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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "2 U.S.C. § 1535"
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description: "Least burdensome option or explanation required"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 2
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title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_number: "25"
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chapter_name: "UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM"
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section: "1535"
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citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1535"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc02@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s1535"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1535 - Least burdensome option or explanation required
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## Text
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(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), before promulgating any rule for which a written statement is required under section 1532 of this title, the agency shall identify and consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and from those alternatives select the least costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule, for—
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(1) State, local, and tribal governments, in the case of a rule containing a Federal intergovernmental mandate; and
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(2) the private sector, in the case of a rule containing a Federal private sector mandate.
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(b) Exception The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless—
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(1) the head of the affected agency publishes with the final rule an explanation of why the least costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome method of achieving the objectives of the rule was not adopted; or
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(2) the provisions are inconsistent with law.
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(c) OMB certification No later than 1 year after March 22, 1995, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall certify to Congress, with a written explanation, agency compliance with this section and include in that certification agencies and rulemakings that fail to adequately comply with this section.
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(Pub. L. 104–4, title II, § 205, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 66.)
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