What's wrong with our regulatory system and how do we fix it?

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.
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LET’S GET OUR
RULES RIGHT
Dear @______, We all
deserve a regulatory
system that's fair
for everyone. Please
support #RegReform!