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House Bill 50
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2018
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Jul 13, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 3, 2017
Latest Action
Dec 19, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
50
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Virginia Foxx
North Carolina
Republican
Paul Gosar
Arizona
Democrat
Collin Peterson
Minnesota
Democrat
Tom Suozzi
New York
Democrat
Henry Cuellar
Texas
Republican
Pete Sessions
Texas
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Recorded Vote
Roll Number
328
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017

This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at the request of the chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee, to conduct an assessment comparing the authorized level of funding in legislation to the prospective costs of carrying out any changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on state, local, or tribal governments participating in the federal assistance program; (2) modify the definition of "direct costs" to require CBO to consider, in accounting for the costs of federal mandates, forgone business profits, costs passed onto consumers and other entities, and behavioral changes; (3) eliminate the exemption of independent regulatory agencies (except the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Open Market Committee, or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) from reporting requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA); and (4) make the raising of points of order in the consideration of congressional legislation applicable to legislation that would increase the direct cost of private sector mandates beyond limits established by UMRA.

The bill amends UMRA to: (1) transfer certain responsibilities under it from the Office of Management and Budget to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA); (2) set forth detailed criteria to guide agencies in assessing the effects of federal regulatory actions on state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector; (3) revise requirements for agency statements accompanying significant regulatory actions to require an analysis of the effects of a proposed final rule on state, local, or tribal governments, the private sector, and private property owners; and (4) extend to the the private sector the requirement for consultation with agencies in the development of regulatory proposals containing significant federal mandates.

UMRA reporting requirements are revised to require: (1) the OIRA to provide guidance and oversight so that agency regulations are consistent with the principles and policies of UMRA and do not conflict with the policies or actions of another agency; and (2) agencies to include in their annual compliance statements an appendix detailing consultation activities with state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector.

The bill requires an agency, at the request of the chairman or ranking member of a standing or select House or Senate Committee, to conduct a retrospective analysis of an existing regulation promulgated by such agency.

Judicial review under UMRA is expanded to include review of provisions of such Act relating to agency assessment of the effects of the regulatory process and agency selection of the least costly or least burdensome alternative to a regulatory mandate. Courts are granted expanded powers to compel agencies to comply with UMRA reporting requirements.

Text (5)
Reported to Senate
December 19, 2018
Referred in Senate
July 16, 2018
Engrossed in House
July 13, 2018
Reported in House
June 29, 2018
Introduced in House
January 3, 2017
Amendments (3)
Jul 13, 2018
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 869
An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 115-812 to provide for a sunset of amendments made to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and the Congressional Budget Act if GDP growth fails to increase at average annual rate of five percent or more.
Active
Jul 13, 2018
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 868
An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 115-812 to require a record of any consultation with any non-Federal party and any comments submitted by any non-Federal party to be posted on the agency website within five days after the consultation or date of submission.
Agreed To
Jul 13, 2018
Not Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 867
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 115-812 to strike section 5, which repeals the exclusion of independent agencies from reporting requirements.
Active
Related Bills (2)
Jul 11, 2018
Passed House
1
Sponsorship
House Simple Resolution 985
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 50) to provide for additional safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3281) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and for other purposes.
Active
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Type
Procedurally-Related Measure
Procedurally-Related Measure
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Identified By
House
Jul 10, 2017
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1523
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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CRS
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