US Congress House Bill 3257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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November 2 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011 - Prohibits covered regulations from being in effect or from taking effect during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013 (time-out period). Prohibits publication of any general notice of a proposed rulemaking for what would be a covered regulation, and nullifies a rulemaking that was published but for which the comment period did not expire before enactment of this Act, during such period. Defines a "covered regulation" as a final regulation that did not take effect before September 1, 2011, that increases costs on businesses in a manner that will have an adverse effect on job creation, job retention, productivity, competitiveness, or the efficient functioning of the economy and that is likely to: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (3) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action by another agency; (4) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients; or (5) raise novel legal or policy issues. Exempts regulations that are required by law. Allows agency heads to exempt covered regulations that: (1) are necessary due to an imminent threat to human health or safety or any other emergency; (2) are necessary to enforce criminal laws, (3) foster private sector job creation; (4) encourage economic growth; (5) reduce regulatory burdens; (6) pertain to a military or foreign affairs function; or (7) are limited to interpreting, implementing, or administering the Internal Revenue Code.

Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011

Rep Hanna, Richard L.	Rep Latta, Robert E.	Rep Paul, Ron	Rep Ribble, Reid J.
Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Young, Todd C.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
2011-11-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending .
2011-10-25	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-10-25	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2011-10-25	House	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.

HB3194 (Related) 2011-11-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending .
SB1538 (Related) 2011-09-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB1786 (Related) 2011-11-03 - Motion to proceed to consideration of measure under the order of 11/2/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 196. (consideration: CR S7113)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03257:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3257ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3257ih.pdf