Principia Bureaucratica - A Placeholder for the Total Annual Cost of Federal Regulation and Intervention


1	Tip of the Costberg project on the cost of federal regulation: Wayne Crews -- www.tenthousandcommandments.com
2	Principia Bureaucratica:
3	A Placeholder for the Total Annual Cost of Federal Regulation and Intervention
4		(Enacted rules, billions of $)
5			Agency		OMB Classifications				GAO Basis
6			or Sector	Legacy	C&B	C&B	Costs	Indep Agency	Independent	Crews Mods		Detail: See text, and note the following charts from
7			Totals	"Social"	2001-22(a)	2022(b)-22	Only	Paperwork	Agencies	& Supplements		Tip of the Costberg
8	Baseline
9		Legacy "Economic": Scale-down of OMB est.								522.00	bit.ly/1pjtMc9	Total Annual Costs of Regs as of Sept 30, 2001 According to OMB; text
10		International trade restrictions								3.30
11		OMB Major rules w/ unavailable costs, placeholder								20.00
12		Treasury/taxation paperwork costs								316.00
13		Legacy "Other Social" OMB costs		$32.679							bit.ly/1wpQTrm	OMB-Tallied Social Regulation Subset
14			893.979
15	Executive Agencies
16	Dept. of Agriculture	USDA per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2022(a)			$2.806						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
17		USDA per OMB C&B Reports 2020(b)-2022				0.025
18		USDA per OMB, costs only					-1.576				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
19		USDA paperwork in excess of OMB								1.13	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
20		Sugar programs								4.00
21			6.387
22	Dept. of Commerce	DoC per OMB, costs only					11.923				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
23		DoC paperwork in excess of OMB								0.99	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
24			12.909
25	Dept. of Defense
26		Dep't of Defense per OMB, costs only					7.936
27			7.936
28
29	Dept. of Education	Dep't of Ed. per OMB, costs only					0.473
30		Dep't of Ed. paperwork in excess of OMB								2.52	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
31			2.994
32	Dept. of Energy	DoE per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2020(a)			$16.891						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
33		DoE per OMB C&B Reports 2020(b)-2022				0.639
34			16.891
35	Dept. of Health
36	& Human Services	HHS per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2022(a)			$9.278						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
37		HHS per OMB C&B Reports 2020(b)-2022				1.201
38		HHS per OMB, costs only					30.033				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
39		HHS paperwork in excess of OMB								2.19	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
40		Health Services Regulation:
41		Facilities								24.50
42		Professionals								24.90
43		Insurance								56.90
44		Food and Drug Administration								49.00
45		Medical Tort								11.40
46		166.695
47		Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act								5.00
48			214.393
49	Dept. of Homeland
50	Security	DHS per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2020(a)			$0.965						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
51		DHS per OMB C&B Reports 2020(b)-2022				0.537
52		DHS per OMB, costs only					15.748				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
53		Crews-compiled supplemental								41.00	bit.ly/1uHpYIc	Estimate of the Annual Cost of Homeland Security Regulation
54			57.713
55	Dept. of Housing
56	& Urban Dev.	HUD per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$1.512						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
57		HUD per OMB, costs only					0.790
58			2.302
59
60	Dept. of the Interior	DoI per OMB C&B Reports, 2002-present			0.047376
61
62		DoI per OMB, costs only					0.759				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
63		Endangered Species								1.00
64		Restrictions on Energy Access and Permitting								1.8
65			3.607
66	Dept of Justice	DoJ per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$1.659						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
67		DoJ per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					-0.906
68			0.753
69	Dept. of Labor	Labor pre-2001 per OMB		$28.223
70		DoL per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			7.399						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
71		DoL per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					12.719				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
72		Workplace regulations (Johnson $118.1b
73		net of OMB turn-of-century $28.2b)								89.88
74			138.221
75	Dept of Transportation	Transportation pre-2001 per OMB		$26.737
76		DoT per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2020(a)			23.574						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
77		DoT per OMB C&B Reports 2020(b)-2022				-8.794
78		DoT per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					-0.307				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
79		CAFÉ & fuel eff. per OMB (EPA & DoT)			$19.903						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
80		Auto emissions & safety, excess of OMB 2001								7.46
81		Airlines								5.00
82			73.573
83	Dept. of the Treasury	DoT per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					11.503				bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
84			11.503
85	CEQ	CEQ per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					-0.094
86			-0.094
87
88	Environmental
89	Protection Agency
90		EPA historical cost per OMB		$252.523							bit.ly/1wpQTrm	OMB-Tallied Social Regulation Subset
91		EPA per OMB C&B Reports 2002-2020(a)			66.75						bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
92		EPA per OMB C&B Reports 2020b)-2022				19.390
93		EPA per OMB, costs only, 2002-present					4.913				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
94		EPA OMB-based subtotal:
95		$343.57938
96
97		Ethanol (corn)								25.00
98		Ethanol, global health impact placeholder								48.00
99			416.579
100
101	U.S. Access Board	ATBCB per OMB, C&B costs, 2002-pres.			0.288204
102	(ATBCB)	ATBCB per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					0.909				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
103			1.198
104	Federal Acquisition Reg	FAR per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.					4.894				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
105		FAR paperwork						3.990			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
106			8.884
107	Independent Agency and Other Sectoral Regulatory Costs
108	Antitrust									2.34	bit.ly/1DkuMY4	Costs of U.S. Antitrust Regulation
109			2.34
110	Federal Communications	FCC paperwork						1.4875			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
111	Commission	Telecommunications								113.69
112		Net neutralty order/Infrastructure placeholder								15.00
113			130.1765
114	Financial Services	Finacial-related Independent Agencies
115		Federal Reserve System, et. al. 09-pres							8.303		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
116		FRS paperwork						0.245
117		Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection							0.044
118		CFPB paperwork						0.7245
119		Commodity Futures Trading Comm., 09-pres							2.54316		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
120		CFTC paperwork						0.2835
121		Securities & Exchange Commission, 09-pres							5.0145		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
122		SEC, paperwork						10.29			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
123		Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., paperwork						0.252			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
124
125		National Credit Union Admin. paperwork						0.322
126
127		Securities industry, various rules								12.75
128
129		Sarbanes-Oxley placeholder
130		Sarbanes-Oxley Sec. 404 (Simon/Rochester)								10.00		Stepdown of Simon Grad. School/U. of Rochester study
131
132		Dodd-Frank placeholders
133		Impacts on selected banking firms								8.00
134
135		Direct Volcker rule impacts								4.30
136
137		Indirect Volcker rule impacts
138		Electricity cost increases								5.30
139		Gasoline price increases								2.00
140		Borrowing cost increases								10.00
141
142		Debit Card Interchange Fees & Routing								8.00
143
144		Overall Dodd-Frank placeholder:
145		$37.60
146			88.372
147
148	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Paperwork							0.4375			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
149			0.438
150	Federal Trade Commission Paperwork							4.095			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
151			4.095
152	Consumer Product Safety Commission								0.1929		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
153		CPSC paper						0.2485
154			0.441
155	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	EEOC per OMB, costs only					0.263
156		EEOC GAO basis							0.1215		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
157		EEOC paperwork, $917m. in FY 2022						hold
158			0.385
159	Intern'l Trade Comm. paperwork							0.0455
160
161	Nuclear Regulatory Commission								0.05625		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
162		Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paperwork						0.3465			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
163			0.403
164	E-gov paperwork							0.0455			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
165			0.046
166	NASA paperwork							0.0455			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
167
168	Nat'l Indian Gaming Commission Paperwork							0.042
169
170	NSF paperwork							0.2555			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
171			0.256
172	Small Business Administration Paperwork							0.637			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
173			0.637
174
175	Ofc National Drug Control Policy paperork							0.0665
176
177	Social Security Administration Paperwork							5.0855			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
178			5.0855
179	Privacy regulation									1.00
180			1.000
181	Foreign Worker Mobility Restrictions									12
182			12.000
183
184	OMB total, legacy social costs			$340.162
185	OMB total w/ costs & benefits, 2001 - 2020(a)				$151.08
186	OMB total w/ costs & benefits, 2020(b)-2022 (fiscal year)					$13.00
187	OMB total w/costs only, 2001-present						$99.98
188	Independent agencies paperwork total							$28.95			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
189	Independent agencies compliance total								16.27531		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
190	Other Crews incremental. total									$1,467.34
191	Total Cost of Regulation,									$2,116.78
192	Check total via column "C" (slight rounding diff.):		2,115.400
193
194	Notes:
195	Compiled by Wayne Crews. All data and sources subject to change at author's discretion.
196	EEOC paperwork tally omitted from this chart