[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 535 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 535

  To require a study and report by the Small Business Administration 
 regarding the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2013

Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, 
   Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Scott) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a study and report by the Small Business Administration 
 regarding the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulation Costs to Small Business 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDY ON THE COST OF FEDERAL 
              REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall conduct an annual study of 
the total costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations.
    (b) Requirement.--In conducting the study required under subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall use a methodology that is substantially 
similar to the methodology used in conducting the study described in 
the report entitled ``The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms'' 
(September 2010), prepared on behalf of the Office of Advocacy of the 
Administration.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress a report on the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), which shall include an estimate of the total annual 
costs of Federal regulations to small business concerns, by agency, as 
such term is defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Funding.--
            (1) In general.--The Administration shall carry out this 
        section using unobligated funds otherwise made available to the 
        Administration.
            (2) Sense of congress regarding funding.--It is the Sense 
        of Congress that no additional funds should be made available 
        to the Administration to carry out this Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean 
        the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 
        thereof, respectively; and
            (2) the term ``small business concern'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632).
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