Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB49 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	I
2	2	118THCONGRESS
3	3	1
4	4	STSESSION H. R. 49
5	5	To amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the effective date of
6	6	high-impact rules pending judicial review.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY9, 2023
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	ERGMAN(for himself, Mr. GUEST, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. HUIZENGA,
11	11	and Mr. W
12	12	ALBERG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
13	13	the Committee on the Judiciary
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the
16	16	effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial review.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Require Evaluation 4
21	21	before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2023’’ or 5
22	22	the ‘‘REVIEW Act of 2023’’. 6
23	23	SEC. 2. RELIEF PENDING REVIEW. 7
24	24	Section 705 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-8
25	25	ed— 9
26	26	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Jan 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H49.IH H49
27	27	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2
28	28	•HR 49 IH
29	29	(1) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting the fol-1
30	30	lowing: 2
31	31	‘‘(a) I
32	32	NGENERAL.—When’’; and 3
33	33	(2) by adding at the end the following: 4
34	34	‘‘(b) H
35	35	IGH-IMPACTRULES.— 5
36	36	‘‘(1) D
37	37	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 6
38	38	‘‘(A) the term ‘Administrator’ means the 7
39	39	Administrator of the Office of Information and 8
40	40	Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management 9
41	41	and Budget; and 10
42	42	‘‘(B) the term ‘high-impact rule’ means 11
43	43	any rule that the Administrator determines may 12
44	44	impose an annual cost on the economy of not 13
45	45	less than $1,000,000,000. 14
46	46	‘‘(2) I
47	47	DENTIFICATION.—A final rule may not be 15
48	48	published or take effect until— 16
49	49	‘‘(A) the agency making the rule submits 17
50	50	the rule to the Administrator; and 18
51	51	‘‘(B) the Administrator makes a deter-19
52	52	mination as to whether the rule is a high-im-20
53	53	pact rule, which shall be published by the agen-21
54	54	cy with the final rule. 22
55	55	‘‘(3) R
56	56	ELIEF.— 23
57	57	‘‘(A) I
58	58	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 24
59	59	subparagraph (B), an agency shall postpone the 25
60	60	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Jan 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H49.IH H49
61	61	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3
62	62	•HR 49 IH
63	63	effective date of a high-impact rule of the agen-1
64	64	cy until the final disposition of all actions seek-2
65	65	ing judicial review of the rule. 3
66	66	‘‘(B) F
67	67	AILURE TO TIMELY SEEK JUDICIAL 4
68	68	REVIEW.—Notwithstanding section 553(d), if 5
69	69	no person seeks judicial review of a high-impact 6
70	70	rule— 7
71	71	‘‘(i) during any period explicitly pro-8
72	72	vided for judicial review under the statute 9
73	73	authorizing the making of the rule; or 10
74	74	‘‘(ii) if no such period is explicitly pro-11
75	75	vided for, during the 60-day period begin-12
76	76	ning on the date on which the high-impact 13
77	77	rule is published in the Federal Register, 14
78	78	the high-impact rule may take effect as early as 15
79	79	the date on which the applicable period ends. 16
80	80	‘‘(4) R
81	81	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 17
82	82	this subsection may be construed to impose any limi-18
83	83	tation under law on any court against the issuance 19
84	84	of any order enjoining the implementation of any 20
85	85	rule.’’. 21
86	86	Æ
87	87	VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Jan 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H49.IH H49
88	88	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS