Sec. 306. Streamlining OIRA review
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In this section— the term Administrator means the Administrator of the Office; the terms agency , regulatory action , and significant regulatory action have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Executive Order; the term Executive Order means Executive Order 12866 ( 5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and review); and the term Office means the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. With respect to a regulatory action of an agency, the Office may not engage in communications or meetings with an individual that is not employed by the executive branch of the Federal Government if the regulatory action is or may be subject to review by the Office under section 6(b) of the Executive Order.
With respect to a regulatory action of an agency that may be subject to review by the Office under section 6(b) of the Executive Order, the Office may not engage in communications or meetings with the agency before the date on which the agency submits the regulatory action to the Office under section 6(a)(3) of the Executive Order. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Office shall complete a review of a significant regulatory action under section 6(b) of the Executive Order not less than 45 days after the date on which the Office receives the significant regulatory action under section 6(a)(3) of the Executive Order.
The Office may extend the 45-day period described in paragraph
(1)by a single 30-day period if the Office provides the agency with, and makes publicly available, a written justification for the extension. If the Office waives review of a significant regulatory action of an agency under section 6(b)(2) of the Executive Order without a request for further consideration or does not notify the agency in writing of the results of the review under section 6(b) of the Executive Order within the time frame described in paragraph
(1)or (2), the agency may publish the significant regulatory action in the Federal Register. Nothing in this section shall be construed— as an endorsement by Congress of— the institution of centralized regulatory review; or the procedural steps or requirements of an Executive order affecting administrative procedure; or as a requirement that the President— conduct centralized regulatory review; or adopt, administer, or implement an Executive order affecting administrative procedure.
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