Sec. 5. REPORT ON REGULATIONS PROMULGATED NEAR THE END OF PRESIDENTIAL TERMS
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## SEC. 5 REPORT ON REGULATIONS PROMULGATED NEAR THE END OF PRESIDENTIAL TERMS ###
(a)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “covered presidential transition period” means each of the following: #####
(A)The 120-day period ending on January 20, 2001. #####
(B)The 120-day period ending on January 20, 2009. #####
(C)The 120-day period ending on January 20, 2017. ####
(2)The term “covered regulation” means a final significant regulatory action promulgated by an Executive department. ####
(3)The term “significant regulatory action” means any regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that may— #####
(A)have an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities; #####
(B)create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; #####
(C)materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or #####
(D)raise novel legal or policy issues. ####
(4)The term “Executive department” has the meaning given that term under section 101 of title 5, United States Code. ###
(b)Report ####
(1)In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report regarding covered regulations promulgated during each covered presidential transition period. ####
(2)Contents of report The report required under paragraph
(1)shall, to the extent feasible, for each covered presidential transition period— #####
(A)compare the number, scope, and impact of, and type of rulemaking procedure used for, covered regulations promulgated during the covered presidential transition period to the number, scope, and impact of, and type of rulemaking procedure used for, covered regulations promulgated during the 120-day periods ending on January 20 of each year after 1996, other than 2001, 2009, and 2017; #####
(B)determine the statistical significance of any differences identified under subparagraph
(A)and whether and to what extent such differences indicate any patterns; #####
(C)evaluate the size, scope, and effect of the covered regulations promulgated during the covered presidential transition period; and #####
(D)assess the extent to which the regularly required processes for the promulgation of covered regulations were followed during the covered presidential transition period, including compliance with the requirements under— ######
(i)chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Congressional Review Act”); ######
(ii)the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note); ######
(iii)sections 202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1532-1535); ######
(iv)chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Regulatory Flexibility Act”); and ######
(v)chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”).
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REPORT ON REGULATIONS PROMULGATED NEAR THE END OF PRESIDENTIAL TERMS
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