Peters, Scott (D-CA), Chabot (R-OH) – Amendment No. 1 – Adds to the bill’s Regulatory Flexibility Act exemption for veterans rights-and-benefits rules an exemption for rules pertaining to service members and predatory lending. The amendment also effectuates limited technical amendments to the bill.
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Nadler (D-NY) – Amendment No. 2 – Requires analysis of direct and indirect benefits or new rules in initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses.
Not Offered
Y
N
Conyers (D-MI) – Amendment No. 3 – Strikes section 5 of the bill, removing authority for the Small Businesses Administration’s Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to issue uniform rules for the implementation of the bill and underlying requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.
Rejected Voice
Y
N ✓
Schrader (D-OR) – Amendment No. 4 – Strikes section 10 of the legislation, eliminating independent authority for the Small Business Counsel’s Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to approve Regulatory Flexibility Act small business size standards on which it currently consults.
Y 184
N 234
Johnson, Hank (D-GA) – Amendment No. 5 – Exempts from the bill any rule that the Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job creation.
Rejected Voice
Y
N ✓
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 6 – Exempts from the bill all regulations issued by the Food and Drug Administration relating to consumer safety, including those issued pursuant to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.