[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 674 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 674

     To require each agency to repeal or revise 1 or more existing 
  regulations before issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Brat, and 
 Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require each agency to repeal or revise 1 or more existing 
  regulations before issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``One In, One Out Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OR REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE ISSUANCE OF A 
              NEW RULE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the terms ``agency'' and ``rule'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) the term ``State'' means each of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, each territory or possession of the 
        United States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe.
    (b) Requirement for Rule.--An agency may not issue a rule unless 
the agency has repealed or revised in a way that reduces costs to the 
regulated entities 1 or more rules described in subsection (e) that, to 
the extent practicable, are related to the rule.
    (c) Requirement for New Rules.--
            (1) Repeal required.--An agency may not issue a rule 
        unless--
                    (A) the agency has repealed 1 or more rules 
                described in subsection (e) that, to the extent 
                practicable, are related to the rule; and
                    (B) the cost of the new rule is less than or equal 
                to the cost of the rules repealed or revised.
            (2) Certified cost.--For any rule subject to paragraph (1), 
        the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
        Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget shall certify, 
        before the rule is issued, that the cost of the new rule is 
        equal to or less than the cost of the rules repealed or 
        revised.
    (d) Publication Required.--Any rule repealed or revised under 
subsection (b) or (c) shall be published in the Federal Register.
    (e) Applicability.--This section--
            (1) applies to any rule that imposes a cost or 
        responsibility on a nongovernmental person or a State or local 
        government; and
            (2) shall not apply to any rule--
                    (A) that relates to procurement by the agency; or
                    (B) that is being revised to be less burdensome to 
                decrease requirements imposed by the rule or cost of 
                compliance.
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