US Congress Senate Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-04-27 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 Establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission. Requires the Commission to evaluate and make recommendations and propose legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the Commission (covered regulations) for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public safety. Requires the Commission to give priority to covered regulations that: (1) impose disproportionately high costs on a small entity, (2) create substantial recurring paperwork burdens or transaction costs, or (3) could be made more effective while reducing regulatory costs. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Commission and procedures for congressional consideration of Commission reports and recommendations and proposed legislation.

Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-27	Senate	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
2015-09-16	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
2015-03-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB1407 (Related) 2015-03-17 - Referred to House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/708/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s708/BILLS-114s708is.pdf