Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

IB Union Calendar No. 144 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3995 [Report No. 118–180] To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 9, 2023 Ms. VAN DUYNE (for herself, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. ALFORD, and Mr. BARR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 Additional sponsors: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. LALOTA SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 9, 2023] VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3995 RH A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis- tration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3995 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Regu- 4 latory Reduction Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULEMAKING 6 COSTS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall ensure 8 that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year 9 is not greater than zero. 10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the last day 11 of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress 12 a report on any regulations issued by other Federal agencies 13 that have an impact on small business concerns. Such re- 14 port shall include rules issued during the fiscal year pre- 15 ceding and the fiscal year following the date of the report 16 and such rules shall be disaggregated by the issuing Federal 17 agency. 18 (c) SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY BUDGET DE- 19 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘small business regu- 20 latory budget’’ means the cost to small business concerns 21 (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 22 U.S.C. 632)) of rulemaking (including the cost of a new 23 rule and any modification to or repeal of a rule) by the 24 Administrator of the Small Business Administration. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3995 RH SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 1 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro- 2 priated to carry out this Act. Such Act shall be carried out 3 using amounts otherwise appropriated to the Administrator 4 of the Small Business Administration. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No. 144 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3995 [Report No. 118–180] A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes. SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Sep 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3995.RH H3995 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB