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[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents]
From the 1993 Presidential Documents Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov]
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[Page 1933-1934]
Monday, October 4, 1993
Volume 29--Number 39
Pages 1883-1950
Week Ending Friday, October 1, 1993
Memorandum on Agency Rulemaking
September 30, 1993
Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Agencies
Subject: Agency Rulemaking Procedures
Today, I issued an Executive order setting forth the
Administration's regulatory philosophy; defining a more effective and
accountable role for the Executive Office of the President in regulatory
planning and review; and establishing the procedures to be followed by
agencies and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (``OIRA'')
in promulgating and reviewing regulations. One primary objective of this
order is to streamline the regulatory review process, thus reducing the
delay in the developing and promulgating rules.
We cannot, however, reduce delay in the rulemaking process without
reforms within the agencies themselves. The National Performance Review
team examining the issue found that many agencies require numerous
clearances within the agency before a rule is submitted to OIRA for
review. (Indeed, one agency found that its internal review process could
only be described by using an 18-foot flow chart.) The team also learned
that too often agencies use the same internal review procedures for all
rules--regardless of their complexity or significance.
In order to streamline the entire rulemaking process, agencies must,
consistent with any applicable laws, utilize internally the most
efficient method of developing and reviewing regulations. Accordingly, I
direct the head of each agency and department to examine its internal
review procedures to determine whether, and if so, how those procedures
can be improved and streamlined. In conducting this examination, the
agency or
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department shall consider the number of clearances required by its
review process and whether the review process varies according to the
complexity or significance of a rule.
I further direct the head of each agency and department to submit to
the Vice President and me, within 6 months of this memorandum, the
results of its examination.
William J. Clinton
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