OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Amendments

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), H2905, H2906, H2907, H2908, H2909, H2910, H2911, H2912, H2913, H2914 [14JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2758 [6JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2833 [13JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4664), H5582, H5583, H5584, H5585, H5586, H5587, H5588, H5590, H5591, H5593, H5594, H5595, H5597, H5599, H5600, H5601, H5602, H5603, H5604, H5605, H5606, H5615, H5616, H5617, H5618, H5619, H5620, H5621, H5622, H5623, H5624, H5625, H5626, H5627, H5628, H5629, H5630, H5631, H5632, H5633, H5634, H5635, H5636, H5637, H5638, H5639, H5640, H5641, H5642 [8NO], H5657, H5658, H5659, H5660 [9NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (H. Res. 847), H5489 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: limit funding for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 2069), H1629 [29MR]

——— require information on spending associated with national emergencies be subject to same reporting requirements as other Federal funds (see S. 2300), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4615), H3574 [13JY]

Artificial intelligence: establish Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers, and Artificial Intelligence Governance Boards (see S. 2293), S2459 [13JY]

Budget: conduct audit of unobligated coronavirus-related funding and rescind all such funding (see H.R. 1011), H838 [14FE]

——— establish direct spending safeguard limitation on any direct spending program without specific level of authorized spending (see H.R. 5591), H4436 [20SE]

——— limit use of Federal funds for salaries or expenses of political employees if President’s annual budget submission to Congress is late (see S. 304), S265 [7FE] (see H.R. 858), H737 [7FE]

——— remove discretionary inflater from baseline and withhold salaries of OMB officials and Members of Congress for missing budget deadline due dates (see H.R. 111), H101 [9JA]

——— require to approve or deny spend plans within certain amount of time (see H.R. 5103), H4156 [1AU]

——— require use of GAO report on duplication and waste in Federal programs when preparing President’s annual budget submission (see H.R. 1194), H874 [24FE]

——— submit annual report to Congress on projects that are over budget and behind schedule (see S. 1258), S1339 [25AP] (see H.R. 1180), H874 [24FE]

China: require report on availability of Federal funds to persons and entities of China and activities conducted in collaboration with China (see H.R. 6426), H5892 [15NO]

Disabled: revise Standard Occupational Classification system to establish separate code for direct support professionals (see S. 1332), S1417 [27AP] (see H.R. 2941), H2083 [27AP]

Federal agencies and departments: change treatment of certain Federal programs susceptible to significant improper payments (see H.R. 877), H780 [8FE]

——— conduct benefit-cost analysis on relocations involving movement of employment positions to different areas (see S. 487), S456 [16FE] (see H.R. 1106), H853 [17FE]

——— evaluate impact of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process on national security (see H.R. 5528), H4379 [18SE]

——— improve visibility, accountability, and oversight of agency software asset management practices (see S. 931), S909 [22MR]

——— postpone effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial review (see S. 675), S669 [7MR] (see H.R. 49), H99 (see H.R. 218), H106 [9JA]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 184), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 277), H202 [11JA]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (see H. Res. 463), H2740 [5JN] (see H. Res. 495), H2806 [12JN]

——— require applicable Federal agencies to take action on applications for Federal energy authorizations (see S. 782), S772 [14MR]

——— require cost disclosures of every project supported by Federal funds and allow OMB to withhold funds from recipients for noncompliance (see S. 778), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 2968), H2084 [27AP]

——— require interagency study to produce security assessment process on adjacent space to high-security leased space to accommodate Federal agency (see S. 1868), S2006 [7JN]

——— require notification by agencies when they suspend or terminate Federal award (see S. 1807), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 3515), H2454 [18MY]

——— require procurement from private sector goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 2744), H1907 [20AP]

Federal Agency Sunset Commission: establish (see H.R. 1206), H914 [27FE]

Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act: improve (see H.R. 6277), H5544 [7NO]

Federal Interagency Council on Housing Affordability and Preservation: establish (see H.R. 2974), H2084 [27AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 2309), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4664), H3639 [17JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (see H. Res. 847), H5465 [6NO]

Freedom of speech: report to Congress on actions taken by Executive branch employees to censor lawful speech (see H.R. 1162), H873 [24FE]

Government regulations: codify Executive order on reducing regulation and controlling regulatory costs (see H.R. 6666), H6739 [7DE]

GSA and OMB: identify utilization rate of certain public buildings and federally-leased space (see H.R. 6276), H5544 [7NO]

Immigration: require disclosure of violations of Federal law relative to human trafficking or alien smuggling (see H.R. 3638), H2595 [24MY]

Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management: establish (see H.R. 6882), H7006 [22DE]

IRS: provide accountability for funding provided under Inflation Reduction Act (see S. 338), S311 [9FE] (see H.R. 888), H822 [9FE]

——— require review of tax regulatory actions by Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (see S. 2981), S4759 [28SE]

Members of Congress: reduce pay for failure to adopt concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for balanced budget, establish spending requirements, and restrict tax increases (see S. 6), S54 [23JA]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: determine value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities (see S. 999), S999 [28MR]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy: require to develop government-wide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interest relative to national security and foreign policy (see S. 2034), S2123 [15JN]

Power resources: prevent energy poverty in at-risk communities and ensure access to affordable energy in such communities (see S. 2826), S4526 [14SE] (see H.R. 5482), H4344 [14SE]

Standard Occupational Classification System: review and make certain revisions (see H.R. 6319), H5651 [8NO]

States: assess State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending (see H.R. 6297), H5651 [8NO]

Technology: require executive agencies to use latest available technology to improve website search function (see H.R. 4793), H3887 [20JY]

Cost Estimates

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R. 277): CBO, H2867 [13JN]

Letters

Financial services and general Government appropriations: Melody Brannon and Craig Albee, Defender Services Advisory Group, H5486 [7NO]

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act: Julie N. Tippens, AFL–CIO, H2869 [13JN]

——— Representative Arrington, Committee on the Budget (House), H2866 [13JN]

——— Representative Cole, Committee on Rules (House), H2866 [13JN]

——— Representative Jordan, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2865, H2866 [13JN]

——— several organizations, H2869 [13JN]

Lists

Organizations opposing H.R. 277, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H2914 [14JN]

Motions

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), H2871 [13JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2760 [6JN]

Remarks in House

Budget: establish direct spending safeguard limitation on any direct spending program without specific level of authorized spending, H2651 [30MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: prohibit funding to promulgate new rules likely to result in certain impact on economy, major increase in consumer prices, or adverse effects on U.S. global competition, H5285 [2NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: prohibit funding to promulgate new rules likely to result in certain impact on economy, major increase in consumer prices, or adverse effects on U.S. global competition, H5821, H5822 [14NO]

Economy: require inflation estimate relative to Executive orders be published on OMB website, H947 [28FE]

Executive Office of the President: include impact on debt servicing costs in inflation estimate relative to Executive orders, H948, H949 [28FE]

Federal agencies and departments: delay implementation of requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules and require GAO report on effects of such implementation, H2910, H2911 [14JN]

——— impose rapid review timeframe on requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules, H2911 [14JN]

——— include any rule likely to increase mandatory vaccinations in requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules, H2914, H2915 [14JN]

——— include diversity, equity, and inclusion Executive orders in requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules, H2913, H2914 [14JN]

——— include interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other guidance documents in requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules, H2912, H2913 [14JN]

——— lower dollar amount threshold for designation of ‘‘major rule’’, H2906, H2907 [14JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), H623 [1FE], H1757 [17AP], H2044 [26AP], H2631 [25MY], H2774 [7JN], H2815, H2820, H2850, H2865–H2872, H2881 [13JN], H2890, H2901, H2902–H2922, H2927 [14JN], H2946, H2948 [15JN], H3218 [12JY], E572 [15JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (H. Res. 463), H2750–H2760 [6JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), consideration (H. Res. 495), H2822–H2834 [13JN], E556 [13JN]

——— reduce economic impact threshold for requirement for congressional joint resolution of approval for major rules, H2911, H2912 [14JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4664), H5550–H5648 [8NO], H5657–H5663 [9NO], E1086, E1090 [13NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (H. Res. 847), H5482–H5490 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to consider social cost of greenhouse gases in agency budgets, procurement processes, or environmental reviews, H5628, H5629 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to finalize any rule or regulation that has or is likely to have certain effects on economy, H5602, H5620, H5621 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to produce documents containing term ‘‘latinx’’ or term ‘‘latin-x’’, H5640 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to provide financial assistance to sanctuary cities, H5599, H5600 [8NO]

GAO: estimate effect on inflation of major rules of executive branch, H2905, H2906 [14JN]

Government regulations: prohibit funding to implement revisions to guidance to agencies on regulatory analyses, H5616 [8NO]

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: issue finding for each major rule of executive branch determining whether rule has significant economic impact, H2907, H2908 [14JN]

Standard Occupational Classification system: reclassify public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as protective service occupations, H2339, H2340 [15MY]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: strike waiver authority for administrative pay-as-you-go, S1889 [1JN]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, S5282 [1NO]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 277), S2103 [14JN], S2149 [20JN], S2192 [21JN]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (S. 184), S164 [31JA], S179 [1FE], S1821 [31MY]

IRS: provide accountability for funding provided under Inflation Reduction Act (S. 338), S1151 [18AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: designate Director as Executive Agent for Declassification to promote programs, processes, and systems and for directing resources relating to declassification in the Federal Government, S1454 [2MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 277, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 463) (H. Rept. 118–102), H2740 [5JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 118–108), H2806 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4664, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 847) (H. Rept. 118–269), H5465 [6NO]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4664) (H. Rept. 118–145), H3639 [17JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2309) (S. Rept. 118–61), S2458 [13JY]

Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1332) (S. Rept. 118–116), S5692 [30NO]

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 277) (H. Rept. 118–84), H2712 [1JN]

Secure Adjacent Federal Property Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1868) (S. Rept. 118–82), S3752 [27JY]

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 931) (S. Rept. 118–73), S3520 [25JY]

Statements

Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act: United Steelworkers (organization), H2869 [13JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 463, consideration of H.R. 277, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H2750 [6JN]

H. Res. 495, consideration of H.R. 277, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H2822 [13JN]

H. Res. 847, consideration of H.R. 4664, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5482 [7NO]

H.R. 277, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H2903–H2905 [14JN]

H.R. 4664, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5557–H5582 [8NO]

S. 338, IRS Funding Accountability Act, S315–S317 [9FE]