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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 274 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the sunset of rules upheld based on Chevron deference. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. G |
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| 9 | 9 | | REENof Tennessee (for himself, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. |
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| 10 | 10 | | H |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. OGLES, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | R |
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| 13 | 13 | | OUZER, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. FISCHBACH, and Mr. BRECHEEN) introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, |
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| 17 | 17 | | in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- |
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| 18 | 18 | | diction of the committee concerned |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To provide for the sunset of rules upheld based on Chevron |
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| 21 | 21 | | deference. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunset Chevron Act’’. 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | In this Act: 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) The term ‘‘Chevron deference’’ means the 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | legal doctrine of judicial deference pursuant to Chev-8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HR 274 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | ron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Council, Inc. (467 U.S. 837 (1984)). 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) The term ‘‘sunset date’’ means the date on 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | which a rule will cease to have force or effect. 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning given 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | such term in section 551 of title 5, United States 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Code. 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 3. GAO REVIEW OF RULES UPHELD BY CHEVRON DEF-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ERENCE. 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of the United States shall compile and publish a list of 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | each decision issued by a Federal court that— 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) upheld a rule based on Chevron deference; 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) was not subsequently overturned; and 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) pertains to a rule that is in effect on the 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | date of enactment of this Act. 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) O |
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| 52 | 52 | | RGANIZATION OFLIST.—Such list shall— 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) be organized by the agency that made the 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | rule, and for each such agency, the list shall be in 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | reverse chronological order of the date on which the 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | agency made the relevant rule; and 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) provide a sunset date for each rule. 23 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (c) SUNSETDATECALCULATION.—The Comptroller 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | General shall calculate the sunset date for each rule identi-2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | fied in the list compiled under subsection (a) as follows: 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) The sunset date for the most recent rule 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | made by each agency and identified in the list under 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | subsection (a) shall be on the date that is 30 days 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | after the list under subsection (a) is published. 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) The sunset date for each prior rule made by 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | such agency and identified in the list under sub-9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | section (a) shall be 30 days after the sunset date of 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the rule made by such agency and identified in such 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | list that precedes such prior rule. 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO THE CRA TO THE 6-LEGISLATIVE- 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | DAY WINDOW FOR CERTAIN RULES. 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | to each rule identified under section 3, except that the 60- 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | day period for filing a joint resolution under section 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 802(a) of that title shall not apply. 18 |
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