118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1411Prove It Act of 2023

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.

Government operations and politics
Introduced May 3, 2023
Last action Sep 18, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 3, 2023
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Referred
May 3, 2023
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Step 3
Committee
Sep 18, 2024
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking with respect to small businesses, organizations, and governmental jurisdictions. Specifically, when conducting an initial regulatory flexibility analysis, agencies must include, where feasible, any reasonably foreseeable potential indirect costs the proposed rule may impose on such small entities. Further, if an agency certifies that an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required because the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency must provide such certification within 10 days to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. A small enti...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 5 actions
Sep 18, 2024
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Nov 1, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Jul 26, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-90.
May 3, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 3, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.