The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business advocacy organization, led 50 trade associations in sending a letter to leaders of the House Committee on Small Business. The coalition is requesting legislative action to provide regulatory relief and reduce red tape for small businesses.
"Small businesses are concerned with the unprecedented pace of regulations coming from Washington," said NFIB Director of Government Relations Josh McLeod. "To increase transparency and fully account for the impact of regulations on small businesses, NFIB urges Congress to fulfill the intent of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) through legislation like the bipartisan Prove It Act. Ensuring agency compliance with the RFA will help protect Main Street from disproportionately bearing the burden of one-size-fits-all rulemaking."
A White Paper analysis by the NFIB Small Business Legal Center explores the lack of RFA compliance by administrative agencies and what Congress can do to reinvigorate the RFA as a legitimate constraint on one-size-fits-all agency rulemaking.
The NFIB-led coalition includes:
Alliance for Chemical Distribution
American Bakers Association
American Bankers Association
American Chemistry Council
American Craft Spirits Association
American Exploration & Mining Association
American Hotel & Lodging Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
American Waterways Operators
Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated Equipment Distributors
Associated General Contractors of America
Can Manufacturers Institute
Energy Workforce & Technology Council
Independent Community Bankers of America
International Franchise Association
International Wood Products Association
Job Creators Network
National Asphalt Pavement Association
National Association of Convenience Stores
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Realtors
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
National Federation of Independent Business
National Fisheries Institute
National Funeral Directors Association
National Grocers Association
National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association
National Mining Association
National Pork Producers Council
National Propane Gas Association
National Retail Federation
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
National Small Business Association
North American Stone Sand & Gravel Alliance
North American Food Equipment Manufacturers
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assoc.
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—NA
Precision Machined Products Assoc.
PRINTING United Alliance
The Meat Institute
The Toy Assoc.
Treated Wood Council
U.S. Chamber Commerce
USA Rice
