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	Costs &	Costs	Indep Agency	Independent	Crews Mods		Detail: See text, and note the following charts from
7			Totals	"Social"	Benefits	Only	Paperwork	Agencies	& Supplements		Tip of the Costberg
8	Baseline
9		Legacy "Economic": Scale-down of OMB est.							398.75	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			770.729
15	Executive Agencies
16	Dept. of Agriculture	USDA per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$2.806					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
17		USDA per OMB, costs only				-0.648				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
18		USDA paperwork in excess of OMB							1.13	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
19		Sugar programs							4.00
20			7.290
21	Dept. of Commerce	DoC per OMB, costs only				0.138				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
22		DoC paperwork in excess of OMB							0.99	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
23			1.124
24	Dept. of Education	Dep't of Ed. per OMB, costs only				0.459
25		Dep't of Ed. paperwork in excess of OMB							2.52	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
26			2.980
27	Dept. of Energy	DoE per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$16.891					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
28			16.891
29	Dept. of Health
30	& Human Services	HHS per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$9.278					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
31		HHS per OMB, costs only				19.786				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
32		HHS paperwork in excess of OMB							2.19	bit.ly/1BMm575	Executive Agency Paperwork Burdens
33		Health Services Regulation:
34		Facilities							24.50
35		Professionals							24.90
36		Insurance							56.90
37		Food and Drug Administration							49.00
38		Medical Tort							11.40
39		166.695
40		Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act							5.00
41			202.945
42	Dept. of Homeland
43	Security	DHS per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			$0.965					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
44		DHS per OMB, costs only				15.732				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
45		Crews-compiled supplemental							41.00	bit.ly/1uHpYIc	Estimate of the Annual Cost of Homeland Security Regulation
46			57.697
47	Dept. of Housing
48	& 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
49		HUD per OMB, costs only				0.790
50			2.302
51
52	Dept. of the Interior	DoI per OMB C&B Reports, 2002-present			0.047376
53
54		DoI per OMB, costs only				0.759				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
55		Endangered Species							1.00
56		Restrictions on Energy Access and Permitting							1.8
57			3.607
58	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
59		DoJ per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.				0.400
60			2.059
61	Dept. of Labor	Labor pre-2001 per OMB		$28.223
62		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
63		DoL per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.				6.904				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
64		Workplace regulations (Johnson $118.1b
65		net of OMB turn-of-century $28.2b)							89.88
66			132.406
67	Dept of Transportation	Transportation pre-2001 per OMB		$26.737
68		DoT per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			23.574					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
69		DoT per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.				0.171				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
70		CAFÉ & fuel eff. per OMB (EPA & DoT)			$19.903					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
71		Auto emissions & safety, excess of OMB 2001							7.46
72		Airlines							5.00
73			82.845
74	Dept. of the Treasury	DoT per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.				3.101				bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
75			3.101
76	Environmental
77	Protection Agency
78		EPA historical cost per OMB		$252.523						bit.ly/1wpQTrm	OMB-Tallied Social Regulation Subset
79		EPA per OMB C&B Reports 2002-present			66.75					bit.ly/1BMlna7	Major Rule Annual Cost Detail, OMB Costs and Benefits Reports, FY2002-present
80		EPA per OMB, costs only, 2002-present				5.169				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
81		EPA OMB-based subtotal:
82		$324.44538
83
84		Ethanol (corn)							25.00
85		Ethanol, global health impact placeholder							48.00
86			397.445
87
88	U.S. Access Board	ATBCB per OMB, C&B costs, 2002-pres.			0.288204
89	(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
90			1.198
91	Federal Acquisition Reg	FAR per OMB, costs only, 2002-pres.				-0.228				bit.ly/1sobb0x	Annual Costs of Untabulated Major Rules Reviewed at OMB - by Dep't or Agency
92		FAR paperwork					1.17635			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
93			0.948
94	Independent Agency and Other Sectoral Regulatory Costs
95	Antitrust								2.34	bit.ly/1DkuMY4	Costs of U.S. Antitrust Regulation
96			2.34
97	Federal Communications	FCC paperwork					2.95925			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
98	Commission	Telecommunications							113.69
99		Net neutralty order/Infrastructure placeholder							15.00
100			131.64825
101	Financial Services	Finacial-related Independent Agencies
102		Federal Reserve System, et. al. 09-pres						8.303		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
103		FRS paperwork					0.46165
104		Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection						0.044
105		CFPB paperwork					1.3013
106		Commodity Futures Trading Comm., 09-pres						2.54316		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
107		CFTC paperwork					0.26215
108		Securities & Exchange Commission, 09-pres						5.0145		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
109		SEC, paperwork					7.87115			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
110		Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., paperwork					0.4319			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
111
112		Securities industry, various rules							12.75
113
114		Sarbanes-Oxley placeholder
115		Sarbanes-Oxley Sec. 404 (Simon/Rochester)							10.00		Stepdown of Simon Grad. School/U. of Rochester study
116
117		Dodd-Frank placeholders
118		Impacts on selected banking firms							8.00
119
120		Direct Volcker rule impacts							4.30
121
122		Indirect Volcker rule impacts
123		Electricity cost increases							5.30
124		Gasoline price increases							2.00
125		Borrowing cost increases							10.00
126
127		Debit Card Interchange Fees & Routing							8.00
128
129		Overall Dodd-Frank placeholder:
130		$37.60
131			86.583
132
133	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Paperwork						0.41335			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
134			0.413
135	Federal Trade Commission Paperwork						4.73795			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
136			4.73795
137	Consumer Product Safety Commission							0.1929		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
138		CPSC paper					0.2597
139			0.453
140	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	EEOC per OMB, costs only				0.263
141		EEOC GAO basis						0.1215		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
142			0.385
143	Nuclear Regulatory Commission							0.05625		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
144		Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paperwork					0.38675			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
145			0.443
146	E-gov paperwork						0.00735			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
147			0.007
148	NASA paperwork						0.00945			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
149
150	NSF paperwork						0.27405			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
151			0.274
152	Small Business Administration Paperwork						0.05005			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
153			0.050
154	Social Security Administration Paperwork						1.53685			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
155			1.53685
156	Privacy regulation								1.00
157			1.000
158	Foreign Worker Mobility Restrictions								12
159			12.000
160
161	OMB total, legacy social costs			$340.162
162	OMB total w/ costs & benefts, 2001 - present				$151.08
163	OMB total w/costs only, 2001-present					$53.71
164	Independent agencies paperwork total						$22.14			bit.ly/1r9Qvgq	Independent Agency Paperwork Burdens
165	Independent agencies compliance total							16.27531		bit.ly/1wDx4ji	Annual Costs of Independent Agency Rulemakings
166	Other Crews incremental. total								$1,344.09
167	Total Cost of Regulation, 2016								$1,927.45
168	Check total via column "C" (slight rounding diff.):		1,927.438
169
170	Notes:
171	Compiled by Wayne Crews. All data and sources subject to change at author's discretion.
172	EEOC paperwork tally omitted from this chart