ALERT Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 739.
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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act of 2023 or the ALERT Act of 2023
This bill establishes various reporting requirements with respect to federal agency rulemaking.
Specifically, each agency must submit a monthly report to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for each rule the agency expects to propose or finalize during the following year, including information about the objectives and legal basis for the rule as well as whether the rule is subject to periodic review based on its significant economic impact. Additionally, each agency must submit a monthly report for any rule expected to be finalized during the following year for which the agency has issued a general notice of proposed rulemaking, including an approximate schedule for completing action on the rule and an estimate of its cost and economic effects. OIRA must publish this information online and, subject to certain exceptions, a rule may not take effect until the information has been published for at least six months.
The bill also requires OIRA to annually publish in the Federal Register specified information it receives from agencies under this bill, including a list of each rule an agency has proposed and the total cost of all rules proposed or finalized. OIRA must further publish online (1) any analysis of the costs or benefits of rules that were proposed or finalized during the previous year, and (2) a list of rules that were subjected to various forms of review during the previous year.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 10, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Jan 10, 2023 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Jan 10, 2023 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jan 10, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2023Markup Feb 6, 2024Reported Dec 18, 2024 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2023Discharged Dec 18, 2024 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-904, Part I.
- Dec 18, 2024Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Dec 18, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 739.
- Feb 6, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 6, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 19.
- Jan 10, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2023Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 6, 2024H.R. 262, ALERT ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on February 6, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 8, January 10, 2023, page H152.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2779 | ALERT Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Oct 19, 2021 |
| S 4200 | ALERT Act of 2024 | Related bill | Apr 19, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating to rulemakings, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ALERT Act of 2023
- All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- ALERT Act
- All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Reported in House
- Jan 10, 2023Introduced 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.
