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'Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act' Based on Flawed Premise

The "Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act" (S. 1378) is a bill that starts from a flawed premise, namely that enforcement of public protections should be relaxed for small business, which often has a more difficult time complying with regulations than big business.

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Text of Kyl Rider to Treasury, Postal Services and General Government Appropriations Bill

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is pushing a rider requiring OMB to conduct an expansive study of federal paperwork. This rider is unrealistic, time-consuming, and is likely to give a distorted picture of the regulatory landscape.(OMB Watcher Online article)

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Text of Thompson Rider to Treasury, Postal Services and General Government Appropriations Bill

Sec. 620. (a) In General. – Beginning in calendar year 2002, and each year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement and associated report containing–

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Problems with Thompson Regulatory Accounting Rider

Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) is pushing a rider, Sec. 620, Treasury, Postal Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, that would require OMB to conduct a cumulative cost-benefit analysis of all agency rules and paperwork -- referred to as regulatory accounting -- on a permanent basis, each and every year. (OMB Watcher Online article) Sec. 620, Treasury, Postal Services and General Government Appropriations Bill

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Bill Creates GAO Office to Analyze Agency Rules: An Analysis of H.R. 4744

On June 26, Reps. Sue Kelly (R-NY) and David McIntosh (R-IN) introduced the "Truth in Regulating Act of 2000" (H.R. 4744), which seeks to establish an office within GAO to conduct cost-benefit analysis of agency rules at the request of Congress. This legislation is vastly different from the Senate version (S. 1198), which passed by unanimous consent, and contains many of the problems S. 1198 sought to avoid. Specifically:

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Bill Requiring GAO Cost-Benefit Analysis Sent to Floor

The House Government Reform Committee reported legislation (H.R. 4744) to the floor today that would require the General Accounting Office (GAO) to conduct cost-benefit analysis of agency rules. H.R. 4744 was introduced only three days prior to the markup as a compromise between Reps. Sue Kelly (R-NY) and David McIntosh (R-IN) -- who had introduced separate versions of the legislation (H.R. 3669) & (H.R. 3521) earlier in the year.

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Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) Comments on the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000

Taken from the 2000 Congressional Record, Start page H8706 TRUTH IN REGULATING ACT OF 2000 (House of Representatives - October 03, 2000) The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan). [TIME: 1915] Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 1198 is Truth in Regulating Act of 2000. It is a bipartisan good government bill. It establishes a regulatory analysis function with the General Accounting Office.

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Graham Reasserts White House Regulatory Review

Before Christine Todd Whitman can issue a new standard protecting against arsenic in drinking water, she must get his approval. Ditto if Tommy Thompson wants to collect information on nursing home performance. Or if Ann Veneman wants to require new testing for listeria in meat products. In fact, no health, safety, or environmental standard is beyond his reach.

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States Slack Off on Environmental Enforcement

In Baytown, Texas, there sits an Exxon Mobil oil refinery -- the nation's largest -- with one pitiful environmental record. As documented in this report from the SEED Coalition, the plant has repeatedly violated state and federal laws -- frequently releasing large volumes of pollution on an unsuspecting public without reporting plant problems to the proper authorities. Over the last several years, the refinery has been guilty of dozens of incidents resulting in excessive emissions.

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Government Performance & Results Act of 1993

Text of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) One Hundred Third Congress of the United States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three An Act To provide for the establishment of strategic planning and performance measurement in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

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