Truth in Regulation Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Truth in Regulation Act - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency and all other Federal regulatory agencies to issue an economic cost and environmental impact analysis prior to the enactment of any new regulation. Establishes a standing task force in each community affected by proposed agency regulations which shall prepare an economic impact statement regarding the proposed regulation. Requires such statement to include a statistical analysis of the economic and employment impact of proposed regulations. Requires these task forces to report their findings directly to the administrator of the relevant agency for inclusion in the agency's findings as reported to Congress. Declares that no regulation shall take effect unless both the agency and the task force find that compliance will not cause a higher percentage of unemployment in the industry directly affected. Permits Congress to waive this requirement.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 4, 1978. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on April 4, 1978: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 95th Congress (1977-78), 633 of the 19,387 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
PHILIP CRANE (R-IL) introduced it on April 4, 1978, and 8 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 8 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 4, 1978, 17691 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17691 days ago, on April 4, 1978.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 95th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1979 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers