1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019 . 2. Advance notice of proposed rulemaking Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 551— (A) in paragraph (13), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (15) major rule means any rule that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines is likely to impose— (A) an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, local, or tribal government agencies, or geographic regions; or (C) significant effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, health, safety, the environment, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets; and (16) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs means the office established under section 3503 of title 44 and any successor to that office. ; and (2) in section 553, by adding at the end the following: (f) Advance notice of proposed rulemaking for major rules (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (3), not later than 90 days before the date on which an agency publishes a notice of proposed rulemaking for a major rule in the Federal Register, the agency shall publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the major rule in the Federal Register. (2) Requirements An advance notice of proposed rulemaking published under paragraph (1) shall— (A) include a written statement identifying, at a minimum— (i) the nature and significance of the problem the agency may address with a major rule, including any data and other information on which the agency at the time expects to rely for the proposed major rule; (ii) a general description of regulatory alternatives under consideration