118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 3230: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill revises rulemaking requirements with respect to unfunded mandates.
Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final major rule. The analysis must include regulatory alternatives to the rule.
Major rule means a rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines is likely to cause
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- an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more;
- a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, federal, state, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions; or
- significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, public health and safety, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.
Before promulgating any proposed or final major rule, an agency shall select the regulatory alternative that maximizes net benefits, taking into consideration only the costs and benefits that arise within the scope of the statutory provision that authorizes the rulemaking, with exceptions.
The bill prohibits Congress from considering a bill that increases private sector costs more than a certain amount unless certain conditions are met.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Henry Cuellar D-TXOriginal
- Mary Peltola D-AK
- Jared Golden D-ME
- Marcus Molinaro R-NY
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Ashley Hinson R-IA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Virginia Foxx SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported, discharged4 events+50
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- H.R. 580: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025
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- H.R. 5181: SOAR Act Improvements Act
History
- Introduced in the House by Virginia Foxx.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-906, Part I.
- Committee on Rules discharged.
- Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 741.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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.