S. 1607: Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 721.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 721. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015

Plain summary

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency, while maximizing net benefits and considering costs, to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies. For any proposed or final economically significant rule (i.e., a rule that is likely to have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or to adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities), the President may require in independent regulatory agency to publish and provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) with: (1) an assessment of the costs and benefits of such rule, (2) an assessment of costs and benefits of alternatives to such rule, and (3) an explanation of why the planned regulatory action is preferable to identified alternatives. The President may require: (1) such an agency to submit any proposed or final economically significant rule to OIRA for review; (2) OIRA to submit for inclusion in the rule making record its assessment of the extent to which the agency has complied with regulatory analysis requirements; and (3) that if OIRA does not complete such assessment within 90 days, such agency shall be deemed to have met the requirement for review and may publish the final rule without inclusion of an assessment in the rule making record. (Sec. 4) Compliance of an independent regulatory agency with this bill's requirements shall not be subject to judicial review.

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Official text

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · 6 cosponsors

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Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), James Lankford (R-OK), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI)

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Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1607.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1607 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114