Federal Rule Making Process
How Regulations Are Drafted, Reviewed, and Approved
Federal regulation, like taxing and spending, is one of the basic tools of government used to implement public policy. In fact, the development and framing of a rule has been described as “the climactic act of the policy making process.” Another observer described the rulemaking process as “a ubiquitous presence in virtually all government programs. … The crucial intermediate process of rulemaking stands between the enactment of a law by Congress and the realization of the goals that both Congress and the people it represents seek to achieve by that law.” Regulations generally start with an act of Congress, and…
