Goodlatte (R-VA) - Amendment No. 1 - Manager's Amendment Revises section 2 of title II of the bill to restrain courts from making unwarranted findings of implied delegations of legislative rulemaking authority or reading ambiguous terms to extend agency authority expansively
Chaffetz (R-UT) - Amendment No. 2 - Requires OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to issue within 270 days of the bill’s enactment government-wide guidelines for cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and guidance practices
Chabot (R-OH) - Amendment No. 3 - Requires agencies to include economic assessments or summaries thereof in certifications that proposed rules will not have a “significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;” ensures that any agency decision not to conduct full regulatory flexibility analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act is supported by data
Velazquez (D-NY) - Amendment No. 4 - Strikes title III of the bill and replaces it with a substitute set of less ambitious, incremental reforms to the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Peterson (D-MN) - Amendment No. 5 - Prohibits agencies from engaging in biased advocacy to the public to solicit support or opposition to a proposed rule
Graves (R-LA) - Amendment No. 6 - Strengthens the bill’s requirements for retrospective review of major rules by requiring retrospective review every five years; requires reports to Congress and reopening of major rule makings when reviews show actual costs of major rules exceed initially anticipated costs
Young (R-IA) - Amendment No. 7 - Requires White House good-guidance guidelines to foster the provision of grace periods of at least 90 days for regulated entities to implement measures consistent with new agency guidance
Castor (D-FL) - Amendment No. 8 - Ensures that any rule intended to protect public health and welfare is exempted from the requirements of the bill; strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review of rules and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Cicilline (D-RI) - Amendment No. 9 - Exempts from the bill’s rule making reforms rules regarding transmission of food-borne illness and other food safety issues; strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Johnson (D-GA) - Amendment No. 10 - Exempts from the bill's rule making reforms rules that attempt to foster employment, retention, and higher wages for workplace participants, including those with significant barriers to employment, such as those with disabilities or limited English proficiency; strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Ruiz (D-CA) - Amendment No. 11 - Exempts from the bill's rule making reforms rules regarding the safety of children's toys and other products; strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Scott (D-VA) - Amendment No. 12 - Exempts from the bill's central rule making reforms workplace health and safety rules, including rules to prevent traumatic injury, cancer or irreversible lung disease at mining facilities subject to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 or workplaces subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act; strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Tonko (D-NY) - Amendment No. 13 - Exempts from the bill's rule making reforms rules made under the “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century Act;” strikes the bill's provisions assuring full judicial review and eliminating judicial deference to agency interpretations of statutes and regulations
Grijalva (D-AZ) - Amendment No. 14 - Exempts forest and land management plans from the bill’s requirements in title III to perform regulatory flexibility analyses
Nadler (D-NY) - Amendment No. 15 - Adds requirements that agencies discuss specifically in initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses direct and indirect benefits of new agency rules
Posey (R-FL) - Amendment No. 16 - Requires agencies to identify online significant scientific information and peer reviews relating to the bases for new rules in development
10 minutes of debate began at 5:19 p.m.
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