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Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2019

To amend section 203 of Public Law 94-305 to ensure proper authority for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 10, 2019

Latest action (May 22, 2019) Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-86.

Referred to
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Subcommittee
Policy area
Commerce
Legislative subjects (4)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureSmall businessSmall Business Administration

Summary
  • Grants the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration authority to issue, modify, and amend rules governing how federal agencies must comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (which requires agencies to consider impacts on small businesses when creating regulations)
  • Allows the Chief Counsel to approve supplemental rules that federal agencies issue regarding their compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act
  • Any rules issued under these new authorities must go through the standard federal notice and comment rulemaking process
  • These new authorities for the Chief Counsel take effect 270 days after the bill becomes law

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (4)
  1. May 22, 2019 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-86. · senate
  2. May 22, 2019 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Joint hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-86. · senate
  3. Jan 10, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
  4. Jan 10, 2019 Introduced in Senate

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  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 7314 — Advancing Commonsense Policies Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1163 — Prove It Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 495 — Prove It Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jan 10, 2019

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 10, 2019

Mr. Rubio (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

A BILL

To amend section 203 of Public Law 94-305 to ensure proper authority for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ADVOCACY.

(a) Chief Counsel Authority.—Section 203(a) of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (5), by striking “and” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(7) issue, modify, or amend rules governing compliance by agencies with chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, after opportunity for notice and comment under section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and

“(8) authorize an agency to issue such supplemental rules governing compliance with chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, as the Chief Counsel may approve, and ensure that the supplemental rules comply with such chapter 6 and with the notice and comment process under section 553 of title 5, United States Code.”.

(b) Implementation.—On and after the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration may exercise the authority under paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 203(a) of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c(a)), as added by subsection (a). <all>

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