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HR 3396 111th Congress House

Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit agencies from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements of those rule… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit agencies from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements of those rules are enacted into law by an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 29, 2009 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightEconomic performance and conditions
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Became law
Sep 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jul 29, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 29, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2080)
Jul 29, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to: (1) require each agency, before adopting a rule, to determine whether compliance with the rule will result in a specified economic impact; and (2) prohibit an agency from enforcing a rule it determines will result in such impact until its requirements are enacted into law.

Requires each agency: (1) annually, to determine whether its rules have resulted in a specified economic impact in the preceding year; and (2) not later than 365 days after making such determination, to no longer enforce such a rule until its requirements are enacted into law.

Defines "specified economic impact" as: (1) costs to any individual of $5,000 or more in a year; (2) costs to any partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of $10,000 or more in a year; (3) costs to all persons (not including the federal government or a state government) in the aggregate of $25,000 or more in a year; or (4) the loss by one or more U.S. citizens of existing employment in a year.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3396: Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3396/
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