OIRA at thirty: Reflections and recommendations

Administrative Law Review

Volumn 63, Issue SPECIAL, 2011, Pages 103-112

  Katzen, Sally ^a  

^a Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)   (United States)

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EID: 84866233655     PISSN: 00018368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (50)

1. See, e.g., Christopher DeMuth, OIRA at Thirty, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 15, 23 (2011) (suggesting that OIRA review functions as both an entity of administrative review and constraint);
2. Wendy L. Gramm, Regulatory Review Issues, October 1985-February 1988, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 27, 30-33, 36 (2011) (discussing President Reagan's role in reducing regulatory burdens through OIRA);
3. James C. Miller, III, The Early Days of Reagan Regulatory Relief and Suggestions for OIRA's Future, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 93, 96-99 (2011)
4. Elena Kagan, Presidential Administration, 114 HARV. L. REV. 2245, 2281 (2001) (noting that while observers may have predicted that a Democratic president would curtail presidential supervision of administrative action, the opposite occurred).
5. Compare Exec. Order No. 12, 866 § 6(a) (3) (A), 3 C. F. R. 638, 645 (1994)
6. reprinted as amended in 5 U. S. C. § 601 app. at 745, 748 (2006)
7. with Exec. Order No. 12, 291 § 3 (c), 3 C. F. R. 127, 128 (1982)
8. revokedby Exec. Order No. 12, 866, 3 C. F. R. 638.
9. Compare Exec. Order No. 12, 866 §§ (6) (a) (3) (E), (6) (b) (4), 3 C. F. R. at 646-47
10. with Exec. Order No. 12, 291, 3 C. F. R. at 127-34.
11. See, e.g., Exec. Order No. 12, 866 § 1 (a), 3 C. F. R. at 638-39.
12. Exec. Order No. 12, 866 § 4 (d), 3 C. F. R. at 643.
13. C. F. R. 3 at 648.
14. See, e.g., JEFFREY S. LUBBERS, A GUIDE TO FEDERAL AGENCY RULEMAKING 30-31 (4th ed. 2006) (explaining that Executive Order 12, 866 was well received, and "OIRA has worked out a stable and workable relationship with the agencies in administering it").
15. Federal Regulatory Review, 74 Fed. Reg. 8819, 8819 (Feb. 26, 2009) (request for comments).
16. See generally Comments of Reece Rushing, Dir. of Regulatory and Info. Policy, Ctr. for Am. Progress, Recommendations for Regulatory Review, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/EO/fedRegReview/Reg-Review-EO.pdf;
17. Comments of Rena I. Steinzor, President, Ctr. For Am. Progress, Plans to Rewrite Executive Order on OMB Regulatory Review (Feb. 20, 2009), http://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/EO/fedRegReview/PreliminaryCommentsonNewEO- Orszag.pdf;
18. Comments of David C. Vladeck, Professor of Law, Georgetown Univ. Law Ctr., Developing an Executive Order to Govern Review of Regulations by Executive Branch Agencies (Mar. 31, 2009), http://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/EO/ fedRegReview/David-Vladeck-Georgetown-Univ-Law-Center.pdf.
19. Exec. Order No. 13, 563, 76 Fed. Reg. 3821 Jan. 18, 2011).
20. 44 U. S. C. §§ 3501-3521 (2006).
21. Jim Tozzi, OIRA's Formative Tears: The Historical Record of Centralized Regulatory Review Preceding OIRA's Founding, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 37, 38 (2011).
22. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812.
23. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13, 109 Stat. 163.
24. See, e.g., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U. S. C. § 6901 (2006);
25. Clean Air Act, 42 U. S. C. § 7401 (2006).
26. OFFICE OF INFO. & REGULATORY AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF MGMT. & BUDGET, 2010 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND UNFUNDED MANDATES ON STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL ENTITIES 10-30 (2010).
27. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 38, 856 (July 18, 1997)
28. (codified at 40 C. F. R. pt. 50).
29. Arthur Fraas, Observations on OIRA's Policies and Procedures, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 79, 81 (2011).
30. Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Fish and Fishery Products, 60 Fed. Reg. 65, 096 (Dec. 18, 1995)
31. (codified at 21 C. F. R. pts. 123, 1240).
32. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, 62 Fed. Reg. 807 (proposed Jan. 6, 1997);
33. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, 62 Fed. Reg. 12, 960 (Mar. 19, 1997)
34. (codified at 49 C. F. R. pt. 571).
35. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection, 62 Fed. Reg. at 12, 964-65.
36. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-4, 109 Stat. 48 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 2 U. S. C.).
37. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-121, tit. II, 110 Stat. 857
38. (codified as amended in scattered sections of 5 and 15 U. S. C.).
39. 5 U. S. G. §§ 801-808 (2006).
40. See generally Regulatory Transition Act of 1995, H. R. 450, 104th Cong, (setting forth the goal of establishing a moratorium on federal regulatory rulemaking actions).
41. Regulatory Improvement Act of 1999, S. 746, 106th Cong. (1999).
42. Federal Rulemaking and the Regulatory Process: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Commercial and Admin. Law of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 111th Cong. 21-40 (2010) (statement of Sally Katzen, Senior Advisor, Podesta Group; former Administrator, OIRA).
43. Memorandum from Larry L. Simms, Acting Assistant Attorney Gen., Office of Legal Counsel, to Honorable David Stockman, Dir., Office of Mgmt. & Budget (Feb. 12, 1981) (on file with author).
44. See 44 U. S. C. §§ 3501-3521 (2006).
45. Cost-Justifying Regulations; Protecting Jobs and the Economy by Presidential and Judicial Review of Costs and Benefits: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Courts, Comm. and Admin. Law of the H. Comm on the Judiciary, 112th Gong. 21-33 (2011).
46. OFFICE OF INFO. & REGULATORY AFFAIRS, supra note 21, at 97-98.
47. Arthur Fraas & Randall Lutter, CONFERENCE SUMMARY: CAN GREATER USE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IMPROVE REGULATORY POLICY AT INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES? 1(2011), http://www.rfr.org/Documents/Events/Workshops%20and %20Conferences/110407-Regulation-Summary.pdf.
48. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).
49. Exec. Order No. 12, 866 § 4 (c), 3 C. F. R. 638, 642 (1994)
50. reprinted as amended in 5 U. S. C. § 601 app. at 745, 747 (2006).