This document outlines 5 steps to reform the US regulatory system: 1) Restore accountability by requiring agencies to properly analyze proposed rules; 2) Increase transparency by making agency data and information more accessible; 3) Ensure meaningful public participation in the rulemaking process; 4) Guarantee a safe but swift permitting process through deadlines; 5) Encourage public support for regulatory reform by contacting lawmakers. Congress is urged to pass bills like the Regulatory Accountability Act and Federal Permitting Improvement Act to implement these reforms.

1. WHAT’S WRONG WITH
OUR REGULATORY SYSTEM
AND HOW DO WE FIX IT?
5 STEPSTO GET OUR
RULES RIGHT
#RegReform

2. #RegReform
Step 1:
RestoreAccountability
Agencies are required to perform
basic analysis on proposed rules
—yet this isn’t happening.
The impact: a maze of
overlapping rules, escalating
costs for our economy.

3. #RegReform
What Can Congress Do?
Pass the Regulatory Accountability
Act (RAA). RAA would increase
transparency during rule development
and require agencies to consider
alternatives to their objective at
a lower cost.

4. #RegReform
Step 2:
GreaterTransparency
Agencies are not being open with
the information and data used in
the rulemaking process. Accessible
information would allow citizens to
ask the right questions.

5. #RegReform
What Can Congress Do?
Pass the Sunshine Act. This would
require agencies to give the public
early notice when a special interest
group is preparing to sue the agency
to force new regulations to be written.

6. #RegReform
Step 3:
Meaningful Public Participation
InThe Regulatory Process
35% of major regulations are
issued without the mandatory
public comment period. This means
agencies are not learning how
proposed rules will impact all parties.

7. #RegReform
What Can Congress Do?
Pass the Regulatory Accountability
Act (RAA). This would allow for
increased participation in public
commenting and stop the rulemaking
process from being one-sided.

8. #RegReform
Step 4:GuaranteeA Safe
But Swift Permitting Process
The lack of hard deadlines for
environmental reviews and legal
challenges has led to critical energy
and infrastructure projects being
delayed or killed.

9. #RegReform
What Can Congress Do?
Pass the Federal Permitting
Improvement Act/RAPID Act.
This would empower a lead
agency to manage environmental
reviews, coordinate work between
existing agencies and set a
maximum deadline.

10. #RegReform
Step 5:What CanYou Do?
Ask your representatives
to get our rules right.
Share this slideshare with your
lawmakers via Twitter, Facebook,
or email.
LET’S GET OUR
RULES RIGHT
Dear @______, We all
deserve a regulatory
system that's fair
for everyone. Please
support #RegReform!