House Lawmakers Reintroduce Regulatory Accountability Act
House lawmakers Wednesday reintroduced the Regulatory Accountability Act (HR-185), which would force “federal bureaucrats to adopt the least costly method to effectively implement the law,” a news release said. They posted the bill text, which includes provisions on how agencies…
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conduct rulemakings and what must occur when they issue major or high-impact rules. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., are the bill’s primary backers. It “addresses the problem of escalating, excessive federal regulatory costs in a clear, commonsense way that we can all support,” Goodlatte said in a statement. “This legislation directs the Executive Branch to fulfill its statutory goals set by Congress and requires simply that they reach those goals in the least costly way with better public input to find the most efficient regulatory solutions.” The House passed the legislation in the 113th Congress but it never made it through the Senate.