CRS Issue Briefs for Congress: Regulatory 

Burdens

• Federal Regulatory Reform: An Overview
  by Rogelio Garcia, Congressional Research Service

• Reexamining Rules: Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
  by Curtis Copeland, Congressional Research Service

Articles and Reports

• Home-Based Business and Government Regulation

• Keeping It Simple: Making Regulators Write in Plain Language

• From Red Tape to Smart Tape: Administrative Simplification in OECD Countries (Policy Brief)

• The Cost of Workplace Regulations

• The Cost of Complying with the U.S. Federal Income Tax

• Background Report on the Role of Competition policy in Regulatory Reform (OECD)

• Impacts of Federal Regulations, Paperwork, and Tax Requirements on Small Business

• Do Environmental Regulations Increase Economic Efficiency?

• Regulating the Regulators

• What is the Bush Administration’s Record on Regulatory Reform?

• Reining in the Regulators: How Does President Bush Measure Up?

• Reforming Regulation to Keep America’s Small Businesses Competitive

• 2004 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation

• More Education, Not More Regulation, Is Needed to Help Workers

• Reviving Regulatory Reform: Options for the President and Congress

• Upward Trend in Regulation Continues: An Analysis of the U.S. Budget for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006

• The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms

• The Spread of Regulations: From the Federal Government to Private Business

• On Discounting Regulatory Benefits: Risk, Money, and Intergenerational Equity

Major Legislation

• The Small Business Paperwork Relief Act

• Executive Order 12866 – Regulation Planning and Review, 1993

• Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 104-13)

• Small Business Regulatory Enforcement and Fairness Act

• Regulatory Right-to-Know Act

Useful Resources

• Competitive Enterprise Institute - Environment

• Cato Institute - Regulatory Studies

• AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies

• American Enterprise Institute - Environmental Policy

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research – Regulation

• The Brookings Institute – Regulation

• Competitive Enterprise Institute – Regulatory Reform and Deregulation

• Cato Institute – Regulatory Studies

• Small Business Administration - Regulatory Policy

• Heritage Foundation - Regulation Research

• U.S. House of Representatives – Small Business Committee

• U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

• Cato Institute’s Regulation Magazine

• AEI-Brookings Joint Center – Regulation Links

• The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness – Emerging Regulatory Issues

• The Mercatus Center at George Mason University

• Regulations.gov – Regulations for Public Comment

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council

• U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform

• United States Federal Register

• Center for Regulatory Effectiveness

POLICY AREAS

E-Commerce

Entrepreneurship Education

Financing

Intellectual Property

Minorities

Regulatory Burdens

Stock Options

Tax System

Technology Transfer

Women

Worker Benefits

Workforce Training