[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 536

To require a study and report by the Comptroller General of the United 
           States regarding the costs of Federal regulations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a study and report by the Comptroller General of the United 
           States regarding the costs 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 America Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON THE COST OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct an annual study of the total costs of Federal regulations.
    (b) Requirement.--In conducting the study required under subsection 
(a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall use a 
methodology 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 Small Business Administration.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and every year thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 
United States 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 by agency, as such 
term is defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Funding.--The General Accountability Office shall carry out 
this section using unobligated funds otherwise made available to the 
General Accountability Office.
    (e) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that no 
additional funds should be made available to carry out this section.
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