Question

In practical terms, what interests do the Office of Management and Budget and the regulatory agency represent? Explain the role of the Office of Management and Budget in drafting and/or approving new regulations, especially those are issued without any changes in the law. Why does the author of the text refer to this role as minimal? Give two reasons that the historically the OMB has had limited ability to shape regulations.

Answer 1

Solution:

OMB 'S ROLE:

It prepares the President's budget proposal and supervises the administration of the executive branch agencies. OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures according to the president's budget and administration policies.

ROLES  of OMB in drafting and/or approving new regulations:

• It has a role of supervising the Budget development and execution according to the president's budget proposal by issuing circulars,memoranda and guidance documents.
• It clears the agency's views on legislative proposals and testimony to ensure consistency in administration's policy for example the clearance of the legislative proposals
• OMB prepares statements of administrative policies for the major bills scheduled for house or senate action from week to week.
• For Enrolling  Bills and Signing Statements the OMB  assist the President in deciding his course of action on a bill, also OMB requests each interested agency to submit within 48 hours of a bill’s analysis.

The role is minimal because this body is just supportive to president eventhough it has powers it has only the ability to suggest not to implement hence the role is minimal.

The two reasons to support that it has limited ability is :

• During the president george w bush term OMB proposed 50 regulation policies for review only 7 were approved by OIRA (office of information and regulatory affairs) also many rules were withdrawn which were approved by the agencies.
• Due to this bush signed an order  instructing agency heads to withdraw from the Office of Federal Register, rules that had been approved but were not yet printed, and to postpone 60 days the effective dates of new rules that have not yet taken effect.This rule also had an important  final rule from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) on verification of underground coal mine operators dust control plans.

However it was approved during the ending days of hillary clinton's presidency. Hence we can see that OMB has limited control over shaping regulations as even though they send the clearences the final desicions are upon the different authorities.

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