United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-01-08 monographic deposited born digital 96 p. GA 1.13:GGD-99-20 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20 P0b002ee18039b553 f:gg99020 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20 GGD-99-20 Federal regulations Administrative law Regulatory agencies Corporations Agency proceedings Reporting requirements Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Letter Report GGD

GAO recently reported what officials from 15 private sector companies said were the most problematic federal regulations for their businesses. (See GAO/GGD-97-2, Nov. 1996, and GAO/GGD-97-26R, Dec. 1996.) The 125 concerns cited by these officials included the perceived high cost of regulatory compliance; excessive paperwork; unreasonable, unclear, and inflexible requirements; and severe penalties for noncompliance. GAO also obtained responses from the 19 federal agencies that issued the regulations underlying the companies' concerns. This report examines agency assertions that some of the 125 regulatory concerns were, at least in part, attributable to the underlying statutes. For each of the 27 concerns that GAO focused on, this report determines (1) the amount of discretion the underlying statutes gave the rulemaking agencies in developing the regulatory requirements that the agencies had attributed to the underlying statutes, (2) whether the regulatory requirements at issue were within the authority granted by the underlying statutes, and (3) whether the rulemaking agencies could have developed regulatory approaches that would have been less burdensome to the regulated entities while still meeting the underlying statutory requirements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20.pdf GAO/GGD-99-20 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-20 Letter Report GAO/GGD-99-20; Regulatory Burden: Some Agencies' Claims Regarding Lack of Rulemaking Discretion Have Merit; Federal regulations Administrative law Regulatory agencies Corporations Agency proceedings Reporting requirements Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Title 7 Section 136a Title 7 Section 136et seq. 7 U.S.C. 136a 7 U.S.C. 136et seq. Title 12 Section 161 Title 12 Section 1811et seq. Title 12 Section 1817 Title 12 Section 1818 Title 12 Section 1972 Title 12 Section 2601 Title 12 Section 2601et seq. Title 12 Section 2603 Title 12 Section 2604 Title 12 Section 2605 Title 12 Section 2607 Title 12 Section 324 Title 12 Section 4001 Title 12 Section 4002 Title 12 Section 4004 Title 12 Section 4301 Title 12 Section 4301et seq. Title 12 Section 4302 Title 12 Section 4303 Title 12 Section 4305 Title 12 Section 4307 Title 12 Section 4308 Title 12 Section 4805 12 U.S.C. 161 12 U.S.C. 1811et seq. 12 U.S.C. 1817 12 U.S.C. 1818 12 U.S.C. 1972 12 U.S.C. 2601 12 U.S.C. 2601et seq. 12 U.S.C. 2603 12 U.S.C. 2604 12 U.S.C. 2605 12 U.S.C. 2607 12 U.S.C. 324 12 U.S.C. 4001 12 U.S.C. 4002 12 U.S.C. 4004 12 U.S.C. 4301 12 U.S.C. 4301et seq. 12 U.S.C. 4302 12 U.S.C. 4303 12 U.S.C. 4305 12 U.S.C. 4307 12 U.S.C. 4308 12 U.S.C. 4805 Title 15 Section 1601 Title 15 Section 1601et seq. Title 15 Section 1637 15 U.S.C. 1601 15 U.S.C. 1601et seq. 15 U.S.C. 1637 Title 26 Section 263A Title 26 Section 401 Title 26 Section 402 Title 26 Section 414 Title 26 Section 415 26 U.S.C. 263A 26 U.S.C. 401 26 U.S.C. 402 26 U.S.C. 414 26 U.S.C. 415 Title 29 Section 1001 Title 29 Section 1001et seq. Title 29 Section 1306 Title 29 Section 211 Title 29 Section 621 Title 29 Section 626 Title 29 Section 651 Title 29 Section 651et seq. Title 29 Section 658 Title 29 Section 659 29 U.S.C. 1001 29 U.S.C. 1001et seq. 29 U.S.C. 1306 29 U.S.C. 211 29 U.S.C. 621 29 U.S.C. 626 29 U.S.C. 651 29 U.S.C. 651et seq. 29 U.S.C. 658 29 U.S.C. 659 Title 33 Section 1251 Title 33 Section 1313 Title 33 Section 1314 Title 33 Chapter 26 33 U.S.C. 1251 33 U.S.C. 1313 33 U.S.C. 1314 33 U.S.C. Chapter 26 Title 42 Section 12101 Title 42 Section 12117 Title 42 Section 1395c Title 42 Section 1395g Title 42 Section 1395x Title 42 Section 2000e Title 42 Section 4002 Title 42 Section 4012a Title 42 Section 4121 Title 42 Section 6925 Title 42 Section 7401 Title 42 Section 7401et seq. Title 42 Section 7412 Title 42 Section 7661 42 U.S.C. 12101 42 U.S.C. 12117 42 U.S.C. 1395c 42 U.S.C. 1395g 42 U.S.C. 1395x 42 U.S.C. 2000e 42 U.S.C. 4002 42 U.S.C. 4012a 42 U.S.C. 4121 42 U.S.C. 6925 42 U.S.C. 7401 42 U.S.C. 7401et seq. 42 U.S.C. 7412 42 U.S.C. 7661 Title 49 Section 5101 Title 49 Section 5101et seq. 49 U.S.C. 5101 49 U.S.C. 5101et seq.