More than 2,000 new Federal regulations before Thanksgiving

weekinreg_11-23As we all prepare for Thanksgiving, our Federal government quietly released the Unified Agenda for Fall 2015 last Friday. The Agenda is the Obama administration’s regulatory plan, which details thousands of regulations being finalized in the coming months. Much like they release unpopular news on Friday afternoons, Obama has developed a habit of releasing the Agenda late on Friday before a major holiday.

According to the American Action Forum:

Thanks to an Affordable Care Act rule, regulatory costs increased by more than $1.8 billion this week. Annual costs increased by $458 million, compared to $389 million in monetized benefits; paperwork accelerated by more than 2.4 million hours. There were sixteen regulations this week that monetized costs or benefits. The per capita regulatory burden for 2015 is $570.

Since January 1, the federal government has published $183 billion in compliance costs ($92.1 billion in final rules) and has imposed 108.9 million in net paperwork burden hours (57.1 million from final rules). Click below for the latest Reg Rodeo findings.

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1 Response to More than 2,000 new Federal regulations before Thanksgiving

  1. texan59's avatar texan59 says:

    Not surprised. Was gonna give him the flaming finger, but I wanna keep a certain level of decorum since it’s not my sandbox, but I think you know what I mean. 🙂

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