[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9720-S9721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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              COMPREHENSIVE REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 1995

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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 1492

  Mr. DOLE proposed an amendment to amendment no. 1487, proposed by Mr. 
Dole to the bill (S. 343) to reform the regulatory process, and for 
other purposes, as follows:

       On page 25, delete lines 7-15, and insert the following in 
     lieu thereof:
       ``(f) Health, Safety, or Foodsafety or Emergency Exemption 
     From Cost-Benefit Analysis.--(1) A major rule may be adopted 
     and may become effective without prior compliance with this 
     subchapter if--
       ``(A) the agency for good cause finds that conducting cost-
     benefit analysis is impracticable due to an energency, or 
     health or safety threat or a foodsafety threat, (including an 
     imminent threat from E. coli bacteria) that is likely to 
     result in significant harm to the public or natural 
     resources; and''.
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                         DOLE AMENDMENT NO 1493

  Mr. DOLE proposed an amendment to amendment no. 1493, proposed by Mr. 
Dole to amendment No. 1487 to the bill, S. 343, supra; as follows:

       In lieu of the language proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:
       ``(f) Health, Safety, or Foodsafety or Emergency Exemption 
     From Cost-Benefit Analysis.--(1) Effective on the day after 
     the date of enactment, a major rule may be adopted and may 
     become effective without prior compliance with this 
     subchapter if--
       ``(A) the agency for good cause finds that conducting cost-
     benefit analysis is impracticable due to an emergency, or 
     health or safety threat, or a foodsafety threat (including an 
     imminent threat from E. coli bacteria) that is likely to 
     result in significant harm to the public or natural 
     resources; and''.
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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 1494

  Mr. DOLE proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 343, supra; as 
follows:

       Strike the word ``analysis'' in the bill and insert the 
     following: ``Analysis.
       ``(  ) Health, Safety, or Foodsafety or Emergency Exemption 
     From Cost-Benefit Analysis.--(1) A major rule may be adopted 
     and may become effective without prior compliance with this 
     subchapter if--
       ``(A) the agency for good cause finds that conducting cost-
     benefit analysis is impracticable due to an emergency, or 
     health or safety threat or a foodsafety threat, (including an 
     imminent threat from E. coli bacteria) that is likely to 
     result in significant harm to the public or natural 
     resources.''
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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 1495

  Mr. DOLE proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1494, proposed by Mr. 


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Dole to the bill, S. 343, supra; as follows:

       In lieu of the language proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following analysis.
         ``( ) Health, Safety, or Food Safety or Emergency 
     Exemption From Cost-Benefit Analysis.--(1) Effective on the 
     day after the date of enactment, a major rule may be adopted 
     and may become effective without prior compliance with this 
     subchapter if--
       ``(A) the agency for good cause finds that conducting cost-
     benefit analysis is impracticable due to an emergency, or 
     health or safety threat (or a food safety threat including an 
     imminent threat from E. coli bacteria) that is likely to 
     result in significant harm to the public or natural 
     resources;''.
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                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1496

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Roth, and Mr. 
Hatch) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1487, proposed by Mr. 
Dole to the bill, S. 343, supra; as follows;

       On page 35, line 10, Delete lines 10-13 and insert in lieu 
     thereof:
       ``(A) Construction with other laws.--The requirements of 
     this section shall supplement, and not supersede, any other 
     decisional criteria otherwise provided by law. Nothing in 
     this section shall be construed to override any statutory 
     requirement, including health, safety, and environmental 
     requirements.''
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                      JOHNSTON AMENDMENT NO. 1497

  Mr. JOHNSTON proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1497 proposed by 
Mr. Dole to the bill, S. 343, supra; as follows:

       On page 14, line 4, strike out subsection (5)(A) and insert 
     in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
       ``(A) a rule or set of closely related rules that the 
     agency proposing the rule, the Director, or a designee of the 
     President determines is likely to have a gross annual effect 
     on the economy of $100,000,000 or more in reasonably 
     quantifiable increased costs (and this limit may be adjusted 
     periodically by the Director, at his sole discretion, to 
     account for inflation); or''.
     

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