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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 686 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and con... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Least burdensome option or explanation required

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Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by striking section 205 ( 2 U.S.C. 1535 ) and inserting the following: Before promulgating any proposed or final rule for which a regulatory impact analysis is required under section 202, an agency shall— identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives within the range of the discretion of the agency under the statute authorizing the rule, including the alternatives described in section 202(c)(1)(B); and from the alternatives identified and considered under paragraph (1), select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the statute. .
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