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H.R. 15349 94th Congress House

Regulatory Cost Impact Act

Official title: A bill to establish national policies to promote the adoption of Government programs which can be expected to provide the greatest net public benefit and to pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish national policies to promote the adoption of Government programs which can be expected to provide the greatest net public benefit and to prevent Government programs from having unreasonable public costs, to establish a system requiring regulatory cost benefit assessments to be prepared for any proposed legislation or regulation which may have a significant economic impact, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 31, 1976 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 94th Congress (1975–1976) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Aug 31, 1976
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Aug 31, 1976
Introduced in House
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Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Regulatory Cost Impact Act - Requires every Federal agency to prepare in conjunction with every regulation it proposes which may have a significant impact on costs to the public a Regulatory Cost/Benefit Assessment setting forth the foreseeable costs and benefits of and alternatives to such regulation. Requires that hearings on such regulations include comments solicited from the public, Federal, State, and local agencies on the final wording of such cost/benefit assessment.

Provides special procedures for emergency regulations which must be promulgated immediately to protect the public.

Requires each committee of Congress which reports legislation which may have a significant impact on costs to the public to prepare a Regulatory Cost/Benefit Assessment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 15349: Regulatory Cost Impact Act. 94th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-15349/
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"H.R. 15349: Regulatory Cost Impact Act." 94th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-15349/.
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H.R. 15349, 94th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-15349/.
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