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PAD-80-43 1 (1980-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabadr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. aC411 January 23, 1980 B-197318 The Honorable Abraham A. Ribicoff Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate 111367 Dear Mr. Chairman: (iv, S. 2147J the Regulatory Flexibility and Administrative Reform Act of 1979 proposes to establish the Regulatory Policy Board, to provide for the regulatory analysis of pro- posed rules, to require the evaluation of existing regula- tions, to require the Congress and the President to review certain regulatory agencies, to increase competition in regulated industries, and to make other improvements in re- gulatory procedures. The GAO strongly supports the general thrust of this bill to reform the regulatory process with the objective of making government regulation less burdensome. We do, however, want to make a number of suggestions for improving this bill. OVERSIGHT BY THE CONGRESS Section 104 of S. 2147 requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to monitor agency compliance with the requirements of subchapter.III to perform regula- tory analyses, the requirements of subchapter IV to promote regulatory flexibility, and to keep the Congress fully informed of any failures to comply or any problems arising in the implementation of the subchapters. We believe that S. 2147 is correct in providing for an explicit congressional oversight process. However, we strongly recommend that the oversight role that the bill vests with the Congressional Budget Office should be assigned to the General Accounting Office. The essence of proposed section 104 is the review of compliance with legislative mandates on the part of executive and independent regulatory agencies, the evaluation of the performance of these agencies PAD-80-43 67 L, 00 11130

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