Small Business Regulatory Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 13, 2007 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Regulatory Improvement Act - Revises the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Defines the "economic impact" of a rule to include any direct or indirect economic effects on small entities.
Requires initial regulatory flexibility analyses of a proposed rule to contain a detailed statement describing the type of small entities to which the proposed rule will apply.
Revises provisions requiring the publication by each agency of a plan for the periodic review of its rules that have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities to determine whether they should be continued, changed, or rescinded, including to: (1) limit to two years the amount of time the period for reviewing an agency's regulations may be extended; and (2) require each agency to report annually on review results to Congress and to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Requires an agency to notify the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration of any draft rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities either: (1) when the agency submits a draft rule to the such Office, if submission is required; or (2) if no submission to the Office is so required, at a reasonable time before publication of the rule by the agency.
Requires that final regulatory flexibility analyses include the agency's response to any comments filed on a rule by the Chief Counsel and a detailed statement of any changes made as a result.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2007 to May 13, 2008; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Dec 12, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | May 13, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 12, 2007 |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Dec 12, 2007Markup Dec 13, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 13, 2007Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
- Dec 12, 2007Introduced in House
- Dec 12, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 6, 2008H.R. 4458, Small Business Regulatory Improvement Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on December 13, 2007</p>
- Feb 6, 2008H.R. 4458, Small Business Regulatory Improvement ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on December 13, 2007
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-109 | SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON REGULATORY BURDENS ON SMALL FIRMS: WHAT RULES NEED REFORMS?132 pages | Small Business Committee | Jul 30, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-64 | FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF H.R. 4458, THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT18 pages | Small Business Committee | Dec 13, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Regulatory Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
