Amending The Regulatory Flexibility Act

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ISBN 13 : 9781332249138
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book Amending the Regulatory Flexibility Act Past Performance and the Need for Meaningful Reform written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Amending the Regulatory Flexibility Act Past Performance and the Need for Meaningful Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business House of Representatives One Hundred Fourth Congress First Session, Washington, DC, February 10, 1995 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 2359-A, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Jan Meyers (chairwoman of the committee) presiding. Chairwoman Meyers. Good morning. Today's hearing is the second hearing we are having concerning the Regulatory Flexibility Act. While our hearing last month focused primarily on current legislation designed to strengthen the act, and we heard from a number of small business groups who strongly favor regulatory flexibility, this morning's hearing is designed more to provide the committee with some needed historical perspective on how the RFA has worked or not worked in practice. From our review of the annual reports of the Office of Advocacy concerning implementation of the act, it is all too apparent that some agencies have consistently observed the letter and spirit of the RFA, while others have completely ignored it. There are also agencies which have shown improvement in their understanding of and compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and for that they should be commended. We are here today to hear from representatives of agencies with varying degrees of compliance so that we can get a better idea of how we should approach current proposals to amend the RFA. I think with that, I will proceed to hear from our witnesses today. Our first panel is Mr. Jere Glover, who is the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Mr. Frank Swain of Baker & Daniels, Washington, DC. Mr. Swain, I think you were also Chief Counsel for Advocacy in the Reagan Administration; is that not right? Mr. Swain. That is correct. Chairwoman Meyers. All right. So, we have two Chief Counsels for Advocacy, a former and a current, and we look forward to hearing from you. [Chairwoman Meyers' statement may be found in the appendix.] About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.