Executive Order 12866Amended

Regulatory Planning and Review

Bill Clinton

September 30, 1993

58 FR 51735

Summary

Established the modern framework for presidential oversight of federal rulemaking, requiring cost-benefit analysis of significant regulatory actions and centralized review by OIRA within OMB. The foundational executive order governing the regulatory process.

Topics

regulatory reformcost-benefit analysisOMBOIRA

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