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