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America’s CEOs Lay Out Roadmap for Comprehensive Regulatory Reform

Say Smarter Regulation Will Reduce Costs, Boost U.S. Job Creation, Spur Growth

“Achieving Smarter Regulation” lays out a strategy for reform to achieve regulatory goals without stifling job creation and economic growth.

The report finds that federal regulation costs too much, slows business investment and discourages innovation. Most importantly, the total, cumulative burden on the economy likely is larger – much larger – than the sum of the estimated costs of individual rules. The current regulatory system has no mechanism for evaluating the cumulative cost and therefore cannot properly balance total costs and benefits.

Business Roundtable’s roadmap for achieving smarter regulation focuses on improving the transparency and accountability of the regulatory process. The report recommends that:

The government should objectively analyze the costs and benefits of proposed and final major rules from all agencies, including “independent” regulatory commissions.
Agencies should publicly disclose the estimated costs of planned regulatory actions early in the regulatory process and with greater specificity.
The federal government should streamline the permitting process for siting and operating a new facility/project.
Congress should consider changes to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” particularly relating to the content of the rulemaking record and greater judicial scrutiny of that record.

It’s Time to End Overly Prescriptive and Burdensome Federal Regulation.

Spur Job Creation and Growth with Smarter Regulation Today!

Date	Title	Description
04/10/2013	Background Paper on Conflict Minerals Disclosure Rule	Section 1502 of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (Dodd-Frank Act) directs the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate regulations regarding the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries.
04/10/2013	Taking Action on Immigration	The time has come for realistic immigration solutions that will both strengthen national security and boost economic growth. America needs an immigration system that places more resources toward enforcement of laws, produces a more dynamic and skilled labor force, and enables U.S. businesses and workers to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. Getting reform right is essential to a healthier economy — accelerating growth, encouraging hiring and creating jobs.
04/09/2013	Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act	As Congress moves forward with the long-overdue reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Business Roundtable encourages policymakers to embrace the following principles to ensure a far more effective and efficient workforce investment system in this nation.
04/08/2013	Background Paper on OTC Derivatives End-User Exemption	Regulations implementing “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (Dodd-Frank Act) provisions that impact end-users of derivatives need to be carefully tailored so that they do not disrupt risk-management practices that pose no systemic risk to the economy.
03/04/2013	Background Paper on Keystone XL Pipeline Project	The State Department is responsible for issuing “presidential permits” for cross-border pipelines. In the past, such as the case with Enbridge’s Alberta Clipper pipeline, permits have been granted with little or no controversy.
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04/10/2013

Background Paper on Conflict Minerals Disclosure Rule

Section 1502 of the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (Dodd-Frank Act) directs the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate regulations regarding the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries.

04/10/2013

Taking Action on Immigration

The time has come for realistic immigration solutions that will both strengthen national security and boost economic growth. America needs an immigration system that places more resources toward enforcement of laws, produces a more dynamic and skilled labor force, and enables U.S. businesses and workers to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. Getting reform right is essential to a healthier economy — accelerating growth, encouraging hiring and creating jobs.

04/09/2013

Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act

As Congress moves forward with the long-overdue reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Business Roundtable encourages policymakers to embrace the following principles to ensure a far more effective and efficient workforce investment system in this nation.

04/08/2013

Background Paper on OTC Derivatives End-User Exemption

Regulations implementing “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (Dodd-Frank Act) provisions that impact end-users of derivatives need to be carefully tailored so that they do not disrupt risk-management practices that pose no systemic risk to the economy.

03/04/2013

Background Paper on Keystone XL Pipeline Project

The State Department is responsible for issuing “presidential permits” for cross-border pipelines. In the past, such as the case with Enbridge’s Alberta Clipper pipeline, permits have been granted with little or no controversy.

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