12 U.S.C. § 3311 — Required review of regulations

(a) In general Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Council and each appropriate Federal banking agency represented on the Council must conduct a review of all regulations prescribed by the Council or by any such appropriate Federal banking agency, respectively, in order to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on insured depository institutions. (b) Process In conducting the review under subsection (a), the Council or the appropriate Federal banking agency must— (1) categorize the regulations described in subsection (a) by type (such as consumer regulations, safety and soundness regulations, or such other designations as determined by the Council, or the appropriate Federal banking agency); and (2) at regular intervals, provide notice and solicit public comment on a particular category or categories of regulations, requesting commentators to identify areas of the regulations that are outdated, unnecessary, or unduly burdensome. (c) Complete review The Council or the appropriate Federal banking agency must ensure that the notice and comment period described in subsection (b)(2) is conducted about all regulations described in subsection (a) not less frequently than once every 10 years. (d) Regulatory response The Council or the appropriate Federal banking agency must— (1) publish in the Federal Register a summary of the comments received under this section, identifying significant issues raised and providing comment on such issues; and (2) eliminate unnecessary regulations to the extent that such action is appropriate. (e) Report to Congress Not later than 30 days after carrying out subsection (d)(1), the Council must submit to the Congress a report, which must include— (1) a summary of any significant issues raised by public comments received by the Council and the appropriate Federal banking agencies under this section and the relative merits of such issues; and (2) an analysis of whether the appropriate Federal banking agency involved is able to address the regulatory burdens associated with such issues by regulation, or whether such burdens must be addressed by legislative action.