H.R. 2953

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2953 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2953

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the publication, 
by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information 
relating to rules, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 17, 2025

Mr. Palmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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

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A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the publication, 
by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information 
relating to rules, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``All Economic Regulations are 
Transparent Act'' or the ``ALERT Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS PUBLICATION OF 
INFORMATION RELATING TO RULES.

(a) Amendment.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after chapter 6 the following new chapter:

``CHAPTER 6A--OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS PUBLICATION 
OF INFORMATION RELATING TO RULES

``SEC. 651. AGENCY MONTHLY SUBMISSION TO OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND 
REGULATORY AFFAIRS.

``On a monthly basis, the head of each agency shall submit to the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(referred to in this chapter as the `Administrator'), in such a manner 
as the Administrator may reasonably require, the following information:
``(1) For each rule that the agency expects to propose or 
finalize during the 12-month period following the month covered 
by the monthly submission:
``(A) A summary of the nature of the rule, 
including the regulation identifier number and the 
docket number for the rule.
``(B) The objectives of and legal basis for the 
issuance of the rule, including--
``(i) any statutory or judicial deadline; 
and
``(ii) whether the legal basis restricts or 
precludes the agency from conducting an 
analysis of the costs or benefits of the rule 
during the rule making, and if not, whether the 
agency plans to conduct an analysis of the 
costs or benefits of the rule during the rule 
making.
``(C) Whether the agency plans to claim an 
exemption from the requirements of section 553 pursuant 
to section 553(b)(B).
``(D) The stage of the rule making as of the date 
of submission.
``(E) Whether the rule is subject to review under 
section 610.
``(2) For any rule for which the agency expects to finalize 
during the 12-month period following the month covered by the 
monthly submission and has issued a general notice of proposed 
rule making--
``(A) an approximate schedule for completing action 
on the rule;
``(B) an estimate of whether the rule will cost--
``(i) less than $50,000,000;
``(ii) $50,000,000 or more but less than 
$100,000,000;
``(iii) $100,000,000 or more but less than 
$500,000,000;
``(iv) $500,000,000 or more but less than 
$1,000,000,000;
``(v) $1,000,000,000 or more but less than 
$5,000,000,000;
``(vi) $5,000,000,000 or more but less than 
$10,000,000,000; or
``(vii) $10,000,000,000 or more;
``(C) any estimate of the economic effects of the 
rule, including the imposition of unfunded mandates and 
any estimate of the net effect that the rule will have 
on the number of jobs in the United States, that was 
considered in drafting the rule, or, if no such 
estimate is available, a statement affirming that no 
information on the economic effects, including the 
effect on the number of jobs, of the rule has been 
considered; and
``(D) a list of all influential scientific 
information disseminated or expected to be disseminated 
by the agency relating to the rule, including any peer 
review plans for the information, including--
``(i) the date the information or peer 
review was or is expected to be received by the 
agency;
``(ii) the date the information or peer 
review was publically disclosed or is expected 
to be publically disclosed, and, if that date 
is altered in subsequent reports, a brief 
explanation for the change; and
``(iii) the Internet address of the 
information or peer review completed and 
disclosed or of where the information or peer 
review will be found, once completed and 
disclosed.

``SEC. 652. OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS PUBLICATIONS.

``(a) Agency-Specific Information Published Monthly.--Not later 
than 30 days after the submission of information pursuant to section 
651, the Administrator shall make such information publicly available 
on the Internet.
``(b) Cumulative Assessment of Agency Rule Making Published 
Annually.--
``(1) Publication in the federal register.--Not later than 
October 1 of each year, the Administrator shall publish in the 
Federal Register the following, with respect to the previous 
year:
``(A) The information that the Administrator 
received from the head of each agency under section 
651.
``(B) The number of rules and a list of each such 
rule--
``(i) that was proposed by each agency, 
including, for each such rule, an indication of 
whether the issuing agency conducted an 
analysis of the costs or benefits of the rule; 
and
``(ii) that was finalized by each agency, 
including for each such rule an indication of 
whether--
``(I) the issuing agency conducted 
an analysis of the costs or benefits of 
the rule;
``(II) the agency claimed an 
exemption from the procedures under 
section 553 pursuant to section 
553(b)(B); and
``(III) the rule was issued 
pursuant to a statutory mandate or the 
rule making is committed to agency 
discretion by law.
``(C) The number of agency actions and a list of 
each such action taken by each agency that--
``(i) repealed a rule;
``(ii) reduced the scope of a rule;
``(iii) reduced the cost of a rule; or
``(iv) accelerated the expiration date of a 
rule.
``(D) The total cost (without reducing the cost by 
any offsetting benefits) of all rules proposed or 
finalized, the total cost of any unfunded mandates 
imposed by all such rules, and the number of rules for 
which an estimate of the cost of the rule was not 
available.
``(2) Publication on the internet.--Not later than October 
1 of each year, the Administrator shall make publicly available 
on the Internet the following:
``(A) The analysis of the costs or benefits, if 
conducted, for each proposed rule or final rule issued 
by an agency for the previous year.
``(B) The docket number and regulation identifier 
number for each proposed or final rule issued by an 
agency for the previous year.
``(C) The number of rules and a list of each such 
rule reviewed by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget for the previous year, and the 
authority under which each such review was conducted.
``(D) The number of rules and a list of each such 
rule for which the head of an agency completed a review 
under section 610 for the previous year.
``(E) The number of rules and a list of each such 
rule submitted to the Comptroller General under section 
801.
``(F) The number of rules and a list of each such 
rule for which a resolution of disapproval was 
introduced in either the House of Representatives or 
the Senate under section 802.

``SEC. 653. REQUIREMENT FOR RULES TO APPEAR IN AGENCY-SPECIFIC MONTHLY 
PUBLICATION.

``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), a rule may not take 
effect until the information required to be made publicly available on 
the Internet regarding such rule pursuant to section 652(a) has been so 
available for not less than 6 months.
``(b) Exceptions.--The requirement of subsection (a) shall not 
apply in the case of a rule--
``(1) for which the agency issuing the rule claims an 
exception under section 553(b)(B); or
``(2) which the President determines by Executive order 
should take effect because the rule is--
``(A) necessary because of an imminent threat to 
health or safety or other emergency;
``(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 
laws;
``(C) necessary for national security; or
``(D) issued pursuant to any statute implementing 
an international trade agreement.

``SEC. 654. DEFINITIONS.

``In this chapter, the terms `agency', `agency action', `rule', and 
`rule making' have the meanings given those terms in section 551, and 
the term `unfunded mandate' has the meaning given the term `Federal 
mandate' in section 421(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 658(6)).''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for 
part I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 5, the following:

``6. The Analysis of Regulatory Functions 601.
``6A. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Publication of 
Information Relating to Rules 651''.
(c) Effective Dates.--
(1) Agency monthly submission to the office of information 
and regulatory affairs.--The first submission required pursuant 
to section 651 of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter.
(2) Cumulative assessment of agency rule making.--
(A) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 652 of 
title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a), shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Deadline.--The first requirement to publish or 
make available, as the case may be, under subsection 
(b) of section 652 of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a), shall be the first October 1 
after the effective date of such subsection.
(C) First publication.--The requirement under 
section 652(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a), shall include for the first 
publication, any analysis of the costs or benefits 
conducted for a proposed or final rule, for the 10 
years before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Requirement for rules to appear in agency-specific 
monthly publication.--Section 653 of title 5, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date 
that is 8 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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