OIRA Reports to Congress

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• Draft 2016 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (December 23, 2016) (94 pages, 128 kbmb)
   
• 2015 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (March 10, 2016) (121 pages, 1021 mb)
   
• Draft 2015 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Agency Compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (October 16, 2015) (94 pages, 2.23 mb)
   
• 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities  (June 15, 2015) (137 pages, 3.91 mb)
  • Draft 2014 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (May 2014) (109 pages, 1.58 mb)
  • Public Comments on the 2014 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (July 2, 2014)
     
• 2013 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (May 2014) (133 pages, 1.50 mb)
  • Draft 2013 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (April 2013) (121 pages, 3.03 mb)
  • Peer Review and Public Comments on the 2013 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (May 21, 2013)
     
• 2012 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (April 2013) (166 pages, 1.33 mb)
  • Draft 2012 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (March 2012) (178 pages, 1.90 mb)
  • Peer Review and Public Comments on the 2012 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (April 12, 2012)
     
• 2011 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (June 2011) (172 pages, 1.48 mb)
  • Peer Review and Public Comments on the 2011 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (April 1, 2011)
  • Draft 2011 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (March 2011) (149 pages, 1.55 mb)
     
• 2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (July 2010) (128 pages, 924 kb)
  • Draft 2010 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (April 13, 2010) (97 pages, 629 kb)
  • Peer Review and Public Comments on the 2010 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments  (April 29, 2010) (2 pages, 63 kb)
     
• 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (January 27, 2010) (92 pages, 928 kb)
  • Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (September 21, 2009) (75 pages, 686 kb)
  • Federal Register Notice of Availablity and Request for Comments (September 21, 2009) (2 pages, 50 kb)
     
• 2008 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (January 2009) (159 pages, 1,072 kb)
  • Draft 2008 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local and Tribal Entities (September 15, 2008) (122 pages, 853 kb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2008 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (September 24, 2008) (1 page, 51 kb)
     
• 2007 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local and Tribal Entities (June 2008) (116 pages, 741 kb)
  • Draft 2007 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (March 9, 2007) (103 pages, 736 kb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2007 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (March 12, 2007) (2 pages, 75 kb)
     
• Tenth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment (August 3, 2007) (19 pages,757 kb)
   
• Ninth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment (January 25, 2007) (44 pages, 354 kb)
   
• 2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (January 2007) (169 pages, 1,411 kb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Draft 2006 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (April 2006) (59 pages, 394 kb)
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (April 13, 2006) (2 pages, 74 kb)
     
• Regulatory Reform of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector: September 2006 Update (28 pages, 148 kb)
   
• Validating Regulatory Analysis: 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (December 2005) (184 pages, 1,206 kb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Draft 2005 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (March 9, 2005) (72 pages, 802 kb)
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (March 23, 2005) (1 page, 60 kb)
     
• FY 2004 Report to Congress: Eighth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment (August 12, 2005) (45 pages, 475 kb)
   
• Regulatory Reform of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector: A Summary of Agency Responses to Public Reform Nominations (March 9, 2005) (67 pages, 287 kb)
   
• Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) 2004 Report to Congress (March 1, 2005) (56 pages, 642 kb) 
   
• FY 2004 Report to Congress on Implementation of the E-Government Act of 2002 (March 1, 2005) (43 pages, 335 kb)
   
• Progress in Regulatory Reform: 2004 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (December 2004) (283 pages, 1.68 mb)
  • Executive Summary of Final Report (2 pages, 65 kb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2004 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Draft 2004 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (February 2004) (60 pages, 747 kb)
  • Executive Summary of Draft Report (1 page, 13 kb)
     
• Seventh Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment (August 13, 2004) (41 pages, 612 kb)
   
• Information Quality: A Report to Congress (April 30, 2004) (122 pages, 739 kb) 
   
• FY 2003 Report to Congress on Implementation of The E-Government Act (March 8, 2004) (74 pages, 587 kb)
   
• FY 2003 Report to Congress on Federal Government Information Security Management (March 1, 2004) (78 pages, 690 kb)
   
• Informing Regulatory Decisions: 2004 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities
  • Full Report (60 pages, 747 kb)
  • Executive Summary (1 page, 13 kb)
  • News Release (1 page, 22 kb)
  • Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (2 page, 58 kb)
     
• 2003 Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism (September 22, 2003) (77 pages, 1.6 mb) 
   
• Informing Regulatory Decisions: 2003 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local and Tribal Entities (September 2003) (234 pages, 2.4 mb)
  • Public and Peer Review Comments on the Draft 2003 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
  • Draft 2003 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (February 3, 2003) (37 pages, 426 kb) 
     
• Small Business Paperwork Relief Task Force Report (June 27, 2003)
   
• Stimulating Smarter Regulation: 2002 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local, and Tribal Entities (December 2002) (163 pages, 2 mb)
  • Stimulating Smarter Regulation: Summaries of Public Suggestions for Reform of Regulations and Guidance Documents (December 2002) (339 pages, 3 mb)
  • Stimulating Smarter Regulation: Public Comments for Reform of Regulations and Guidance Documents Submitted to OIRA in Response to the Draft Report of March 28, 2002
  • OMB Memorandum for the President's Management Council: Agency Response to Public Regulatory Reform Nominations (December 20, 2002)
  • OMB Memorandum for the Heads of Selected Independent Agencies: Independent Agency Response to Public Regulatory Reform Nominations (January 22, 2003) (4 pages, 119 kb)
     
• Draft 2002 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations (March 28, 2002) (33 pages, 465 kb)
   
• Assessment of the Total Benefits and Costs of Implementing Executive Order No.13166: Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (March 14, 2002) (66 pages, 279 kb)
   
• Ranking Regulatory Investments in Public Health from the FY 2003 Budget - Analytical Perspectives Section 24, and the Technical Appendix (February 4, 2002) (10 pages, 27 kb)
   
• Reports to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations:
  • Making Sense of Regulation: 2001 Report to Congress on the Cost and Benefits of Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local and Tribal Entities (December 2001) (198 pages, 1 mb)
  • 2000 Report (June 2000) (83 pages, 186 kb)
  • 2000 Report Charts (June 2000) (64 pages, 134 kb)
  • 1998 Report (January 1999) (124 pages, 133 kb)
  • 1997 Report (September 30, 1997)
     
• Agency Compliance with Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (October 1999) (45 pages, 93 kb)

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