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H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act 1 (May 13, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo11143 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE May 13, 2013 H.R. 1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 7, 2013 H.R. 1062 would expand the amount of analysis performed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when developing or amending regulations. Specifically, the bill would direct the SEC to: Assess the significance of the problem the regulation is designed to address; Determine whether the estimated costs of the proposed regulation justify its estimated benefits; and Identify alternatives to the proposed regulation that are available. Further, under the bill, the SEC would be required to review its regulations every five years to determine whether they are outmoded, ineffective, or excessively burdensome. Using the results of the review, the agency would then need to consider modifying or repealing such rules. For major rules (that is, rules expected to have an economic impact greater than $100 million annually), the bill would require the SEC to develop and publish a plan to assess whether the regulation has achieved its stated purposes. H.R. 1062 would direct the agency, no later than two years after the date such a rule was published, to publish a report assessing the costs, benefits, and consequences of the rule using performance measures that were identified when the rule was adopted. Based on information from the SEC, CBO estimates that the commission would ultimately need 20 additional staff positions (less than a 1 percent increase in the agency's 2012 staffing level) to handle the new rulemaking, reporting, and analytical activities required under the bill. CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1062 would cost the SEC $23 million over the 2013-2018 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, for additional personnel and overhead expenses. Under current law, the SEC is authorized to collect fees sufficient to offset its annual appropriation; therefore, CBO estimates that the net budgetary effect of the SEC's activities to implement H.R. 1062 would not be

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