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HR 2593 113th Congress House

Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013

Official title: To require reports on the results of and methods used to calculate any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 28, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jun 28, 2013
Introduced in House
Jun 28, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action July 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 - Requires the head of a federal agency, after completing any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis used to promulgate rules or guidelines or to determine administrative actions, to: (1) submit to relevant congressional committees a report on the result of and methods used to calculate the cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis, and (2) publish such report in the Federal Register.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2593: Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2593/
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"H.R. 2593: Cost-Benefit and Regulatory Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2593/.
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H.R. 2593, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2593/.
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