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B-302705 1 (2006-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptassr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i G A 0Comptroller General .. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-302705 June 7, 2006 The Honorable Tom Davis Chairman Committee on Government Reform House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: The Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 (TIRA), Pub. L. No. 106-312, 114 Stat. 1248 (Oct. 17, 2000), became effective on January 15, 2001 (codified at 5 U.S.C. § 801 note). TIRA contemplated a 3-year pilot project during which GAO would perform independent evaluations of economically significant agency rules when requested by a Chairman or ranking member of a committee of jurisdiction of either House of Congress. The independent evaluation' would include an evaluation of the agency's analysis of the potential benefits, potential costs, and alternative approaches considered during the rulemaking proceeding. Under TIRA, GAO was required to report on our evaluations within 180 calendar days after we received a committee request. Section 6(b) of the Act, however, provided that the pilot project would continue only if, in each fiscal year, a specific annual appropriation not less than $5,200,000 or the pro-rated equivalent thereof shall have been made for the pilot project. Section 6(c) of the Act directed GAO to submit to Congress, before the conclusion of the 3-year period, a report reviewing the effectiveness of the pilot project and recommending whether or not Congress should permanently authorize the pilot project. During the 3-year period contemplated for the pilot project, Congress did not enact any specific appropriation to cover TIRA evaluations, and the authority for the 3-year pilot project expired on January 15, 2004. 'TIRA defines an independent evaluation as a substantive evaluation of the agency's data, methodology, and assumptions used in developing the economically significant rule, including - - (A) an explanation of how any strengths or weaknesses in those data, methodology, and assumptions support or detract from conclusions reached by the agency; and (B) the implications, if any, of those strengths or weaknesses for the rulemaking. Section 3(3) of Pub. L. No. 106-312.

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