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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 510 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 6 month delay |
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| 6 | 6 | | before a final rule may take effect. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AGEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a |
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| 14 | 14 | | 6 month delay before a final rule may take effect. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulatory Cooling 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Off Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) In section 553— 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, for a 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | period of not less than 60 days,’’ before ‘‘inter-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ested persons’’; 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘30 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | days’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months’’; and 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(f) The agency shall submit a finalized rule to Con-7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gress for referral to each committee of jurisdiction in each 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | House of Congress not later than 6 months prior to the 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | effective date of the rule. 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(g) The agency shall publish notice in the Federal 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Register on the date that a finalized rule takes effect. 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(h) The agency shall post on the website of such 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | agency a final rule or proposed rule not less than 24 hours 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | before such final rule or proposed rule is published in the 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Federal Register pursuant to this section.’’. 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) In section 702, by adding at the end the fol-17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | lowing: ‘‘An action under this section may be 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | brought before the district court where the plaintiff 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | resides or before any court for a district where the 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | agency has an office.’’. 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) In section 801— 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | after ‘‘shall submit to each House of the Con-24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | gress’’ the following: ‘‘not later than the date 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | that is 6 months prior to the effective date of 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | such rule’’; and 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘60 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | days’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months (unless the Con-4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | gress enacts a joint resolution or other measure 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | explicitly approving the rule)’’. 6 |
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