1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2019”.
Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2019
A BILL
To ensure a complete analysis of the potential impacts of rules on small entities.
2. Expansion of covered agencies under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Section 609 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “an initial regulatory flexibility analysis which a covered agency is required to conduct by this chapter” and inserting “a proposed rule or interim final rule for which a covered agency is required to conduct an initial regulatory flexibility analysis by this chapter”; and
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(4) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
“(5) the Internal Revenue Service.”