Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management

Continued Review of Agency Regulatory Guidance, Part III

Date: September 22, 2016
Time: 3:00pm
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

This hearing built on the Subcommittee’s previous guidance hearings held on September 23, 2015 and June 30, 2016. Topics for the hearing included a discussion on lingering concerns and developments arising from specific guidance documents; agency initiatives to address U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations on internal controls for good guidance practices; and a discussion of the role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in advising and implementing its cross-government good guidance practices. 

Member Statements

NULL

Chairman James

Lankford

(R -
 OK)

NULL

Ranking Member Heidi

Heitkamp

(D -
 ND)

Witnesses

The Honorable Howard

Shelanski

Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Office of Management and Budget

The Honorable M. Patricia

Smith

Solicitor of Labor

U.S. Department of Labor

Amy

McIntosh

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Delegated the Duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development

U.S. Department of Education