HR 4660 · 96th Congress · Commerce
Smaller Enterprise Regulatory Improvement Act
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Committee on the Judiciary discharged in House.(1980-05-28)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Smaller Enterprise Regulatory Improvement Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require each Federal agency to publish semiannually an agenda of those rules which may be proposed during the upcoming six-month period affecting a substantial number of small business concerns and small organizations. Defines "small organizations" to include unincorporated businesses, sheltered workshops, nonprofit enterprises which are not dominant in their fields and such other groups and enterprises as each Federal agency shall establish by rule. Requires each published agenda to be transmitted to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration for comments. Directs each Federal agency to endeavor to provide notice of each agenda to affected small enterprises by means other than publication in the Federal Register. Directs each Federal agency to publish a written analysis prior to the issuance of any rule affecting a substantial number of small business concerns and organizations which considers: (1) the effect of such rule on small enterprises and competition; (2) whether an exemption could be provided such small enterprises; (3) whether lesser compliance standards could be adopted for…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (20)
11 Democrats9 Republicans