[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9085 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9085

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications to 
 how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2024

  Mr. Meuser 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 title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications to 
 how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules, 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 ``Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES.

    Section 610 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the fourth sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and for the review'' and 
                        inserting ``, for the review''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period at the 
                        end the following: ``, and for the solicitation 
                        of public comments on whether each such final 
                        rule should remain in effect''; and
                    (B) in the fifth sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``that includes an 
                        explanation for the delay'' after ``in a 
                        statement''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``by one year at a time 
                        for a total of not more than five years'' and 
                        inserting ``by not more than one year'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including 
                any analyses or summaries conducted by the agency under 
                subsection (c)'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) the cost of compliance and the number of paperwork 
        hours the rule has required since the rule took effect.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and the need for'' and 
                        inserting ``, the need for''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, and an economic 
                        analysis of such rule,'' after ``such rule''; 
                        and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``Before conducting a review under this 
                section, each agency shall produce a qualitative and 
                quantitative summary of such comments that includes an 
                analysis of such comments by the agency.''.
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