Article I Regulatory Budget Act
This bill establishes a "regulatory budget" system requiring federal agencies to estimate and report the costs of regulations on businesses, especially small businesses. It mandates the President to submit annual projections of regulatory costs for proposed rules, and creates a process for Congress to set limits on how much regulatory costs can grow. The Congressional Budget Office would analyze regulatory cost impacts of proposed legislation, while agencies would need to conduct cost-benefit analyses for significant regulations. The bill aims to increase transparency around regulatory costs and provide Congress with tools to monitor and control regulatory burdens on businesses.
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Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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