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H.R. 2175: Regulatory Balance Act

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H.R. 2175: Regulatory Balance Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Regulatory Balance Act

Plain summary

Regulatory Balance Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to perform a cost-benefit analysis on any proposed regulation that is determined to be a significant regulatory action (as defined by Executive Order 12866) and submit such analysis to Congress before such regulation takes effect.

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Official text

Regulatory Balance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] · 0 cosponsors

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2175 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112