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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 701
1	3		118THCONGRESS
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3	5		DSESSION H. R. 115
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–862, Part I]
	7	+	To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc
	8	+	consideration in resolutions of disapproval for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and
	9	+	for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	JANUARY9, 2023
	12	+	Mr. B
	13	+	IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
	14	+	on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period
	15	+	to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
	16	+	ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
	17	+	concerned
	18	+	D
	19	+	ECEMBER11, 2024
	20	+	Additional sponsors: Ms. H
	21	+	AGEMAN, Mr. OGLES, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BRECHEEN,
	22	+	and Mr. M
	23	+	OOREof Utah
	24	+	D
	25	+	ECEMBER11, 2024
	26	+	Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
	27	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	28	+	DECEMBER11, 2024
	29	+	Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
	30	+	House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
	31	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2023]
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	35	+	A BILL
5	36		To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide
6	37		for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval
7	38		for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and for other purposes.
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8	42		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
10		-	•HR 115 EH
11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Midnight Rules Relief 2
13		-	Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS OF 4
15		-	DISAPPROVAL PERTAINING TO ‘‘MIDNIGHT 5
16		-	RULES’’. 6
	43	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	44	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	45	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Midnight Rules Relief 4
	46	+	Act’’. 5
	47	+	SEC. 2. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS OF 6
	48	+	DISAPPROVAL PERTAINING TO ‘‘MIDNIGHT 7
	49	+	RULES’’. 8
17	50		(a) I
18		-	NGENERAL.—Section 801(d) of title 5, United 7
19		-	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-8
20		-	lowing: 9
21		-	‘‘(4) In applying section 802 to rules described under 10
22		-	paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may con-11
23		-	tain one or more such rules if the report under subsection 12
24		-	(a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the 13
25		-	final year of a President’s term.’’. 14
	51	+	NGENERAL.—Section 801(d) of title 5, United 9
	52	+	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 10
	53	+	‘‘(4) In applying section 802 to rules described under 11
	54	+	paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may con-12
	55	+	tain one or more such rules if the report under subsection 13
	56	+	(a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the final 14
	57	+	year of a President’s term.’’. 15
26	58		(b) T
27		-	EXT OFRESOLVINGCLAUSE.—Section 802(a) 15
28		-	of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 16
29		-	(1) by inserting after ‘‘resolving clause of which 17
30		-	is’’ the following: ‘‘(except as otherwise provided in 18
31		-	this subsection)’’; and 19
32		-	(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 20
33		-	case of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4), 21
34		-	the matter after the resolving clause of such resolu-22
35		-	tion shall be as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves 23
36		-	the following rules: the rule submitted by the ll 24
37		-	relating to ll; and the rule submitted by the ll 25
38		-	relating to ll. Such rules shall have no force or 26 3
39		-	•HR 115 EH
40		-	effect.’ (The blank spaces being appropriately filled 1
41		-	in and additional clauses describing additional rules 2
42		-	to be included as necessary).’’. 3
43		-	Passed the House of Representatives December 17,
44		-	2024.
45		-	Attest:
46		-	Clerk. 118
	59	+	EXT OFRESOLVINGCLAUSE.—Section 802(a) of 16
	60	+	title 5, United States Code, is amended— 17
	61	+	(1) by inserting after ‘‘resolving clause of which 18
	62	+	is’’ the following: ‘‘(except as otherwise provided in 19
	63	+	this subsection)’’; and 20
	64	+	(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 21
	65	+	case of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4), the 22
	66	+	matter after the resolving clause of such resolution 23
	67	+	shall be as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the fol-24
	68	+	lowing rules: the rule submitted by the ll relating 25
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	71	+	•HR 115 RH
	72	+	to ll; and the rule submitted by the ll relating 1
	73	+	to ll. Such rules shall have no force or effect.’ (The 2
	74	+	blank spaces being appropriately filled in and addi-3
	75	+	tional clauses describing additional rules to be in-4
	76	+	cluded as necessary).’’. 5
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	79	+	kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No.
	80	+	701
	81	+	118
47	82		TH
48	83		CONGRESS
49	84		2
50	85		D
51	86		S
52	87		ESSION
53	88
54	89		H. R. 115
55		-	AN ACT
	90	+	[Report No. 118–862, Part I]
	91	+	A BILL
56	92		To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,
57	93		to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions
58	94		of disapproval for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and for
59	95		other purposes.
	96	+	D
	97	+	ECEMBER
	98	+	11, 2024
	99	+	Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an
	100	+	amendment
	101	+	D
	102	+	ECEMBER
	103	+	11, 2024
	104	+	Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Com-
	105	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
	106	+	and ordered to be printed
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