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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 164 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc |
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| 6 | 6 | | consideration in resolutions of disapproval for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY21, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | OHNSON(for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. SCHMITT, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | HEEHY, and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 14 | 14 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and |
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| 15 | 15 | | Governmental Affairs |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide |
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| 18 | 18 | | for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval |
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| 19 | 19 | | for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Midnight Rules Relief 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 164 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS OF 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | DISAPPROVAL PERTAINING TO ‘‘MIDNIGHT 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RULES’’. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 801(d) of title 5, United 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(4) In applying section 802 to rules described under 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may con-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tain one or more such rules if the report under subsection 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | final year of a President’s term.’’. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) T |
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| 41 | 41 | | EXT OFRESOLVINGCLAUSE.—Section 802(a) 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(1) I |
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| 44 | 44 | | N GENERAL.—’’ after 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(a)’’; 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) by inserting after ‘‘resolving clause of which 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | is’’ the following: ‘‘(except as otherwise provided in 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this subsection)’’; and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(2) J |
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| 51 | 51 | | OINTRESOLUTIONS UNDERSECTION 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 801( |
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| 53 | 53 | | D)(4).—In the case of a joint resolution under section 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 801(d)(4), the matter after the resolving clause of such 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | resolution shall be as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the following rules: the rule submitted by the ll relating 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | to ll; and the rule submitted by the ll relating to 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ll. Such rules shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •S 164 IS |
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| 62 | 62 | | spaces being appropriately filled in and additional clauses 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | describing additional rules to be included as necessary).’’. 2 |
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