HR 527 · 112th Congress · Commerce
Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2011-12-05)
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Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) to revise the definition of "rule" under such Act to exclude a rule of particular (and not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, and other financial indicators and to define "economic impact" with respect to a proposed or final rule as any direct economic effect on small entities from such rule and any indirect economic effect on small entities that is reasonably foreseeable and that results from such rule. Includes tribal organizations within the definition of "small governmental jurisdictions" for purposes of such Act. Requires initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses to: (1) describe alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize the beneficial significant economic impact on small entities, and (2) include revisions or amendments to a land management plan developed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior under specified Acts. Expands elements of initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses under RFA to include estimates and descriptions of the cumula…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 527, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
Aug 24, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 13, 2011
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 527, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
Aug 24, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 7, 2011
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans