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02428 - (A1672677]
Government Regulatory Activity: Justifications, Processes,
Impacts, and Alternatives. PAD-77-34; B-163628. June 3, 1977. 65
pp. + 2 appendices (21 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection (900); Environmental
Protection Programs (2200);Federal Regulatory Activities
(000).
ContaCt: Program Analysis Div.
Budget Function: Nataral Resources, Environment, and Energy
(300) ; Commerce and Transportation (400); Health: Prevention
and Control of Health Problems (553).
Organization Concerned: Civil Aeronautics Board; Department of
Labor; Environmental Protection Agency; Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce; Scuate Committee on Comserce; Congress.
Authcrity: S. Res. 71 (94th Cong.).
The public, the business community, the Congress, and
the iresident have expressed concern about the current state of
Government regulatory activity. Findings/Conc!usions: Issues of
concern in the current debate over Government regulation
include: the continued appropriateness of some regulatory
objectives; the ability of regulation to produce specific
results; the alleged imposition of substantial economic costs on
society; the effect of regulation om the distribution of income;
the best administrative structure for regulation; and the range
and feasibility of regulatory reform alternatives. A study of
the actual effect of organization and process o regulatory
activity would be useful in a Government evaluation of
regulation. Thoirough regulatory reform requires a complete
review of regulation. The review process should be designed to
determine the cause of regulatory failure, its extent, and the
best reform alternatives. Reform alternatives include complete
deregulation, partial deregulation, standards and alternatives,
awarding monopoly franchises, subsidies, nationalization, and
antitrust enforcement. Recommendations: The costs of regulation
should be weighed against its benefits as well as the costs of
alternatives. In an evaluation, both the organization and the
nature of regulation must be considered. (Author/SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaachw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)