| To: |
Members, House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee
on Regulatory Reform and Oversight |
| From: |
Todd Akin, Chairman |
| Date: |
July 6, 2006 |
| Title: |
"An Update on Administration Action to Reduce Unnecessary
Regulatory Burdens on America's Small Manufacturers."
|
On THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 at 10:00
AM in Room 2360 Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee
on Small Business Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight
will hold a hearing entitled, "An Update on Administration
Action to Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens on America's
Small Manufacturers."
In 2004 the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) asked for public nominations of regulatory reforms with
particular emphasis on easing regulatory burden for small
and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Industry
answered by delivering 189 nominations to the federal government
for the reduction of unnecessary regulation through rulemaking.
Ultimately 76 nominations were selected to reform unnecessary
regulatory burden.
On April 28, 2005 this Subcommittee held a
hearing entitled "The Administration's Program to reduce Unnecessary
Regulatory Burden on Manufacturers - A Promise to be Kept?"
That hearing highlighted the Administration's promise to reduce
unnecessary regulatory burden on manufacturers by implementing
the 76 regulatory reform nominations selected by OMB.
Nearly fifteen months have passed and the
Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight seeks an update
regarding the progress the Administration has made in implementing
the 76 regulatory reform nominations. Is the Administration
on track to keep the promises it has made? If not, why not?
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