AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12866: GOOD GOVERNANCE OR REGULATORY USURPATION? PART I AND PART II HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION FEBRUARY 13, 2007 and APRIL 26, 2007 Serial No. 110–4 and Serial No. 110–21 Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Technology ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/science U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 33–105PS WASHINGTON : 2007 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:44 Nov 14, 2007 Jkt 033105 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\WORKD\I&O07\021307\33105 SCIENCE1 PsN: SCIENCE1 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HON. BART GORDON, Tennessee, Chairman JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois RALPH M. HALL, Texas EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR., LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California Wisconsin MARK UDALL, Colorado LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas DAVID WU, Oregon DANA ROHRABACHER, California BRIAN BAIRD, Washington KEN CALVERT, California BRAD MILLER, North Carolina ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan NICK LAMPSON, Texas FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois JERRY MCNERNEY, California W. TODD AKIN, Missouri PAUL KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania JO BONNER, Alabama DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon TOM FEENEY, Florida STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas MICHAEL M. HONDA, California BOB INGLIS, South Carolina JIM MATHESON, Utah DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington MIKE ROSS, Arkansas MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri PHIL GINGREY, Georgia CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California BARON P. HILL, Indiana ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATION AND OVERSIGHT HON. BRAD MILLER, North Carolina, Chairman JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR., EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas Wisconsin DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon DANA ROHRABACHER, California STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey TOM FEENEY, Florida BRIAN BAIRD, Washington MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas BART GORDON, Tennessee RALPH M. HALL, Texas DAN PEARSON Subcommittee Staff Director JAMES PAUL Democratic Professional Staff Member DOUG PASTERNAK Democratic Professional Staff Member TOM HAMMOND Republican Professional Staff Member STACEY STEEP Research Assistant (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:44 Nov 14, 2007 Jkt 033105 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\WORKD\I&O07\021307\33105 SCIENCE1 PsN: SCIENCE1 C O N T E N T S February 13, 2007 Page Witness List ............................................................................................................. 2 Hearing Charter ...................................................................................................... 3 Opening Statements Statement by Representative Brad Miller, Chairman, Subcommittee on Inves- tigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives ................................................................................................ 10 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 11 Statement by Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives .................................. 12 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 13 Prepared Statement by Representative Jerry F. Costello, Member, Sub- committee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives ....................................................... 14 Prepared Statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Member, Sub- committee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives ....................................................... 15 Witnesses: Ms. Sally Katzen, Adjunct Professor and Public Interest/Public Service Fel- low, University of Michigan Law School Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 16 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 17 Biography .......................................................................................................... 22 Mr. David C. Vladeck, Director, Institute for Public Representation; Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 23 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 25 Biography .......................................................................................................... 33 Mr. William L. Kovacs, Vice President, Environment, Technology, and Regu- latory Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 33 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 35 Biography .......................................................................................................... 39 Financial Disclosure ......................................................................................... 40 Mr. Rick Melberth, Director of Regulatory Policy, OMB Watch Oral Statement ................................................................................................. 41 Written Statement ............................................................................................ 42 Biography .......................................................................................................... 56 Discussion Role of OIRA ......................................................................................................... 56 Transparency Provisions ..................................................................................... 57 Outside Comment on E.O. 12866 ........................................................................ 58 Cost-Benefit Analyses .......................................................................................... 59 Market Failure Provisions ................................................................................... 60 More on Transparency Provisions ...................................................................... 62 More on Market Failure Provisions .................................................................... 63 Regulation and the Public Interest ..................................................................... 64 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:44 Nov 14, 2007 Jkt 033105 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\WORKD\I&O07\021307\33105 SCIENCE1 PsN: SCIENCE1 IV Page More on Transparency Provisions ...................................................................... 67 Transparency Costs .............................................................................................. 69 Appendix 1: Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Ms. Sally Katzen, Adjunct Professor and Public Interest/Public Service Fel- low, University of Michigan Law School ............................................................ 74 Mr. David C. Vladeck, Director, Institute for Public Representation; Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center ..................................... 76 Mr. William L. Kovacs, Vice President, Environment, Technology, and Regu- latory Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce ........................................................ 80 Mr. Rick Melberth, Director of Regulatory Policy, OMB Watch .......................... 85 Appendix 2: Additional Material for the Record Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, and Inde- pendent Regulatory Agencies, from Rob Portman, Director, Office of Man- agement and Budget, April 25, 2007 .................................................................. 90 Analysis of E.O. 12866 with edits made by E.O. 13422 ....................................... 108 While on the Home Front, Unpublished OP–ED by Dr. Peter Strauss, Betts Professor of Law, Columbia Law School ............................................................ 122 Bush Order Limits Agencies’ ‘Guidance,’ by Cindy Skrzycki, Bloomberg News, January 30, 2007 .................................................................................................. 123 Bush order on government regulation stirs debate, by Tabassum Zakaria, Reuters, January 30, 2007 .................................................................................. 125 Comments submitted by the Union of Concerned Scientists, February 12, 2007 ....................................................................................................................... 126 Public Citizen position on the January 2007 Executive Order and Bulletin on Guidance, January 2007 ................................................................................. 129 C O N T E N T S April 26, 2007 Page Witness List ............................................................................................................