Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 870
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 26, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 26, 2019
Latest Action
Mar 26, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
870
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Ohio
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act

This bill revises rulemaking requirements with respect to unfunded mandates.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an initial and final regulatory impact analysis prior to promulgating any proposed or final rule that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (adjusted for inflation); (2) requires consideration of regulatory alternatives to the rule and requires the selection of the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative; (3) exempts from such requirements rules that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) expands judicial review of agency rulemaking.

The bill extends certain budgetary requirements to independent regulatory agencies.

Text (1)
March 26, 2019
Actions (2)
03/26/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
03/26/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 6:17:20 PM