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handle is hein.crs/crsaahb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code 96-949 ENR Updated December 27, 2000 Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress through the 106th John E. Blodgett Resources, Science, and Industry Division Summary The 104'h Congress addressed the environmental regulatory process by reviewing regulatory decisionmaking processes and requiring assessments of unfunded mandates and of costs and benefits of selected regulations; attaching specific reforms to funding bills; establishing a House corrections day calendar for bills addressing specific regulatory problems; and incorporating regulatory reforms into individual program reauthorization bills. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was directed to prepare a report on the costs and benefits of federal regulations. The 105'h Congress pursued similar regulatory reforms: proposals for comprehensive cost-benefit/risk analysis of regulations; private property takings bills; revisions of individual environmental statutes; selected riders on appropriations bills; and oversight of environmental programs. OMB was directed to continue its report on overall regulatory impacts. The 106'h Congress permanently authorized the annual OMB report, and it enacted a 3-year pilot project under which Committee Chairmen or Ranking Members could ask the General Accounting Office (GAO) to evaluate and send reports to Congress on major rules issued by federal agencies. Section 15 of H.R. 5658, enacted by P.L. 106-554, required OMB to issue guidelines for federal data quality and provided for a mechanism for public correction of erroneous data. This report will not be updated. Introduction From the beginning of federal environmental programs, the costs they might impose on industry and business, state and local governments, and consumers and taxpayers have generated concern. As a result, the evolution of environmental statutes has been paralleled by efforts to improve cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment to help set priorities and to determine appropriate levels of regulation. But these developments have not been without controversy. Proponents of requiring risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses believe that the resulting data, even if flawed, can usefully inform regulatory decisions; opponents Congressional Research Service o.o The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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