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A small entity or group of small entities may petition the Office of Advocacy to review such certification. The petition must include specified information, such as the issues the petitioner believes should be addressed and a proposed solution to the issues raised."},{"k":"p","t":"If the Office of Advocacy ultimately determines, upon a full review of the petition, that the proposed rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the agency promulgating the rule must perform an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule. Additionally, if the agency does not participate or assist in the full review process, the finalized rule shall not apply to small entities."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires agencies to publish, and allow for comments on, all guidance documents with respect to any rule an agency determines is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities."}],"words":252},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act provisions of title 5, United States Code, to change how federal agencies analyze, certify, guide and periodically review rules that affect small entities.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HE258E1C8EB6C4322A8CB9641FF1BD40D"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#H52B82CEF7A8E4A6FB46989339BD2B767"}]},"core_areas":["Initial regulatory flexibility analysis and indirect costs to small entities","Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy review of agency certifications","Publication of guidance documents for rules affecting small entities","Periodic review of existing rules under section 610 of title 5"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds to the initial regulatory flexibility analysis a requirement to describe, where feasible, any reasonably foreseeable potential indirect costs a proposed rule may impose on small entities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"}},{"text":"Requires an agency to act within 10 days after completing a certification that a proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"}},{"text":"Lets a small entity, a group of small entities, or an organization representing them petition the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to review such a certification.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"}},{"text":"Requires an agency to perform initial and final regulatory flexibility analyses if the Chief Counsel finds after a full review that the proposed rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"}},{"text":"Requires the head of an agency to publish guidance documents and other relevant documents on regulations.gov or a similar website, and to allow comments on them, for any rule the agency determines is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HE258E1C8EB6C4322A8CB9641FF1BD40D"}},{"text":"Provides that a rule ceases to be effective if the agency does not complete its required 10-year review under section 610, and sets steps for notice, comments and reinstatement of the rule.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#H52B82CEF7A8E4A6FB46989339BD2B767"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh#HB076EA0BD4C74AAD921C8C71C4216A8E"},"heading":"Initial regulatory flexibility analysis","effect":"Provides that if an agency fails to attend the required meeting or otherwise fails to assist the Chief Counsel in a full review of a certification, the resulting final rule does not apply to small entities.","amount":null,"quote":"the final rule shall not apply to small entities"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-12-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7198/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7198.png","v":"6a34fef28333","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7198, 118th Congress: Prove It Act of 2024. House: 208 Yea, 196 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Dec 2024."}}