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H.R. 421 119th Congress House

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act

Official title: To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Regulatory Flexibility Act"), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on sma… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Regulatory Flexibility Act"), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Cline Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Jun 10, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 12.
Jun 10, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 12.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act

This bill modifies the rulemaking requirements and procedures of federal agencies under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, including how agencies consider economic impact with respect to small entities.

Specifically, the bill requires agencies to consider the direct, and the reasonably foreseeable indirect, economic effect of a rule on small entities when determining whether a rule is likely to have a significant economic impact. Further, the regulatory flexibility analysis for rules with a significant economic impact must include a detailed description of alternatives to a proposed rule that minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize any beneficial significant economic impact on small entities. The bill also expands the types of agency actions (e.g., revisions to land management plans) that are subject to a regulatory impact analysis.

The bill removes the authority for an agency to waive the regulatory flexibility analysis requirements and requires the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to issue rules for compliance with such requirements.

The bill also modifies the procedures for the (1) gathering of comments for a proposed rule, (2) periodic review of agency rules, and (3) judicial review of final rules.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 5178 Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Feb 21, 2025
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Feb 21, 2025
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Brecheen, Josh
Oklahoma · Jan 15, 2025
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Ellzey, Jake
Texas · Jan 15, 2025
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Fitzgerald, Scott
Wisconsin · Jan 15, 2025
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Hageman, Harriet M.
Wyoming · Jan 15, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 421: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-421/
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"H.R. 421: Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-421/.
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H.R. 421, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-421/.
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