the
Secretary of the Senate, who shall provide it to the Senate committee of
jurisdiction.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24d7c71685514045814982b9e924e6d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">House report and consideration of
legislation To enact a package of expedited rescissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The House committee of jurisdiction shall
report without amendment the bill referred to it under subsection (b) not more
than 5 days of session of the House after the referral. The committee may order
the bill reported favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. If the
committee has not reported the bill by the end of the 5-day period, the
committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the
bill and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b55ac1d16f7450fa146d42377cf4b85"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">House Motion To Proceed</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7663E14AC9A44360B1A2570FD1631B26"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After a bill to enact an expedited
rescission package has been reported or the committee of jurisdiction has been
discharged under subsection (c), it shall be in order to move to proceed to
consider the bill in the House. A Member who wishes to move to proceed to
consideration of the bill shall announce that fact, and the motion to proceed
shall be in order only during a time designated by the Speaker within the
legislative schedule for the next calendar day of legislative session or the
one immediately following it.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4871CB226CA34B70A6565C8836A7F6AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to set time</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Speaker does not designate a time
under paragraph (1), 3 or more calendar days of legislative session after the
bill has been reported or discharged, it shall be in order for any Member to
move to proceed to consider the bill.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA0FBE793F93492B9B42528661EF35CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion to proceed under this subsection
shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a prior motion to proceed
with respect to that package of expedited rescissions. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to proceed, without intervening
motion. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed has been
disposed of shall not be in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id673AAE6238DB46E4AA21DF3854B44897"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removal from calendar</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If 5 calendar days of legislative session
have passed since the bill was reported or discharged under this subsection and
no Member has made a motion to proceed, the bill shall be removed from the
calendar.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1b61da15c7224ef0bb5b7b3bbf7171db"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">House Consideration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9814E5B68FB4997ADEC9B333ACC7E83"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considered as read</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bill consisting of a package of
rescissions under this part shall be considered as read.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5E60D515039409F91A777107CDCF040"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Points of order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All points of order against the bill are
waived, except that a point of order may be made that 1 or more numbered
rescissions included in the bill would enact language containing matter not
requested by the President or not permitted under this part as part of that
package. If the Presiding Officer sustains such a point of order, the numbered
rescission or rescissions that would enact such language are deemed to be
automatically stripped from the bill and consideration proceeds on the bill as
modified.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C42764D2D0041B4A54E31FB3C0D1718"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previous question</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the bill to its passage without intervening motion, except that 4
hours of debate equally divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent
are allowed, as well as 1 motion to further limit debate on the bill.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2883C3E239C64F4F8D5CECCF3FACE7D2"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motion to reconsider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion to reconsider the vote on passage
of the bill shall not be in order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99c41f5a92eb4f969105ed9e9a76ad49"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senate Consideration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B0E09FF1E714F9DA52C88AF8D296EA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Referral</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the House of Representatives approves a
House bill enacting a package of rescissions, that bill as passed by the House
shall be sent to the Senate and referred to the Senate committee of
jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C3F54718B774B9D8D8226C9CA42C685"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Committee action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The committee of jurisdiction shall report
without amendment the bill referred to it under this subsection not later than
3 days of session of the Senate after the referral. The committee may order the
bill reported favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C9BD9619A8C4932B5D3035407FEBC4E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the committee has not reported the bill
by the end of the 3-day period, the committee shall be automatically discharged
from further consideration of the bill and it shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F24311B3B804CBBB92D895418090FD9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motion to proceed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the following day and for 3 subsequent
calendar days in which the Senate is in session, it shall be in order for any
Senator to move to proceed to consider the bill in the Senate. Upon such a
motion being made, it shall be deemed to have been agreed to and the motion to
reconsider shall be deemed to have been laid on the table.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA44F8DE270DD4AE2A90F6E5C93E45C46"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate on the bill in the Senate under this
subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall not exceed 10 hours, equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with such
a bill shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided and
controlled in the usual form. A motion to further limit debate on such a bill
is not debatable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB7341B5030944459D02BE832DBB107A"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motions not in order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion to amend such a bill or strike a
provision from it is not in order. A motion to recommit such a bill is not in
order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID528278de3d574b2f95333d6fe4c8eda7"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senate Point of Order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall not be in order under this part
for the Senate to consider a bill approved by the House enacting a package of
rescissions under this part if any numbered rescission in the bill would enact
matter not requested by the President or not permitted under this Act as part
of that package. If a point of order under this subsection is sustained, the
bill may not be considered under this
part.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1fb4be391a384cf49adc0992ff02e519" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe96819ff795c4a06b17daaeb45b73e23"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the matter for part
C of title X and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id626d27be-3fa4-41d5-99ed-88e9cedb0f7b" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="id229F159176D543CB85A91DDDC22045AA" level="part">PART C—Expedited consideration of proposed rescissions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID123a41e8acb347c29b3d0e7bb521d9a9" level="section">Sec. 1021. Applicability and disclaimer.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDf361e3b48aad4c748c01b4d7e3aa10c2" level="section">Sec. 1022. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDce918d3b613a4335bf276c7c657b9188" level="section">Sec. 1023. Timing and packaging of rescission
requests.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID34b134e0aca44344b0faa1b12c7f7a90" level="section">Sec. 1024. Requests to rescind funding.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="IDfde6a7b5d33b4fdb927581934f82a7fb" level="section">Sec. 1025. Grants of and limitations on presidential
authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="ID1d7fe4333aa14618bd474be94ff913f5" level="section">Sec. 1026. Congressional consideration of rescission
requests.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2fa74923be344d62ae9500566d321598"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary withholding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1013(c) of the Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>section 1012</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 1012 or section 1025</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf086fcbd30e3428e8d6b912615d01c17"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04DA667803DF4C8F93DD6B9E18319CD5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">904<enum-in-header>(a)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 904(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>and 1017</quote> and inserting
<quote>1017, and 1026</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53E29F0BB88648BDB13BD4DDCBEF4B1E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">904<enum-in-header>(d)(1)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 904(d)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>1017</quote> and inserting
<quote>1017 or 1026</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae5cfdbcec024fa5a84b743477f02462" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to Part A of the Impoundment
Control Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52E2D740946047AE806E5552AD291121"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of the Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended by inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98E91FB3EED143E482708D3E3FB959AB" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff3a4593f30041fba3b7716e26db10a4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If the judicial branch of the United States
finally determines that 1 or more of the provisions of parts B or C violate the
Constitution of the United States, the remaining provisions of those parts
shall continue in
effect.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E39B8A0A25A4C56AB41A4AE53AE8403"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end of the
matter for part A of title X the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89cdf755-15f8-4d79-800e-19fe95ea0b67" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 1002.
Severability.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CC5AC94773340B792A165F613814337" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expiration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of the Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (as amended by this Act) shall expire on December 31, 2015.</text>
</section>B
<enum>I</enum><header>Tax
Reform for Families and Small Businesses </header>
<section id="id54B96D640A5741D2A2984E008E1C9B79"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Tax Reform
for Families and Small Businesses</header>
<subsection id="idEB99EFF06A964365A0BF1B529323A0EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives shall report legislation that will lower, consolidate, and
simplify the individual income tax system, with not more than 3 tax rates, the
highest being 25 percent. Such legislation shall be reported not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall be revenue neutral
as scored by the Joint Committee on Taxation using a current policy
baseline.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCA1496D1C43B4EE8B0FB85D5757B538C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legislation
goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such reported
legislation shall be required to achieve the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id3AD3442F262B4A4A92D5EFB2386396AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduced tax
liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lower the overall
tax burden for the majority of American individual taxpayers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id808800E85E124793A805D29FE50523B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simplification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Close tax loopholes and eliminate frivolous
deductions and certain tax credits, at the discretion of each Committee, in
order to reduce tax expenditures and simplify the tax code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8EE2C420606D4667AD7E3858551D57DB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide necessary changes in order to
consolidate the individual income tax system consistent with the tax rates
specified in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id778984C1AFC04FC0A22F9D0D5AF70A03"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Standard
deduction and personal exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revise the amount provided for the standard
deduction and personal exemptions in conjunction with the elimination of
certain deductions and credits in order to reduce the overall tax liability of
the majority of American individual taxpayers. </text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBFF33BB0C4144E4AA9CEF321EE3FF220"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such Committees shall
include in such legislation any further changes to the individual income tax
system in order to ensure tax reductions and simplifications consistent with
the goals of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Tax
reform for employers</header>
<section id="id329979114B4A4EDCA7CD7CD9FC89CFE2"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Reduction in
corporate income tax rates and reform of business tax</header>
<subsection id="idE17A99B7BDF54C3CA1B3EF1886B9175D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives shall report legislation that will lower, consolidate, and
simplify the corporate income tax system, with a top tax rate of 25 percent and
a consolidation of the system into 2 tax rates. Such legislation shall be
reported not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall be revenue neutral as scored by the Joint Committee on Taxation using a
current policy baseline.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idAB49CA0AAA99417787AE3208781845A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legislation
goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such reported
legislation shall be required to achieve the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id12919204E65F424792F481243C514B26"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduced tax
liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lower the overall
tax rates for American corporations and businesses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFD2DCA0BF5BC4A209BBCC8A5676FE0C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simplification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Close tax loopholes and eliminate industry
specific deductions and certain tax credits, including the elimination of
industry specific taxes, at the discretion of each Committee, in order to
reduce tax expenditures and simplify the tax code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6EAEEA521F2E402D9663044C51A7A072"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Territorial tax
system</header><text>Establishment of a territorial tax system, including
strong incentives to repatriate overseas capital, in lieu of the current
worldwide tax system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3C8BC8DFD28C4240997574FF8332EA16"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consolidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide necessary changes in order to
consolidate the corporate income tax system with a total of two tax rates, the
top tax rate of 25 percent and a lower tax rate as determined by the Committees
as specified in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA4EC8732D7C549C383F0F12A9DF9FD38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
changes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such Committees shall
include in such legislation any further changes to the corporate income tax
system in order to ensure tax reductions and simplifications consistent with
the goals of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Withholding Tax
Relief Act of 2011</header>
<section id="id3D71FB56E96444D1AEE949E5C46D40C7"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Withholding Tax Relief Act of
2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idDBE226536D484A9C85E0AEC2626A4939" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Repeal of
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government
entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendment made by
section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 is
repealed and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such
amendment had never been enacted.</text>
</section><section id="IDd7b26e3cbe8c47bc9589b1fec8db4083"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Rescission of
unspent federal funds to offset loss in revenues</header>
<subsection id="IDa416eb4d3e65467d8ae7b5244c410eea"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of all
available unobligated funds, $39,000,000,000 in appropriated discretionary
funds are hereby permanently rescinded.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8f3e36f223ea40b098f6efd263bb98a5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine and identify
from which appropriation accounts the rescission under subsection (a) shall
apply and the amount of such rescission that shall apply to each such account.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the
Secretary of the Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts determined
and identified for rescission under the preceding sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd0d658076079471f960384690e8d16ab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>This
section shall not apply to the unobligated funds of the Department of Defense
or the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</subsection></section>C
<enum>I</enum><header>Repealing the
Job-Killing Health Care Law Act</header>
<section id="H2FBAA5A48E564FB88746E5D3CE52CB25"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Repeal of the
job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</header>
<subsection id="H37DAFA719C1A4866B80055DE03DA79E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Job-Killing
health care law</header><text>Effective as of the enactment of Public Law
111–148, such Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by
such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52B259EDD0214B12B44374B4B62CC36A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Health
care-Related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010</header><text>Effective as of the enactment of the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), title I and subtitle
B of title II of such Act are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or
repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or revived as if
such title and subtitle had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H826AF063C0204F149AE5D7ACE577D9E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Budgetary effects
of this subtitle</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary
effects of this title, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest
statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this
title, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, as long as such
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage of this title.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Medical Care
Access Protection Act of 2011</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3DBB7A503D3473E94074BEE193D241D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Medical Care Access Protection
Act of 2011</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>MCAP Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDE3173CCF526941E8B14DB790B49036C8"><enum>3202.</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header>
<subsection id="IDB8F039374C1B40E982226376B3ACF6FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header>
<paragraph id="ID263FDE45253B4C08963F28073E65D49F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect on
health care access and costs</header><text>Congress finds that our current
civil justice system is adversely affecting patient access to health care
services, better patient care, and cost-efficient health care, in that the
health care liability system is a costly and ineffective mechanism for
resolving claims of health care liability and compensating injured patients,
and is a deterrent to the sharing of information among health care
professionals which impedes efforts to improve patient safety and quality of
care.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ED89DEB50D1427E83198EECAF5E00D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on
interstate commerce</header><text>Congress finds that the health care and
insurance industries are industries affecting interstate commerce and the
health care liability litigation systems existing throughout the United States
are activities that affect interstate commerce by contributing to the high
costs of health care and premiums for health care liability insurance purchased
by health care system providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA36A20E0B298499493A210209100008B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on
Federal spending</header><text>Congress finds that the health care liability
litigation systems existing throughout the United States have a significant
effect on the amount, distribution, and use of Federal funds because of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF9E3AFA4D5EE457F8D72D3889EA47100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the large number
of individuals who receive health care benefits under programs operated or
financed by the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9AE50F9978CF4FF89F001E16752772C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the large number
of individuals who benefit because of the exclusion from Federal taxes of the
amounts spent to provide them with health insurance benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID02F8059996984FCD8523F8703197D240"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the large number
of health care providers who provide items or services for which the Federal
Government makes payments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2FA6190902B340A2B2007CAC5DEEEA85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It
is the purpose of this title is to implement reasonable, comprehensive, and
effective health care liability reforms designed to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID171D0BCDBE424A8FBD8E2887D2A915F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve the
availability of health care services in cases in which health care liability
actions have been shown to be a factor in the decreased availability of
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB30D8E19D9FA46E09565C3B3FE40E0BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduce the
incidence of <quote>defensive medicine</quote> and lower the cost of health
care liability insurance, all of which contribute to the escalation of health
care costs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF0638CB6FDC94E9298AFC2C67B77C1CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that
persons with meritorious health care injury claims receive fair and adequate
compensation, including reasonable noneconomic damages;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDED8A55F8845640FFB5AA77C05DCE397C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improve the
fairness and cost-effectiveness of our current health care liability system to
resolve disputes over, and provide compensation for, health care liability by
reducing uncertainty in the amount of compensation provided to injured
individuals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC6B4220D16564F40A3F23039261F3700"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide an
increased sharing of information in the health care system which will reduce
unintended injury and improve patient care.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID27C8C7A90D484E8000D362B393B16400"><enum>3203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDC808E49AE65F4246B696704FE8990910"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative
dispute resolution system; ADR</header><text>The term <term>alternative dispute
resolution system</term> or <term>ADR</term> means a system that provides for
the resolution of health care lawsuits in a manner other than through a civil
action brought in a State or Federal court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE404B5EA7B814647BB93BC52DA2FA298"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Claimant</header><text>The
term <term>claimant</term> means any person who brings a health care lawsuit,
including a person who asserts or claims a right to legal or equitable
contribution, indemnity or subrogation, arising out of a health care liability
claim or action, and any person on whose behalf such a claim is asserted or
such an action is brought, whether deceased, incompetent, or a minor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7BC1BC471CB94E4B8BF4DA90185FC015"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Collateral
source benefits</header><text>The term <term>collateral source benefits</term>
means any amount paid or reasonably likely to be paid in the future to or on
behalf of the claimant, or any service, product or other benefit provided or
reasonably likely to be provided in the future to or on behalf of the claimant,
as a result of the injury or wrongful death, pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDEFEBA0F5FEF845C6000079E9876810ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any State or
Federal health, sickness, income-disability, accident, or workers’ compensation
law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6A756DB739B44C01B483CEE9421D2C99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any health,
sickness, income-disability, or accident insurance that provides health
benefits or income-disability coverage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD3220C91037548AAA7DB9465B4042946"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any contract or
agreement of any group, organization, partnership, or corporation to provide,
pay for, or reimburse the cost of medical, hospital, dental, or income
disability benefits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF427C3BFDB5A462E976352AACCB6C0F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
publicly or privately funded program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0996E20EAD7A4FDC00A893EED0CD90FF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensatory
damages</header><text>The term <term>compensatory damages</term> means
objectively verifiable monetary losses incurred as a result of the provision
of, use of, or payment for (or failure to provide, use, or pay for) health care
services or medical products, such as past and future medical expenses, loss of
past and future earnings, cost of obtaining domestic services, loss of
employment, and loss of business or employment opportunities, damages for
physical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,
mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and
companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service),
hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all other nonpecuniary losses of any
kind or nature. Such term includes economic damages and noneconomic damages, as
such terms are defined in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4AB189ED9B564DF18155B9E86DCF77AA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Contingent
fee</header><text>The term <term>contingent fee</term> includes all
compensation to any person or persons which is payable only if a recovery is
effected on behalf of one or more claimants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84DFFA8BB07D43C29B057E6C13ADB92D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Economic
damages</header><text>The term <term>economic damages</term> means objectively
verifiable monetary losses incurred as a result of the provision of, use of, or
payment for (or failure to provide, use, or pay for) health care services or
medical products, such as past and future medical expenses, loss of past and
future earnings, cost of obtaining domestic services, loss of employment, and
loss of business or employment opportunities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB5E4A336FA6F4AB886203C2183FABC3E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Health care
goods or services</header><text>The term <term>health care goods or
services</term> means any goods or services provided by a health care
institution, provider, or by any individual working under the supervision of a
health care provider, that relates to the diagnosis, prevention, care, or
treatment of any human disease or impairment, or the assessment of the health
of human beings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71293FC36DE244DD80A318342702B19E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Health care
institution</header><text>The term <term>health care institution</term> means
any entity licensed under Federal or State law to provide health care services
(including but not limited to ambulatory surgical centers, assisted living
facilities, emergency medical services providers, hospices, hospitals and
hospital systems, nursing homes, or other entities licensed to provide such
services).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84A1E4863CCC4D90B0A33FB8C9B82551"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Health care
lawsuit</header><text>The term <term>health care lawsuit</term> means any
health care liability claim concerning the provision of health care goods or
services affecting interstate commerce, or any health care liability action
concerning the provision of (or the failure to provide) health care goods or
services affecting interstate commerce, brought in a State or Federal court or
pursuant to an alternative dispute resolution system, against a health care
provider or a health care institution regardless of the theory of liability on
which the claim is based, or the number of claimants, plaintiffs, defendants,
or other parties, or the number of claims or causes of action, in which the
claimant alleges a health care liability claim.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID89228B4AFF34419FABB17F0008887C87"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Health care
liability action</header><text>The term <term>health care liability
action</term> means a civil action brought in a State or Federal Court or
pursuant to an alternative dispute resolution system, against a health care
provider or a health care institution regardless of the theory of liability on
which the claim is based, or the number of plaintiffs, defendants, or other
parties, or the number of causes of action, in which the claimant alleges a
health care liability claim.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5CE677BBEB5D47C4A42D6E2E7E00B2FB"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Health care
liability claim</header><text>The term <term>health care liability claim</term>
means a demand by any person, whether or not pursuant to ADR, against a health
care provider or health care institution, including third-party claims,
cross-claims, counter-claims, or contribution claims, which are based upon the
provision of, use of, or payment for (or the failure to provide, use, or pay
for) health care services, regardless of the theory of liability on which the
claim is based, or the number of plaintiffs, defendants, or other parties, or
the number of causes of action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA2BCA58209EC49F1B15860DBC09BA584"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Health care
provider</header>
<subparagraph id="id926BB6187B064C298EC7F61A2AD14BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>health care provider</term> means any
person (including but not limited to a physician (as defined by section 1861(r)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)), registered nurse, dentist,
podiatrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, or optometrist) required by State or
Federal law to be licensed, registered, or certified to provide health care
services, and being either so licensed, registered, or certified, or exempted
from such requirement by other statute or regulation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33EE54EC519D4AFCA7B9F48C60B167F7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain professional associations</header><text>For purposes of this Act, a
professional association that is organized under State law by an individual
physician or group of physicians, a partnership or limited liability
partnership formed by a group of physicians, a nonprofit health corporation
certified under State law, or a company formed by a group of physicians under
State law shall be treated as a health care provider under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE0A735A2F7FB487CB554BDC459E9E721"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Malicious
intent to injure</header><text>The term <term>malicious intent to injure</term>
means intentionally causing or attempting to cause physical injury other than
providing health care goods or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3E6794CD8874E61B3069300FED14794"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Noneconomic
damages</header><text>The term <term>noneconomic damages</term> means damages
for physical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,
mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and
companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service),
hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all other nonpecuniary losses of any
kind or nature.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID008193BD17AA40E580CB5456005B8095"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Punitive
damages</header><text>The term <term>punitive damages</term> means damages
awarded, for the purpose of punishment or deterrence, and not solely for
compensatory purposes, against a health care provider or health care
institution. Punitive damages are neither economic nor noneconomic
damages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9A420C24FA2145108BA7304B294CD036"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Recovery</header><text>The
term <term>recovery</term> means the net sum recovered after deducting any
disbursements or costs incurred in connection with prosecution or settlement of
the claim, including all costs paid or advanced by any person. Costs of health
care incurred by the plaintiff and the attorneys’ office overhead costs or
charges for legal services are not deductible disbursements or costs for such
purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID46ABCF072EF94C17B589AE5B53F29B46"><enum>(17)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States, or any
political subdivision thereof.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID5076125248894FD6A94D987BD3A4E75C"><enum>3204.</enum><header>Encouraging
speedy resolution of claims</header>
<subsection id="ID226D95B4DA2342169D34C4632D7F49ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the
time for the commencement of a health care lawsuit shall be 3 years after the
date of manifestation of injury or 1 year after the claimant discovers, or
through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury,
whichever occurs first.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB5E5E7ABBE0E458FB8F098C9DA65083F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
exception</header><text>The time for the commencement of a health care lawsuit
shall not exceed 3 years after the date of manifestation of injury unless the
tolling of time was delayed as a result of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC3771A83F3AA4C60AB61DB11BEF498A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fraud;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE52BCB0F006140559E41038B31E93B4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>intentional
concealment; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB2FD4420C22747948EEC57CE6D48D644"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the presence of a
foreign body, which has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, in the
person of the injured person.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0809CDCE6F064F2CB5274DF6E93B00C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minors</header><text>An
action by a minor shall be commenced within 3 years from the date of the
alleged manifestation of injury except that if such minor is under the full age
of 6 years, such action shall be commenced within 3 years of the manifestation
of injury, or prior to the eighth birthday of the minor, whichever provides a
longer period. Such time limitation shall be tolled for minors for any period
during which a parent or guardian and a health care provider or health care
institution have committed fraud or collusion in the failure to bring an action
on behalf of the injured minor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1BA5B1BDB813426FB7889037C6A04230"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule 11
sanctions</header><text>Whenever a Federal or State court determines (whether
by motion of the parties or whether on the motion of the court) that there has
been a violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (or a
similar violation of applicable State court rules) in a health care liability
action to which this Act applies, the court shall impose upon the attorneys,
law firms, or pro se litigants that have violated Rule 11 or are responsible
for the violation, an appropriate sanction, which shall include an order to pay
the other party or parties for the reasonable expenses incurred as a direct
result of the filing of the pleading, motion, or other paper that is the
subject of the violation, including a reasonable attorneys' fee. Such sanction
shall be sufficient to deter repetition of such conduct or comparable conduct
by others similarly situated, and to compensate the party or parties injured by
such conduct.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID4B3AE21E5C63401894B6CD8549D7429D"><enum>3205.</enum><header>Compensating
patient injury</header>
<subsection id="ID5C4D895CEED8430D8181348C8F564245"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unlimited
amount of damages for actual economic losses in health care
lawsuits</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, nothing in this Act shall
limit the recovery by a claimant of the full amount of the available economic
damages, notwithstanding the limitation contained in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID37A9D0AAA7414A66BF09C5006D2538D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
noneconomic damages</header>
<paragraph id="id5CCCE46C974C4F4BB9587287429DC2F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Health care
providers</header><text>In any health care lawsuit where final judgment is
rendered against a health care provider, the amount of noneconomic damages
recovered from the provider, if otherwise available under applicable Federal or
State law, may be as much as $250,000, regardless of the number of parties
other than a health care institution against whom the action is brought or the
number of separate claims or actions brought with respect to the same
occurrence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE843C015DC214DA394A5CD19225D52CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Health care
institutions</header>
<subparagraph id="id8D32D2A8FF674C39B03B63DDD1208E49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Single
institution</header><text>In any health care lawsuit where final judgment is
rendered against a single health care institution, the amount of noneconomic
damages recovered from the institution, if otherwise available under applicable
Federal or State law, may be as much as $250,000, regardless of the number of
parties against whom the action is brought or the number of separate claims or
actions brought with respect to the same occurrence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id800CC5C3633248FC9B61F00161D0C864"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Multiple
institutions</header><text>In any health care lawsuit where final judgment is
rendered against more than one health care institution, the amount of
noneconomic damages recovered from each institution, if otherwise available
under applicable Federal or State law, may be as much as $250,000, regardless
of the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of
separate claims or actions brought with respect to the same occurrence, except
that the total amount recovered from all such institutions in such lawsuit
shall not exceed $500,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFBC85C183344400E96FD91EC97E4B8E6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No discount of
award for noneconomic damages</header><text>In any health care lawsuit—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE7B3B9FBEE124D728F54E6781F637231"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an award for
future noneconomic damages shall not be discounted to present value;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9AF9A503FEF44FAFA372567F83B51FDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the jury shall
not be informed about the maximum award for noneconomic damages under
subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID16C984C55C0F47D68EDF721D9D8E0574"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an award for
noneconomic damages in excess of the limitations provided for in subsection (b)
shall be reduced either before the entry of judgment, or by amendment of the
judgment after entry of judgment, and such reduction shall be made before
accounting for any other reduction in damages required by law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID99E6DCBF40F44E1696BCA91F73334108"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if separate
awards are rendered for past and future noneconomic damages and the combined
awards exceed the limitations described in subsection (b), the future
noneconomic damages shall be reduced first.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID51D34B38E99141B8906397C93F520001"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fair share
rule</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, each party shall be liable for
that party’s several share of any damages only and not for the share of any
other person. Each party shall be liable only for the amount of damages
allocated to such party in direct proportion to such party’s percentage of
responsibility. A separate judgment shall be rendered against each such party
for the amount allocated to such party. For purposes of this section, the trier
of fact shall determine the proportion of responsibility of each party for the
claimant’s harm.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDEA06301A666049E9AB9160A003AD517E"><enum>3206.</enum><header>Maximizing
patient recovery</header>
<subsection id="ID1C987430706B4140AFC76E68F89446A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Court
supervision of share of damages actually paid to claimants</header>
<paragraph id="IDC621C29B130349AC8E25F08CE431A1ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, the court shall supervise the
arrangements for payment of damages to protect against conflicts of interest
that may have the effect of reducing the amount of damages awarded that are
actually paid to claimants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID06482F8EAC584FF783CD081D58C00419"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contingency
fees</header>
<subparagraph id="ID475929F59A664055A7B639D488D2A356"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any health care lawsuit in which the attorney for a
party claims a financial stake in the outcome by virtue of a contingent fee,
the court shall have the power to restrict the payment of a claimant’s damage
recovery to such attorney, and to redirect such damages to the claimant based
upon the interests of justice and principles of equity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5E54F8E911A24163B9ED6B39583B9657"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
total of all contingent fees for representing all claimants in a health care
lawsuit shall not exceed the following limits:</text>
<clause id="IDD8084C0B29E14F82922DF2197CFBD1B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Forty percent of
the first $50,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID41970F0025B8448F8612406218E70200"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Thirty-three and
one-third percent of the next $50,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF350FA26CB10441E91001E6064072907"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Twenty-five
percent of the next $500,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID064F9D83971647A196A5E31914A4E8A6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Fifteen percent
of any amount by which the recovery by the claimant(s) is in excess of
$600,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0E9FB2B895DA4B989C80CD70B822F901"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph id="ID2FDCAF919CE04BB295C0CABA109522F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The limitations in subsection (a) shall apply whether the
recovery is by judgment, settlement, mediation, arbitration, or any other form
of alternative dispute resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0560AEE373AD420EBDB68E93FE373389"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minors</header><text>In
a health care lawsuit involving a minor or incompetent person, a court retains
the authority to authorize or approve a fee that is less than the maximum
permitted under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3B12A925E37A452D00A8B0481C194FEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expert
witnesses</header>
<paragraph id="ID88BA0FE9A1534166B2AEBCD0D63DE514"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>No
individual shall be qualified to testify as an expert witness concerning issues
of negligence in any health care lawsuit against a defendant unless such
individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID05B7E4211C514CDEA3894532CF67B9D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as
required under paragraph (2), is a health care professional who—</text>
<clause id="ID664D85FD85C549B196C3002B000458D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
appropriately credentialed or licensed in 1 or more States to deliver health
care services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB8FDFC86B28D432FBA5F3900373C95B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>typically treats
the diagnosis or condition or provides the type of treatment under review;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59FFE6946F2B49FB9B74636DA1E49984"><enum>(B)</enum><text>can demonstrate
by competent evidence that, as a result of training, education, knowledge, and
experience in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease or injury
which is the subject matter of the lawsuit against the defendant, the
individual was substantially familiar with applicable standards of care and
practice as they relate to the act or omission which is the subject of the
lawsuit on the date of the incident.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9AA7E2EBA9314F6100E7D483E57611A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Physician
review</header><text>In a health care lawsuit, if the claim of the plaintiff
involved treatment that is recommended or provided by a physician (allopathic
or osteopathic), an individual shall not be qualified to be an expert witness
under this subsection with respect to issues of negligence concerning such
treatment unless such individual is a physician.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35107ECC77604E988F5FFA7D69D52D54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specialties and
subspecialties</header><text>With respect to a lawsuit described in paragraph
(1), a court shall not permit an expert in one medical specialty or
subspecialty to testify against a defendant in another medical specialty or
subspecialty unless, in addition to a showing of substantial familiarity in
accordance with paragraph (1)(B), there is a showing that the standards of care
and practice in the two specialty or subspecialty fields are similar.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB639EB0717AF4E6F8464C2481C4D23E6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
limitations in this subsection shall not apply to expert witnesses testifying
as to the degree or permanency of medical or physical impairment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDDC7E1D8CA71A4350AEB0CBA9E813634F"><enum>3207.</enum><header>Additional
health benefits</header>
<subsection id="IDA2D1A64420F84672BB2CAB93CA7000C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of any damages received by a claimant in any
health care lawsuit shall be reduced by the court by the amount of any
collateral source benefits to which the claimant is entitled, less any
insurance premiums or other payments made by the claimant (or by the spouse,
parent, child, or legal guardian of the claimant) to obtain or secure such
benefits.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8C93C320A9954A1C904800A8BBE2DE64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preservation of
current law</header><text>Where a payor of collateral source benefits has a
right of recovery by reimbursement or subrogation and such right is permitted
under Federal or State law, subsection (a) shall not apply.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID60B2D15B8DD64BFF9E3787E3C2CE7CC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
provision</header><text>This section shall apply to any health care lawsuit
that is settled or resolved by a fact finder.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3A76354DA69C4C1187356781002B33DF"><enum>3208.</enum><header>Punitive
damages</header>
<subsection id="ID9517867D2BB44ED8A4B44D4607D1008B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Punitive
damages permitted</header>
<paragraph id="ID62E9439F946B4DE791ED2661646E6F61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Punitive damages may, if otherwise available under
applicable State or Federal law, be awarded against any person in a health care
lawsuit only if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that such person
acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant, or that such person
deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury that such person knew the
claimant was substantially certain to suffer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE78D89E491CE4C7084FDCB7296DF45F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Filing of
lawsuit</header><text>No demand for punitive damages shall be included in a
health care lawsuit as initially filed. A court may allow a claimant to file an
amended pleading for punitive damages only upon a motion by the claimant and
after a finding by the court, upon review of supporting and opposing affidavits
or after a hearing, after weighing the evidence, that the claimant has
established by a substantial probability that the claimant will prevail on the
claim for punitive damages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD9BE16E239984E08BB043E3CE9F25399"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Separate
proceeding</header><text>At the request of any party in a health care lawsuit,
the trier of fact shall consider in a separate proceeding—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID69B93B42572641CEBF54EB53542B88B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether punitive
damages are to be awarded and the amount of such award; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1C2232A52FAE4F358E8B254C331F23CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of
punitive damages following a determination of punitive liability.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">If a
separate proceeding is requested, evidence relevant only to the claim for
punitive damages, as determined by applicable State law, shall be inadmissible
in any proceeding to determine whether compensatory damages are to be
awarded.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2DD43DA402B04DFCA099DE5392ADE4C0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation
where no compensatory damages are awarded</header><text>In any health care
lawsuit where no judgment for compensatory damages is rendered against a
person, no punitive damages may be awarded with respect to the claim in such
lawsuit against such person.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID488BB463043F4B8E883EEB1BF372514C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determining
amount of punitive damages</header>
<paragraph id="ID5895EBE5D3194492B669F581B3B508DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Factors
considered</header><text>In determining the amount of punitive damages under
this section, the trier of fact shall consider only the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDABE5EFC84A324DA2AA621C2333F4397B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the severity of
the harm caused by the conduct of such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFA2B37164DC64E2B9314A19F3D995E6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the duration of
the conduct or any concealment of it by such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7EE19261A1E54613A0C433D5714E9052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the profitability
of the conduct to such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID432218A267C8425687D34BC561F64BF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of
products sold or medical procedures rendered for compensation, as the case may
be, by such party, of the kind causing the harm complained of by the
claimant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID893BE235960845139F86669095F6EA12"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any criminal
penalties imposed on such party, as a result of the conduct complained of by
the claimant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB9A11D10747847F6989500959B1D7427"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the amount of any
civil fines assessed against such party as a result of the conduct complained
of by the claimant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID744CC8EDE1574FA5800307ACC56BA1B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum
award</header><text>The amount of punitive damages awarded in a health care
lawsuit may not exceed an amount equal to two times the amount of economic
damages awarded in the lawsuit or $250,000, whichever is greater. The jury
shall not be informed of the limitation under the preceding sentence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C0E86F37D7A4409B1514724C14DDDDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Liability of
health care providers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC737821F74D54CF68144CA162D9D80D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A health care
provider who prescribes, or who dispenses pursuant to a prescription, a drug,
biological product, or medical device approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, for an approved indication of the drug, biological product, or
medical device, shall not be named as a party to a product liability lawsuit
invoking such drug, biological product, or medical device and shall not be
liable to a claimant in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer,
distributor, or product seller of such drug, biological product, or medical
device.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFE70F1EFC69C4BFAADD55EB76B5E3C7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Medical
product</header><text>The term <term>medical product</term> means a drug or
device intended for humans. The terms <term>drug</term> and <term>device</term>
have the meanings given such terms in sections 201(g)(1) and 201(h) of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>), respectively,
including any component or raw material used therein, but excluding health care
services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5D208E4A816D4C3BAE79B605D177F206"><enum>3209.</enum><header>Authorization
of payment of future damages to claimants in health care lawsuits</header>
<subsection id="ID351F5B4B8D22426886D7496BA03EDEB8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, if an award of future
damages, without reduction to present value, equaling or exceeding $50,000 is
made against a party with sufficient insurance or other assets to fund a
periodic payment of such a judgment, the court shall, at the request of any
party, enter a judgment ordering that the future damages be paid by periodic
payments in accordance with the Uniform Periodic Payment of Judgments Act
promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDC27FEB2AC6A94FF99C19343F699DD83E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies to all actions which have not been first set for trial or
retrial before the effective date of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDCD894FC2BBF54A22B79D9C19F5283ED6"><enum>3210.</enum><header>Effect on
other laws</header>
<subsection id="IDB95782A750E0467E8B06229D27A1EF64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General vaccine
injury</header>
<paragraph id="IDA98214C44ED84EE7A62CBC015CAEDBA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the extent that title XXI of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> establishes
a Federal rule of law applicable to a civil action brought for a
vaccine-related injury or death—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA4D009995F354A939159A7C9DB82C199"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this Act shall
not affect the application of the rule of law to such an action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBC1D1F29C7544330884366969ECA1E2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any rule of law
prescribed by this Act in conflict with a rule of law of such title XXI shall
not apply to such action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDCBB0D5E9B56B4EA49BD0A64FD496F2F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
there is an aspect of a civil action brought for a vaccine-related injury or
death to which a Federal rule of law under title XXI of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> does not
apply, then this Act or otherwise applicable law (as determined under this Act)
will apply to such aspect of such action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6479806911144C669A011171995231E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Smallpox
vaccine injury</header>
<paragraph id="IDD4D950C25B5F42BEB2C62AEF95CE4AB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the extent that part C of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> establishes
a Federal rule of law applicable to a civil action brought for a smallpox
vaccine-related injury or death—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDAAA6B15C7BF34169BD58EFDEA05646D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this Act shall
not affect the application of the rule of law to such an action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFD1228E7B6FB423AB24C8740D4A29822"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any rule of law
prescribed by this Act in conflict with a rule of law of such part C shall not
apply to such action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD3C82EF3D034FB1A959BEA417705CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
there is an aspect of a civil action brought for a smallpox vaccine-related
injury or death to which a Federal rule of law under part C of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> does not
apply, then this Act or otherwise applicable law (as determined under this Act)
will apply to such aspect of such action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID21AC62A4DC7D468884F71B92B5E9E5A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other Federal
law</header><text>Except as provided in this section, nothing in this Act shall
be deemed to affect any defense available, or any limitation on liability that
applies to, a defendant in a health care lawsuit or action under any other
provision of Federal law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID225A415FBC3F40B28F65D8EF24D461E2"><enum>3211.</enum><header>State
flexibility and protection of states’ rights</header>
<subsection id="IDFE8D772B35964112897E274948193852"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Health care
lawsuits</header><text>The provisions governing health care lawsuits set forth
in this Act shall preempt, subject to subsections (b) and (c), State law to the
extent that State law prevents the application of any provisions of law
established by or under this Act. The provisions governing health care lawsuits
set forth in this Act supersede chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to
the extent that such chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB2F711F9DFBD4056A035265DBF1EAEB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides for a
greater amount of damages or contingent fees, a longer period in which a health
care lawsuit may be commenced, or a reduced applicability or scope of periodic
payment of future damages, than provided in this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3A843AA6D3248469062F19E80F07990"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibits the
introduction of evidence regarding collateral source benefits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9FD46538A8DC40B893BC4CCDA1FFC97F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preemption of
certain State laws</header><text>No provision of this Act shall be construed to
preempt any State law (whether effective before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act) that specifies a particular monetary amount of
compensatory or punitive damages (or the total amount of damages) that may be
awarded in a health care lawsuit, regardless of whether such monetary amount is
greater or lesser than is provided for under this Act, notwithstanding section
5(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7679463446FA4E62A038B7C469FE4FAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Protection of
state’s rights and other laws</header>
<paragraph id="ID4A9168992AD546D4A89C13A3CB5044B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any issue that is not governed by a provision of law
established by or under this Act (including the State standards of negligence)
shall be governed by otherwise applicable Federal or State law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3511F33F9B1840A3B9D1886F3DB395AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this Act shall be construed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID843C2F9503A2459FB80060A05DBCD584"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preempt or
supersede any Federal or State law that imposes greater procedural or
substantive protections (such as a shorter statute of limitations) for a health
care provider or health care institution from liability, loss, or damages than
those provided by this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9035E12E7E3421AA9C4B885BD722F4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preempt or
supercede any State law that permits and provides for the enforcement of any
arbitration agreement related to a health care liability claim whether enacted
prior to or after the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBBB9890B263F4E13834102C3A0E210B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>create a cause of
action that is not otherwise available under Federal or State law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDBBF8A6C3DF44D319D4E4CF7D0AB345C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>affect the scope
of preemption of any other Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2CA4306A5A8A4937AC73FF94DAEA618C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3212.</enum><header>Applicability;
effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title
shall apply to any health care lawsuit brought in a Federal or State court, or
subject to an alternative dispute resolution system, that is initiated on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that any health care
lawsuit arising from an injury occurring prior to the date of enactment of this
title shall be governed by the applicable statute of limitations provisions in
effect at the time the injury occurred.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Financial
Takeover Repeal</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B1BD50555324F6FB294475C96E796D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3301.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203) is repealed, and the provisions of
law amended by such Act are revived or restored as if such Act had not been
enacted.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Regulations from
the executive in need of Scrutiny (REINS Act)</header>
<section id="idD1C8D08982614D89916658789B71190D"><enum>3401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as <quote><short-title>REINS
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H41F103FE78864F85AB9C79E4DB38B855"><enum>3402.</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id1A6A1D186A7C4C82A4A6EC805C697A48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id907D737827FD450E89A4A0931CCD0144"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1 of
article I of the United States Constitution grants all legislative powers to
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id77ED62ECE93E49C2B1B54A15210156F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Over time,
Congress has excessively delegated its constitutional charge while failing to
conduct appropriate oversight and retain accountability for the content of the
laws it passes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF01437557D3341DA972136D435CDABBB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>By requiring a
vote in Congress, this Act will result in more carefully drafted and detailed
legislation, an improved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that is
truly accountable to the people of the United States for the laws imposed upon
them.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id96AF8221E1C34AA3801407EF4F392DF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this Act is to increase
accountability for and transparency in the Federal regulatory process.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF05689F66E944951BB9B748CADEB3443"><enum>3403.</enum><header>Congressional
review of agency rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9A355DCAC3E446BA86CE643E5730F86" style="USC">
<chapter commented="no" id="H6D9092B913AF42D2AB04CC2E0544DE8F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>8</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Review of Agency
Rulemaking</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H6D9092B913AF42D2AB04CC2E0544DE8F" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H32FC63B1F15F444C9AC71D2135BC174D" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H32FC63B1F15F444C9AC71D2135BC174D" level="section">801. Congressional review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H49AFED1002CD46CEBD8F52695B172130" level="section">802. Congressional approval procedure for major
rules.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H7EC9CBAEB5694926A5ADA48D705FE241" level="section">803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor
rules.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H908A068812A242EFADDFA43F142CC9F5" level="section">804. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H429FC5FF17A949B7AEC672BE2857E1F6" level="section">805. Judicial review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="HC0C9190CDC8C4CD2BCCFA6A9FFAC6194" level="section">806. Exemption for monetary policy.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" idref="H70BFEE64398F4605BD290092F72C0D6B" level="section">807. Effective date of certain rules.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32FC63B1F15F444C9AC71D2135BC174D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A9D8B1565E6443283830419F0C8BCDF"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5BE08C06F60D435883E772560EE52BE0"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA24D404194494063B545840641F93E53"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before a rule may take effect, the Federal
agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House of the Congress and to
the Comptroller General a report containing—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0DDBC11E46234F37BF9035582F133060" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the rule;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF80D3D3EEADC484E98E9FB70DF1FBA09" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
concise general statement relating to the rule;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D329FE176FA49BF8B334BD780DD661C" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a classification of the rule as a major or
nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the classification specifically
addressing each criteria for a major rule contained within sections 804(2)(A),
804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C);</text>
</clause><clause id="H600A415576204AE7B1D9455671542A9B" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a list of any other related
regulatory actions intended to implement the same statutory provision or
regulatory objective as well as the individual and aggregate economic effects
of those actions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA4E79768D24541879771A7B19F8644EB" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the proposed effective date of the
rule.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51FEF20DFAE142868BCF62A59316CD30" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date of the submission of the report
under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating the rule shall submit
to the Comptroller General and make available to each House of Congress—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9570C40C958646E8B62BDDA77D3E6643"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a complete copy of the cost-benefit
analysis of the rule, if any;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0EC0368FE744D24A3EA1FF9AAA59F5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency’s actions pursuant to title 5 of
the United States Code, sections 603, 604, 605, 607, and 609;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD9E0B3F30D8428AA2EB5E1CF5009FFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency’s actions pursuant to title 2 of
the United States Code, sections 1532, 1533, 1534, and 1535; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H565D36029CE5448BBEFC45E1912AD80F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other relevant information or
requirements under any other Act and any relevant Executive orders.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3FA988097294584962B1645F7CE362F" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receipt of a report submitted under
subparagraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the chairman
and ranking member of each standing committee with jurisdiction under the rules
of the House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend the
provision of law under which the rule is issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC69A077C798E40F0ADDEF191A145C042" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0C1223AE6C5145B5A667C3A9A17BF988"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall provide a
report on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction by the end of 15
calendar days after the submission or publication date as provided in section
802(b)(2). The report of the Comptroller General shall include an assessment of
the agency’s compliance with procedural steps required by paragraph
(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB14FFD4B4E94EBF8C8BF3B9AA8E0424" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agencies shall cooperate with the
Comptroller General by providing information relevant to the Comptroller
General’s report under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD75A6F99B554A99999908B53B5FBBAF" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
major rule relating to a report submitted under paragraph (1) shall take effect
upon enactment of a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or as
provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint resolution of approval
described in section 802, whichever is later.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H054462759C424F30AC4578C265AF3308" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided by section 803 after submission to
Congress under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H264753F95E2349E59AD30FE08FEED7D1" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a joint resolution of approval relating
to a major rule is not enacted within the period provided in subsection (b)(2),
then a joint resolution of approval relating to the same rule may not be
considered under this chapter in the same Congress by either the House of
Representatives or the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB09E8D94C6A94778AB8983D89D1DF2F2"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAC3FA04C13CB4422830DE7C41BD6111B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A major rule shall not take effect unless
the Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described under section
802.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6BA302BD02D493F843BE9F41A90E1E6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a joint resolution described in
subsection (a) is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or
legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on which the report
referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress (excluding days
either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of
Congress), then the rule described in that resolution shall be deemed not to be
approved and such rule shall not take effect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC906977632E487095E3ED4DC45DDFB8"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4426A63DBC8346A2A1C2CBA41A3A9E12"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule may take effect for one
90-calendar-day period if the President makes a determination under paragraph
(2) and submits written notice of such determination to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CEBC9B5B3D84540B5512D29C72E3C01" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) applies to a determination
made by the President by Executive order that the major rule should take effect
because such rule is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBD37147CA684476B88EC4F7C7044D5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary because of an imminent threat to
health or safety or other emergency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC96001FB3CA940ADA95F481B7B5573F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary for the enforcement of criminal
laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8814EF478BA5473489FE46F78D9F43DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary for national security; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC2085A7FC664F05B63AEA3422E5E24E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issued pursuant to any statute implementing
an international trade agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10903417736640FE82344449EA71D8E6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An exercise by the President of the
authority under this subsection shall have no effect on the procedures under
section 802.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H393F3C27986F474898A563455304AFB5"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6ED8D1E7E66143DCAC5F2FB110C6D6F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the opportunity for review
otherwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule for which a
report was submitted in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(A) during the period
beginning on the date occurring—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD8ED3408EA743078E4C2CCFAB8A53DA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the Senate, 60 session days,
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2751718737014F319A0A0078100B9D15" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the House of
Representatives, 60 legislative days,</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">before the date the Congress is
scheduled to adjourn a session of Congress through the date on which the same
or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sections 802 and 803
shall apply to such rule in the succeeding session of Congress.</continuation-text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1E6A7803A784E62A687050177D46387" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0FED28D1DC5A4EC9837359481ADF2830"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying sections 802 and 803 for
purposes of such additional review, a rule described under paragraph (1) shall
be treated as though—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF5E100F9E544E2D9352069D9C39951C" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such rule were published in the Federal
Register on—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07CC28C54F1D4E3B9F331C5D7FFC1C02"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the Senate, the 15th session
day, or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58FEFBD5D88D4DD98C1CCB41D97C852A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the House of
Representatives, the 15th legislative day,</text>
</subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">after the succeeding session of Congress
first convenes; and</continuation-text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F6D0F7FCADC42AAA9C3FB2F43D61594" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
report on such rule were submitted to Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such
date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F310124A4E34F89B0938E3E2A3B454C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a report shall
be submitted to Congress before a rule can take effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63FE5842B94D4CCB82CBD4C90AAD36E4" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
rule described under paragraph (1) shall take effect as otherwise provided by
law (including other subsections of this section).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49AFED1002CD46CEBD8F52695B172130" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional approval procedure for major
rules</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98C18BB7FB364A438D3FF130E07A7496"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution introduced on or
after the date on which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is
received by Congress (excluding days either House of Congress is adjourned for
more than 3 days during a session of Congress), the matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: <quote>That Congress approves the rule submitted
by the _ _ relating to _ _.</quote> (The blank spaces being appropriately
filled in).</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC1ABA8B7E4848A798D7B610080C72C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the House, the majority leader of the
House of Representatives (or his designee) and the minority leader of the House
of Representatives (or his designee) shall introduce such joint resolution
described in subsection (a) (by request), within 3 legislative days after
Congress receives the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5C56D7732E31467695DB306C68BB9B1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the Senate, the
majority leader of the Senate (or his designee) and the minority leader of the
Senate (or his designee) shall introduce such joint resolution described in
subsection (a) (by request), within 3 session days after Congress receives the
report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA653EFF66B644BDEBE91AB74BDF01413"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2D0963705AF8446189CDB45DB6EF372A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A joint resolution described in subsection
(a) shall be referred to the committees in each House of Congress with
jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate to
report a bill to amend the provision of law under which the rule is
issued.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C9BD398821E423BB8C228F8DA66032E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>submission date</term> means the date on which the Congress receives the
report submitted under section 801(a)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AEB336531AF40D2A9646DABB7FA45F9"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, if the committee or
committees to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been
referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session days after its
introduction, such committee or committees shall be automatically discharged
from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be placed on the
calendar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before
the close of the 15th session day after the resolution is reported by the
committee or committees to which it was referred, or after such committee or
committees have been discharged from further consideration of the
resolution.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H151378790622487880AB49EE45FC8F40"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8398487DCD6746F89E32961A697FA555"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, when the committee or
committees to which a joint resolution is referred have reported, or when a
committee or committees are discharged (under subsection (c)) from further
consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any
time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has
been disagreed to) for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint
resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution (and against
consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to
amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint
resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed
of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58B52F809C22465380EB255AEEA3A9BA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, debate on the joint
resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to
further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDE064852C4749A396323562F1A0D8DC" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), and
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance
with the rules of the Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution
shall occur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H231A964281E44C968EE10EB652C8F7A0" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB58DF1D6ABD44AB2B387C5CC2832930F"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9FF3086AB8EA418793BEB6A79ECAA551"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the House of Representatives, if the
committee or committees to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a)
has been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 legislative days after
its introduction, such committee or committees shall be automatically
discharged from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be placed
on the appropriate calendar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be
taken on or before the close of the 15th legislative day after the resolution
is reported by the committee or committees to which it was referred, or after
such committee or committees have been discharged from further consideration of
the resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41F5D88E5611459BB499B8294E9D1167" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H797D19B612924ED39216BA80D5387235"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion in the House of Representatives to
proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in
order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA455800A58844C8288A553CF79513731" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate in the House of Representatives on a
resolution shall be limited to not more than two hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion to
further limit debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or motion to
recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall not be in order to
reconsider the vote by which a resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF8701696F0E4D178772B690308DB9BB" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motions to postpone, made in the House of
Representatives with respect to the consideration of a resolution, and motions
to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without
debate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H141286835EC34FAC93993C4EF8E57622" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the
procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE89ED1467DDB49B1A0D53A29C787B946"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, before the passage by one House of a
joint resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that House receives
from the other House a joint resolution described in subsection (a), then the
following procedures shall apply with respect to a joint resolution described
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95CD44E4A6D74016837BD2014DD2D256"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the procedure in that House shall be the
same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House;
but</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC11BFB2029144127A8F8D4F8E4EEA13F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the vote on final
passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32BBA31B0F3748D79E39F987241737EE"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The enactment of a resolution of approval
does not serve as a grant or modification of statutory authority by Congress
for the promulgation of a rule, does not extinguish or affect any claim,
whether substantive or procedural, against any alleged defect in a rule, and
shall not form part of the record before the court in any judicial proceeding
concerning a rule.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H092920DFD490419E8A8010CB741F369F"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and section 803 are enacted by
Congress—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBBEBBB7BD4574819855940A262313357"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed
a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with
respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint
resolution described in subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to
the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12090A5B4C8F4932947CCE6D4E5B75A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure
of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in
the case of any other rule of that House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EC9CBAEB5694926A5ADA48D705FE241" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional disapproval procedure for
nonmajor rules</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80B608EC2F534DE3B767D7ECF75FE24A"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution introduced in the
period beginning on the date on which the report referred to in section
801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and ending 60 days thereafter (excluding
days either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a
session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: <quote>That Congress disapproves the nonmajor rule submitted by the _
_ relating to _ _, and such rule shall have no force or effect.</quote> (The
blank spaces being appropriately filled in).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H767B6869EEF742DBB0B40E0766D83913"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0CCF4245FEA94542B44B941ED6AA1D5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A joint resolution described in subsection
(a) shall be referred to the committees in each House of Congress with
jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83C3744C5DC047989379C775D9632235" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>submission or publication date</term> means the later of the date on
which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38BDC7D09EBB4501A0EDA0D3A969E376"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Congress receives the report submitted
under section 801(a)(1); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA010C4BD3A1E4E889364245728924422"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nonmajor rule is published in the
Federal Register, if so published.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86891B5521ED43DE8AA244ADBAB469DC"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, if the committee to which is
referred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has not reported such
joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 15 session
days after the date of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may
be discharged from further consideration of such joint resolution upon a
petition supported in writing by 30 Members of the Senate, and such joint
resolution shall be placed on the calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27B730C552C545E0A0B6A4AE8C30C8BC"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2FCCBF48108840C6903E1A9EFC0D9981"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, when the committee to which
a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is discharged
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a joint resolution
described in subsection (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though
a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order
against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint
resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion
to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the
joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished
business of the Senate until disposed of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95B4A8AC7C5744F59E9BA9A36CE51C38" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, debate on the joint
resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to
further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC22E9C8D226443A4B7C0419D2FCA30B2" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), and
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance
with the rules of the Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution
shall occur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA61B15E6914145B49D047F5E444FD510" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E6B3BE33314AF6BC9A816BE6B54055"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate the procedure specified in
subsection (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of a joint
resolution respecting a nonmajor rule—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE34E8D5C243F4403B7CF062FAF17F2D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the expiration of the 60 session days
beginning with the applicable submission or publication date, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB717361C06ED42349082A02050E80380"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A)
was submitted during the period referred to in section 801(d)(1), after the
expiration of the 60 session days beginning on the 15th session day after the
succeeding session of Congress first convenes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1990DE921B514DFEA505B45D25367939"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, before the passage by one House of a
joint resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that House receives
from the other House a joint resolution described in subsection (a), then the
following procedures shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HBABDCC0D63874569B42A3E203AC517C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The joint
resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16B38DE67C97494AAC01BDC1477C767B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a joint resolution
described in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94B18F6F0F4B456293EF88C04FAA128F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the procedure in that House shall be the
same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House;
but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC30C516CEF040E5A85AEDE155F5043F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vote on final passage shall be on the
joint resolution of the other House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H908A068812A242EFADDFA43F142CC9F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3EBE0DB53F449F3B8747321B9E34EAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal agency</term> means
any agency as that term is defined in section 551(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D3821AAD31B445CA6C16E2D6E6EAD93"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>major rule</term> means any
rule, including an interim final rule, that the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds
has resulted in or is likely to result in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3C63A740BA04D83A73E0FBB5600936D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an annual effect on the economy of
$100,000,000 or more;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF0BF43AD089438D8756AF8B62DE6F12"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a major increase in costs or prices for
consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies,
or geographic regions; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD04F8191A7724064BB2DD4AFE80E8913"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significant adverse effects on competition,
employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United
States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic
and export markets;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35F527CCFC0742FEA461B2BA04E86169"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>nonmajor rule</term> means
any rule that is not a major rule; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66879A86EF024733B96AC2C551CA52F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>rule</term> has the meaning
given such term in section 551, except that such term does not include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BD3DE3A1EC94F9DB67A2CAB52B5B73A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule of particular applicability,
including a rule that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages,
prices, services, or allowances therefore, corporate or financial structures,
reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices or
disclosures bearing on any of the foregoing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E6EEF93F6F94A96ADCDB6497279D704"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule relating to agency management or
personnel; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3623110E6A04F36AF993EC1CEA118A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule of agency organization, procedure,
or practice that does not substantially affect the rights or obligations of
non-agency parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H429FC5FF17A949B7AEC672BE2857E1F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header>
<subsection id="HB0E7B7A3F0DC4EA5BB7EFC2C836668D4"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No determination, finding, action, or
omission under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H255B59D5D3D142E4991BEE5D368C24AD"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may
determine whether a Federal agency has completed the necessary requirements
under this chapter for a rule to take effect.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0C9190CDC8C4CD2BCCFA6A9FFAC6194" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption for monetary policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules
that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70BFEE64398F4605BD290092F72C0D6B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date of certain
rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section
801—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3CB0BD613994532BABFFC84FB10227C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule that establishes, modifies, opens,
closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a commercial, recreational, or
subsistence activity related to hunting, fishing, or camping; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B3E3C41F3634A31AF2F39A606412A62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule other than a major rule which an
agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement
of reasons therefore in the rule issued) that notice and public procedure
thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest,</text>
</paragraph></section></chapter><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">shall
take effect at such time as the Federal agency promulgating the rule
determines.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Regulation
Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act</header>
<section id="id582A39EB6BCE4D4AA494E662C4446A43"><enum>3501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id12066A0B8C0942F1B8FFD7C7F65C5E5A"><enum>3502.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="idF7E22D65162E4AF1804CCE6647D9FA70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> has the meaning given under section 3502(1) of title 44,
United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEEB377BE35554ECC81C91F26B0330D23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulatory action</term> means any substantive action by an agency that
promulgates or is expected to lead to the promulgation of a final regulation,
including notices of inquiry, advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and
notices of proposed rulemaking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDC57D23D72A2472099A6A08231072BDA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>significant regulatory action</term> means any regulatory action that is
likely to result in a rule or guidance that may—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID06051fc840a44c9f8ca23be9d599b347"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have an annual
effect on the economy of $100,000,000 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, small entities, or State, local, or
tribal governments or communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6e214ff23946476db4d3be9708be750a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another
agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID257930d56e814a748aa0bf1df90614e3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>materially alter
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or
the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd50fc7449ce3495bbd51406ab552032d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>raise novel legal
or policy issues; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7CEEC76092B54EB29E377FE9EC4C3C6A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>small entities</term> has the meaning given under section 601(6) of title
5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idAE9B3C1133114BD78C91610A5E628E9D"><enum>3503.</enum><header>Significant
regulatory actions</header>
<subsection id="id089C670649CF440AA13AEA9A96201722"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No agency may take
any significant regulatory action, until the Bureau of Labor Statistics average
of monthly unemployment rates for any quarter beginning after the date of
enactment of this Act is equal to or less than 7.7 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id757AF37F75F348ED8855106E14C15DA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall submit a
report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget whenever the
Secretary determines that the Bureau of Labor Statistics average of monthly
unemployment rates for any quarter beginning after the date of enactment of
this Act is equal to or less than 7.7 percent.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id42C6A8F85CE0408BA78429245F1C5BA0"><enum>3504.</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<subsection id="idA3B78F6BB43A410FA9C67F1659061D0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National
security or national emergency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive the application of
section 3 to any significant regulatory action, if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd47437490c054dd38feaad71fbe5833b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that
the waiver is necessary on the basis of national security or a national
emergency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID45c43499fd894d1d9722883d07a5ae6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits
notification to Congress of that waiver and the reasons for that waiver.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7741F32CF5834D6AAEFE56AE901D10DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
waivers</header>
<paragraph id="id37B5E2DD67FC4A4EBD3EC4EAB5BFB9C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
President may submit a request to Congress for a waiver of the application of
section 3 to any significant regulatory action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id76960ED5243C4EA09F81F7F855AB88A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
submission under this subsection shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5EE2A99CD79545479D3DD28D60B6FAF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification
of the significant regulatory action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id941324F09F914714A655DCCA9C716BE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons which
necessitate a waiver for that significant regulatory action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7C625B49C1804E75A524A05FB3764E2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional
action</header><text>Congress shall give expeditious consideration and take
appropriate legislative action with respect to any waiver request submitted
under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB53A707F4E8B43728599A3A6588753D5"><enum>3505.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="id63690D8E16BB487E985F901FCB248A1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>small business</term> means any business,
including an unincorporated business or a sole proprietorship, that employs not
more than 500 employees or that has a net worth of less than $7,000,000 on the
date a civil action arising under this Act is filed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8c8c99c4869743628217b2cc6a9bb124"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Any
person that is adversely affected or aggrieved by any significant regulatory
action in violation of this Act is entitled to judicial review in accordance
with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID859ac09c408b4c208b1e930a94a2bbf1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>Each
court having jurisdiction to review any significant regulatory action for
compliance with any other provision of law shall have jurisdiction to review
all claims under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4933afb942934d3db65840362170689c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>In
granting any relief in any civil action under this section, the court shall
order the agency to take corrective action consistent with this Act and chapter
7 of title 5, United States Code, including remanding the significant
regulatory action to the agency and enjoining the application or enforcement of
that significant regulatory action, unless the court finds by a preponderance
of the evidence that application or enforcement is required to protect against
an imminent and serious threat to the national security from persons or states
engaged in hostile or military activities against the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7670a92d7179487fa4db6672b9eda6e2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reasonable
attorney fees for small businesses</header><text>The court shall award
reasonable attorney fees and costs to a substantially prevailing small business
in any civil action arising under this Act. A party qualifies as substantially
prevailing even without obtaining a final judgment in its favor if the agency
changes its position as a result of the civil action.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd6621338fd614ba688558d5b3498677e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
commencing civil action</header><text>A person may seek and obtain judicial
review during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the challenged agency
action or within 90 days after an enforcement action or notice thereof, except
that where another provision of law requires that a civil action be commenced
before the expiration of that 1-year period, such lesser period shall
apply.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Freedom from
Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of
2011</header>
<section id="id3C5899A2EC2C4A4F9182847D8D3E050C"><enum>3601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Freedom from Restrictive
Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of
2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idB7455035483343B5986E26823295095B"><enum>3602.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idAB40F2A3CA7C4BDDBBB2550A202EC4D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A vibrant and
growing small business sector is critical to the recovery of the economy of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9664C1BDFA8E4187BF8A92E7CD963F2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Regulations
designed for application to large-scale entities have been applied uniformly to
small businesses and other small entities, sometimes inhibiting the ability of
small entities to create new jobs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE28E63C62EB7486C9C462EAD61A62E89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Uniform Federal
regulatory and reporting requirements in many instances have imposed on small
businesses and other small entities unnecessary and disproportionately
burdensome demands, including legal, accounting, and consulting costs, thereby
threatening the viability of small entities and the ability of small entities
to compete and create new jobs in a global marketplace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC862A6278D924F0E816EE7CB361E1CFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Since 1980,
Federal agencies have been required to recognize and take account of the
differences in the scale and resources of regulated entities, but in many
instances have failed to do so.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8D318619320C48288EA44B4CD74690D6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In 2009, there
were nearly 70,000 pages in the Federal Register, and, according to research by
the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, the annual cost of
Federal regulations totals $1,750,000,000,000. Small firms bear a
disproportionate burden, paying approximately 36 percent more per employee than
larger firms in annual regulatory compliance costs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id078648A1FB41414AAA8F060FF9DBD68D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>All agencies in
the Federal Government should fully consider the costs, including indirect
economic impacts and the potential for job loss, of proposed rules,
periodically review existing regulations to determine their impact on small
entities, and repeal regulations that are unnecessarily duplicative or have
outlived their stated purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE1B89F3237E4490F97E1E4078CFF292B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>It is the
intention of Congress to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, to
ensure that all impacts, including foreseeable indirect effects, of proposed
and final rules are considered by agencies during the rulemaking process and
that the agencies assess a full range of alternatives that will limit adverse
economic consequences, enhance economic benefits, and fully address potential
job loss.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idCFB13A18ADD1446D8FE5EE9D8F7D2B14"><enum>3603.</enum><header>Including
indirect economic impact in small entity analyses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA453CCECE6DA46BD8DB8A94D8ED649BC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB066411A00FE458DACA4F650283E8C9D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the term
<term>economic impact</term> means, with respect to a proposed or final
rule—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0200910476A0414CA30482D7B9836374"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic
effects on small entities directly regulated by the rule; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4F1114D75CF40E18B641409E72B7081"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasonably
foreseeable economic effects of the rule on small entities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1C50E80BFEB4CA49174637F5AA4760E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>purchase products
or services from, sell products or services to, or otherwise conduct business
with entities directly regulated by the rule;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67315754C634E9D8663F23943AB5CD8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are directly
regulated by other governmental entities as a result of the rule; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88A6D4B06B8E48279C95E7416005B2E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are not
directly regulated by the agency as a result of the rule but are otherwise
subject to other agency regulations as a result of the
rule.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id6AFE140DA331454493EFB7B797187160"><enum>3604.</enum><header>Judicial
review to allow small entities to challenge proposed regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 611(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9CEEE56A97F5480EA6CB1F6A41309185"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>603,</quote> after <quote>601,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id26545E92A96F4273B411FE4A1F44A690"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>603,</quote> after <quote>601,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0DB5280ADD25482A9CA33C52A5E8A875"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C09E50B76A24660920388F4C0AF04AF" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD801A53E6F240A097473D48715987DC" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A small entity may seek such review
during the 1-year period beginning on the date of final agency action, except
that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33A03EABEDC74ABD9FE7F4A22C7188C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if a provision of law requires that an
action challenging a final agency action be commenced before the expiration of
1 year, the lesser period shall apply to an action for judicial review under
this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5B8464DC8E3475F828701E8D32874A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of noncompliance with
section 603 or 605(b), a small entity may seek judicial review of agency
compliance with such section before the close of the public comment
period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3FF0613DB18048F994981EC9BD19022C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id24838333F45247C38D4B7E6F2FD1A2F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F9497F075114C3FBEADD6262848E326"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0DD4F8A41ACA412F953E786674450A2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6865DFB2067E4632B5BAF43D64C5DB6C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id9EA3320F4FB24B9295764E3759C982B1" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>issuing an injunction prohibiting an
agency from taking any agency action with respect to a rulemaking until that
agency is in compliance with the requirements of section 603 or
605.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idA5DDF6A9DE3D403AB8DDE8B2343F82F7"><enum>3605.</enum><header>Periodic
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 610 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="id693F036BCE38426D9949C69F1A17F7AD" style="USC">
<section id="id1E3C20A9611341CABB2FDF94842FA990"><enum>610.</enum><header>Periodic
review of rules</header>
<subsection id="id551A97DB7ABD48DD94617A5A5CE376B3"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5163E1B87DF64C7AA0A52F2F24FDF998"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Freedom
from Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of
2011</short-title>, each agency shall establish a plan for the periodic review
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD18967AAD3BC427CA104F981B4495B52" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each rule issued by the agency that
the head of the agency determines has a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities, without regard to whether the agency
performed an analysis under section 604 with respect to the rule; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id974F978492B249E5BE3FA608F4C2745F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any small entity compliance guide
required to be published by the agency under section 212 of the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF4A1757FC9634D57B51782C6933717C8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In reviewing rules and small entity
compliance guides under paragraph (1), the agency shall determine whether the
rules and guides should—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD1E02929967248F486FB96AC9262BFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be amended or rescinded, consistent
with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant
adverse economic impacts on a substantial number of small entities (including
an estimate of any adverse impacts on job creation and employment by small
entities); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4844C651085449BA2AE17499D700701"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue in effect without
change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8D392E596A364A0984C9D2847EB586C8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each agency shall publish the plan
established under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register and on the Web site of
the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id33EC76483DF24115A3E6F2D27E9BB7EE" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An agency may amend the plan
established under paragraph (1) at any time by publishing the amendment in the
Federal Register and on the Web site of the agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA275A5A82C9B48F9876A97B5167C5D24"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each plan
established under subsection (a) shall provide for—</text>
<paragraph id="id56526982846A4B4F92CA71F0C1F2232C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the review of
each rule and small entity compliance guide described in subsection (a)(1) in
effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and
Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEDF5226FB92C4051BBC500CA36431A86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 9
years after the date of publication of the plan in the Federal Register;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF9CABEE4526845AA92F594808DADC4B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every 9 years
thereafter; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC8E24472434D4AA09C8B24A0F735624F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the review of
each rule adopted and small entity compliance guide described in subsection
(a)(1) that is published after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive
Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCCD3AABD884441F1BA4AC4AEE7963573"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 9
years after the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDAD3428AB8954BF3BA38548675F2D2B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>every 9 years
thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0E35387E38A841AD816EC684CF359C16"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In reviewing
rules under the plan required under subsection (a), the agency shall
consider—</text>
<paragraph id="idAB51A7483E9348B1BE3431761CB324D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the continued
need for the rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id57E43DFD862C4976BC2242156BC8882F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the nature of
complaints received by the agency from small entities concerning the
rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id08D056FC2ACC4D0F8324E39A1C95335C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>comments by the
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8E4D437CB40B41EF9AC5CF7EA6813695"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the complexity of
the rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB2C2E74583274C9CBC21FC02745850A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to
which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules and,
unless the head of the agency determines it to be infeasible, State and local
rules;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id64CF99879B5A4833881E988CA481F480"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the contribution
of the rule to the cumulative economic impact of all Federal rules on the class
of small entities affected by the rule, unless the head of the agency
determines that such a calculation cannot be made;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id33BBD275BEB240B9B093A19D61A5105D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the length of
time since the rule has been evaluated, or the degree to which technology,
economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the
rule; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id781CDB6895C247ECADA0553EC769951E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the economic
impact of the rule, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4CED96D4DEB74E83A9F0BBF863743962"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the estimated
number of small entities to which the rule will apply;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21D4C9B18A264CF795F7C4FEA07AC8B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated
number of small entity jobs that will be lost or created due to the rule;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBAB263D74704E868B88B44C960CD748"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the projected
reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the proposed
rule, including—</text>
<clause id="id3FA6724500E84591AB29A13FCAB710E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an estimate of
the classes of small entities that will be subject to the requirement;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE6DDB9F92C27432785F07AA95736F41B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the type of
professional skills necessary for preparation of the report or record.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id295EEC66D35D42DCAFE0AABCEA05BCFC"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id840DDAAA5F5B45A18620D5A88A051CAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each agency shall
submit an annual report regarding the results of the review required under
subsection (a) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7CA2FBDCAA8B4FFDAE5CCAC7E54ABAAF" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id323DD8A9FB6843BBB1078359205AA4D7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an agency that is not
an independent regulatory agency (as defined in section 3502(5) of title 44),
the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the
Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF893AA0B659A4AB3BD70F9BFAC207024" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report required under paragraph
(1) shall include a description of any rule or guide with respect to which the
agency made a determination of infeasibility under paragraph (5) or (6) of
subsection (c), together with a detailed explanation of the reasons for the
determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE49F5FD6C7344C199011196D9EE272E8"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Each agency shall
publish in the Federal Register and on the Web site of the agency a list of the
rules and small entity compliance guides to be reviewed under the plan required
under subsection (a) that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="id4429757AF3A146798490B4C622095B4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a brief
description of each rule or guide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id09C5EF4C95F742CF8C2E4CDC4713CD73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each rule,
the reason why the head of the agency determined that the rule has a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (without
regard to whether the agency had prepared a final regulatory flexibility
analysis for the rule); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id27C84D57AD014C03934315693378F486"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a request for
comments from the public, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration, and the Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman concerning the
enforcement of the rules or publication of the guides.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4BB34DB5EB66450BA6015443865E19D9"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDAAE6969E63D48E28ED99A19C1E467DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 6 months
after each date described in subsection (b)(1), the Inspector General for each
agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id31DCDC253E1841BAB9E30B7A7B8E8701" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether the agency has
conducted the review required under subsection (b) appropriately; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1DDBEF23F3C64EDB8907255232752FB9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the head of the agency
of—</text>
<clause id="id56A16878496C4F3F9BFAC1C1F7F6B961"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the determination
under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idDAD4FA3215FA46CEA429076241C9E73E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any issues preventing the
Inspector General from determining that the agency has conducted the review
under subsection (b) appropriately.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC22306EB21464F959C85AA5B3619ED4F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBC2E4385F783480D8F01DAD3844DDEB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 6 months
after the date on which the head of an agency receives a notice under paragraph
(1)(B) that the agency has not conducted the review under subsection (b)
appropriately, the agency shall address the issues identified in the
notice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF82DC0D69A4481BA7FC689990B84B1F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after the last
day of the 6-month period described in subparagraph (A), the Inspector General
for an agency that receives a notice described in subparagraph (A)
shall—</text>
<clause id="idF274D36E6A0C403996161A05A387449C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether the agency has
addressed the issues identified in the notice; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8A75FE84E03A46E980CAB760B81643F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notify Congress if the Inspector
General determines that the agency has not addressed the issues identified in
the notice; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12E820F176DF4773A1987DB4F1EA54E7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after the date
on which the Inspector General for an agency transmits a notice under
subparagraph (B)(ii), an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount appropriated
for the fiscal year to the appropriations account of the agency that is used to
pay salaries shall be rescinded.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC7C94DF84924E37ACA89A064FB77752" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph may be
construed to prevent Congress from acting to prevent a rescission under
subparagraph
(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id6BA38811D99C4717A2CB95CD5FF96E9A"><enum>3606.</enum><header>Requiring
small business review panels for additional agencies</header>
<subsection id="id03D946B2608B4AA6B09AD5F7E015C788"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 609 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFCF2579C23644A8BA41E955F94E0191C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6B0EF00D530548F994215AB6A35340F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a covered agency</quote>
the first place it appears and inserting <quote>an agency designated under
subsection (d)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0B1B0CA9A20446918CF97C21542F10B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a covered agency</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>the agency</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C0F7A3F927841EEA488C2721FCA723B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d), as amended by section 1100G(a) of Public Law 111–203 (124 Stat.
2112), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2835ED904D94FAB9904E80CFCBC2841" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id41C92078C38747D1B0B3A94FA7B5DD21"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB922AD24BE2B47DDAC7D126469A8A7FC"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC8B89879628949D580BB0A25A74C7926"><enum>(A)</enum><text>On and after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>Freedom from Restrictive
Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>, the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of the Department of Labor shall be—</text>
<clause id="idAD9FCF12F01F42EFBBC76A490E877AE7" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>agencies designated under this
subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id27458A7087F34FE7AC695B1EBAB252BA" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the requirements of
subsection (b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8FF6D7E46D9D4FE1ABABAF17618DEDCE" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>On and after the designated transfer
date established under section 1062 of Public Law 111–203 (12 U.S.C. 5582), the
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall be—</text>
<clause id="id2B673B5B83EC4ABDA2239B22A11F3DBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an agency designated under this
subsection; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id55218FA27B374E0680B391DFDDED0031"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to the requirements of
subsection (b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEEC1966E6038458FBA4D8F617980076A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall
designate as agencies that shall be subject to the requirements of subsection
(b) on and after the date of the designation—</text>
<subparagraph id="id89C3D7FCB90C4B96A63502C5C62A1E48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3 agencies for the first year after
the date of enactment of the <short-title>Freedom from
Restrictive Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of
2011</short-title>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC28184B8E6E14E02968370D78EB8D308"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition to the agencies designated
under subparagraph (A), 3 agencies for the second year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Freedom from Restrictive
Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85485F3CC7E340BC9DD2B6B6CF98436C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in addition to the agencies designated
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), 3 agencies for the third year after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>Freedom from Restrictive
Excessive Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of
2011</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E035FBBDB7A4E4C8CF8FD6D54BA8EED" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall
designate agencies under paragraph (2) based on the economic impact of the
rules of the agency on small entities, beginning with agencies with the largest
economic impact on small entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4BBBFC7CFE76454992EDF77C3AF75CEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by striking <quote>the covered agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the
agency</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8B6C4216A391488E96982DC130292B87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="idBA8E60D0E6BC4C04807183DE17B11D19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
603</header><text>Section 603(d) of title 5, United States Code, as added by
section 1100G(b) of Public Law 111–203 (124 Stat. 2112), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0E8FF753D1E5495EBE69659ACFFA3004"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>a covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2)</quote>
and inserting <quote>the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2DD48B8806D4B07BB8C8DAFC335F9D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>A covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2),</quote>
and inserting <quote>The Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id07CB5722C14C489DA489B95C4B8CEE14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
604</header><text>Section 604(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idFBBC984EEEA1482AAAB7F34AE74BD622"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second paragraph designated as paragraph (6) (relating to covered
agencies), as added by section 1100G(c)(3) of Public Law 111–203 (124 Stat.
2113), as paragraph (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBAB08EC26E341E2BC3535909A1B7F4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="id715528647B6D4224BA7B205B7EBC97E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a covered agency, as defined in section 609(d)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB70E2434444445559B88101D42E3703E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Bureau</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB91B0D95508A44A5B65E3FBEB7058EAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act and apply on and after the designated
transfer date established under section 1062 of Public Law 111–203 (12 U.S.C.
5582).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id456D27B83A6346C39A52280446CED4C3"><enum>3607.</enum><header>Expanding the
Regulatory Flexibility Act to agency guidance documents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(2) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>public comment</quote> the
following: <quote>and any significant guidance document, as defined in the
Office of Management and Budget Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance
Procedures (72 Fed. Reg. 3432; January 25, 2007)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id99526C989B7C43A7A0BA6D7A0B2775BF"><enum>3608.</enum><header>Requiring the
Internal Revenue Service to consider small entity impact</header>
<subsection id="id474C2D6E71294A26851C0D98A2B9A395"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 603(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended, in the fifth sentence, by striking <quote>but only</quote> and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>but only to the
extent that such interpretative rules, or the statutes upon which such rules
are based, impose on small entities a collection of information requirement or
a recordkeeping requirement.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA9FFFD3DCD924CF596D1F68A2B1AF03E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
601 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 3 of this Act, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9F5E704B06B044AEBA5A4F52A32651C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD123F11EABD9444ABDAFA3E0CC5FE921"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEB049811F204EA4AE6B0EF5BA239365" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idAE7D82BBB5774E97B5C99B87A57353EB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>collection of information</term> has the meaning given that term in
section 3502(3) of title 44;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id431BCD498D6C4D6E82ECDCA5F5CD1560"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>recordkeeping requirement</term> has the meaning given that term in
section 3502(13) of title 44;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB92DC42B3E7F495BB0E7EDEF68E076F9"><enum>3609.</enum><header>Reporting on
enforcement actions relating to small entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 223 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id794860717B2A4704A64EB658E2B215F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id978A664A006C48C1B39DBEFC67965BEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Each agency</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D5C1B5316074881A0FB08BD85AB647A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idBC2176A3945046AC93DD2CAA5CE1BEE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
of policy or program</header><text>Each
agency</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15D8EE3C90314519BE97B8562098967F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DF4F6F4824A448C841F84F03646A423" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9EE73D8D3216403CBAB24FAB79F7D428"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of civil
penalties</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>Freedom from Restrictive Excessive
Executive Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>, and every 2
years thereafter, each agency regulating the activities of small entities shall
review the civil penalties imposed by the agency for violations of a statutory
or regulatory requirement by a small entity to determine whether a reduction or
waiver of the civil penalties is
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB3A873E136014DD08B90F971EC7C03B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8515AF2BB42E45049C4D62ED6162AA79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Agencies shall
report</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the scope</quote> and
inserting <quote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Freedom from Restrictive Excessive Executive
Demands and Onerous Mandates Act of 2011</short-title>, and every 2 years
thereafter, each agency shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report discussing the
scope</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA5494EC0BD2C401E89CAF98CA29A15F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and the total amount of penalty reductions and waivers</quote> and
inserting <quote>the total amount of penalty reductions and waivers, and the
results of the most recent review under subsection (a)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id4265973841164D9DBF352B3BC001300B"><enum>3610.</enum><header>Requiring
more detailed small entity analyses</header>
<subsection id="id0CC19B0BA57B4193A67FE645783EEDCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><text>Section 603 of title 5, United
States Code, as amended by section 1100G(b) of Public Law 111–203 (124 Stat.
2112), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id553B8D92F947418F83EEDC2521052706"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id588C1D40006647B5AEE1022B941F1F3D">
<subsection id="idECB606830659411DA66328C92F4B1527"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each initial
regulatory flexibility analysis required under this section shall contain a
detailed statement—</text>
<paragraph id="id20C8FF3E49F04AD8B18D022ACFDFB4EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describing the
reasons why action by the agency is being considered;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8BC3B3864BC541DF966D92926986A85F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describing the
objectives of, and legal basis for, the proposed rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E59297A7C354B6294795B832C71748C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimating the
number and type of small entities to which the proposed rule will apply;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC144095829E049C8AFDEB0E6391E7163"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describing the
projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the
proposed rule, including an estimate of the classes of small entities which
will be subject to the requirement and the type of professional skills
necessary for preparation of the report and record;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6390FABA270544339BDCDD9740F414A4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describing all
relevant Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the
proposed rule, or the reasons why such a description could not be provided;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC5A4490FB2484EDA8521587407446CF9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>estimating the
additional cumulative economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities,
including job loss by small entities, beyond that already imposed on the class
of small entities by the agency, or the reasons why such an estimate is not
available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF11BD99796B64874BF2A4FD43A2636C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB931BD9503D74D668DC34D2804D0C667" style="USC">
<subsection id="idB3F8BFD984194B73B4983A608306C6FF"><enum>(e)</enum><text>An agency shall
notify the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration of
any draft rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities—</text>
<paragraph id="id689834F3BF454648A2080C1DC9D19BC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>when the agency
submits a draft rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the
Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866, if that order
requires the submission; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD61E2AB25D98410D9BF2708B0CD1AB62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if no submission
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is required—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2CD5D7DE55234AAEA5868AAA58D64574"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a reasonable
period before publication of the rule by the agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE6A5BE405EBA4563827EF63FAB730DAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any event, not
later than 3 months before the date on which the agency publishes the
rule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id234A40263B9F4E17A756A4112CDFFCB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
regulatory flexibility analysis</header>
<paragraph id="id4DF2B03AC0C14791B2FD7F8D1C528BBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 604(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE15C7DECC8DD47D2B440F77856BAA451"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>description</quote> each place it
appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6683457DB534790B984B946512E0D0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idFEA27789C35A4C4A826E85FC67F05D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>statement</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5FD7A6BE977146609746B2D233C9B17B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(or certification of the proposed rule under section
605(b))</quote> after <quote>initial regulatory flexibility
analysis</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6F372BC9300C4CB995C05925FCA97186"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>an explanation</quote> and inserting <quote>a detailed
explanation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8E588CA1B1F3482CA3A6F1768B277B1D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(relating to a description of steps taken to minimize significant economic
impact), as added by section 1601 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
(Public Law 111–240; 124 Stat. 2251), by inserting <quote>detailed</quote>
before <quote>statement</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id93935AFF7A15475AB8D5E89A7870A62D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication of
analysis on web site, etc</header><text>Section 604(b) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="idDDC4CB9F85174BF8860267D1541E35B9">
<subsection id="idFAEB05F7A594496EA1C4F1FE6132AA00"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The agency
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idDEB84162C5CD49C498FD424F28190796"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make copies of
the final regulatory flexibility analysis available to the public, including by
publishing the entire final regulatory flexibility analysis on the Web site of
the agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEDA09CC0F81B4FD1B414D18EC589CA80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish in the
Federal Register the final regulatory flexibility analysis, or a summary of the
analysis that includes the telephone number, mailing address, and address of
the Web site where the complete final regulatory flexibility analysis may be
obtained.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id92DFA299766D42C9AEA03E36B43052AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cross-References
to other analyses</header><text>Section 605(a) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="idE5D5134A4375416D82AC3009375305B9">
<subsection id="idC96447D721CC4A338E7FC037740023A6"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A Federal agency
shall be deemed to have satisfied a requirement regarding the content of a
regulatory flexibility agenda or regulatory flexibility analysis under section
602, 603, or 604, if the Federal agency provides in the agenda or regulatory
flexibility analysis a cross-reference to the specific portion of an agenda or
analysis that is required by another law and that satisfies the requirement
under section 602, 603, or
604.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id695E9921DA78410A940264887B9ACCB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certifications</header><text>Section
605(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by
striking <quote>statement providing the factual</quote> and inserting
<quote>detailed statement providing the factual and legal</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC924D21703614AC5A2B3064CB4DA34CD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text>Section 607 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A83C918684A4172A48ECF5C979A4AEF" style="USC">
<section id="id1A2AB792F83B43FFA6DF863B6D3A61F2"><enum>607.</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In complying with
sections 603 and 604, an agency shall provide—</text>
<paragraph id="id329186E131C04A50A2297E320C8E566F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a quantifiable or
numerical description of the effects of the proposed or final rule, including
an estimate of the potential for job loss, and alternatives to the proposed or
final rule; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C179C811D2A480F98073880F3EF8DCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a more general
descriptive statement regarding the potential for job loss and a detailed
statement explaining why quantification under paragraph (1) is not practicable
or
reliable.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id5F31EEDFF5534C2FAD5D228E7130CB7B"><enum>3611.</enum><header>Ensuring that
agencies consider small entity impact during the rulemaking
process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605(b) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD3A7C20360A54D00AF28D2985E5ED1A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id77D428EA43964EB090E5CED891F92B73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF9A13FC31A8468BAC52FCF5A7503941" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD2F0CC64EF5B4627AF2A8E0CB62E66E2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, after publication of the
certification required under paragraph (1), the head of the agency determines
that there will be a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities, the agency shall comply with the requirements of section 603
before the publication of the final rule, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9AED9872AA544F36B120376C1112061C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publishing an initial regulatory
flexibility analysis for public comment; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CC02ED28721460EB4369C0F25FB7ED6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>re-proposing the rule with an initial
regulatory flexibility analysis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F0212CEBEA24AB393ACEAD08CD4DF58" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The head of an agency may not make a
certification relating to a rule under this subsection, unless the head of the
agency has determined—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDCAD5604156F4069B63A616A1DC0EB3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average cost of the rule for small
entities affected or reasonably presumed to be affected by the rule;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA88E5DE7793C4211BE5CB329290D410F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of small entities affected
or reasonably presumed to be affected by the rule; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9370D4DD8E61447DA4F3C2724CE6A7D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of affected small entities
for which that cost will be significant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id386938ACFDBC4F7EBB48BA730E64D0B0" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Before publishing a certification and
a statement providing the factual basis for the certification under paragraph
(1), the head of an agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id685C7F2F0B5B4EB1808FA58C6F0F3BD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmit a copy of the certification
and statement to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C93ECCF5CC14B0AA25FEC273C9142BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult with the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration on the accuracy of the
certification and
statement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id51730C5F85E34DE6930F6DAE543C8768"><enum>3612.</enum><header>Additional
powers of the Office of Advocacy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C.
634c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2E083A6269F24DCE80F9E3E9F0B49345"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEBC7F8C1969B44BEAE5CFABC4700A239"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D84750627704A8D93CFB750C0F66FBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92031CCF224B47A38ECEA4F344537D15" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6980C619023641728B4EEF208238C044"><enum>(7)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, comment on regulatory action by an agency
that affects small businesses, without regard to whether the agency is required
to file a notice of proposed rulemaking under section 553 of title 5, United
States Code, with respect to the
action.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF220A3691DBD4D0EABE260877B581BE1"><enum>3613.</enum><header>Funding and
offsets</header>
<subsection id="id8EA01C70CC804A75B2CEA2DD3325D109"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Small Business Administration, for any
costs of carrying out this Act and the amendments made by this Act (including
the costs of hiring additional employees)—</text>
<paragraph id="id5DD9B661418B444BB179EF1F8F9A35BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDCDF6B4A905649FFAD5A819D54E9188E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,000,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1F31DE9E08C447A885C0C4823ECC3265"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id907D0F386AB74B0EB89711A80388C6D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>In
order to offset the costs of carrying out this Act and the amendments made by
this Act and to reduce the Federal deficit, the following provisions of law are
repealed, effective on the date of enactment of this Act:</text>
<paragraph id="idF51A8FFD36CA44E68CF7B1AD365D9ECC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 21(n) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2AEE2A1CDD8A4D21B586FBF7A1264414"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 27 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 654).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idACBAAC4F0C9E4373B70558CA7A121CFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1203(c)
of the Energy Security and Efficiency Act of 2007 (15 U.S.C. 657h(c)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idAD631C65D702414496A384805D1B6EBE"><enum>3614.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="id2BF8A6EDC40D431A9C1C196AA3E68A2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Heading</header><text>Section
605 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the section heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Avoidance</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows and
inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Incorporations by reference and
certification.</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9EFCA4CE590E440698CC26F7A901F8F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
sections</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 6 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB14CA3BA956D4D44B45381A77A5AE917"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 605 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id57C493921E924813A5FD29C114552D1D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">605. Incorporations by reference and
certifications.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27826C389744466DAA8C825B86236C9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 607 inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BD4204290F3454C9F0000CEE94E5AB2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">607. Quantification
requirements.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Unfunded
Mandates Accountability Act</header>
<section id="idCB8D67D7350D49708F12C7845D2C1838"><enum>3701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID59B3588ABF7C49B1ADB35E677CAFF240"><enum>3702.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDa968619d85f348b3b0e62ac844b3962e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The public has a
right to know the benefits and costs of regulation. Effective regulatory
programs provide important benefits to the public, including protecting the
environment, worker safety, and human health. Regulations also impose
significant costs on individuals, employers, State, local, and tribal
governments, diverting resources from other important priorities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc9518dc88177439e9264f6cc175a30b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Better regulatory
analysis and review should improve the quality of agency decisions, increasing
the benefits and reducing unwarranted costs of regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4F71FFC39FE64018BEE123D78BB634A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Disclosure and
scrutiny of key information underlying agency decisions should make Government
more accountable to the public it serves.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6B356729ECB246BC95C46B3B2C6EDCAA"><enum>3703.</enum><header>Regulatory
impact analyses for certain rules</header>
<subsection id="IDC68566E3AFFF48C491B0752400C4B2B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulatory
impact analyses for certain rules</header><text>Section 202 of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1532">2 U.S.C. 1532</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1A4C1E3D4F674EEF9D43F5E9CCE5F2D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
section heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID7DFFEC75FC1E4399A06EEB8343C4C973">
<section id="ID6F3B0FE663694C3A0022A582B530B9FF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Regulatory
impact analyses for certain
rules</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42BC04E3737248BF00C5E39FEDA17D67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAC66154A7D7E4D958610C1720000265C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID596151AA45AE46CAB4448352701E0027" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id77616ADC2EB4466BAC41C197CEE8A739"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>cost</term> means the cost of compliance and any
reasonably foreseeable indirect costs, including revenues lost as a result of
an agency rule subject to this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9f24c2da74d44b6d9be516bcb99815e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before promulgating any proposed or final rule that may
have an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted for
inflation), or that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted for inflation)
in any 1 year, each agency shall prepare and publish in the Federal Register an
initial and final regulatory impact analysis. The initial regulatory impact
analysis shall accompany the agency’s notice of proposed rulemaking and shall
be open to public comment. The final regulatory impact analysis shall accompany
the final rule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID333fdd1effd74120a5bd62cf52d6f78f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
initial and final regulatory impact analysis under subsection (b) shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2b59d10daef5497b840cabd8bbe145dd"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6F13B5AC383344E08AA7F48D3092F680"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an analysis of the
anticipated benefits and costs of the rule, which shall be quantified to the
extent feasible;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf5b6bfb479724e01bd9fe7426a072a62" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of the benefits and costs
of a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives within the range of the
agency’s discretion under the statute authorizing the rule, including
alternatives that—</text>
<clause id="ID97f1bf9a235c45a999794dd18c9414ce"><enum>(i)</enum><text>require no action by the Federal
Government; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id108FC9FA954B46BEA1A83A21CEB4CC43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>use incentives and market-based
means to encourage the desired behavior, provide information upon which choices
can be made by the public, or employ other flexible regulatory options that
permit the greatest flexibility in achieving the objectives of the statutory
provision authorizing the rule; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91bcbb495eb14dd5973382e3c4dcd1af" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation that the rule meets the
requirements of section 205;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfa61c1844081450fa46e9b2d1ea19796"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of
the extent to which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf54cd9d9c4a24e71b0caf3a54f644f6e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the costs to
State, local and tribal governments may be paid with Federal financial
assistance (or otherwise paid for by the Federal Government); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbebaf354b1224c7a8c3b58a24b372e63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there are
available Federal resources to carry out the rule;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDee6d3349d97b4044be8d4bd3adf10429"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimates
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc556ccef193f4f20bcb463f9ec236dd5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any
disproportionate budgetary effects of the rule upon any particular regions of
the Nation or particular State, local, or tribal governments, urban or rural or
other types of communities, or particular segments of the private sector;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa097cc7dc4424248a2d843858c20e971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effect of the
rule on job creation or job loss, which shall be quantified to the extent
feasible; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID25cbd814cb784e5b8c29fb9f4a30a002"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB4BE719DB3DC48F6AB751C7834AE58D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the
extent of the agency’s prior consultation with elected representatives (under
section 204) of the affected State, local, and tribal governments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5da3609fb6ca474ea40233715d851013" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a summary of the comments and concerns
that were presented by State, local, or tribal governments either orally or in
writing to the agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc4778412eb5b4df3824c4a7cbc20c2cd" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a summary of the agency’s evaluation
of those comments and
concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0F36E17299E145E6B4D3C28A08FA509F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
(as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by striking
<quote>subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCCC739525A0940C0AB6496785FA4A74D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e)
(as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by striking
<quote>subsection (a)</quote> each place that term appears and inserting
<quote>subsection (b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF34EB82561724BD3BF3EE5B1B3AC00F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 is amended by striking the item relating to section
202 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4288A8BDF0CB464D8086C122830CF59D" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 202. Regulatory impact analyses for
certain
rules.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1BC9A20673DB4DF6A983B34B9DD91B89"><enum>3704.</enum><header>Least
burdensome option or explanation required</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1535">2 U.S.C.
1535</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 205 and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID3A08AB38833447018ED0E17DA077005C">
<section id="IDF7F091D8FBD6478588751003699E5BBD"><enum>205.</enum><header>Least
burdensome option or explanation required</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Before promulgating any proposed or final
rule for which a regulatory impact analysis is required under section 202, the
agency shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id6A69D1EF2BD246F5A0E07EC485FF7473"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and consider a reasonable number
of regulatory alternatives within the range of the agency's discretion under
the statute authorizing the rule, including alternatives required under section
202(b)(1)(B); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id240B1D3B04A94CC2ABE48FBBFD8198C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from the alternatives described under
paragraph (1), select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least
burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the
statute.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id1F1E052162DD4828A86E1BC820673526"><enum>3705.</enum><header>Inclusion of
application to independent regulatory agencies</header>
<subsection id="idCCEDF62D4ACE48C7B45349B419EEF0BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 421(1) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658(1)) is
amended by striking <quote>, but does not include independent regulatory
agencies</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfe3f40aa4c0a4dc998b684e3d9862bf7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption for
monetary policy</header><text>The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C6154BC5F31464A94D19FB1AE04858E" style="OLC">
<section id="ID5f7605fe20b84bad81155a19218f00f2"><enum>6.</enum><header>Exemption for
monetary policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in
title II, III, or IV shall apply to rules that concern monetary policy proposed
or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the
Federal Open Market
Committee.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0537D0C3B06346AE828B35D2628325EE"><enum>3706.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 is amended by striking section 401 (2 U.S.C. 1571) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id319A2291854A44EF979E0DBCDDB5B62A" style="OLC">
<section id="ID686ddf2f36314ea5b17810542b6dc412"><enum>401.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="ID8912c466d49d44328ae841f6c5a5ee4c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For any rule subject to section 202, a party aggrieved by
final agency action is entitled to judicial review of an agency's analysis
under and compliance with sections 202 (b) and (c)(1) and 205. The scope of
review shall be governed by chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID80417d129fd54affbb2af0fdd55860db"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>Each
court having jurisdiction to review a rule subject to section 202 for
compliance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or under any other
provision of law, shall have jurisdiction to review any claims brought under
subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7629054bf3bb442eba6243fd93fd7ee4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relief
available</header><text>In granting relief in an action under this section, the
court shall order the agency to take remedial action consistent with chapter 7
of title 5, United States Code, including remand and vacatur of the
rule.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBED43A72A7C94E19A88D97857B003C7F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3707.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall take
effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Government
Litigation Savings Act</header>
<section id="idC85100D953CA40C584CC40F4D912C9E6"><enum>3801.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Government Litigation Savings Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3A26C56293584E78AD05EA659080A872"><enum>3802.</enum><header>Modification
of Equal Access to Justice provisions</header>
<subsection id="HBF9542A05EF447A6ABE57574691E8DDE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency
proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H5DD26E48DDA44673981EE0EAC1A0433D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility
parties; attorney fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 504 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25E8F91BB31D428482B31CAD8C9862EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after
<quote>prevailing party</quote> the following: <quote>who has a direct and
personal monetary interest in the adjudication, including because of personal
injury, property damage, or unpaid agency disbursement,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC88E1E2D91245AB911E84F7D9A0D243"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<clause id="H567AAA227B864A57BA3E1839391C30C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>$125 per hour</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>a higher fee</quote> and inserting <quote>$175 per
hour</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE64FBA823A0848CBAE5E313819015CBD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; except that</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>section 601</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94EC6F0A45FA48B38106641A9EE3ECB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction or
denial of awards</header><text>Section 504(a)(3) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5086CBC3FB84186BD81F72F720575BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>may reduce the amount to be awarded, or deny an award,</quote> and
inserting <quote>shall reduce the amount to be awarded, or deny an award,
commensurate with pro bono hours and related fees and expenses,
or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCACCA6DACF5E4B7FAF3D5D7013C09135"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>unduly and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFDA7C61F7FF4FAB9339F68399414CFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>controversy.</quote> and inserting <quote>controversy or acted in an
obdurate, dilatory, mendacious, or oppressive manner, or in bad
faith.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFC99C6FC9424C6BA6C9A5D31B7DC819"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
awards</header><text>Section 504(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88C24F5FD34B405CB07C94205BA9CBA4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDD783A0C2A114A53878361BBE5D2E4BD" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
party may not receive an award of fees and other expenses under this
section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H449A5B369A8C47E89FC8EB3D01478A30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in excess of $200,000 in any single
adversary adjudication, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4601086C2F34A1CA9FE97C4BD3ECB14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for more than 3 adversary
adjudications initiated in the same calendar year,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">unless the
adjudicative officer of the agency determines that an award exceeding such
limits is required to avoid severe and unjust harm to the prevailing
party.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11100D0E1B624AE9A16EB6517672D02A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting in
agency adjudications</header><text>Section 504 of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H927ECE36F4664E1EBD78BEBF88A647A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking <quote>, United States Code</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3965D2CC036A485F9BCBCED084743210"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6830DB6A91E45EA873D9C5D549BBF72" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0A830B263A0A4264AF29CADCC43F3856"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD0CE3113F6184677ADA1F8F7B04D5120"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the Administrative
Conference of the United States shall issue an annual, online report to the
Congress on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding
fiscal year pursuant to this section. The report shall describe the number,
nature, and amount of the awards, the nature of and claims involved in each
controversy (including the law under which the controversy arose), and any
other relevant information that may aid the Congress in evaluating the scope
and impact of such awards. The report shall be made available to the public
online, and contain a searchable database of the total awards given, and the
total number of applications for the award of fees and other expenses that were
filed, defended, and heard, and shall include, with respect to each such
application, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8AF17668CCD4280A8C9FFCC41B1ECD0" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The name of the party seeking the
award of fees and other expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF109DF38E46C44E1B979AD7129C2CC28" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The agency to which the application
for the award was made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF1CE8689FEC4F33AD271A8AEE43D609" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The names of the administrative law
judges in the adversary adjudication that is the subject of the
application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H869F34142B1F43C1A2ABAF6BECBC8CC7" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The disposition of the application,
including any appeal of action taken on the application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBB8991CF3B340B88464302844B67F41" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The amount of each award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE135D30062F4A2DB1FB1F4C3D84EFF5" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The hourly rates of expert witnesses stated
in the application that was awarded.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA91C482218AA4E50B408EFA28851C40C" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>With respect to each award of fees and
other expenses, the basis for the finding that the position of the agency
concerned was not substantially justified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86A575A0716C4DDB9BB401D87F43B114" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3BF3E378F04B414C869E40404A0E8956"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The report under
paragraph (1) shall cover payments of fees and other expenses under this
section that are made pursuant to a settlement agreement, regardless of whether
the settlement agreement is otherwise subject to nondisclosure
provisions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBB80460F8ED486E923CBE3648419B49" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The disclosure of fees and other
expenses required under subparagraph (A) does not affect any other information
that is subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6F3F1E4004043EE88F277D9993E266E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adjustment of
attorney fees</header><text>Section 504 of such title is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF09BD351E92D4E6B834761349E1C69E2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF038F1EFE1D2407487EA9F7480C9D478"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget may adjust the maximum hourly fee set forth in subsection
(b)(1)(A)(ii) for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index, as
determined by the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41DDBAB2474D44F4BAA052A2ACC2CB07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Court
cases</header>
<paragraph id="H1E573A1A355C43F7976CE4912A7D21C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility
parties; attorney fees; limitation on awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2412(d) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5735B30A7C844450B586D1307255AD7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2FC591BBB1B40DCB2E066458DD4501B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HD641989DB11B4226BCD00490364D3FB1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>in any civil action</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>jurisdiction of that action</quote> and inserting <quote>in the civil
action</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4F2E44C52BBB401BAD5E1E43B1765A6E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States</quote>
and inserting the following: <quote>, in any civil action (other than cases
sounding in tort), including proceedings for judicial review of agency action,
brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of
that action, shall award to a prevailing party who has a direct and personal
monetary interest in the civil action, including because of personal injury,
property damage, or unpaid agency disbursement, other than the United
States,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5418EE43420E4C97B320B47CDC46BA97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B9229A3435E4410AF5D1E481AD14023" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idA66CE0E4B9EC43E1B7385F880B4A605A" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual or entity may not receive an
award of fees and other expenses under this subsection in excess of—</text>
<clause id="idC96D8685FAF249E0B0EB913AEC8832E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$200,000 in any single civil action,
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id5E8E6987B8F64165BF6D14D261B60522"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for more than 3 civil actions
initiated in the same calendar year,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="subsection">unless the presiding judge determines that an award
exceeding such limits is required to avoid severe and unjust harm to the
prevailing party.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H062F97948A5C48C08A3FB39CF871B980"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H501686D3FBD74267B00C892216711726"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
<quote>$125 per hour</quote> and all that follows through <quote>a higher
fee</quote> and inserting <quote>$175 per hour</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD35424107B4F484D880B63F98496A682"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; except that</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>section 601</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAD39BB4980B4239836DF02977B83214"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction or
denial of awards</header><text>Section 2412(d)(1)(C) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E28ADC2756647DA9909FC523DB0202A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, in its discretion, may reduce the amount to be awarded pursuant to
this subsection, or deny an award,</quote> and inserting <quote>shall reduce
the amount to be awarded under this subsection, or deny an award, commensurate
with pro bono hours and related fees and expenses, or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H107D957C9CEB4F8A8E05F0308B9E8714"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>unduly and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DE987F63B15459F8725FB6F1AFF64B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>controversy.</quote> and inserting <quote>controversy or acted in an
obdurate, dilatory, mendacious, or oppressive manner, or in bad
faith.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD263B68D402D4F699C2B154655CC0F71"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment of
attorney fees</header><text>Section 2412(d) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88238A71079140D5B0264A9E7D3C6C4A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF5DFD9338EB34671B171AFA9B5088BD0" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget may adjust the maximum hourly fee set forth in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)
for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by
the Secretary of
Labor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AA388BAC5914CC6BC15324C2C9F19DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Section
2412(d) of title 28, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FE47017AFCE4E57A486C2AB1901D78E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0C4124467B664E6CBD04B3970AA996C2" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA177BADC36374E9CA7607B5F14434C41"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the Administrative
Conference of the United States shall issue an annual, online report to the
Congress on the amount of fees and other expenses awarded during the preceding
fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. The report shall describe the number,
nature, and amount of the awards, the nature of and claims involved in each
controversy (including the law under which the controversy arose), and any
other relevant information that may aid the Congress in evaluating the scope
and impact of such awards. The report shall be made available to the public
online and shall contain a searchable database of total awards given and the
total number of cases filed, defended, or heard, and shall include with respect
to each such case the following:</text>
<clause id="HB88E5490BE374AA59D882B91925FA1B5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The name of the party seeking the award of
fees and other expenses in the case.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDC6BCAD79A84433DBA21BB1DB19AE204" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The district court hearing the
case.</text>
</clause><clause id="H53F80C0DF4D444278E30DCFB4CB2D101" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The names of the presiding judges in
the case.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDDE7903955E14AB6A03EA595AF495876" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The agency involved in the
case.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBAC8EAA480E94D84A1D588DFF3A5EC18" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The disposition of the application for fees
and other expenses, including any appeal of action taken on the
application.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F57C36F123B47E29B0EAEA65EFC2148" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The amount of each award.</text>
</clause><clause id="H75B01C706D2C4739B803876C6097E559" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The hourly rates of expert witnesses stated
in the application that was awarded.</text>
</clause><clause id="H31640E934DC04D29B39217D8D191CB18" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>With respect to each award of fees
and other expenses, the basis for the finding that the position of the agency
concerned was not substantially justified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE43FF71B2C0840C78709E74628D9E34A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H142F41E427B645FB9413CF8BA3A15C71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The report under
subparagraph (A) shall cover payments of fees and other expenses under this
subsection that are made pursuant to a settlement agreement, regardless of
whether the settlement agreement is otherwise subject to nondisclosure
provisions.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB668C804368F4989B74C538FB01A3338" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The disclosure of fees and other
expenses required under clause (i) does not affect any other information that
is subject to nondisclosure provisions in the settlement agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90C26285C33441B2B0D8CBD3653D685F" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the Administrative
Conference shall include in the annual report under subparagraph (A), for each
case in which an award of fees and other expenses is included in the
report—</text>
<clause id="H3E15A7EE329A431799A7318C6DA42879"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any amounts paid from section 1304 of
title 31 for a judgment in the case;</text>
</clause><clause id="H84E2945041CD43368DCA4311675C1C48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the award of fees and
other expenses; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D02BE46160D4E07B726912AC071E7E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the statute under which the
plaintiff filed suit.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE256B7435FC40FE8AD0A0AC8CC03149" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General of the United States
shall provide to the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United
States such information as the Chairman requests to carry out this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5123ED77FC4C4EA280F4B420C92B0BB8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="H25075E548E0247F9A22A287670146003"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Modifications to
procedures</header><text>The amendments made by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B84D940863C47A49E028CB92707EE46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to adversary
adjudications commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C7BB590386A4D87AA6F1BFD4EF3AA28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subsection (b) shall apply with respect to civil actions commenced on or
after such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD821E160ECDD4266BCFED1019DD8A042"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The
amendments made by paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) and by paragraphs
(3) and (4) of subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBF8117AAE764244AA21B05873D0E55B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3803.</enum><header>GAO
study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
commence an audit of the implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act for
the years 1995 through the end of the calendar year in which this Act is
enacted. The Comptroller General shall, not later than 1 year after the end of
the calendar year in which this Act is enacted, complete such audit and submit
to the Congress a report on the results of the audit.</text>
</section><enum>IX</enum><header>Employment
Protection Act of 2011</header>
<section id="id90614C1837A9426F812518B9758E0555"><enum>3901.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Employment Protection Act of 2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H706C87B02B63474FAA42AE4F32105910"><enum>3902.</enum><header>Impacts of EPA
regulatory activity on employment and economic activity</header>
<subsection id="H586596636DFD4EA48CC59001C591DA66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA7A7BD3E9D4B47909BD84EC15A9917A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DECEB330C7D44AF852C7B29946D7513"><enum>(2)</enum><header>De minimis
negative impact</header><text>The term <term>de minimis negative impact</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE60E856A619F4B9E8F142952C8BADEF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
employment levels, a loss of more than 100 jobs, subject to the condition that
any offsetting job gains that result from the hypothetical creation of new jobs
through new technologies or government employment may not be used to offset the
job loss calculation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3937F08BA9B4297BCA8F56A152A159C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
economic activity, a decrease in economic activity of more than $1,000,000
during any calendar year, subject to the condition that any offsetting economic
activity that results from the hypothetical creation of new economic activity
through new technologies or government employment may not be used in the
economic activity calculation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2E39E0680B4B4DEB9B8EB900B93D9F6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis of
impacts of actions on employment and economic activity</header>
<paragraph id="H76CB1AA6B074436CBA8114FAF1D85D91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to promulgating any regulation or
other requirement, issuing any policy statement, guidance document, or
endangerment finding, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or
denying any permit, the Administrator shall analyze the impact on employment
levels and economic activity, disaggregated by State, of the regulation,
requirement, policy statement, guidance document, endangerment finding,
program, or permit denial.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16DD245A3CF341C8A24292F6145BAE5A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Economic
models</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB35CD3343144E389211000DE5BF8D0B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Administrator shall
use the best available economic models.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E1A4819D1124A77AB35506053978F83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual GAO
report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2011, and annually thereafter,
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the economic
models used by the Administrator to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F7E1F88533C4022A8E75CCEB2844A19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of
information</header><text>With respect to any regulation, requirement, policy
statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, program, or permit denial,
the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6E57EC1D4C544DE80222555D122C4A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>post the analysis
under paragraph (1) as a link on the main page of the public Internet website
of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1038B637E5042A6BE7B087D7F62F9CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">request that the Governor of any State
experiencing more than a de minimis negative impact post the analysis in the
Capitol of the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D2E2D7BCC3F4AAA8C651B462ACB0841"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clean Water Act
and other permits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
analysis under paragraph (1) shall include a description of estimated job
losses and decreased economic activity due to the denial of a permit, including
any permit denied under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251
et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C57230DFDA845D18E9D832997B880AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header>
<paragraph id="H8357009E79E34364A23B1F25078F0FC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator
concludes under subsection (b)(1) that a regulation, requirement, policy
statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, program, or permit denial
will have more than a de minimis negative impact on employment levels or
economic activity in a State, the Administrator shall hold a public hearing in
each such State not less than—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC8DC0DDD349F488AB24DCA253839AB66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">30 days before the effective date of the
regulation, requirement, policy statement, guidance document, endangerment
finding, or program; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5f736a3e99254874a882d0696cc4517c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>48 hours before
the denial of a permit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE60E67F22B7A4142A0E69A0099FF4F7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time, location,
and selection</header>
<subparagraph id="id72514D11FB01419798024377148626F5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A public hearing required by paragraph (1) shall be held
at a convenient time and location for impacted residents.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55909740138345588B4967C288B9C2AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Location</header><text>In
selecting a location for a public hearing under subparagraph (A), the
Administrator shall give priority to locations in the State that will
experience the greatest number of job losses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84144A47B5F9485DAC6269935A823867"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Citizen
suits</header>
<subparagraph id="H35925D48C59D41CC92DCACC4E058E3D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a public hearing is required by paragraph (1) with
respect to any State, and the Administrator fails to hold such a public hearing
in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), any resident of the State may bring
an action in any United States district court in the State to compel compliance
by the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB08D14A903884D6693986DD7BE962022"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a resident prevails in an action against
the Administrator under subparagraph (A), the United States district
court—</text>
<clause id="HCF051D1683274EC88A678D2AA87ABDEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall enjoin the regulation, requirement,
policy statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, program, or permit
denial that is the subject of the action; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H96B2B2C8D68741F2BAAE2B44AC3E7535"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may
award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55C6FC7BFA134228A44F1B6D09F4F7CB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On appeal of an injunction issued under
subparagraph (B)(i), a United States court of appeals—</text>
<clause id="H3D006ABD220741FD8F0E0DC35004AD28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall require the
submission of briefs not later than 30 days after the date of filing of the
appeal;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5ABC59A47EF04F178B63D07921279DA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may
not stay the injunction prior to hearing oral arguments; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF604130D877468A8CD3CDFB80D50DC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall make a
final decision not later than 90 days after the date of filing of the
appeal.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EBBAC69859A4D1D891C8BB620DBB395"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator concludes under
subsection (b)(1) that a regulation, requirement, policy statement, guidance
document, endangerment finding, program, or permit denial will have more than a
de minimis negative impact on employment levels or economic activity in any
State, the Administrator shall provide a notice of the de minimis negative
impact to the congressional delegation, Governor, and legislature of the
affected State not later than—</text>
<paragraph id="ID03ca7ec06fd24a1d8576f8b85df99736"><enum>(1)</enum><text>45 days before
the effective date of the regulation, requirement, policy statement, guidance
document, endangerment finding, requirement, or program; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7333b0536f464abcb15c82bf1d0e24ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>7 days before the
denial of the permit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Farm
Dust Regulation Prevention Act</header>
<section id="id7EC7B28DD79A4A958E3F5C81BB9DAA10"><enum>3931.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB02B3E2AB0564F90B4AF060651D7AA63"><enum>3932.</enum><header>Nuisance
dust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title I of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3876EBF104E440AE89D71355E8A895E3" style="OLC">
<section id="H348F04F3376549CB86C8D99390D808B3"><enum>132.</enum><header>Regulation of
nuisance dust primarily by State, tribal, and local governments</header>
<subsection id="HF2E1EEFDC8E44E45AABC30CF31F06652"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
nuisance dust</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>nuisance dust</term> means particulate matter—</text>
<paragraph id="H594ABD05EB4348FFB7E441248CCEBEBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>generated from
natural sources, unpaved roads, agricultural activities, earth moving, or other
activities typically conducted in rural areas; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB91EDD6A5A2484BB7F91CA64BA553DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consisting primarily of soil, windblown
dust, or other natural or biological materials, or some combination of those
materials.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDDA2B3AB28F4B3696EB189AA367891A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), this
Act does not apply to, and references in this Act to particulate matter are
deemed to exclude, nuisance dust.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F77230379174A1DAD683E026CE05938"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) does not apply with respect
to any geographical area in which nuisance dust is not regulated under State,
tribal, or local law to the extent that the Administrator finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD9FA1CDD933442B8B169188DE9BD977"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nuisance dust (or any subcategory of
nuisance dust) causes substantial adverse public health and welfare effects at
ambient concentrations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H011A8694D4764D4C89FC2085646DC9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the benefits of applying standards and
other requirements of this Act to nuisance dust (or such a subcategory of
nuisance dust) outweigh the costs (including local and regional economic and
employment impacts) of applying those standards and other requirements to
nuisance dust (or such a
subcategory).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77E2FD06421F402187777F1E792F903E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3933.</enum><header>Temporary
prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard
applicable to coarse particulate matter</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Before the date that is 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency may not propose, finalize, implement, or enforce any
regulation revising the national primary ambient air quality standard or the
national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particulate
matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 2.5 micrometers under section
109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409).</text>
</section><enum>XI</enum><header>National Labor
Relations Board Reform</header>
<section id="idD6033BE3AFDF455A88A97BEAE67CE610"><enum>3951.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>National Labor Relations Board Reform Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H469F6EBA6CC54989A4F30CAB9EA79402"><enum>3952.</enum><header>Authority of
the NLRB</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(c) of the
National Labor Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/160">29 U.S.C. 160</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That the Board shall have no power to order an employer (or
seek an order against an employer) to restore or reinstate any work, product,
production line, or equipment, to rescind any relocation, transfer,
subcontracting, outsourcing, or other change regarding the location, entity, or
employer who shall be engaged in production or other business operations, or to
require any employer to make an initial or additional investment at a
particular plant, facility, or location</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32C955BC22704E1990F2FD4F2E7FC17A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3953.</enum><header>Retroactivity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendment made by section 3952 shall
apply to any complaint for which a final adjudication by the National Labor
Relations Board has not been made by the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>XII</enum><header>Government
Neutrality in Contracting Act</header>
<section id="id2A188C0E104C4943ADAE2DFC9636C230"><enum>3971.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Government Neutrality in Contracting Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA52B5BF0351D46CBA213FCB1267541D6"><enum>3972.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this title to—</text>
<paragraph id="H95C602293A2D4ECE8071633100D22F51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote and ensure
open competition on Federal and federally funded or assisted construction
projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28CA206C36494E4496A5AE0040BEF241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintain Federal
Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government
contractors on Federal and federally funded or assisted construction
projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC56CB5F5CF78418396D6AAF3BDFC58CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce
construction costs to the Federal Government and to the taxpayers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91FCE66A67E643DCBEECA9019C4622B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expand job
opportunities, especially for small and disadvantaged businesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB15B5215C1E5460E85BE87B42CEA00E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>prevent
discrimination against Federal Government contractors or their employees based
upon labor affiliation or the lack thereof, thereby promoting the economical,
nondiscriminatory, and efficient administration and completion of Federal and
federally funded or assisted construction projects.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9C42AAD02034415EAE1616A4E67C7B53"><enum>3973.</enum><header>Preservation
of open competition and Federal Government neutrality</header>
<subsection id="HF2A2F51900714E77A217D4EF80EFC08D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph id="H8BE0DA49B0314663AAF567864CFE1250"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>The head of each executive agency that awards any
construction contract after the date of enactment of this Act, or that
obligates funds pursuant to such a contract, shall ensure that the agency, and
any construction manager acting on behalf of the Federal Government with
respect to such contract, in its bid specifications, project agreements, or
other controlling documents does not—</text>
<subparagraph id="H46BAA2D1D229458E9283DC0000200225"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require or
prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, or
adhering to, agreements with 1 or more labor organization, with respect to that
construction project or another related construction project; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F2F6371537542E382091EFF6687005C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>otherwise
discriminate against a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor because
such bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor—</text>
<clause id="H95526F818B504EDFB9009364F3979E89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>becomes a
signatory, or otherwise adheres to, an agreement with 1 or more labor
organization with respect to that construction project or another related
construction project; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H334D3C44597B4A758873DFC85D33ADCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>refuses to become
a signatory, or otherwise adheres to, an agreement with 1 or more labor
organization with respect to that construction project or another related
construction project.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4617173786A4257965DE862B032C9F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
prohibition</header><text>The provisions of this section shall not apply to
contracts awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and subcontracts
awarded pursuant to such contracts regardless of the date of such
subcontracts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BF55A48CE2E4B18AFF66BCEC489B542"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to
prohibit a contractor or subcontractor from voluntarily entering into an
agreement described in such paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H19B08880615248DDB57E5007FEC06D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recipients of
grants and other assistance</header><text>The head of each executive agency
that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative
agreements for construction projects after the date of enactment of this Act,
shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9505925AF98044E1A94CCD520448711E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the bid
specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents for such
construction projects of a recipient of a grant or financial assistance, or by
the parties to a cooperative agreement, do not contain any of the requirements
or prohibitions described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1);
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H465BAD7BA1684EF8AB63367C6B8D33A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the bid
specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents for such
construction projects of a construction manager acting on behalf of a recipient
or party described in paragraph (1) do not contain any of the requirements or
prohibitions described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D163ADE154C4391B27FCCBAFACFF06"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure To
comply</header><text>If an executive agency, a recipient of a grant or
financial assistance from an executive agency, a party to a cooperative
agreement with an executive agency, or a construction manager acting on behalf
of such an agency, recipient, or party, fails to comply with subsection (a) or
(b), the head of the executive agency awarding the contract, grant, or
assistance, or entering into the agreement, involved shall take such action,
consistent with law, as the head of the agency determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDB86CD4EA9D74D7493509B5DA17C1D12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemptions</header>
<paragraph id="H812175A245B34C99A14B9BC9258F6FBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The head of an executive agency may exempt a particular
project, contract, subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement from the
requirements of 1 or more of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) if the
head of such agency determines that special circumstances exist that require an
exemption in order to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to
serve the national security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D93446F93624E6DB6E0A96BCA022754"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
circumstances</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), a finding of
<quote>special circumstances</quote> may not be based on the possibility or
existence of a labor dispute concerning contractors or subcontractors that are
nonsignatories to, or that otherwise do not adhere to, agreements with 1 or
more labor organization, or labor disputes concerning employees on the project
who are not members of, or affiliated with, a labor organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3EBBC3D84C7406198887949E4FBD5CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional
exemption for certain projects</header><text>The head of an executive agency,
upon application of an awarding authority, a recipient of grants or financial
assistance, a party to a cooperative agreement, or a construction manager
acting on behalf of any of such entities, may exempt a particular project from
the requirements of any or all of the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) if
the agency head finds—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD363BCFDEAA44BA8A100CE5E7984F747"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that the awarding
authority, recipient of grants or financial assistance, party to a cooperative
agreement, or construction manager acting on behalf of any of such entities had
issued or was a party to, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, bid
specifications, project agreements, agreements with one or more labor
organizations, or other controlling documents with respect to that particular
project, which contained any of the requirements or prohibitions set forth in
subsection (a)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67CA28B28B6349719071BBC794253AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that one or more
construction contracts subject to such requirements or prohibitions had been
awarded as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63A83B8C24D14B81BA4C822B7ECE71B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal
Acquisition Regulatory Council</header><text>With respect to Federal contracts
to which this section applies, not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall take
appropriate action to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the
provisions of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H831914E2B8C04B769D0313DBC2FE7B24"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H58000B15261249DBA33F6920110295C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Construction
contract</header><text>The term <term>construction contract</term> means any
contract for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion,
extension, or repair of buildings, highways, or other improvements to real
property.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F0B5A5FA525440E9CE28EFC9A38F80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Executive
agency</header><text>The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning
given such term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code, except that
such term shall not include the Government Accountability Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32C360EA1FEF4E7C9DBF756D2E455072"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Labor
organization</header><text>The term <term>labor organization</term> has the
meaning given such term in section 701(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000e">42 U.S.C.
2000e(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XIII</enum><header>Financial
Regulatory Responsibility Act</header>
<section id="id8AC201CA4D92429BAAD0CD71B8AF9AF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3981.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDc01c8f5bd9fb433b94fa036a7f364c5b"><enum>3982.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this title—</text>
<paragraph id="ID44818e72e7264ca18718bfacab863a0e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing
Finance Agency, the Financial Stability Oversight Council, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Financial Research, the National
Credit Union Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf486e56a72474fb284dd8d2b52df408d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>chief economist</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe585fa76bf9a437c9de9bb3b09050195"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Director of the
Division of Research and Statistics, or an employee of the agency with
comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID818d74dbe7964d78969c89bb0cef58f7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Assistant Director for
Research, or an employee of the agency with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1c35bebfab3c4df0a5a0542d4cde55db"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chief Economist, or an employee
of the agency with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70ddb1c9a7f148d2b94e5e67e3390e82"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with respect to
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Director of the Division of
Insurance and Research, or an employee of the agency with comparable
authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDed4fc74fc44043ed83e29e3b68b3d31d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>with respect to
the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Chief Economist, or an employee of the
agency with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbd021aa70d7848e399addd80978b7b3b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>with respect to
the Financial Stability Oversight Council, the Chief Economist, or an employee
of the agency with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa6fd46df2791438d956c092a29c95530"><enum>(G)</enum><text>with respect to
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director for Policy
Analysis, or an employee of the agency with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5139e3aa2b2d432f8ad663f76b848939"><enum>(H)</enum><text>with respect to
the Office of Financial Research, the Director, or an employee of the agency
with comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf1b6d5be1bae4b72a19cb690b9149405"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to
the National Credit Union Administration, the Chief Economist, or an employee
of the agency with comparable authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f74aea4d3504e569385bdf11030df6f"><enum>(J)</enum><text>with respect to
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Director of the Division of Risk,
Strategy, and Financial Innovation, or an employee of the agency with
comparable authority;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA27A433EA03E401C85D4855398EF0BE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>Council</term> means the Chief Economists Council established under
section 9; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d436f946141426aa8afcb10b172689f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulation</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe17db63bbf294004974178e5ca8e3303"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an agency
statement of general applicability and future effect that is designed to
implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or to describe the procedure
or practice requirements of an agency, including rules, orders of general
applicability, interpretive releases, and other statements of general
applicability that the agency intends to have the force and effect of
law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa229a3048cb541f9af4a4c66a800f200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not
include—</text>
<clause id="IDcc137c9f040649cebeec0ceb19d87bd7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
regulation issued in accordance with the formal rulemaking provisions of
section 556 or 557 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6062ce08ebf249a4b0a84aada584d429"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
regulation that is limited to agency organization, management, or personnel
matters;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID36b664dce79b40528d68c51c1973ba9c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
regulation promulgated pursuant to statutory authority that expressly prohibits
compliance with this provision;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfcc07cc0b31b4eeba4410de068dd17e6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
regulation that is certified by the agency to be an emergency action, if such
certification is published in the Federal Register; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID066bd34ce1384dbbad157fac7a739f01"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
regulation that is promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or the Federal Open Market Committee under section 10A, 10B, 13, 13A, or
19 of the Federal Reserve Act, or any of subsections (a) through (f) of section
14 of that Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID229d2e82e8304db3a6a02342478d690f"><enum>3983.</enum><header>Required
regulatory analysis</header>
<subsection id="IDf200a1c7cf4c419696cf775bfae7fdb3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements
for notices of proposed rulemaking</header><text>An agency may not issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking unless the agency includes in the notice of
proposed rulemaking an analysis that contains, at a minimum, with respect to
each regulation that is being proposed—</text>
<paragraph id="ID88a4d3dc654641e2afa06850e24f3152"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification
of the need for the regulation and the regulatory objective, including
identification of the nature and significance of the market failure, regulatory
failure, or other problem that necessitates the regulation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf522eca2c17c41479cc336ffaf77f4bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an explanation of
why the private market or State, local, or tribal authorities cannot adequately
address the identified market failure or other problem;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID14c87314ccf24144bb66cbb218dcfa5c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an analysis of
the adverse impacts to regulated entities, other market participants, economic
activity, or agency effectiveness that are engendered by the regulation and the
magnitude of such adverse impacts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ffeb3c280344e0cb1f6290a6398d502"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a quantitative
and qualitative assessment of all anticipated direct and indirect costs and
benefits of the regulation (as compared to a benchmark that assumes the absence
of the regulation), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id67CA700BFC144059AD8A1EB9D5CD5AF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compliance
costs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEB5733982341424882C9AE7DED32A8F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>effects on
economic activity, net job creation (excluding jobs related to ensuring
compliance with the regulation), efficiency, competition, and capital
formation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F2A594775554D7EA870A24250DBBF45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regulatory
administrative costs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3704C0D1CB37410BA9B514E4289EE28D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>costs imposed by
the regulation on State, local, or tribal governments or other regulatory
authorities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID314fb0e731e6422684e4349e98826ddb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if quantified
benefits do not outweigh quantitative costs, a justification for the
regulation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe90b06724f444d65b36fdd11f614d685"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identification
and assessment of all available alternatives to the regulation, including
modification of an existing regulation or statute, together with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID34eea1f976414f069e58c48d503994b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an explanation of
why the regulation meets the objectives of the regulation more effectively than
the alternatives, and if the agency is proposing multiple alternatives, an
explanation of why a notice of proposed rulemaking, rather than an advanced
notice of proposed rulemaking, is appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID85a2399c370541e895db967714472779"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the regulation
is not a pilot program, an explanation of why a pilot program is not
appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b5d97a1417a40f8b0504e9c7f2d22e8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>if the regulation
specifies the behavior or manner of compliance, an explanation of why the
agency did not instead specify performance objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b0a22f216f243a4ad138e9b6577b95c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an assessment of
how the burden imposed by the regulation will be distributed among market
participants, including whether consumers, investors, or small businesses will
be disproportionately burdened;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6ddf75aa21af43518a7d4f652fafdce3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>an assessment of
the extent to which the regulation is inconsistent, incompatible, or
duplicative with the existing regulations of the agency or those of other
domestic and international regulatory authorities with overlapping
jurisdiction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfcf209ae597240368f0c92d7d7749b9f"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a description of
any studies, surveys, or other data relied upon in preparing the
analysis;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID59bee9177e42439baba783de16a1d9eb"><enum>(11)</enum><text>an assessment of
the degree to which the key assumptions underlying the analysis are subject to
uncertainty; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe3eef83360f646b8bb4eb7a055bcda61"><enum>(12)</enum><text>an explanation
of predicted changes in market structure and infrastructure and in behavior by
market participants, including consumers and investors, assuming that they will
pursue their economic interests.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID02a9e6be29ec4733b880c46ba5617af8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements
for notices of final rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="id2A3F7D06D935473BA8E5C20FDD5A2231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency may
not issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to a regulation unless the
agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfd2a127d2c7d4824909503ed5ec63ff6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has issued a
notice of proposed rulemaking for the relevant regulation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd3348c2e7dc4487fb6cafca189e2e341"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has conducted and
includes in the notice of final rulemaking an analysis that contains, at a
minimum, the elements required under subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28a9d38b1ccc4f4e8a9ca2e6352faa63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes in the
notice of final rulemaking regulatory impact metrics selected by the chief
economist to be used in preparing the report required pursuant to section
6.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3b5270070eec4212af5269609faf6a67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration
of comments</header><text>The agency shall incorporate in the elements
described in paragraph (1)(B) the data and analyses provided to the agency by
commenters during the comment period, or explain why the data or analyses are
not being incorporated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92ee84a12a8f41878f612272da7fcb3c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Comment
period</header><text>An agency shall not publish a notice of final rulemaking
with respect to a regulation, unless the agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="id39785779310647A086A370F2BB90F11B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has allowed at
least 90 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register of the
notice of proposed rulemaking for the submission of public comments; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77F6AE75D6A9413A8D875B572F6CF8D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes in the
notice of final rulemaking an explanation of why the agency was not able to
provide a 90-day comment period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC303A31329A74FFDA44A960DABD9F3AB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibited
Rules</header>
<subparagraph id="idCF434BA17EE1427F83AEDC82CC6637EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An agency may not publish a notice of final rulemaking if
the agency, in its analysis under paragraph (1)(B), determines that the
quantified costs are greater than the quantified benefits under subsection
(a)(5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id144EEE80127C4467A0671C673380FA8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication of
Analysis</header><text>If the agency is precluded by subparagraph (A) from
publishing a notice of final rulemaking, the agency shall publish in the
Federal Register and on the public website of the agency its analysis under
paragraph (1)(B), and provide the analysis to each House of Congress.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID512283549ea544f2b4f2248cebfba2a9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Congressional
waiver</header><text>If the agency is precluded by subparagraph (A) from
publishing a notice of final rulemaking, Congress, by joint resolution pursuant
to the procedures set forth for joint resolutions in section 802 of title 5,
United States Code, may direct the agency to publish a notice of final
rulemaking notwithstanding the prohibition contained in subparagraph (A). In
applying section 802 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of this
paragraph, section 802(e)(2) shall not apply and the term—</text>
<clause id="IDe14717d61b4f4910ae8cef497b16e4b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text><quote>joint
resolution</quote> or <quote>joint resolution described in subsection
(a)</quote> means only a joint resolution introduced during the period
beginning on the submission or publication date and ending 60 days thereafter
(excluding days either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days
during a session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause of which
is as follows: “That Congress directs, notwithstanding the prohibition
contained in (3)(b)(4)(A) of the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of
2011, the __ to publish the notice of final rulemaking for the regulation or
regulations that were the subject of the analysis submitted by the __ to
Congress on __.” (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in.); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3f246473594b45029a3a95a7f9b04a89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text><quote>submission
or publication date</quote> means—</text>
<subclause id="IDddd602ae79c8465a9d5b81282f063ad0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the date on which
the analysis under paragraph (1)(B) is submitted to Congress under paragraph
(4)(B); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID76aad183bcf6433b8cfafc0f4a7db031"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the analysis
is submitted to Congress less than 60 session days or 60 legislative days
before the date on which the Congress adjourns a session of Congress, the date
on which the same or succeeding Congress first convenes its next
session.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2b996e7b77ab4e37a15f7c8168c83080"><enum>3984.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), obtaining, causing to be
obtained, or soliciting information for purposes of complying with section 3
with respect to a proposed rulemaking shall not be construed to be a collection
of information, provided that the agency has first issued an advanced notice of
proposed rulemaking in connection with the regulation, identifies that advanced
notice of proposed rulemaking in its solicitation of information, and informs
the person from whom the information is obtained or solicited that the
provision of information is voluntary.</text>
</section><section id="IDd5d134ec8f4440e28c7afae2cc110770"><enum>3985.</enum><header>Public
availability of data and regulatory analysis</header>
<subsection id="ID60fc3f3b684b46d490373b65f9ad6f54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At or before the commencement of the public comment
period with respect to a regulation, the agency shall make available on its
public website sufficient information about the data, methodologies, and
assumptions underlying the analyses performed pursuant to section 3 so that the
analytical results of the agency are capable of being substantially reproduced,
subject to an acceptable degree of imprecision or error.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDefdadf5ac3d4492c9b41d34c10e22998"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>The
agency shall comply with subsection (a) in a manner that preserves the
confidentiality of nonpublic information, including confidential trade secrets,
confidential commercial or financial information, and confidential information
about positions, transactions, or business practices.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDd99198125dd6428098f47cb15b8fdca1"><enum>3986.</enum><header>Five-year
regulatory impact analysis</header>
<subsection id="IDe1eaf474b2ac4b55bd98afab56f3d40d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of publication in
the Federal Register of a notice of final rulemaking, the chief economist of
the agency shall issue a report that examines the economic impact of the
subject regulation, including the direct and indirect costs and benefits of the
regulation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8f9212df0dda447a9d9cddf7c4cc65ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulatory
impact metrics</header><text>In preparing the report required by subsection
(a), the chief economist shall employ the regulatory impact metrics included in
the notice of final rulemaking pursuant to section 3(b)(1)(C).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa8cdb3c2b1234ab4a8acab55842d6b6e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reproducibility</header><text>The
report shall include the data, methodologies, and assumptions underlying the
evaluation so that the agency’s analytical results are capable of being
substantially reproduced, subject to an acceptable degree of imprecision or
error.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID275f72d3711c45aca0fc9560330e965d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>The
agency shall comply with subsection (c) in a manner that preserves the
confidentiality of nonpublic information, including confidential trade secrets,
confidential commercial or financial information, and confidential information
about positions, transactions, or business practices.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf4fd0193a3cb4ca6b00f56064cf455f6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
agency shall submit the report required by subsection (a) to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives and post it on the public
website of the agency. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall also
submit its report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDff40dfd029e94faba62cffa7fab58644"><enum>3987.</enum><header>Retrospective
review of existing rules</header>
<subsection id="id94E69756A5E04DBF99D9CA8538E3DF5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulatory
improvement plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this title and every 5 years
thereafter, each agency shall develop, submit to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives, and post on the public website of the
agency a plan, consistent with law and its resources and regulatory priorities,
under which the agency will modify, streamline, expand, or repeal existing
regulations so as to make the regulatory program of the agency more effective
or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives. The Commodity
Futures Trading Commission shall also submit its plan to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDdb3257e54709415b8f558bf3a6e1797d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation
progress report</header><text>Two years after the date of submission of each
plan required under subsection (a), each agency shall develop, submit to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and post on
the public website of the agency a report of the steps that it has taken to
implement the plan, steps that remain to be taken to implement the plan, and,
if any parts of the plan will not be implemented, reasons for not implementing
those parts of the plan. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall also
submit its plan to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDc0da31fa24fc4583a4dc9ab4d9a67836"><enum>3988.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="ID44d0e2b591154d71b5f607133fbab40e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the
period beginning on the date on which a notice of final rulemaking for a
regulation is published in the Federal Register and ending 1 year later, a
person that is adversely affected or aggrieved by the regulation is entitled to
bring an action in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit for judicial review of agency compliance with the requirements
of section 3.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4dce7784dc9943c2b16e5c259e72fdac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Stay</header><text>The
court may stay the effective date of the regulation or any provision
thereof.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDfe9ae868f44f48c78a4d64e1a51f36aa"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relief</header><text>If
the court finds that an agency has not complied with the requirements of
section 3, the court shall vacate the subject regulation, unless the agency
shows by clear and convincing evidence that vacating the regulation would
result in irreparable harm. Nothing in this section affects other limitations
on judicial review or the power or duty of the court to dismiss any action or
deny relief on any other appropriate legal or equitable ground.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDd781593468bc4a3889e125ffc1cc0f2d"><enum>3989.</enum><header>Chief
Economists Council</header>
<subsection id="IDd17d9cbc08204d4e84c862d57967f925"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Chief Economists Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID307fd030b55c460b94e71ca6ce62d4ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Council shall consist of the chief economist of each agency. The members of the
Council shall select the first chairperson of the Council. Thereafter the
position of Chairperson shall rotate annually among the members of the
Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDdc50499f8b2e4e849a381208bf04403b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Council shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but not less frequently than
quarterly.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID055dd5ee7d6941fb9cdd8f03dbaaaf23"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>One
year after the effective date of this title and annually thereafter, the
Council shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate and the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Agriculture
of the House of Representatives a report on—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbd3a1116dbd24a9fa6b4499ac2ab6571"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the benefits and
costs of regulations adopted by the agencies during the past 12 months;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf9b1ac58ffc04da187320c48bc6ecd3b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the regulatory
actions planned by the agencies for the upcoming 12 months;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDad3b097f77eb45a494fcef8e9b73e04a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the cumulative
effect of the existing regulations of the agencies on economic activity,
innovation, international competitiveness of entities regulated by the
agencies, and net job creation (excluding jobs related to ensuring compliance
with the regulation);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID878d8eb5000b45799da6791b29720c54"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the training and
qualifications of the persons who prepared the cost-benefit analyses of each
agency during the past 12 months;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID019bc39e4d414eeb867c864c3629814a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the sufficiency
of the resources available to the chief economists during the past 12 months
for the conduct of the activities required by this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9324949c83ff48a0bf25e5cd26016265"><enum>(6)</enum><text>recommendations
for legislative or regulatory action to enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of financial regulation in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd34b397060d446d696450bb1e0373746"><enum>3990.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(a) of
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 19(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID61ce593ae29d4369856d77b270013793"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6f6d128cece54536abce272e99d0c636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking (2) and all that follows through <quote>light of—</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6904E2F6A72414F824FCDB8AB627926" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE97AE7DAB71742FB861AE6A404B05174"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>Before
promulgating a regulation under this chapter or issuing an order (except as
provided in paragraph (2)), the Commission shall take into
consideration—</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABDD9BD67A0E4B1FB9B531A9E1163F23"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf0fbf44e7e234b8d93e9cf6878f3de93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>futures</quote> and inserting <quote>the
relevant</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc410e386c782476ba4aa546d3c6bcbbc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc07e0a3ccc92406e90f77f8d1ed8492b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa1389fa361bb44f7b1f31f3d4a574bec"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id05780A0BFAF849299082D8FF848507DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID0871bc5306124b4f886f09566a55e9f5"><enum>3991.</enum><header>Other
regulatory entities</header>
<subsection id="ID0db50297bdb1437bbae4c33b9d462ca6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Securities and
exchange commission</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this title, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall provide
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report
setting forth a plan for subjecting the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and any national securities
association registered under section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78o–4(a)) to the requirements of this title, other than direct
representation on the Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID17d2add658c2430c9d607536c29fc332"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commodity
futures trading commission</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this title, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall
provide to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report setting forth
a plan for subjecting any futures association registered under section 17 of
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 21) to the requirements of this title,
other than direct representation on the Council.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID50a26740c90e410f8a8938551407ca3e"><enum>3992.</enum><header>Avoidance of
duplicative or unnecessary analyses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An agency may perform the analyses required
by this title in conjunction with, or as a part of, any other agenda or
analysis required by any other provision of law, if such other analysis
satisfies the provisions this Act.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID508b5554f044427b9f354f8a2a02b06e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3993.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this title the
application of any provision of this title to any person or circumstance, is
held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, and the remainder of this title, shall not be affected
thereby.</text>
</section><enum>XIV</enum><header>Regulatory
Responsibility for Our Economy Act</header>
<section id="idDAC5656B5CA54721A08519C560A97DF7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3994.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Regulatory Responsbility for Our Economy Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id980F795EBD1D49C4A925936AC2667142"><enum>3995.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="id681EA70E67174F6EB9E6990E528F2559"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> means any authority of the United States that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDA3EAB75691949858222C13B5B345CE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agency as
defined under section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE32A0E238B34CDB845704442D84BB94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include an
independent regulatory agency as defined under section 3502(5) of title 44,
United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7696E08A0FBB4FE9A0AD858A5E701FD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulation</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id32CB2068E6044FA0B00EBC608B4107D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means an agency
statement of general applicability and future effect, which the agency intends
to have the force and effect of law, that is designed to implement, interpret,
or prescribe law or policy or to describe the procedure or practice
requirements of an agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D5E3FA7ED714083A6F8CBF414EA4DC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not
include—</text>
<clause id="id5E7084022D0F47EF91D1E19E36953E27"><enum>(i)</enum><text>regulations
issued in accordance with the formal rulemaking provisions of sections 556 and
557 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</clause><clause id="id79A7766B00D448ABA091379F01F7434A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regulations that
pertain to a military or foreign affairs function of the United States, other
than procurement regulations and regulations involving the import or export of
non-defense articles and services; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id090C26E0CEDC498FB44FE393C78F78E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>regulations
that are limited to agency organization, management, or personnel
matters;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id58D404F0067C4DAF8E4E34BDB77146BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>regulatory action</term> means any substantive action by an agency
(normally published in the Federal Register) that promulgates or is expected to
lead to the promulgation of a final regulation, including notices of inquiry,
advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices of proposed rulemaking;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id157DB35C07C64283952A0D0B415E6C49"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>significant regulatory action</term> means any regulatory action that is
likely to result in a regulation that may—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC78D3A14FE5F488FB17C135B6B944263"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have an annual
effect on the economy of $100,000,000 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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77FF3AD828294B2593E0B747F1C94215"><enum>(B)</enum><text>create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another
agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA757B47F4E3E492FA34B96CEBC0B14C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>materially alter
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or
the rights and obligation of recipients thereof;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F4D1F7CBD414F0A8E994A7998034CD1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>add to the
national debt; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id807DF238D825433BB0244EEECC1AB4F2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>raise novel legal
or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or
the principles set forth in this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id7C6ADA8503224DC99CDFD87EEDF97D50"><enum>3996.</enum><header>Agency
requirements</header>
<subsection id="id8D721BC7065F4F379560A7255BB091E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal
regulatory system</header><text>The Federal regulatory system shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C73B9480C3E4EC0ABDB3C64E9B23C42"><enum>(1)</enum><text>protect the
public health, welfare, safety, and the environment of the United States,
especially those promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and
job creation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A24424D51CA4F46A209B950EBDDC6EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be based on the
best available science and information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA4B5351DFA354A4EB7EDADE08B101B0D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>allow for public
participation and an open exchange of ideas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAB68E2AF575F4EF399D0BDF3EFF332CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promote
predictability and reduce uncertainty, including adherence to a clearly
articulated timeline for the release of regulatory documents at all stages of
the regulatory process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id84D5C45E305641EF84CCFFF3EE9B26DC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify and use
the best, most innovative, and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory
ends;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id37E52E0F2F8542DBB3D3BE768F99499A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>take into account
benefits and costs, both quantitative and qualitative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9A9E092596864853A941295E95BDDAD1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>ensure that
regulations are accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to
understand; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4E926D9AD8DF44E3B690BDFCF3DA1AD1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>measure, and seek
to improve, the actual results of regulatory requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3DD479582BD1421A870155AA0E1540D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each
agency shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id7AC49915E8A54774BACCE72D1447B0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>propose or adopt
a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that the benefits of the
regulation justify the costs of the regulation to the extent permitted by
law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8EC783ABE46D418F8C78C83831DB9CCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>tailor
regulations of the agency to impose the least burden on society, consistent
with obtaining regulatory objectives, taking into account, among other things,
the costs of cumulative regulations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E346F8EE9D24147B1A5AE26F4D0B76A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>select, in
choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, those approaches that
maximize net benefits, including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety, and other advantages, distributive impacts, and
equity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE7C2C65647B444B2B0AE150EB56B3289"><enum>(4)</enum><text>specify
performance objectives, rather than specifying the behavior or manner of
compliance that regulated entities are required to adopt;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9A52F4AA0A6A43C7BD7EDA51BAD22FC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify and
assess available alternatives to direct regulation, including providing
economic incentives to encourage the desired behavior, such as user fees or
marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices can be made by
the public; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID60466e3ef86b494095583f04f3fd9263"><enum>(6)</enum><text>use the best
available techniques to quantify anticipated present and future benefits and
costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3752EE11FE2844F49FA38CF6CE306D3F"><enum>3997.</enum><header>Public
participation</header>
<subsection id="idC3AC344D8F1147438DE1FE1507622D59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations shall
be—</text>
<paragraph id="id9691417218F94103803C5C3EDD461B7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adopted through a process that involves
public participation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3BCAC43DB9434D58B31D2AAC9E95F3CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based, to the extent consistent with law,
on the open exchange of information and perspectives among State, local, and
tribal officials, experts in relevant disciplines, affected stakeholders in the
private sector, and the public as a whole.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID31d4b2550fe04e10a4e3c15ba0700ce5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Opportunity To
participate</header><text>Each agency shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id054C1FC1347B47D3A08535FCFBDF092A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide the
public with an opportunity to participate in the regulatory process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id41BA3BE5662D46EBAACEA4FD0235E5A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as authorized by
law, afford the public a meaningful opportunity to comment through the Internet
on any proposed regulation, with a comment period that shall begin on the date
on which the proposed regulation is published in the Federal Register and be
not less than 60 days, unless the relevant regulation is designated by the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to be an
emergency rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id32DFBB7D37FB41B8A7F1AF95DAEA9412"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide, for both
proposed and final rules, timely online access to the rulemaking docket on
regulations.gov, including relevant scientific and technical findings, in an
open format that can be easily searched and downloaded; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFEC1A83326C3445D95275114CC0999A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for proposed
rules, provide access to include, to the extent permitted by law, an
opportunity for public comment on all pertinent parts of the rulemaking docket,
including relevant scientific and technical findings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc8b09f7e28fb49aca1223e7adc140ebb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Seeking
affected parties</header><text>Before issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking,
each agency shall, where appropriate, seek the views of those who are likely to
be affected, including those who are likely to benefit from and those who are
potentially subject to such rulemaking.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC93C0FCB7CA244AEAF6CAA873026196A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delay of
implementation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id3B43F36429104674AD434EF1B2564384"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An agency shall delay implementation of an interim final
rule until final disposition of a challenge is entered by a court in the United
States, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idDAC9FB300B71408FA8F77ECED9A42606"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agency
excepted the rule from notice and public procedure under section 553(b)(B) of
title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4A808C64A3E14EBB8A8AE8D3E1FE5CAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agency
exception of the rule described under paragraph (1) is challenged in a court in
the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7184B61EE5D940C1801D90C054BB9934"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Length of
delay</header><text>If implementation of an interim final rule is delayed under
paragraph (1), the delay shall continue until a final disposition of the
challenge is entered by the court.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB13E06E039DD4E6D882EB5F7505EBB01"><enum>3998.</enum><header>Integration
and innovation</header>
<subsection id="id6C9782613A2D41848C2D0922B0948369"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="idAE7A7EC42C0C466F96858A3E549ED17C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>some sectors and
industries face a significant number of regulatory requirements, some of which
may be redundant, inconsistent, or overlapping; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id196301BDE7024EACA798F9CBB91EFBEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>greater
coordination across agencies should reduce these requirements, thus reducing
costs and simplifying and harmonizing rules.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1EF46A5DDA614A6AA5F40ADBFE43EB61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Promotion of
innovation</header><text>In developing regulatory actions and identifying
appropriate approaches, each agency shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id8BD20C33E7BD487C946FDFE36D0F0AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote
coordination, simplification, and harmonization; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0FB4A1D144844062BA7299F0643562CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify means to
achieve regulatory goals that are designed to promote innovation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDf84258b5f33a4b5688af69f299700872"><enum>3999.</enum><header>Flexible
approaches</header>
<subsection id="idA211674D5A5840FB9F78F04EE5B40E49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency shall
identify and consider regulatory approaches that reduce burdens, especially
economic burdens, and maintain flexibility and freedom of choice for the
public.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idFDA38C8AB97E4311956CFC5E495EDE8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The approaches described under subsection
(a) shall include warnings, appropriate default rules, disclosure requirements,
and the provision of information to the public in a form that is clear and
intelligible.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID95395a2f7c2e430fa00f6756441d57ba"><enum>3999A.</enum><header>Science</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each agency shall ensure the objectivity of
any scientific and technological information and processes used to support the
regulatory actions of the agency.</text>
</section><section id="ID2b5a6c80ab1146bab80eb4e24c33c917"><enum>3999B.</enum><header>Retrospective
analyses of existing rules</header>
<subsection id="id8799D4005EC543919B0484E2EF13ABD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retrospective
analyses</header>
<paragraph id="idCF2CD6ECCBFE44758D931CB49B328D3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate the
periodic review of existing significant regulatory actions, agencies shall
consider how best to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be
outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and to modify,
streamline, expand, or repeal such regulations in accordance with what has been
learned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5F266F5CEDCE45F5A0F26FBBDEAE4FAF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Once
every 5 years, each agency may enter into an agreement with a qualified private
organization to conduct the retrospective analysis described in paragraph (1)
of the agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6C55AFFA229C4D29A3E4ABDA5797C80A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication
online</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any retrospective
analyses conducted under this subsection, including supporting data, shall be
published online.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID625e2921074c46cf9d9599dee5533e17"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agency
plans</header>
<paragraph id="id846F02E01AE648C2AF1788B54FEFA947"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<subparagraph id="id960D4FEBAD2549E982232517D3F8B24C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this title, each agency shall develop and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a preliminary plan for reviewing significant
regulatory actions issued by the agency, consistent with law, under which the
agency shall review its existing significant regulatory actions once every 5
years to determine whether such regulations should be modified, streamlined,
expanded, or repealed so as to make the regulatory program of the agency more
effective or less burdensome in achieving the regulatory objectives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8F6D6F183AAB4C6E877A22DEFB59B33A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>If
the plan described in subparagraph (A) includes suggestions for needed repeals
a timeline for such repeals shall also be included in the plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3296C88A6F764D6D8E0C3FEEF2E9CB71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon
completion of a review under a plan submitted under paragraph (1), each agency
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id0661A88098FC4CC29C8D9FDEC33DC4E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the
outcome of the review, including which regulations were modified, streamlined,
expanded, or repealed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id3E3D08A6FA2645D985322135FDA027A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
reasons for the modifications, streamlining, expansions, or repeals described
in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id121FB5C07FD8480BAC9BD5FE744A4E34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in any case where
an agency did not take action, describes the reasons why the agency did not
take action to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal any significant regulatory
actions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XV</enum><header>Reducing
Regulatory Burdens Act</header>
<section commented="no" id="H0ACFA1EE3E9C4E12B9B31F99374700FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3999C.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC5F1E60820F144FABE5143A294C315B0"><enum>3999D.</enum><header>Use of
authorized pesticides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(f)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB3FC76262C347D5B117909ED652E853" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAADEE929A4F34D2FBA6EDD21C0E74FAD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of
authorized pesticides</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except
as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the
Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a
discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized
for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a
pesticide, resulting from the application of such
pesticide.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H64C452B9ABA74D418D2F8FB8183E19AC"><enum>3999E.</enum><header>Discharges of
pesticides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H320D99D65F744971B7DBFE3AE9A20723" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC86E024F90784A89B3F354AD179A9528"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Discharges of
pesticides</header>
<paragraph id="HFC77B4BFA35C43EA81A99DC0E37625E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No permit
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator
or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable
waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a
pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC2A1EA386E42DCB0E68BA39E557A60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph
(1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide
residue:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE59CB086556A4E9B8B70A56A710B5872"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A discharge resulting from the application
of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality,
if—</text>
<clause id="H15807AF25672452BB17000D0EDBDBD82"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the discharge would not have occurred but
for the violation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H09ABCF4F66F54068AD71240A792378D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of pesticide or pesticide
residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the
violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA2066D774754695AC7D24DB9E9B9467"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stormwater discharges subject to regulation
under subsection (p).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H11C811AF92D64AB6AAC7E74AF174837A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following discharges subject to
regulation under this section:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H662EB3852DF14767B269FA6099EC340F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Manufacturing or
industrial effluent.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1A72A01C86CA477B9EDFE22760BBD8C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Treatment works
effluent.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E113A9B5FFF4CBE9DED8C213C154BDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Discharges
incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting
from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling
prevention.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section>DDomestic Energy
Job Promotion
<enum>I</enum><header>Domestic Jobs,
Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act</header>
<section id="id548BF30320C0443194F0333164C09B79"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction
Act</quote>.</text>
</section><subtitle commented="no" id="id3DCD312B5CDF4C14B42E7A1446676B8D" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outer Continental Shelf leasing</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7DBBBBD74EF4D828E01E0F3F5C62F79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leasing program considered
approved</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6939C62465454732A21586918372CE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf
Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) under section 18
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is considered to have
been approved by the Secretary as a final oil and gas leasing program under
that section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3976DF4A5BA6481F9816BF403F210251"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final environmental impact
statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
considered to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the
program described in subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements under
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F008F949DD042B28F148507F43AB0F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F6ECC0885C54EE7A549F289D1EE36E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this
section, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and
every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this
section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a lease sale in each
outer Continental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary determines that
there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for
production on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF36D959B0294423B4C301F7476EF6B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent determinations and
sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
determines that there is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil
and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area
under this section, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A0D9703C22D4463B4393B6A2AD3D81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether there is a commercial
interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer
Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E510B218E3E4E54A7E4370B789F0EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that there is a
commercial interest described in subsection (a), conduct a lease sale in the
planning area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd624b06cf82c4930a4c0ec90ca41b2c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion from
5-year lease program</header><text>If a planning area for which there is a
commercial interest described in subsection (a) was not included in a 5-year
lease program, the Secretary shall include leasing in the planning area in the
subsequent 5-year lease program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd7e88daa36e24b36bcadf33936b67fe2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Petitions</header><text>If
a person petitions the Secretary to conduct a lease sale for an outer
Continental Shelf planning area in which the person has a commercial interest,
not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of the petition, the Secretary
shall conduct a lease sale for the area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id28D85D7AFE1A4D00B5AE42C341367B1A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to the North Atlantic Planning Area.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id664AD54CE99244488632273A92B81F66"><enum>4113.</enum><header>Applications
for permits to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539EB49753C74A6890477705DF4C91DD" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F81B317EA3747ED89E503E8909B2A30"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Applications
for permits to drill</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5008C471FF894E699B4ECB8ED604E7F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall approve or
disapprove an application for a permit to drill submitted under this Act not
later than 20 days after the date the application is submitted to the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCD467A1CE8E4015892AA4C6B65632B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disapproval</header><text>If
the Secretary disapproves an application for a permit to drill submitted under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69F5844521043A4893807E36BCEAA11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide to the
applicant a description of the reasons for the disapproval of the
application;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFFF976287B042DD986B1DD7B76C00EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow the
applicant to resubmit an application during the 10-day period beginning on the
date of the receipt of the description by the applicant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98F52C1ADA8B416897B6D322E5529FF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or
disapprove any resubmitted application not later than 10 days after the date
the application is submitted to the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id21FB044B09FA4381ACDE0C7B91E3A78C"><enum>4114.</enum><header>Lease sales
for certain areas</header>
<subsection id="idCFE6B5BB90234189969CDE19C66891B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable but not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
hold—</text>
<paragraph id="idD601FDE87A6B4FF2AEBD16FFF6DDDD7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Lease Sale 216
for areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDF3635C1A812444BAF76BA171E5BBA60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lease Sale 218
for areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67A7CD22B7F642BFA5604C8A7E5EAC8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Lease Sale 220
for areas offshore the State of Virginia; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id125ED229583C46B489526BB174D0A4C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Lease Sale 222
for areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D14EB5FC64149F0B6DF6F26841D3484"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with
other laws</header><text>For purposes of the Lease Sales described in
subsection (a), the Environmental Impact Statement for the 2007-2015-Year OCS
Plan and the applicable Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement shall be
considered to satisfy the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd080402b59bf48c588cd88278c124e1e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy projects
in the Gulf of Mexico</header>
<paragraph id="ID6b0b9d1305e84aa59152ded763a858b1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>The
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy projects and permits to drill
carried out in the Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78a2df2d14e94515a1be79d3276fd74b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Filing
deadline</header><text>Any civil action to challenge a project or permit
described in paragraph (1) shall be filed not later than 60 days after the date
of approval of the project or the issuance of the permit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id971FFF73B5EF4AF6B3C5B9FC8A61A78D" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory streamlining</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf6bfce1956f64a10bd475b01ce286f18" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial leasing program for oil shale
resources on public land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of the Oil Shale, Tar Sands,
and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(e)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD36CC4AAC8344E6AA2BE0F6A85435E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>Not later</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E2AD21CF3F049AABB22CCFB7B73795C" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC27570091C8C4D6A847C8D1D24360B0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530B11C360324871BE4A9632D97F0420"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A183B78CFAC495ABFCD96DE0133CFF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>If the Secretary</quote>
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10BE17DC0C734599B4E2AB3D5CFAD9A1" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E41C907668940E5A0D4D1A785E6E1A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE00D0DE61FF24704AA878F3BA8D170C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABB045F9398345DD86C48FB66518B33A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>may</quote> and
inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id266F1786A40C436BB909B563613B7EFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the last sentence, by striking
<quote>Evidence of interest</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ED80B00AFF54BE6B01747460E0E3CC0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D4484C6C49A4A99823BAB97CCB36A3E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence of
interest</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0B032ED41074CF8A327341DEAA9BC0E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6ED509CA0F945A2A09F453ABAB3FDA0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84DE282690C84C9FA3607BC3D0BC5E36"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent lease sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During any period for which the Secretary
determines that there is sufficient support and interest in a State in the
development of tar sands and oil shale resources, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54904DA8C10D4A8F8074F6BC01D2C3AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least annually, consult with the persons
described in paragraph (1) to expedite the commercial leasing program for oil
shale resources on public land in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99E9BE584AF54E16BD21EE409BE72356"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least once every 270 days, conduct a
lease sale in the State under the commercial leasing program
regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB10B335B78CE43D5B9A2C18584FEDFAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jurisdiction over covered energy
projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H528CD0FD1BFA41FE8E584B0841EA42B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of covered energy
project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>covered energy project</term> means any action or decision by a
Federal official regarding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8AC154ED48D4CD4BB4CFB00BA6046EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the leasing of Federal land (including
submerged land) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or
transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy,
including actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of Federal
land for such leasing; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87CDB2AEDB874855818DE4AF007F584F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any action under such a lease, except that
this section and Act shall not apply to a dispute between the parties to a
lease entered into a provision of law authorizing the lease regarding
obligations under the lease or the alleged breach of the lease.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0250A52E1C04B3CB8EA00A57F770682"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and
claims relating to covered energy projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims under this section or any
other Act that arise from any covered energy project.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H707B55454E8A47DA9FE74E4F9309AE43"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time for filing complaint</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05D296F33C354D338CF28706D3EF3B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each case or claim described in subsection
(b) shall be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the
date of the action or decision by a Federal official that constitutes the
covered energy project concerned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E5D624E9B14CCFBF08BA6AB859EFDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any cause or claim described in subsection
(b) that is not filed within the time period described in paragraph (1) shall
be barred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07AD64FE27DB40A2BFCD3EC46CDF1E71"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">District court for the District of Columbia
deadline</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D82D0960A454DA8B1147997ACDF5199"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each proceeding that is subject to
subsection (b) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDB8051285B49C49E27204CE7B12F59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be resolved as expeditiously as practicable
and in any event not more than 180 days after the cause or claim is filed;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA0355C2CA0C433000C3ADEADC003452"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take precedence over all other pending
matters before the district court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633E5876F7034D019930E4C212BF13FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to comply with
deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an interlocutory
or final judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court
by the deadline required under this section, the cause or claim shall be
dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to the cause or claim shall be
terminated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B06A9169E24C5E9C74E59988D0A788"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ability To seek appellate
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An interlocutory or
final judgment, decree, or order of the district court under this section may
be reviewed by no other court except the Supreme Court.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EEA85A9152843AE88CD249E47A140CF"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for appeal to the Supreme
Court</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a writ of certiorari
has been granted by the Supreme Court pursuant to subsection (e), the
interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court shall
be resolved as expeditiously as practicable and in any event not more than 180
days after the interlocutory or final judgment, decree, order of the district
court is issued.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D1A308D3FE649EBAA3BD1101F03CBCA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4133.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental impact
statements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id657C730525234E61A0A5E3DE65CF4DA3" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9759527ADB1447A0AACEE0D1E4E807C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion and review of environmental
impact statements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FDF013E24E44B969EC6BF67F37483FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id927138ECD49D42E989E321BA14E32915"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
each review carried out under section 102(2)(C) with respect to any action
taken under any provision of law, or for which funds are made available under
any provision of law, shall be completed not later than the date that is 270
days after the commencement of the review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2C8F9B64968409C875536C056194705"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to complete review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a review described in paragraph (1) has
not been completed for an action subject to section 102(2)(C) by the date
specified in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD577766154ED451788EB9BE24628B1D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the action shall be considered to have no
significant impact described in section 102(2)(C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA27DA9CB8B42C394B5A50397FF7FF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that classification shall be considered to
be a final agency action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6541D0DA40534ECC9146EA78EAC91CF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unemployment
rate</header><text>If the national unemployment rate is 5 percent or more, the
lead agency conducting a review of an action under this section shall use the
most expeditious means authorized under this title to conduct the
review.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe456610a312f4061b88729e0edf74779"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lead agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lead agency for a review of an action
under this section shall be the Federal agency to which funds are made
available for the action.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e78f0b4937c4e25aabd15689dd9f1c6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D767552E089442BA5B38ABBBA6525BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be a single administrative
appeal for each review carried out pursuant to section 102(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B74F119A8F74909B09B83ECD2495DEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D9045C90E58461DB2736FF9C38AC54D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On resolution of the administrative appeal,
judicial review of the final agency decision after exhaustion of administrative
remedies shall lie with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id019ECDA8DEC64B0E8BEBE37265631690"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An appeal to the court described in
subparagraph (A) shall be based only on the administrative record.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD15C7CE7FFAE4CA498B746A54E41D0F9"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pendency of judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After an agency has made a final decision
with respect to a review carried out under this subsection, the decision shall
be effective during the course of any subsequent appeal to a court described in
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4455E7089DC4410A728B68C8D0E14BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each civil action covered by this section
shall be considered to arise under the laws of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC017317D11EF42DDA9F38C347E83E917" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4134.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clean air regulation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1652424BDDE4831A19677D3D5B0AB82"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of greenhouse
gases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(g) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7010089D86F841F187A7847F12739D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(g) The term</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF470F4196ADF4443817F9D7EE9AC8211" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D963CF3A6E64397BB8AA7333FCDF8E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Air pollutant</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DE0AF78A5FB4167BB6F0046667505A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7775A5224833411CBE9FA8D77D83A50B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Such term</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD60BF6F5783D4F4AAE9AC3B425C05153" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB3AAC1380D8446685AC05E017A2A3BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>air
pollutant</term></text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE018826F90004C98A56A26E8285EDD29"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9AD21E61DA743DF9B647A4B387E9DDD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5F14D08108B48779B8A0426A68C9DF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>air pollutant</term> does
not include carbon dioxide, methane from agriculture or livestock, or water
vapor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90A9E92517348808B0F9277AC599043"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emission waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall not grant to any State any waiver of Federal preemption
of motor vehicle standards under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7543(b)) for preemption under that Act for any regulation of the State to
control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28DC75EEA3BB418F8144DE2EFBB8B4E7"><enum>4135.</enum><header>Employment
effects of actions under Clean Air Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(b) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7621(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB2D44E3693A47959D5AA100B96D9C17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the first through eighth
sentences as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DFC3FD950584AE69BCD7365C31464F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id781BD86A5CE24FAEA68B1D10E32C7FAE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE6D9CFDD0E4B49B48F9CE89D0B7935"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Economic
analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30
days before conducting a public hearing or providing notice of a determination
that a hearing is not necessary with respect to a requirement described in
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21F2C16B83BA4A6B989A14C0B25EBD50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a full economic analysis of the
requirement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D91DF44A5E84C78BCBB712D51B3447D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the results
of the analysis available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a72bb837fa54bc8ad4a0c88d31960b4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Economic
review board</header>
<subparagraph id="idFE5F5296BE1040DC9CB65AFBA3223031"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the
Administrator makes the results of an economic analysis of a requirement
available to the public under paragraph (9)(B), the Secretary of Commerce shall
establish an economic review board consisting of a representative from each
Federal agency with jurisdiction over affected industries to assess—</text>
<clause id="idC76A8D6AD738427B92EF6EAE29FD9680"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cumulative
economic impact of the requirement, including the direct, indirect,
quantifiable, and qualitative effects;</text>
</clause><clause id="id17166602D11C4F5DA7792FFBBD79D6B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of
compliance with the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD9394B825DB6434EA52B065DA767CF3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effect of
the requirement on the retirement or closure of domestic businesses;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2B5A1207848047D387ED2584DB890D6E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the direct and
indirect adverse impacts on the economies of local communities that are
projected to result from the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4CED0BCBFDD5466185B5173C4D190F4F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>energy sectors
that could be expected to retire units as a result of the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id943E861732944F6493852E3F1BE17D01"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the impact of
the requirement on the price of electricity, oil, gas, coal, and renewable
resources;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDFB2E54A43A54DE180154B3D9470492D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the economic
harm to consumers resulting from the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB20528FA48B64422B90DF84D773BD20C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the impact of
the requirement on the ability of industries and businesses in the United
States to compete with industries and businesses in other countries, with
respect to competitiveness in both domestic and foreign markets;</text>
</clause><clause id="idACDFC99C242A4DFA969767F2EDD092ED"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the regions of
the United States that are forecasted to be—</text>
<subclause id="id55328D416BFF4D2282E7730A245B1636"><enum>(I)</enum><text>most affected
from the direct and indirect adverse impacts of the requirement from the
retirement of impacted units and increased prices for retail electricity,
transportation fuels, heating oil, and petrochemicals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4C781B3607984F5B90E6A5195263F582"><enum>(II)</enum><text>least affected
from adverse impacts described in subclause (I) due to the creation of new jobs
and economic growth that are expected to result directly and indirectly from
energy construction projects;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id824AE1B0EB1A4A0F8CE4269AADC19588"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the adverse
impacts of the requirement on electric reliability that are expected to result
from the retirement of electric generation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2310912EEABB4EB3B287D98B3B08190F"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the geographical
distribution of the projected adverse electric reliability impacts of the
requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id31A9C8C554694F15995B0BD31C11193F"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and local policies that have been or will be implemented to support energy
infrastructure in the United States, including policies that promote fuel
diversity, affordable and reliable electricity, and energy security; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6BC61D66BBC146A6A2E54B84973280B4"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>other direct
and indirect impacts that are expected to result from the cumulative obligation
to comply with the requirement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22622DF01C0D4F8E8B2F47F86BB7F69D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after the date on which the economic review board completes
the assessment of a requirement under subparagraph (A), the economic review
board shall submit to Congress, the President, and the Secretary a report that
describes the results of the assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd201165b6eaf44a28fe6a81b6b122221"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator shall not promulgate regulations to implement a requirement
described in paragraph (1) until at least 60 days after the date of submission
of the report on the requirement under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA17E6BA9ED744E62A0A56C9105C2C3A5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4136.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endangered species</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA75B56304744124B15B1964D925A9C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A0AFCE18F01425FAFA8CB621AADAC54" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAADA1682F1A24969B4DC9B5CA3EA6561"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the declaration of an emergency by the
Governor of a State, the Secretary shall, for the duration of the emergency,
temporarily exempt from the prohibition against taking, and the prohibition
against the adverse modification of critical habitat, under this Act any action
that is reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the
emergency, including the operation of any water supply or flood control project
by a Federal
agency.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E684549DBA54787ADB8F49FF992B224"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of
greenhouse gas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79EFDF55B64A4F6E8AB0B5D5A24C4470"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6928E638BBC94E24A9BD77FCB6F2AFBF" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A2C3C87D3AC44F081808500B0FAAB5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>19.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of
greenhouse gas</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9831996343C46FF913773C049864A39"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of greenhouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>greenhouse
gas</term> means any of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6E88C96BF244E0BC843B28E28F6188"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon dioxide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ADF1DCE7AD74C3A8EF3C718776C29ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methane;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09A469CAA35B48CDB3B6902FCD80B048"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nitrous oxide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA6F42ADBB0C4713859BE60069181420"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sulfur hexafluoride;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD56358FBC5324A7300E445DA00FB82B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hydrofluorocarbon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D037E1C8F7848E299CFE23EC51FAC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a perfluorocarbon; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFD4683ACF34DA0AF3D9918A8FB6CEE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other anthropogenic gas designated by
the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id396C43A2D98F479DAAFFC379F78D32F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impact of greenhouse gas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact of greenhouse gas on any species
of fish or wildlife or plant shall not be considered for any purpose in the
implementation of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9488AA668B845618EB8F21B6D3134BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. prec. 1531) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbd28cf3-2749-4286-9f84-fb6a21c5161f" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 18. Annual cost analysis
by the Fish and Wildlife Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 19. Prohibition of
consideration of impact of greenhouse
gas.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8C9B152E152A4D12A21550EF27F02543"><enum>4137.</enum><header>Reissuance of
permits and leases</header>
<subsection id="idF59114AC7C054ED9BA061C2830C3A213"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Environmental
Protection Agency</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency
shall approve the specification of the areas described in the notice entitled
<quote>Final Determination of the Assistant Administrator for Water Pursuant to
Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act Concerning the Spruce No. 1 Mine, Logan
County, WV</quote> (76 Fed. Reg. 3126; January 19. 2011), with no further
review or analysis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0AA0A826820841EF9F72DEAB9D83C724"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of
the Interior</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue or reissue, with no
further review or analysis, each lease for the production of oil or gas in the
State of Utah was cancelled during any of calendar years 2009 through
2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id50D795C7EC4E4074AB91E66AD2768039"><enum>4138.</enum><header>Central
Valley Project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of
August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 879, chapter 1012; 16 U.S.C. 695d et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E43D1B9B31A495C82976D883698EDB6" style="OLC">
<section id="idA3EA97087DC74D928E9BFDB991E1CD5F"><enum>9.</enum><header>Effect of
biological opinions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in connection with the Central Valley Project, the Bureau of Reclamation and an
agency of the State of California operating a water project in connection with
the Project shall not restrict operations of an applicable project pursuant to
any biological opinion issued under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), if the restriction would result in a level of allocation of water
that is less than the historical maximum level of allocation of water under the
project.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id9F20029BC7D34F5F92DF7BF98577D567"><enum>4139.</enum><header>Beaufort Sea
oil drilling project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a permit under the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)
to Shell Oil Company to permit the Company to drill for oil in the Beaufort
Sea, with no further review or analysis.</text>
</section><section id="idE93809A5B84843E98F79E1C3E7249268"><enum>4140.</enum><header>Environmental
legal fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB22B3340D7B4A4693AA5E2B26D64E74" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2EAF6BC4F0D44077BA7DA9CDB0A303C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Environmental
legal fees</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, no award may
be made under this section and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the
Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any legal fees of
an environmental nongovernmental organization related to an action that (with
respect to the United States)—</text>
<paragraph id="idE6C48EE4860B4A22BFE77F2614D21DA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevents,
terminates, or reduces access to or the production of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0096804DB91B4E79896294883544D67B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65317F7CA1DD49438F64D0D2302418D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a mineral
resource;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5C6BB2293A47448AA42002FD7FA4DED5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water by
agricultural producers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79BC53E9904B467AA84FBFD25CF54FD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a resource by
commercial or recreational fishermen; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7dcae786e5bf4ee894414732ccd64d2f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>grazing or timber
production on Federal land;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DA95F3C2A76414F9DC81C241CB77446"><enum>(2)</enum><text>diminishes the
private property value of a property owner; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id807FA8E3AFE147408A6BA993FCF50062"><enum>(3)</enum><text>eliminates or
prevents 1 or more
jobs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Jobs and Energy
Permitting Act</header>
<section id="id2BBF80F54E0B44369DBFFBA13073616C"><enum>4201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Jobs and Energy Permitting Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID927feebcb3474db0b5774568b3517c71"><enum>4202.</enum><header>Air quality
measurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 328(a)(1)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7627(a)(1)) is amended in the second sentence
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that
any air quality impact of any OCS source shall be measured or modeled, as
appropriate, and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the
corresponding onshore area</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDd1f98fa862b048dabe13a7cd5bfb385c"><enum>4203.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf source</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 328(a)(4) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7627(a)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF37E7808334C46649864BF4F2D39628D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>subsections (a) and (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>this
subsection and subsections (b) and (d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA48D29A7582C47658DED6112EC89B7E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDE0A3DF79FD342E087E1C79D39EDFEEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii)
as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and by indenting the subclauses
appropriately;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3DA8AFE32A3B46FD87E1E1CE5C7A1F46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The terms</quote> and inserting <quote>(i)
<header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—The
terms</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECEC6C1C5B5F43188A01151F76AE5584"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the
undesignated matter following subclause (III) (as redesignated by subparagraph
(A)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAE270C215FC4E30A55FF754BFB44952" style="OLC">
<clause id="idF7F2F4D4739B4107B92E352855395B34"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>OCS source
activity</header><text>An OCS source activity includes platform and drill ship
exploration, construction, development, production, processing, and
transportation.</text>
</clause><clause id="idCBC4C6B8FF49472080F35E70FB8F1A2D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Emissions</header><text>Emissions
from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source, including emissions
while at the OCS source or en route to or from the OCS source within 25 miles
of the OCS source—</text>
<subclause id="id1A157EF2825E4B5093589BE8E41E9ED5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall be
considered direct emissions from the OCS source; but</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idEAEE6D9FAF1143049893872AB6FBF027"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall not be
subject to any emission control requirement applicable to the source under
subpart 1 of part C of title I.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id81B5AD6A63FF4002BB483EF018230DA9"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Platform or
drill ship exploration</header><text>For platform or drill ship exploration, an
OCS source is established at the point in time when drilling commences at a
location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at that location or is
temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates for
weather or other
reasons.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID9aef3674929c4823bd6edfc40b5d82ba"><enum>4204.</enum><header>Permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 328 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7627) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA79E212659E84D1D985FF29F32CD7187" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDe7a5b955f08d419e8622491cb7dce997"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permit
application</header><text>In the case of a completed application for a permit
under this Act for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8125dc9376864c47adaac2e0e6b99d95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>final agency
action (including any reconsideration of the issuance or denial of the permit)
shall be taken not later than 180 days after the date of filing the completed
application;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID840c46f8e8224787873af4afce64f089"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Environmental
Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency shall have no authority to
consider any matter relating to the consideration, issuance, or denial of the
permit;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3388237de0654d7bb70bc3acc1707714"><enum>(3)</enum><text>no administrative
stay of the effectiveness of the permit may extend beyond the date that is 180
days after the date of filing the completed application;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5aef6719b9854c6fa183f14bfd027e06"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the final agency
action shall be considered to be nationally applicable under section 307(b);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5fbcc35cba5649e9bad1bcf5bc6675fc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>judicial review
of the final agency action shall be available only in accordance with section
307(b) without additional administrative review or
adjudication.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>American Energy
and Western Jobs Act</header>
<section id="idF18C2D7050834AEBA92D848A2CBF965B"><enum>4301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>American Energy and Western Jobs Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDd845268457a64e1db6b757113698973d"><enum>4302.</enum><header>Rescission of
certain instruction memoranda</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following are rescinded and shall have
no force or effect:</text>
<paragraph id="id3E18616DF0D44E3D8C8AD4F0432E0192"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau of Land Management Instruction
Memorandum entitled <quote>Oil and Gas Leasing Reform—Land Use Planning and
Lease Parcel Reviews</quote>, numbered 2010–117, and dated May 17, 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDF17308AE7AE4A05809B4F0289AE9247"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau of Land Management Instruction
Memorandum entitled <quote>Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical Exclusion
Policy Revision</quote>, numbered 2010–118, and dated May 17, 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBE094037B5AC4420971A71F7A3F9C3F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Secretarial Order
No. 3310 issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idDE917DFFDE3F4A68B41DCFBF00F6C4B8"><enum>4303.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Mineral Leasing Act</header>
<subsection id="IDc0c8d984c4f04aaab61de583d23899de"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Onshore oil and
gas lease issuance improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing
Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended in the seventh sentence, by striking
<quote>Leases shall be issued within 60 days following payment by the
successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid, if any, and the annual
rental for the first lease year</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary of
the Interior shall automatically issue a lease 60 days after the date of the
payment by the successful bidder of the remainder of the bonus bid, if any, and
the annual rental for the first lease year, unless the Secretary of the
Interior is able to issue the lease before that date. The filing of any protest
to the sale or issuance of a lease shall not extend the date by which the lease
is to be issued</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID77172e4137fc4850b2ea7625c5015264"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F4A2512259540EEAE44005EEB4B4EE4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6a5579f405a440faa9f513b471727080"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Any action seeking judicial review of the adequacy of any
program or site-specific environmental impact statement under section 102 of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) concerning oil
and gas leasing for onshore Federal land shall be barred unless the action is
brought in the appropriate district court of the United States by the date that
is 60 days after the date on which there is published in the Federal Register
the notice of the availability of the environmental impact
statement.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDae61bbe5678149369570c063853c394e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination
of impact of proposed policy modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act is amended by
inserting after section 37 (30 U.S.C. 193) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C8D9025F5FE49649F04C289188AF339" style="OLC">
<section id="ID223da47c26f143bcbe67b68802bd61b3"><enum>38.</enum><header>Determination
of impact of proposed policy modifications</header>
<subsection id="ID8d4f72f8d16e487faeadc107d7093b01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4b1420e5203a4f2bb820355a6380c4f8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The
term <term>Department</term> means the Department of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDba7d52d33a3645048439b6918fe24ed8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc1373e972c494ba9a07a9f0ed30a1012"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duty of
Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="ID64e3798454bd4a9c919ce218b219781c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before the modification and implementation of any onshore
oil or natural gas preleasing or leasing and development policy (as in effect
as of January 1, 2010) or a policy relating to protecting the wilderness
characteristics of public land, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID04fd424034cc4ba099f58c05da984e54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete an
economic impact assessment in accordance with paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd04e072b384f4823b444872a5997fc42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>issue a
determination that the proposed policy modification would have the effects
described in paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa6100a0685a740eaa29fd7ea4416f78e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
carrying out an assessment to determine the impact of a proposed policy
modification described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa678c2f151ee44b2a5ebd94453e8e8c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in consultation
with the appropriate officials of each State (including political subdivisions
of the State) in which 1 or more parcels of land subject to oil and natural gas
leasing are located and any other appropriate individuals or entities, as
determined by the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="IDa25f8a1195ba43d2a7dc4c56695be23c"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7F8AE3F7D8CE41388E6BD7E6465087D4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carry out an economic
analysis of the impact of the policy modification on oil- and natural
gas-related employment opportunities and domestic reliance on foreign imports
of petroleum resources; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDffbc1ded164d4cbba40f2691c26377a3" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>certify that the policy modification
would not result in a detrimental impact on employment opportunities relating
to oil- and natural gas-related development or contribute to an increase in the
domestic use of imported petroleum resources; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDeee4ab99f58f4c73abdc52ecc8ad53b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carry out a
policy assessment to determine the manner by which the policy modification
would impact—</text>
<subclause id="IDe10a65fee54e4d19be5ea0b7102e5937"><enum>(I)</enum><text>revenues from oil
and natural gas receipts to the general fund of the Treasury, including a
certification that the modification would, for the 10-year period beginning on
the date of implementation of the modification, not contribute to an aggregate
loss of oil and natural gas receipts; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID783f37b876834253808d89d84ba8a27e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>revenues to the
treasury of each affected State that shares oil and natural gas receipts with
the Federal Government, including a certification that the modification would,
for the 10-year period beginning on the date of implementation of the
modification, not contribute to an aggregate loss of oil and natural gas
receipts; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0616ddad0c244862ba222ff94dc3b449"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide notice to
the public of, and an opportunity to comment on, the policy modification in a
manner consistent with subchapter II of chapter 5 and chapter 7 of title 5,
United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Administrative Procedure
Act</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDb1016ae2e8074e50ae959d6cb5461812"><enum>4304.</enum><header>Annual report
on revenues generated from multiple use of public land</header>
<subsection id="id25C1F169655D42EFA6113C830978C56B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the annual
agency budget, the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management) and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through
the Chief of the Forest Service) shall submit an annual report detailing, for
each field office, the revenues generated by each use of public land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id572FE0CD6BC0465EA942D9C07946D405"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="id89C6E9F1A42F4E7F89EED94BAC476F53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a line item for each use of public land,
including use for—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb4ee644f438248eb91c60b9f6b8bde49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grazing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1a29dd715e6f41c7a9dfb39a9c8a5e5f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recreation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd95fa9cb785a46d1b90781a9fda3497f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID593c90c905764e7893588eabe84ab855"><enum>(D)</enum><text>leasable
minerals, including a distinct accounting for each of oil, natural gas, coal,
and geothermal development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f56e81f5c684ad19431f21b4910b128"><enum>(E)</enum><text>locatable
minerals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDed03e08e67794633bef85f32d735b320"><enum>(F)</enum><text>renewable energy
sources, including a distinct accounting for each of wind and solar
energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbe39ff9fb9b84b69a6ef7df7439e6901"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the sale of land;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf800597fbbe94dc0970f6d6b3eb0998a"><enum>(H)</enum><text>transmission;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5edefa5ecc094e739b350051be525504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identification of
the total acres designated as wilderness, wilderness study areas, and wild
lands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA2FC96A192BB48F7B48887920310A253"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make the
report prepared under this section publicly available on the applicable agency
website.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9E4F7F34FB754DD1997E26C42E1E591F"><enum>4305.</enum><header>Federal
onshore oil and natural gas production goal</header>
<subsection id="id12707A2929124CB988427A61B170576B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior shall establish a domestic strategic production goal for the
development of oil and natural gas managed by the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id81665469E0A1437E99468C7E81E4C8A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the goal under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID42c4a20cc61442958a0ed1480a26fde4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that the
United States maintains or increases production of Federal onshore oil and
natural gas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5e7d1fc723d449f08bd133e8b8328a87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the
10-year production outlook for Federal onshore oil and natural gas be provided
annually;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7fa936de0ef2415c9953bd385d1d0f81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examine steps to
streamline the permitting process to meet the goal;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a596e1d2e85438ba04cd1252d5a864d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include the goal
in each resource management plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63c4c4928a7d45cb8ce6796fec3e3539"><enum>(5)</enum><text>analyze each
proposed policy of the Department of the Interior for the potential impact of
the policy on achieving the goal before implementation of the policy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID1138216eb127432d858abc0052e81462"><enum>4306.</enum><header>Oil
shale</header>
<subsection id="ID33b5b84c41264ba6bd66c6e675cd0608"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
research and development lease sales</header><text>Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
hold a lease sale in which the Secretary of the Interior shall offer an
additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of
oil shale resources in accordance with the terms offered in the solicitation of
bids for the leases described in the notice entitled “Potential for Oil Shale
Development; Call for Nominations—Oil Shale Research, Development, and
Demonstration (R, D, and D) Program” (74 Fed. Reg. 2611).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb2b01c31be44e34a1dcdfafd5d6d7e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of
regulations</header><text>The final rule entitled “Oil Shale
Management—General” (73 Fed. Reg. 69414), shall apply to all commercial leasing
for the management of federally owned oil shale and any associated minerals
located on Federal land.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Mining Jobs
Protection Act</header>
<section id="id0C4D04C667F64B8F8F13BD193473F43B"><enum>4401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Mining Jobs Protection Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id744E4BF6347043D3A2F324601F331579"><enum>4402.</enum><header>Permits for
dredged or fill material</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by striking subsection (c) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB972877A54CE403AA756E0F917265341" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id8F6036D8FE144E9B8F2EF7984AEF6E81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority of
Administrator To disapprove specifications</header>
<paragraph id="id9DBF70A2A112450499100724AC739ADB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator, in accordance with this subsection,
may prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site, and may
deny or restrict the use of any defined area for specification as a disposal
site, in any case in which the Administrator determines, after notice and
opportunity for public hearings and consultation with the Secretary, that the
discharge of those materials into the area will have an unacceptable adverse
effect on—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD4189CC0D88A42F8A765899AB17C6100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>municipal water
supplies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14E57D0A7E484417B2AF2FAAA336DAF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shellfish beds
and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding areas);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id245CA544E88E4C08B24E004C6DBFB4B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>wildlife;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id688746C961084743917283BD83816618"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recreational
areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3894A23AB017481DB304A901574364C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for
action</header>
<subparagraph id="idEB2CAB1E23224D82943A458D25A44651"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="idA99564C3441145EC9B0FA1BA71957E40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 30
days after the date on which the Administrator receives from the Secretary for
review a specification proposed to be issued under subsection (a), provide
notice to the Secretary of, and publish in the Federal Register, a description
of any potential concerns of the Administrator with respect to the
specification, including a list of measures required to fully address those
concerns; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFE0CAFC3A7214A9CA594D11B3440F09F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the
Administrator intends to disapprove a specification, not later than 60 days
after the date on which the Administrator receives a proposed specification
under subsection (a) from the Secretary, provide to the Secretary and the
applicant, and publish in the Federal Register, a statement of disapproval of
the specification pursuant to this subsection, including the reasons for the
disapproval.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99B0EB786E2842448F1C810B37002244"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to
act</header><text>If the Administrator fails to take any action or meet any
deadline described in subparagraph (A) with respect to a proposed
specification, the Administrator shall have no further authority under this
subsection to disapprove or prohibit issuance of the specification.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id577BE54452E5446194E65DB49C414F45"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No retroactive
disapproval</header>
<subparagraph id="id50FAB102F3044460AB0EA2132F7BC478"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to disapprove or
prohibit issuance of a specification under this subsection—</text>
<clause id="id58CF0E5E10F84E9686615E56A900FCC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>terminates as of
the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Administrator receives the
proposed specification from the Secretary for review; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8E5A5E821B174A0699F40F4D1404F9EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be
used with respect to any specification after issuance of the specification by
the Secretary under subsection (a).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id613F4FD8F9A849B28B74FDE08B8AFDE1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specifications
disapproved before date of enactment</header><text>In any case in which, before
the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Administrator disapproved a
specification under this subsection (as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Jobs Through Growth
Act</short-title>) after the specification was issued by the Secretary pursuant
to subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="id16E5092B4CCE46A9B5A61C81862C560C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary
may—</text>
<subclause id="idD7D89095BF814016880C5E051311DE25"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reevaluate and
reissue the specification after making appropriate modifications; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0EFB0B78D64F4E1E9A2B980591F2E047"><enum>(II)</enum><text>elect not to
reissue the specification; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idC2CD1D77B80F4B0E94B3A0D80E9BFCB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Administrator shall have no further authority to disapprove the modified
specification or any reissuance of the specification.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3215FD7551DA4D93AF9A6E07682317E1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Finality</header><text>An
election by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)(i) shall constitute final
agency action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE01A6342CE634C528680238EBC993B9E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Except
as provided in paragraph (3), this subsection applies to each specification
proposed to be issued under subsection (a) that is pending as of, or requested
or filed on or after, the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Jobs Through Growth
Act</short-title></text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idBBD939B4B5304EE89E6DDEDBE2A14DDE"><enum>4403.</enum><header>Review of
permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404(q) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(q)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id62F88A4B112D4603B61D2DB9BE631EA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>(q) Not later than</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40FF89B3C5734215A30B70E793DF054B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idA001880ED5D34BA0852B7B9FF9BD52A4"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Agreements;
higher review of permits</header>
<paragraph id="id07732AC2920A430A81E5BE0D58DEB97B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="id30214317074344B19739C70C1C43F2A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id592971777F14430F84303FD658914176"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>Such agreements</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2503AC5D7C2143818AB3C085EC6C10CA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idBDA57238C6524FA1B5040574583A6CB0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Agreements
described in subparagraph (A)</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC201318C6C2B4CB19757C588444C357A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id200444FDBD144F5887E35729AFCB6F55" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id805EA7C243DA4056BAF80BA05CE7AEE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Higher review
of permits</header>
<subparagraph id="ID466d43cf79b84328b428310dee3d8234"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (C), before the Administrator or
the head of another Federal agency requests that a permit proposed to be issued
under this section receive a higher level of review by the Secretary, the
Administrator or other head shall—</text>
<clause id="id0AAE90B292C44837A05C963F21C263FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consult with the
head of the State agency having jurisdiction over aquatic resources in each
State in which activities under the requested permit would be carried out;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id20B9706F0B5446D9BF5F92D5F92BECEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obtain official
consent from the State agency (or, in the case of multiple States in which
activities under the requested permit would be carried out, from each State
agency) to designate areas covered or affected by the proposed permit as
aquatic resources of national importance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa4630196c833482ea129bc7ba37c1d8b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to
obtain consent</header><text>If the Administrator or the head of another
Federal agency does not obtain State consent described in subparagraph (A) with
respect to a permit proposed to be issued under this section, the Administrator
or Federal agency may not proceed in seeking higher review of the
permit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C26D0CB69DA47C1800D833D9B41636C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on
elevations</header><text>The Administrator or the head of another Federal
agency may request that a permit proposed to be issued under this section
receive a higher level of review by the Secretary not more than once per
permit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26ABA68AC81F4CEB842EBE22DFD8300C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This paragraph applies to permits for which applications are
submitted under this section on or after January 1,
2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Energy Tax
Prevention Act</header>
<section id="idE676687E4FB043DF9769269EDA90F9DD"><enum>4501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Energy Tax Prevention Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID0fa2f149f89446389a7f0495b920a1be"><enum>4502.</enum><header>No regulation
of emissions of greenhouse gases</header>
<subsection id="idA2874CF570F04933AD4D145B67D44350"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06C1A2F9D37346748FE26CB4353C3537" style="OLC">
<section id="ID14ffa4f6ab564f45b2d2dbe16ab42139"><enum>330.</enum><header>No regulation
of emissions of greenhouse gases</header>
<subsection id="IDdfab7e2f4a6646a68b4086a3133ec0c5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>greenhouse gas</term> means any of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc05ff74aa1544920896f2c5012bb8d6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Water
vapor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5648532e20c2476a8b20dda34fa1bd66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Carbon
dioxide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID36593c179a9640c3a18aae4de96da519"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Methane.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb0258488722b46d6842870433901d001"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nitrous
oxide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2a86afd2ee4544dfbdf3169b7f96a3c7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Sulfur
hexafluoride.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDddaed2cd447e4d93a41090c0ab9d1846"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Hydrofluorocarbons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e44ad56c10a47f8a44aab04f4d22682"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Perfluorocarbons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86c3a1b8b5c94c8ebdbbf2c27e2691b2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Any other
substance subject to, or proposed to be subject to, regulation, action, or
consideration under this Act to address climate change.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa1f5e78fb8ee4cc2997acfdc736b02da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
agency action</header>
<paragraph id="IDbffff63cc5194d6ca4045979ac169875"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe081b21cf338468b80a27549f96af817"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator may not, under this Act, promulgate any
regulation concerning, take action relating to, or take into consideration the
emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe94a717f09694ddb985eb1313061141a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Air pollutant
definition</header><text>The definition of the term <term>air pollutant</term>
in section 302(g) does not include a greenhouse gas. Nothwithstanding the
previous sentence, such definition may include a greenhouse gas for purposes of
addressing concerns other than climate change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID05d240021f2248a79b4bcdb7fb45aa0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph
(1) does not prohibit the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID367a9596057f4044b6b815069475f5f3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (4)(B), implementation and enforcement of the rule entitled
<quote>Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate
Average Fuel Economy Standards</quote> (75 Fed. Reg. 25324 (May 7, 2010) and
without further revision) and finalization, implementation, enforcement, and
revision of the proposed rule entitled <quote>Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and
Vehicles</quote> published at 75 Fed. Reg. 74152 (November 30, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID128539d966d24dc9a24d41b45f1bfc25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Implementation
and enforcement of section 211(o).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeb863926d952495eb4b7535f396af0a0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Statutorily
authorized Federal research, development, and demonstration programs addressing
climate change.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3954648b1fab4cf69a4f666830421448"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Implementation
and enforcement of title VI to the extent such implementation or enforcement
only involves one or more class I or class II substances (as such terms are
defined in section 601).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID26ba97f1c43043778c818ddb35be6833"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Implementation
and enforcement of section 821 (42 U.S.C. 7651k note) of Public Law 101–549
(commonly referred to as the <quote>Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a048ea87fa641cf911d239f582a9185"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of provisions</header><text>Nothing listed in paragraph (2) shall cause a
greenhouse gas to be subject to part C of title I (relating to prevention of
significant deterioration of air quality) or considered an air pollutant for
purposes of title V (relating to air permits).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaaf27840ad6b47e58827f2c96b6a01d0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain prior
agency actions</header><text>The following rules, and actions (including any
supplement or revision to such rules and actions) are repealed and shall have
no legal effect:</text>
<subparagraph id="id9856FD876DCC4819BA09BA283B71AF0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text><quote>Mandatory
Reporting of Greenhouse Gases</quote>, published at 74 Fed. Reg. 56260 (October
30, 2009).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdf4d4ef0b50443c288320b659dc88fe8"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>Endangerment
and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under section 202(a) of
the Clean Air Act</quote> published at 74 Fed. Reg. 66496 (Dec. 15,
2009).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6b28a90427d34945a72b8a4a5321ef08"><enum>(C)</enum><text><quote>Reconsideration
of the Interpretation of Regulations That Determine Pollutants Covered by Clean
Air Act Permitting Programs</quote> published at 75 Fed. Reg. 17004 (April 2,
2010) and the memorandum from Stephen L. Johnson, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator, to EPA Regional Administrators, concerning
<quote>EPA’s Interpretation of Regulations that Determine Pollutants Covered by
Federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permit Program</quote>
(Dec. 18, 2008).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1ad34c8bbb914d3aa7c7d221ce17db56"><enum>(D)</enum><text><quote>Prevention
of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule</quote>,
published at 75 Fed. Reg. 31514 (June 3, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f97f6a1488b479fa593c7296e0ef205"><enum>(E)</enum><text><quote>Action To
Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Finding of
Substantial Inadequacy and SIP Call</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 77698
(December 13, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9216b80f853e4c86a73cee06515b74d5"><enum>(F)</enum><text><quote>Action To
Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Finding of
Failure to Submit State Implementation Plan Revisions Required for Greenhouse
Gases</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 81874 (December 29, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1d918bf661f341ebbeaf4d0ab3b0a7c0"><enum>(G)</enum><text><quote>Action To
Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Federal
Implementation Plan</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 82246 (December 30,
2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe764acdd0627470f856482e1de2bc95c"><enum>(H)</enum><text><quote>Action To
Ensure Authority To Implement Title V Permitting Programs Under the Greenhouse
Gas Tailoring Rule</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 82254 (December 30,
2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8d4c409dccd44170ab4902a8e1683cf8"><enum>(I)</enum><text><quote>Determinations
Concerning Need for Error Correction, Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval,
and Federal Implementation Plan Regarding Texas Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 82430 (December 30,
2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcdf120b240df4c9ca106eb78064fcfe7"><enum>(J)</enum><text><quote>Limitation
of Approval of Prevention of Significant Deterioration Provisions Concerning
Greenhouse Gas Emitting-Sources in State Implementation Plans; Final
Rule</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 82536 (December 30, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID28039d29ff4b47d6a674222acedffdea"><enum>(K)</enum><text><quote>Determinations
Concerning Need for Error Correction, Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval,
and Federal Implementation Plan Regarding Texas Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program; Proposed Rule</quote>, published at 75 Fed. Reg. 82365
(December 30, 2010).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID21834da449fc4bc7802159acfee4c155"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Except for action
listed in paragraph (2), any other Federal action under this Act occurring
before the date of enactment of this section that applies a stationary source
permitting requirement or an emissions standard for a greenhouse gas to address
climate change.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf48b0a8e87354de59f5c975e5333367c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State
action</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd71f08fb57a341e8b5d9cb9fcaa86c95"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No
limitation</header><text>This section does not limit or otherwise affect the
authority of a State to adopt, amend, enforce, or repeal State laws and
regulations pertaining to the emission of a greenhouse gas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaf17e5bbc5de4875960b3f56001cc068"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<clause id="IDf7abec6340a74dcbbc638f0c759e9719"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), any provision described in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause id="ID55287a2535b043b68e7d4408fbb0d513"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is not federally
enforceable;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID05498fb9d87d4069af9eda69c8e5c9d4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not deemed to
be a part of Federal law; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7af48a61cbcd44fe85373925d9a69c13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is deemed to be
stricken from the plan described in clause (ii)(I) or the program or permit
described in clause (ii)(II), as applicable.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID339d4b72718845abb21926496cc331ad"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Provisions
defined</header><text>For purposes of clause (i), the term
<term>provision</term> means any provision that—</text>
<subclause id="ID6819cca0e56042d18432d8977fead6b3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is contained in a
State implementation plan under section 110 and authorizes or requires a
limitation on, or imposes a permit requirement for, the emission of a
greenhouse gas to address climate change; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc5b8531832474292bffc2c5fe83bd66a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is part of an
operating permit program under title V, or a permit issued pursuant to title V,
and authorizes or requires a limitation on the emission of a greenhouse gas to
address climate change.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6124d784861242b5ade03793185215e1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Action by
Administrator</header><text>The Administrator may not approve or make federally
enforceable any provision described in subparagraph
(B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDe4c90a0387624432aab93754abc39b33"><enum>4503.</enum><header>Preserving
one national standard for automobiles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7543) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E04828803224B5CAA333EAE2F0502C8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDacd92a141aad4787b5ca8cff60299b01"><enum>(4)</enum><text>With respect to
standards for emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 330) for
model year 2017 or any subsequent model year for new motor vehicles and new
motor vehicle engines—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbad4fab605b447a7ac44876c63b68a7b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator
may not waive application of subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDea28df0b711b463e92ec824f3724c0fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no waiver granted
prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph may be considered to waive the
application of subsection
(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Repeal
Restrictions on Government Use of Domestic Alternative Fuels</header>
<section id="id04115672FAA04DC4AB9AB7D09E8EDB59"><enum>4601.</enum><header>Repeal of
unnecessary barrier to domestic fuel production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Public Lands
Job Creation Act</header>
<section id="id8474AF74FD844997A27CF64B32B4CACC"><enum>4701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Public Lands Job Creation
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id23540198A3234E6F9FDFAE90E7341BCC"><enum>4702.</enum><header>Review of
certain Federal Register Notices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If, by the date that is 45 days after the
date on which a State Bureau of Land Management office has submitted a Federal
Register notice to the Washington, DC, office of the Bureau of Land Management
for Department of Interior review, the review has not been completed—</text>
<paragraph id="id5F84CC1D26274E4D93D873DCFB8A8854"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the notice shall consider to be approved;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEB571C0E80C0498792A7BBF9F30FB13B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State Bureau of Land Management office
shall immediately forward the notice to the Federal Register for
publication.</text>
</paragraph></section>E
5001.This division may be
cited as the Creating American Jobs
through Exports Act of 2011
.
5002.Renewal of
trade promotion authority
(a)Section 2103 of the
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803) is
amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
(A)may enter into
trade agreements with foreign countries—
(i)on and after the
date of the enactment of the Creating
American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before June 1,
2013; or
(ii)on and after
June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013, if trade authorities procedures are
extended under subsection (c); and
;
(2)in subsection
(b)(1), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
(C)The President may enter into a trade
agreement under this paragraph—
(i)on and after the date of the
enactment of the Creating American Jobs
through Exports Act of 2011 and before June 1, 2013; or
(ii)on and after June 1, 2013, and
before December 31, 2013, if trade authorities procedures are extended under
subsection (c).
;
and
(3)in subsection
(c)—
(A)in paragraph
(1)—
(i)in
subparagraph (A), by striking before July 1, 2005
and inserting
on and after the date of the enactment of the
Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of
2011 and before June 1, 2013
; and
(ii)in
subparagraph (B)—
(I)in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking after June 30, 2005, and before July
1, 2007
and inserting on or after June 1, 2013, and before
December 31, 2013
; and
(II)in clause (ii),
by striking July 1, 2005
and inserting June 1,
2013
;
(B)in paragraph (2),
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking April 1,
2005
and inserting March 1, 2013
;
(C)in paragraph
(3)—
(i)in
subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking June
1, 2005
and inserting May 1, 2013
; and
(ii)in
subparagraph (B)—
(I)by striking
June 1, 2005
and inserting May 1, 2013
;
and
(II)by striking
the date of enactment of this Act
and inserting the date
of the enactment of the Creating American
Jobs through Exports Act of 2011
; and
(D)in paragraph (5),
by striking June 30, 2005
each place it appears and inserting
May 31, 2013
.
(b)Treatment of
the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and certain other
agreementsSection 2106 of
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3806) is
amended—
(1)in subsection (a)—
(A)in paragraph (1), by striking the comma at
the end and inserting , or
;
(B)by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
and inserting the following:
(2)establishes a Trans-Pacific
Partnership,
;
and
(C)in the flush text
at the end, by striking the date of the enactment of this Act
and inserting the date of the enactment of the
Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of
2011
; and
(2)in subsection
(b)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking the
enactment of this Act
and inserting the date of the enactment of
the Creating American Jobs through Exports
Act of 2011
.
5003.Modification
of standard for provisions that may be included in implementing
billsSection 2103(b) of the
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803(b)), as
amended by section 5002(a), is further amended in paragraph (3)(B) by striking
clause (ii) and inserting the following:
(ii)provisions that
are necessary to the implementation and enforcement of such trade
agreement.
.
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