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| 2 | 2 | | Calendar No. 9 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 5 | 5 | | STSESSION S. 184 |
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| 6 | 6 | | To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major |
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| 7 | 7 | | rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a |
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| 8 | 8 | | joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY31, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. P |
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| 12 | 12 | | AUL(for himself, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. LEE, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. SULLIVAN, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. C |
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| 14 | 14 | | RAMER, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. RISCH, Mr. SCOTTof Flor- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ida, Mr. C |
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| 16 | 16 | | RAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. ERNST, Mr. DAINES, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mr. M |
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| 18 | 18 | | ARSHALL, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | B |
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| 20 | 20 | | RAUN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following |
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| 21 | 21 | | bill; which was read the first time |
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| 23 | 23 | | EBRUARY1, 2023 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Read the second time and placed on the calendar |
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| 25 | 25 | | A BILL |
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| 26 | 26 | | To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide |
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| 27 | 27 | | that major rules of the executive branch shall have no |
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| 28 | 28 | | force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is |
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| 29 | 29 | | enacted into law. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulations from the 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | The purpose of this Act is to increase accountability 5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for and transparency in the Federal regulatory process. 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Section 1 of article I of the United States Constitution 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | grants all legislative powers to Congress. Over time, Con-8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | gress has excessively delegated its constitutional charge 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | while failing to conduct appropriate oversight and retain 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | accountability for the content of the laws it passes. By 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | requiring a vote in Congress, the REINS Act will result 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | in more carefully drafted and detailed legislation, an im-13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | proved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | is truly accountable to the American people for the laws 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | imposed upon them. 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | MAKING. 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to read as follows: 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | OF AGENCY RULEMAKING 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘Sec. |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘801. Congressional review. |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules. |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘804. Definitions. |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘805. Judicial review. |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘806. Exemption for monetary policy. |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘807. Effective date of certain rules. |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 1 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 2 |
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| 70 | 70 | | agency promulgating such rule shall publish in the Federal 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Register a list of information on which the rule is based, 4 |
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| 72 | 72 | | including data, scientific and economic studies, and cost- 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | benefit analyses, and identify how the public can access 6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | such information online, and shall submit to each House 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | containing— 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | rule; 12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the clas-14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | sification specifically addressing each criteria for a 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | major rule contained within subparagraphs (A) 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | through (C) of section 804(2); 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(iv) a list of any other related regulatory ac-18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tions intended to implement the same statutory pro-19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | vision or regulatory objective as well as the indi-20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | vidual and aggregate economic effects of those ac-21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | tions; and 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(v) the proposed effective date of the rule. 23 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | available to each House of Congress— 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | of the rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | added or lost, differentiating between public and pri-7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | vate sector jobs; 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 603, 604, 605, 607, and 609 of this title; 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | 202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Reform Act of 1995; and 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(iv) any other relevant information or require-14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu-15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | tive orders. 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub-17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re-18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand-19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | issued. 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re-24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | publication date. The report of the Comptroller General 2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | shall include an assessment of the agency’s compliance 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | with procedural steps required by paragraph (1)(B) and 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | an assessment of whether the major rule imposes any new 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | limits or mandates on private-sector activity. 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp-7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | troller General by providing information relevant to the 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | is later. 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | by section 803 after submission to Congress under para-17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | graph (1). 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat-21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ing to the same rule may not be considered under this 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep-23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | resentatives or the Senate. 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 1 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | under section 802. 3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | which the report referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) is re-7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | not take effect. 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | may take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | President makes a determination under paragraph (2) and 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | submits written notice of such determination to the Con-17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | gress. 18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | by the President by Executive order that the major rule 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | should take effect because such rule is— 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent threat 22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | to health or safety or other emergency; 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | laws; 25 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple-2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | menting an international trade agreement. 3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce-5 |
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| 182 | 182 | | dures under section 802. 6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth-7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub-9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | occurring— 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days; 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | or 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa-14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tives, 60 legislative days, 15 |
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| 192 | 192 | | before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 16 |
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| 193 | 193 | | session of Congress through the date on which the same 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec-18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc-19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ceeding session of Congress. 20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur-21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | poses of such additional review, a rule described under 22 |
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| 199 | 199 | | paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— 23 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | session day; or 2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep-3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | after the succeeding session of Congress first con-5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | venes; and 6 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to 7 |
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| 212 | 212 | | Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date. 8 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 9 |
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| 214 | 214 | | to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a 10 |
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| 215 | 215 | | report shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can 11 |
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| 216 | 216 | | take effect. 12 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 13 |
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| 218 | 218 | | effect as otherwise provided by law (including other sub-14 |
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| 219 | 219 | | sections of this section). 15 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘§ 802. Congressional approval procedure for major 16 |
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| 221 | 221 | | rules 17 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(a)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint 18 |
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| 223 | 223 | | resolution’ means only a joint resolution addressing a re-19 |
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| 224 | 224 | | port classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 20 |
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| 225 | 225 | | 801(a)(1)(A)(iii) that— 21 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(A) bears no preamble; 22 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ‘‘(B) bears the following title (with blanks filled 23 |
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| 228 | 228 | | as appropriate): ‘Approving the rule submitted by 24 |
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| 229 | 229 | | lll relating to lll.’; 25 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(C) includes after its resolving clause only the 1 |
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| 234 | 234 | | following (with blanks filled as appropriate): ‘That 2 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Congress approves the rule submitted by lll re-3 |
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| 236 | 236 | | lating to lll.’; and 4 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(D) is introduced pursuant to paragraph (2). 5 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(2) After a House of Congress receives a report 6 |
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| 239 | 239 | | classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 7 |
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| 240 | 240 | | 801(a)(1)(A)(iii), the majority leader of that House (or 8 |
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| 241 | 241 | | his or her respective designee) shall introduce (by request, 9 |
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| 242 | 242 | | if appropriate) a joint resolution described in paragraph 10 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (1)— 11 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of the House of Representa-12 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tives, within 3 legislative days; and 13 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of the Senate, within 3 session 14 |
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| 247 | 247 | | days. 15 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(3) A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) 16 |
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| 249 | 249 | | shall not be subject to amendment at any stage of pro-17 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ceeding. 18 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 19 |
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| 252 | 252 | | shall be referred in each House of Congress to the commit-20 |
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| 253 | 253 | | tees having jurisdiction over the provision of law under 21 |
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| 254 | 254 | | which the rule is issued. 22 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 23 |
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| 256 | 256 | | to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 24 |
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| 257 | 257 | | been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 25 |
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| 261 | 261 | | days after its introduction, such committee or committees 1 |
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| 262 | 262 | | shall be automatically discharged from further consider-2 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal-3 |
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| 264 | 264 | | endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 4 |
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| 265 | 265 | | taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 5 |
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| 266 | 266 | | the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 6 |
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| 267 | 267 | | to which it was referred, or after such committee or com-7 |
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| 268 | 268 | | mittees have been discharged from further consideration 8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | of the resolution. 9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com-10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re-11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 14 |
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| 275 | 275 | | time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 15 |
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| 276 | 276 | | to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 16 |
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| 277 | 277 | | to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 17 |
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| 278 | 278 | | all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 18 |
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| 279 | 279 | | consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo-19 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post-20 |
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| 281 | 281 | | pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 21 |
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| 282 | 282 | | other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 22 |
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| 283 | 283 | | the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 23 |
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| 284 | 284 | | order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 24 |
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| 285 | 285 | | joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re-25 |
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| 289 | 289 | | main the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | of. 2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 4 |
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| 293 | 293 | | therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 5 |
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| 294 | 294 | | shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 6 |
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| 295 | 295 | | opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit 7 |
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| 296 | 296 | | debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, 8 |
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| 297 | 297 | | or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 9 |
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| 298 | 298 | | consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 10 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the joint resolution is not in order. 11 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-12 |
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| 301 | 301 | | sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-13 |
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| 302 | 302 | | section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 14 |
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| 303 | 303 | | the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 15 |
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| 304 | 304 | | Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 16 |
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| 305 | 305 | | shall occur. 17 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 18 |
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| 307 | 307 | | to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 20 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (a) shall be decided without debate. 21 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(e) In the House of Representatives, if any com-22 |
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| 311 | 311 | | mittee to which a joint resolution described in subsection 23 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (a) has been referred has not reported it to the House 24 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ation of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the 2 |
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| 319 | 319 | | appropriate calendar. On the second and fourth Thursdays 3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | of each month it shall be in order at any time for the 4 |
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| 321 | 321 | | Speaker to recognize a Member who favors passage of a 5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | joint resolution that has appeared on the calendar for at 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | least 5 legislative days to call up that joint resolution for 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | immediate consideration in the House without intervention 8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | of any point of order. When so called up a joint resolution 9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for 1 10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | an opponent, and the previous question shall be considered 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | as ordered to its passage without intervening motion. It 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | shall not be in order to reconsider the vote on passage. 14 |
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| 331 | 331 | | If a vote on final passage of the joint resolution has not 15 |
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| 332 | 332 | | been taken by the third Thursday on which the Speaker 16 |
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| 333 | 333 | | may recognize a Member under this subsection, such vote 17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | shall be taken on that day. 18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described 19 |
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| 336 | 336 | | in subsection (a), one House receives from the other a 20 |
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| 337 | 337 | | joint resolution having the same text, then— 21 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other House 22 |
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| 339 | 339 | | shall not be referred to a committee; and 23 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall 24 |
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| 341 | 341 | | be the same as if no joint resolution had been re-25 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ceived from the other House until the vote on pas-1 |
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| 346 | 346 | | sage, when the joint resolution received from the 2 |
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| 347 | 347 | | other House shall supplant the joint resolution of 3 |
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| 348 | 348 | | the receiving House. 4 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 5 |
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| 350 | 350 | | Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 6 |
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| 351 | 351 | | Senate is a revenue measure. 7 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final 8 |
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| 353 | 353 | | passage of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 9 |
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| 354 | 354 | | described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be 10 |
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| 355 | 355 | | taken on that day. 11 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 12 |
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| 357 | 357 | | Congress— 13 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 14 |
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| 359 | 359 | | the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-15 |
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| 360 | 360 | | tively, and as such are deemed to be part of the 16 |
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| 361 | 361 | | rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only 17 |
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| 362 | 362 | | with respect to the procedure to be followed in that 18 |
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| 363 | 363 | | House in the case of a joint resolution described in 19 |
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| 364 | 364 | | subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 20 |
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| 365 | 365 | | where explicitly so; and 21 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 22 |
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| 367 | 367 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 23 |
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| 368 | 368 | | they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 24 |
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| 372 | 372 | | time, in the same manner and to the same extent as 1 |
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| 373 | 373 | | in the case of any other rule of that House. 2 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘§ 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for 3 |
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| 375 | 375 | | nonmajor rules 4 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res-5 |
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| 377 | 377 | | olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 6 |
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| 378 | 378 | | period beginning on the date on which the report referred 7 |
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| 379 | 379 | | to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and 8 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 9 |
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| 381 | 381 | | of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 10 |
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| 382 | 382 | | session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 11 |
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| 383 | 383 | | of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 12 |
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| 384 | 384 | | nonmajor rule submitted by the lll relating to 13 |
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| 385 | 385 | | lll, and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The 14 |
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| 386 | 386 | | blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 15 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 16 |
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| 388 | 388 | | shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-17 |
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| 389 | 389 | | gress with jurisdiction. 18 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re-19 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 20 |
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| 392 | 392 | | not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 21 |
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| 393 | 393 | | resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 22 |
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| 394 | 394 | | of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 23 |
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| 395 | 395 | | be discharged from further consideration of such joint res-24 |
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| 396 | 396 | | olution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Mem-25 |
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| 400 | 400 | | bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 1 |
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| 401 | 401 | | placed on the calendar. 2 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 3 |
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| 403 | 403 | | a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com-4 |
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| 404 | 404 | | mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 5 |
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| 405 | 405 | | consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 6 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 7 |
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| 407 | 407 | | previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 8 |
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| 408 | 408 | | for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 9 |
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| 409 | 409 | | resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu-10 |
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| 410 | 410 | | tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 11 |
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| 411 | 411 | | waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 12 |
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| 412 | 412 | | a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 13 |
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| 413 | 413 | | consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 14 |
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| 414 | 414 | | vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 15 |
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| 415 | 415 | | not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 16 |
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| 416 | 416 | | of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 17 |
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| 417 | 417 | | shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 18 |
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| 418 | 418 | | disposed of. 19 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 20 |
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| 420 | 420 | | and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 21 |
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| 421 | 421 | | therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 22 |
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| 422 | 422 | | which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 23 |
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| 423 | 423 | | those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 24 |
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| 424 | 424 | | limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment 25 |
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| 428 | 428 | | to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 1 |
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| 429 | 429 | | the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom-2 |
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| 430 | 430 | | mit the joint resolution is not in order. 3 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-4 |
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| 432 | 432 | | sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-5 |
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| 433 | 433 | | section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 6 |
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| 434 | 434 | | the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 7 |
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| 435 | 435 | | Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 8 |
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| 436 | 436 | | shall occur. 9 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 10 |
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| 438 | 438 | | to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-11 |
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| 439 | 439 | | dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 12 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (a) shall be decided without debate. 13 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘(e) In the Senate, the procedure specified in sub-14 |
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| 442 | 442 | | section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 15 |
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| 443 | 443 | | a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 16 |
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| 444 | 444 | | ‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 17 |
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| 445 | 445 | | beginning with the applicable submission or publica-18 |
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| 446 | 446 | | tion date; or 19 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 20 |
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| 448 | 448 | | was submitted during the period referred to in sec-21 |
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| 449 | 449 | | tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 22 |
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| 450 | 450 | | days beginning on the 15th session day after the 23 |
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| 451 | 451 | | succeeding session of Congress first convenes. 24 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 1 |
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| 456 | 456 | | resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 2 |
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| 457 | 457 | | House receives from the other House a joint resolution 3 |
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| 458 | 458 | | described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 4 |
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| 459 | 459 | | shall apply: 5 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 6 |
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| 461 | 461 | | shall not be referred to a committee. 7 |
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| 462 | 462 | | ‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 8 |
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| 463 | 463 | | in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 9 |
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| 464 | 464 | | resolution— 10 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 11 |
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| 466 | 466 | | the same as if no joint resolution had been re-12 |
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| 467 | 467 | | ceived from the other House; but 13 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 14 |
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| 469 | 469 | | the joint resolution of the other House. 15 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ‘‘§ 804. Definitions 16 |
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| 471 | 471 | | ‘‘For purposes of this chapter: 17 |
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| 472 | 472 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 18 |
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| 473 | 473 | | agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 19 |
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| 474 | 474 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in-20 |
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| 475 | 475 | | cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 21 |
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| 476 | 476 | | of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 22 |
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| 477 | 477 | | of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 23 |
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| 478 | 478 | | resulted in or is likely to result in— 24 |
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| 482 | 482 | | ‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 1 |
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| 483 | 483 | | $100 million or more; 2 |
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| 484 | 484 | | ‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 3 |
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| 485 | 485 | | consumers, individual industries, Federal, 4 |
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| 486 | 486 | | State, or local government agencies, or geo-5 |
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| 487 | 487 | | graphic regions; or 6 |
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| 488 | 488 | | ‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-7 |
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| 489 | 489 | | tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-8 |
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| 490 | 490 | | novation, or the ability of United States-based 9 |
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| 491 | 491 | | enterprises to compete with foreign-based enter-10 |
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| 492 | 492 | | prises in domestic and export markets. 11 |
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| 493 | 493 | | ‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 12 |
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| 494 | 494 | | that is not a major rule. 13 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 14 |
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| 496 | 496 | | such term in section 551, except that such term does 15 |
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| 497 | 497 | | not include— 16 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(A) any rule of particular applicability, 17 |
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| 499 | 499 | | including a rule that approves or prescribes for 18 |
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| 500 | 500 | | the future rates, wages, prices, services, or al-19 |
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| 501 | 501 | | lowances therefore, corporate or financial struc-20 |
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| 502 | 502 | | tures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 21 |
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| 503 | 503 | | thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 22 |
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| 504 | 504 | | bearing on any of the foregoing; 23 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ‘‘(B) any rule relating to agency manage-24 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ment or personnel; or 25 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ‘‘(C) any rule of agency organization, pro-1 |
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| 511 | 511 | | cedure, or practice that does not substantially 2 |
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| 512 | 512 | | affect the rights or obligations of non-agency 3 |
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| 513 | 513 | | parties. 4 |
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| 514 | 514 | | ‘‘(5) The term ‘submission or publication date’, 5 |
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| 515 | 515 | | except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 6 |
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| 516 | 516 | | means— 7 |
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| 517 | 517 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of a major rule, the date 8 |
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| 518 | 518 | | on which the Congress receives the report sub-9 |
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| 519 | 519 | | mitted under section 801(a)(1); and 10 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of a nonmajor rule, the 11 |
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| 521 | 521 | | later of— 12 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ‘‘(i) the date on which the Congress 13 |
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| 523 | 523 | | receives the report submitted under section 14 |
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| 524 | 524 | | 801(a)(1); and 15 |
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| 525 | 525 | | ‘‘(ii) the date on which the nonmajor 16 |
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| 526 | 526 | | rule is published in the Federal Register, if 17 |
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| 527 | 527 | | so published. 18 |
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| 528 | 528 | | ‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 19 |
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| 529 | 529 | | ‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 20 |
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| 530 | 530 | | under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 21 |
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| 531 | 531 | | ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de-22 |
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| 532 | 532 | | termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec-23 |
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| 533 | 533 | | essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 24 |
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| 534 | 534 | | effect. 25 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ‘‘(c) The enactment of a joint resolution of approval 1 |
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| 539 | 539 | | under section 802 shall not be interpreted to serve as a 2 |
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| 540 | 540 | | grant or modification of statutory authority by Congress 3 |
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| 541 | 541 | | for the promulgation of a rule, shall not extinguish or af-4 |
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| 542 | 542 | | fect any claim, whether substantive or procedural, against 5 |
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| 543 | 543 | | any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not form part of 6 |
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| 544 | 544 | | the record before the court in any judicial proceeding con-7 |
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| 545 | 545 | | cerning a rule except for purposes of determining whether 8 |
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| 546 | 546 | | or not the rule is in effect. 9 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 10 |
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| 548 | 548 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con-11 |
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| 549 | 549 | | cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 12 |
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| 550 | 550 | | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 13 |
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| 551 | 551 | | Federal Open Market Committee. 14 |
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| 552 | 552 | | ‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 15 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 16 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 17 |
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| 555 | 555 | | closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com-18 |
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| 556 | 556 | | mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 19 |
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| 557 | 557 | | to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 20 |
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| 558 | 558 | | ‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 21 |
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| 559 | 559 | | agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 22 |
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| 560 | 560 | | finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 23 |
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| 561 | 561 | | the rule issued) that notice and public procedure 24 |
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| 565 | 565 | | thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 1 |
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| 566 | 566 | | to the public interest, 2 |
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| 567 | 567 | | shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency pro-3 |
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| 568 | 568 | | mulgating the rule determines.’’. 4 |
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| 569 | 569 | | SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES SUBJECT TO SEC-5 |
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| 570 | 570 | | TION 802 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 6 |
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| 571 | 571 | | Section 257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-7 |
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| 572 | 572 | | gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907(b)(2)) 8 |
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| 573 | 573 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-9 |
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| 574 | 574 | | paragraph: 10 |
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| 575 | 575 | | ‘‘(E) B |
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| 576 | 576 | | UDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES 11 |
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| 577 | 577 | | SUBJECT TO SECTION 802 OF TITLE 5 , UNITED 12 |
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| 578 | 578 | | STATES CODE.—Any rule subject to the con-13 |
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| 579 | 579 | | gressional approval procedure set forth in sec-14 |
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| 580 | 580 | | tion 802 of title 5, United States Code, affect-15 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ing budget authority, outlays, or receipts shall 16 |
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| 582 | 582 | | be assumed to be effective unless it is not ap-17 |
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| 583 | 583 | | proved in accordance with such section.’’. 18 |
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| 584 | 584 | | SEC. 5. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY OF 19 |
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| 585 | 585 | | RULES. 20 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (a) I |
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| 587 | 587 | | NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 21 |
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| 588 | 588 | | United States shall conduct a study to determine, as of 22 |
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| 589 | 589 | | the date of the enactment of this Act— 23 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (1) how many rules (as such term is defined in 1 |
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| 594 | 594 | | section 804 of title 5, United States Code) were in 2 |
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| 595 | 595 | | effect; 3 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (2) how many major rules (as such term is de-4 |
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| 597 | 597 | | fined in section 804 of title 5, United States Code) 5 |
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| 598 | 598 | | were in effect; and 6 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (3) the total estimated economic cost imposed 7 |
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| 600 | 600 | | by all such rules. 8 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (b) R |
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| 602 | 602 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 9 |
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| 603 | 603 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 10 |
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| 604 | 604 | | the United States shall submit a report to Congress that 11 |
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| 605 | 605 | | contains the findings of the study conducted under sub-12 |
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| 606 | 606 | | section (a). 13 |
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| 617 | 617 | | ESSION |
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| 618 | 618 | | |
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| 619 | 619 | | S. 184 A BILL |
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| 620 | 620 | | To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, |
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| 621 | 621 | | to provide that major rules of the executive |
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| 622 | 622 | | branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint |
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| 623 | 623 | | resolution of approval is enacted into law. |
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| 624 | 624 | | F |
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| 626 | 626 | | 1, 2023 |
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| 627 | 627 | | Read the second time and placed on the calendar |
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