The House Committee on Government Reform shelved a scheduled markup on Thursday after failing to round up enough votes to pass out legislation that seeks to curtail federal preemption of state and local laws through a number of sweeping -- and potentially dangerous -- legislative strokes. Not only did the public interest community weigh in with strong opposition to the bill (H.R. 2245), but so too did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In a letter to committee members, the Chamber stated, "H.R.

As administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) -- which has authority to review and possibly reject or amend agency regulatory proposals -- John Graham is pressing agencies to adopt particular analytical methods to assess regulatory costs and benefits that would rig the result and undoubtedly lead to less protective health, safety, and environmental standards.

More than a decade of the public's right to know about toxic chemicals on the TRI list has resulted in a 45 percent decline in the release of those chemicals. In a sea of public, government and scientific ignorance of threats to public health and the environment, EPA dedicates significant time, effort and resources to gathering, storing, and publicly disclosing islands of detailed information about the nation's environment.

Congressional Accountability for Regulatory Information Act of 2000 (Introduced in the House January 24, 2000) 106th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3521 To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for a report by the General Accounting Office to Congress on agency regulatory actions, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2000 Mr. MCINTOSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the