RED TAPE REDUCTION AND SMALL BUSINESS JOB CREATION ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4078), H5131 [23JY], H5251, H5252, H5253, H5259, H5260, H5265, H5266, H5267, H5268, H5269, H5270, H5271, H5273, H5274, H5275, H5276, H5277, H5278, H5280, H5282, H5283, H5284, H5286 [25JY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 738), H5147 [24JY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 741), H5302, H5306 [26JY]

Articles and editorials

In Manchester United’s I.P.O., a Preference for American Rules, H5279 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 4078): consideration (see H. Res. 738), H5130 [23JY] (see H. Res. 741), H5290 [25JY]

Memorandums

Guidance on Reporting Interest Paid to Nonresident Aliens: IRS, H5287–H5289 [25JY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4078), H5318 [26JY]

Remarks in House

CFTC: improve consideration of costs and benefits of regulations and orders, H5141 [24JY], H5228 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, H5285 [25JY]

Enact (H.R. 4078), H5117, H5122–H5129 [23JY], H5134, H5138 [24JY], H5208, H5209, H5225–H5289 [25JY], H5296, H5307–H5320, H5323 [26JY], H5336 [31JY], E1335, E1339, E1341 [26JY], E1356 [31JY], E1386 [1AU]

——— consideration (H. Res. 738), H5141–H5150 [24JY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 741), H5302–H5307 [26JY]

——— motion to recommit, H5318 [26JY]

FAA: implement reforms to improve aviation safety, H5236 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process, H5141 [24JY], H5235 [25JY]

Government regulations: clarify procedure for considering requests for Presidential waivers from any regulatory freeze, H5269, H5270 [25JY]

——— clarify that definition of annual cost to the economy includes expected change in business revenue, H5274 [25JY]

——— exempt clean drinking water regulations from any regulatory freeze, H5251, H5252 [25JY]

——— exempt Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations to protect consumers from any regulatory freeze, H5268, H5269 [25JY]

——— exempt nuclear powerplants from certain obstacles in establishing safety regulations, H5272, H5273 [25JY]

——— exempt OSHA from certain obstacles in establishing safety regulations to prevent combustible dust and fire explosions, H5275, H5276 [25JY]

——— exempt patent application process regulations from any regulatory freeze, H5265 [25JY]

——— exempt Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation from any regulatory freeze, H5267, H5268 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations aimed at limiting oil speculations from any regulatory freeze, H5253–H5259 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations on offshore bank account disclosure, middle income tax relief, invasive species, prescription drug safety, and foreclosure relief and predatory lending from regulatory freeze, H5318 [26JY]

——— exempt regulations pertaining to privacy from any regulatory freeze, H5252, H5253 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations relative to work-related electrocutions or other fatalities from regulatory freeze, H5276, H5277 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations that promote energy efficiency from regulatory freeze, H5259 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations that protect the public from extreme weather events from regulatory freeze, H5260 [25JY]

——— exempt regulatory actions that would lower prices for gasoline, diesel, oil, or other motor fuels from any regulatory freeze, H5266, H5267 [25JY]

——— impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, H5125 [23JY], H5141 [24JY], H5233, H5235, H5238, H5243 [25JY]

——— include existing Dept. of the Treasury rule on U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens in any regulatory freeze, H5286–H5289 [25JY], E1335 [26JY]

——— lower threshold at which significant regulatory action is measured relative to the unemployment rate and the economy, H5273, H5274 [25JY]

——— require attorneys fees or costs be paid from administrative budget of regulatory agency if a small business substantially prevails in lawsuit on a regulatory action taken during regulatory freeze, H5270, H5271 [25JY]

——— require each agency to submit and obtain approval from the Office of Science and Technology Policy for guidelines ensuring and maximizing the quality of relevant scientific information, H5283, H5284 [25JY], E1339 [26JY]

——— SEC and CFTC cost-benefit analysis requirements and litigation costs funding, H5277, H5278 [25JY]

House of Representatives: prohibit sine die adjournment unless the President signs H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, with provisions of S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act as an amendment, H5306 [26JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: establish a moratorium on significant regulations imposed by a lame duck President, H5141 [24JY], H5226, H5234 [25JY]

SEC: consider burden of internal controls auditing requirements for companies with public float less than a certain amount, H5278–H5280 [25JY]

——— delay effective date of requirement for cost/benefit analysis of regulations until certification that such requirement will not divert resources from mission to protect investors and the financial system, H5282, H5283 [25JY]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders, H5141 [24JY], H5227, H5241 [25JY]

——— prohibit from enforcing or issuing interpretive guidance on climate change, H5280–H5282 [25JY]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, H5146 [24JY]

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: ensure that actions taken by regulatory agencies are subject to such Act, H5126 [23JY], H5141, H5143, H5146 [24JY], H5227 [25JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal, H5230 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 4078), S5689 [30JY], S5691 [31JY]

Reports

Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation—Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H5231 [25JY]

Evidence on the Negative Impact of Commodity Speculation by Academics, Analysts and Public Institutions: Marcus Henn, New England Fuel Institute, H5254–H5258 [25JY]

‘‘Ten Thousand Commandments’’: Clyde W. Crews, Jr., Competitive Enterprise Institute (excerpt), H5147 [24JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4078, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 738) (H. Rept. 112–616), H5130 [23JY]

Provisions: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4078) (H. Rept. 112–461), H5130 [23JY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 741) (H. Rept. 112–623), H5290 [25JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 738, consideration of H.R. 4078, provisions, H5141 [24JY]

H. Res. 741, consideration of H.R. 4078, provisions, H5302 [26JY]

H.R. 4078, provisions, H5244–H5251 [25JY]