[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9030 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9030

 To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
 the ``Regulatory Flexibility Act''), to ensure complete disclosure of 
                 an agency's annual regulatory agenda.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2024

  Mr. Alford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small 
Business, 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 amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
 the ``Regulatory Flexibility Act''), to ensure complete disclosure of 
                 an agency's annual regulatory agenda.

    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 ``Regulatory Agenda Clarity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF REPORT OF REGULATORY AGENDA.

    Section 602 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, and'' at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) a brief description of each sector of the North 
        American Industrial Classification System that is primarily 
        affected by any rule which the agency expects to propose or 
        promulgate which is likely to have a significant economic 
        impact on a substantial number of small entities; and''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Not later than 3 days after the date on which an agency 
publishes a regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register under 
subsection (a)--
            ``(1) such agency shall prominently display on the website 
        of such agency a plain language summary of the information 
        contained in the regulatory flexibility agenda;
            ``(2) the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall compile, by 
        agency, and prominently display on the website of the Small 
        Business Administration a plain language summary of each such 
        regulatory flexibility agenda.''.
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