A bill to reduce duplicative and conflicting Federal rules or regulations, and for other purposes.
Regulatory Conflicts Elimination Act of 1981 - Directs the President to formulate criteria for use in determining the costs of compliance with Federal rules and regulations.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the President, Congress, and the head of each independent agency an annual report which: (1) identifies duplicative or conflicting rules and regulations promulgated by Executive departments or independent agencies; (2) determines the costs of compliance with such rules; and (3) makes recommendations for modifying, eliminating, or consolidating such rules.
Requires each head of an independent agency and the President to transmit to Congress and the Comptroller General recommendations for changing the conflicting or duplicative rules and to implement such recommendations 60 days after transmittal unless Congress passes a concurrent resolution disapproving those recommendations.
Directs the Comptroller General, within 30 days after the receipt of such reports, to submit a review to Congress.
Authorizes appropriations.
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; White House Office; OMB; Energy Department; Interior Department; Labor Department; Treasury Department.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Administrative Conference of the U.S.; Civil Aeronautics Board; Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Consumer Product Safety Commission; Environmental Protection Agency; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Federal Communications Commission; Federal Election Commission; Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Trade Commission.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Interstate Commerce Commission; Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GAO.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Civil Aeronautics Board.
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Consumer Product Safety Commission.