To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Strengthens Unfunded Mandates Reform Act by defining major rules at $100M economic impact and requiring expanded cost-benefit analysis for regulations affecting state/local/tribal governments.
Who Benefits and How
- State and local governments gain better analysis of regulatory burdens
- Tribal governments included in mandate analysis
- Regulated entities receive more thorough cost-benefit analysis
Who Bears the Burden and How
- Federal agencies must conduct expanded regulatory impact analyses
- OIRA reviews more rules under strengthened framework
- Rulemaking potentially slowed by additional requirements
Key Provisions
- Major rule defined as $100M+ annual economic effect
- Threshold adjusted for inflation every 5 years
- Expanded cost analysis including indirect costs and lost revenues
- Covers significant effects on competition, investment, innovation
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Expands unfunded mandates analysis requirements and defines major rules at $100M threshold
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Strengthen regulatory analysis to protect state/local/tribal governments"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → OIRA Administrator
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Rule with $100M+ annual economic effect or major cost/competition impacts
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