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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 368 |
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5 | 5 | | To require congressional approval for rules that are expected to cost not |
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6 | 6 | | less than $50,000,000 annually, and for other purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY3, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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10 | 10 | | ENNEDYintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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13 | 13 | | To require congressional approval for rules that are expected |
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14 | 14 | | to cost not less than $50,000,000 annually, and for |
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15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureaucratic Limita-4 |
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20 | 20 | | tion and Overreach Control Act’’ or the ‘‘BLOCK Act’’. 5 |
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21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-6 |
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22 | 22 | | MAKING. 7 |
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23 | 23 | | Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 8 |
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24 | 24 | | to read as follows: 9 |
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28 | 28 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 1 |
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29 | 29 | | OF AGENCY RULEMAKING 2 |
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30 | 30 | | ‘‘Sec. |
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31 | 31 | | ‘‘801. Congressional review. |
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32 | 32 | | ‘‘802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules. |
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33 | 33 | | ‘‘803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. |
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34 | 34 | | ‘‘804. Definitions. |
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35 | 35 | | ‘‘805. Judicial review. |
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36 | 36 | | ‘‘806. Exemption for monetary policy. |
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37 | 37 | | ‘‘807. Effective date of certain rules. |
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38 | 38 | | ‘‘808. Review of rules currently in effect. |
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39 | 39 | | ‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 3 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 4 |
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41 | 41 | | agency promulgating such rule shall publish in the Federal 5 |
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42 | 42 | | Register a list of information on which the rule is based, 6 |
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43 | 43 | | including data, scientific and economic studies, and cost- 7 |
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44 | 44 | | benefit analyses, and identify how the public can access 8 |
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45 | 45 | | such information online, and shall submit to each House 9 |
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46 | 46 | | of the Congress a report containing— 10 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 11 |
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48 | 48 | | ‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 12 |
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49 | 49 | | rule; 13 |
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50 | 50 | | ‘‘(iii) a finding, rendered by the Comptroller 14 |
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51 | 51 | | General of the United States, of whether the rule is 15 |
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52 | 52 | | a major rule or nonmajor rule; 16 |
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53 | 53 | | ‘‘(iv) a list of any other related regulatory ac-17 |
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54 | 54 | | tions intended to implement the same statutory pro-18 |
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55 | 55 | | vision or regulatory objective as well as the indi-19 |
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56 | 56 | | vidual and aggregate economic effects of those ac-20 |
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57 | 57 | | tions; 21 |
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61 | 61 | | ‘‘(v) the proposed effective date of the rule; and 1 |
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62 | 62 | | ‘‘(vi) a statement of the constitutional authority 2 |
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63 | 63 | | authorizing the agency to make the rule. 3 |
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64 | 64 | | ‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 4 |
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65 | 65 | | under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 5 |
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66 | 66 | | the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 6 |
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67 | 67 | | available to each House of Congress (and to each com-7 |
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68 | 68 | | mittee of jurisdiction in each House)— 8 |
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69 | 69 | | ‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 9 |
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70 | 70 | | of the rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs 10 |
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71 | 71 | | added or lost, differentiating between public and pri-11 |
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72 | 72 | | vate sector jobs; 12 |
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73 | 73 | | ‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 13 |
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74 | 74 | | 603, 604, 605, 607, and 609 of this title; 14 |
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75 | 75 | | ‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to sections 15 |
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76 | 76 | | 202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates 16 |
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77 | 77 | | Reform Act of 1995; 17 |
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78 | 78 | | ‘‘(iv) an estimate of the effect on inflation of 18 |
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79 | 79 | | the rule; and 19 |
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80 | 80 | | ‘‘(v) any other relevant information or require-20 |
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81 | 81 | | ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu-21 |
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82 | 82 | | tive orders. 22 |
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83 | 83 | | ‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub-23 |
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84 | 84 | | paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re-24 |
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85 | 85 | | port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand-25 |
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89 | 89 | | ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 1 |
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90 | 90 | | House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill 2 |
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91 | 91 | | to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 3 |
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92 | 92 | | issued. 4 |
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93 | 93 | | ‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re-5 |
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94 | 94 | | port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 6 |
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95 | 95 | | by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 7 |
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96 | 96 | | publication date. The report of the Comptroller General 8 |
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97 | 97 | | shall include an assessment of the agency’s compliance 9 |
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98 | 98 | | with procedural steps required by paragraph (1)(B) and 10 |
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99 | 99 | | an assessment of whether the major rule imposes any new 11 |
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100 | 100 | | limits or mandates on private-sector activity. 12 |
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101 | 101 | | ‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp-13 |
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102 | 102 | | troller General by providing information relevant to the 14 |
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103 | 103 | | Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 15 |
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104 | 104 | | ‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 16 |
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105 | 105 | | under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 17 |
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106 | 106 | | a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 18 |
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107 | 107 | | as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 19 |
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108 | 108 | | resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 20 |
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109 | 109 | | is later. 21 |
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110 | 110 | | ‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 22 |
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111 | 111 | | by section 803 after submission to Congress under para-23 |
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112 | 112 | | graph (1). 24 |
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116 | 116 | | ‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 1 |
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117 | 117 | | major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 2 |
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118 | 118 | | subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat-3 |
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119 | 119 | | ing to the same rule may not be considered under this 4 |
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120 | 120 | | chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep-5 |
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121 | 121 | | resentatives or the Senate. 6 |
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122 | 122 | | ‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 7 |
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123 | 123 | | Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 8 |
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124 | 124 | | under section 802. 9 |
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125 | 125 | | ‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 10 |
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126 | 126 | | is not enacted into law by the end of 30 session days or 11 |
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127 | 127 | | legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 12 |
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128 | 128 | | which the report referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) is re-13 |
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129 | 129 | | ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con-14 |
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130 | 130 | | gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 15 |
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131 | 131 | | of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 16 |
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132 | 132 | | shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 17 |
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133 | 133 | | not take effect. 18 |
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134 | 134 | | ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 19 |
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135 | 135 | | section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 20 |
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136 | 136 | | may take effect for one 15-session-day period if the Presi-21 |
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137 | 137 | | dent makes a determination under paragraph (2) and sub-22 |
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138 | 138 | | mits written notice of such determination to the Congress. 23 |
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139 | 139 | | ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 24 |
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140 | 140 | | by the President by Executive order that the major rule 25 |
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144 | 144 | | should take effect because such rule is necessary for na-1 |
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145 | 145 | | tional security or disaster response. 2 |
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146 | 146 | | ‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 3 |
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147 | 147 | | under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce-4 |
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148 | 148 | | dures under section 802. 5 |
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149 | 149 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth-6 |
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150 | 150 | | erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 7 |
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151 | 151 | | for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub-8 |
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152 | 152 | | section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 9 |
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153 | 153 | | occurring— 10 |
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154 | 154 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days; 11 |
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155 | 155 | | or 12 |
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156 | 156 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa-13 |
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157 | 157 | | tives, 60 legislative days, 14 |
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158 | 158 | | before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 15 |
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159 | 159 | | session of Congress through the date on which the same 16 |
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160 | 160 | | or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec-17 |
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161 | 161 | | tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc-18 |
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162 | 162 | | ceeding session of Congress. 19 |
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163 | 163 | | ‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur-20 |
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164 | 164 | | poses of such additional review, a rule described under 21 |
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165 | 165 | | paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— 22 |
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166 | 166 | | ‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 23 |
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167 | 167 | | Register on— 24 |
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171 | 171 | | ‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 1 |
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172 | 172 | | session day; or 2 |
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173 | 173 | | ‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep-3 |
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174 | 174 | | resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 4 |
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175 | 175 | | after the succeeding session of Congress first con-5 |
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176 | 176 | | venes; and 6 |
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177 | 177 | | ‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to 7 |
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178 | 178 | | Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date. 8 |
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179 | 179 | | ‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 9 |
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180 | 180 | | to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a 10 |
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181 | 181 | | report shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can 11 |
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182 | 182 | | take effect. 12 |
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183 | 183 | | ‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 13 |
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184 | 184 | | effect as otherwise provided by law (including other sub-14 |
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185 | 185 | | sections of this section). 15 |
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186 | 186 | | ‘‘§ 802. Congressional approval procedure for major 16 |
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187 | 187 | | rules 17 |
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188 | 188 | | ‘‘(a)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint 18 |
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189 | 189 | | resolution’ means only a joint resolution addressing a re-19 |
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190 | 190 | | port classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 20 |
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191 | 191 | | 801(a)(1)(A)(iii) that— 21 |
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192 | 192 | | ‘‘(A) bears no preamble; 22 |
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193 | 193 | | ‘‘(B) bears the following title (with blanks filled 23 |
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194 | 194 | | as appropriate): ‘Approving the rule submitted by 24 |
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195 | 195 | | lll relating to lll.’; 25 |
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199 | 199 | | ‘‘(C) includes after its resolving clause only the 1 |
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200 | 200 | | following (with blanks filled as appropriate): ‘That 2 |
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201 | 201 | | Congress approves the rule submitted by lll re-3 |
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202 | 202 | | lating to lll.’; and 4 |
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203 | 203 | | ‘‘(D) is introduced pursuant to paragraph (2). 5 |
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204 | 204 | | ‘‘(2) After a House of Congress receives a report 6 |
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205 | 205 | | classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 7 |
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206 | 206 | | 801(a)(1)(A)(iii), the majority leader of that House (or 8 |
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207 | 207 | | his or her respective designee) shall introduce (by request, 9 |
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208 | 208 | | if appropriate) a joint resolution described in paragraph 10 |
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209 | 209 | | (1)— 11 |
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210 | 210 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of the House of Representa-12 |
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211 | 211 | | tives, within 3 legislative days; and 13 |
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212 | 212 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of the Senate, within 3 session 14 |
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213 | 213 | | days. 15 |
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214 | 214 | | ‘‘(3) A joint resolution described in paragraph (1) 16 |
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215 | 215 | | shall not be subject to amendment at any stage of pro-17 |
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216 | 216 | | ceeding. 18 |
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217 | 217 | | ‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 19 |
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218 | 218 | | shall be referred in each House of Congress to the commit-20 |
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219 | 219 | | tees having jurisdiction over the provision of law under 21 |
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220 | 220 | | which the rule is issued. 22 |
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221 | 221 | | ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 23 |
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222 | 222 | | to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 24 |
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223 | 223 | | been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 25 |
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227 | 227 | | days after its introduction, such committee or committees 1 |
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228 | 228 | | shall be automatically discharged from further consider-2 |
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229 | 229 | | ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal-3 |
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230 | 230 | | endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 4 |
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231 | 231 | | taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 5 |
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232 | 232 | | the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 6 |
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233 | 233 | | to which it was referred, or after such committee or com-7 |
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234 | 234 | | mittees have been discharged from further consideration 8 |
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235 | 235 | | of the resolution. 9 |
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236 | 236 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com-10 |
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237 | 237 | | mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re-11 |
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238 | 238 | | ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 12 |
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239 | 239 | | (under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 13 |
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240 | 240 | | joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 14 |
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241 | 241 | | time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 15 |
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242 | 242 | | to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 16 |
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243 | 243 | | to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 17 |
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244 | 244 | | all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 18 |
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245 | 245 | | consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo-19 |
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246 | 246 | | tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post-20 |
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247 | 247 | | pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 21 |
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248 | 248 | | other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 22 |
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249 | 249 | | the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 23 |
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250 | 250 | | order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 24 |
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251 | 251 | | joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re-25 |
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255 | 255 | | main the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 1 |
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256 | 256 | | of. 2 |
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257 | 257 | | ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 3 |
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258 | 258 | | and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 4 |
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259 | 259 | | therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 5 |
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260 | 260 | | shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 6 |
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261 | 261 | | opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit 7 |
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262 | 262 | | debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, 8 |
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263 | 263 | | or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 9 |
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264 | 264 | | consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 10 |
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265 | 265 | | the joint resolution is not in order. 11 |
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266 | 266 | | ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-12 |
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267 | 267 | | sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-13 |
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268 | 268 | | section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 14 |
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269 | 269 | | the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 15 |
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270 | 270 | | Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 16 |
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271 | 271 | | shall occur. 17 |
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272 | 272 | | ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 18 |
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273 | 273 | | to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-19 |
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274 | 274 | | dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 20 |
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275 | 275 | | (a) shall be decided without debate. 21 |
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276 | 276 | | ‘‘(e) In the House of Representatives, if any com-22 |
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277 | 277 | | mittee to which a joint resolution described in subsection 23 |
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278 | 278 | | (a) has been referred has not reported it to the House 24 |
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283 | 283 | | such committee shall be discharged from further consider-1 |
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284 | 284 | | ation of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the 2 |
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285 | 285 | | appropriate calendar. On the second and fourth Thursdays 3 |
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286 | 286 | | of each month it shall be in order at any time for the 4 |
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287 | 287 | | Speaker to recognize a Member who favors passage of a 5 |
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288 | 288 | | joint resolution that has appeared on the calendar for at 6 |
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289 | 289 | | least 5 legislative days to call up that joint resolution for 7 |
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290 | 290 | | immediate consideration in the House without intervention 8 |
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291 | 291 | | of any point of order. When so called up a joint resolution 9 |
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292 | 292 | | shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for 1 10 |
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293 | 293 | | hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 11 |
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294 | 294 | | an opponent, and the previous question shall be considered 12 |
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295 | 295 | | as ordered to its passage without intervening motion. It 13 |
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296 | 296 | | shall not be in order to reconsider the vote on passage. 14 |
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297 | 297 | | If a vote on final passage of the joint resolution has not 15 |
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298 | 298 | | been taken by the third Thursday on which the Speaker 16 |
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299 | 299 | | may recognize a Member under this subsection, such vote 17 |
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300 | 300 | | shall be taken on that day. 18 |
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301 | 301 | | ‘‘(f)(1) If, before passing a joint resolution described 19 |
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302 | 302 | | in subsection (a), one House receives from the other a 20 |
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303 | 303 | | joint resolution having the same text, then— 21 |
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304 | 304 | | ‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other House 22 |
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305 | 305 | | shall not be referred to a committee; and 23 |
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306 | 306 | | ‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving House shall 24 |
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311 | 311 | | ceived from the other House until the vote on pas-1 |
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312 | 312 | | sage, when the joint resolution received from the 2 |
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313 | 313 | | other House shall supplant the joint resolution of 3 |
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314 | 314 | | the receiving House. 4 |
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315 | 315 | | ‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply to the House of 5 |
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316 | 316 | | Representatives if the joint resolution received from the 6 |
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317 | 317 | | Senate is a revenue measure. 7 |
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318 | 318 | | ‘‘(g) If either House has not taken a vote on final 8 |
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319 | 319 | | passage of the joint resolution by the last day of the period 9 |
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320 | 320 | | described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be 10 |
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321 | 321 | | taken on that day. 11 |
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322 | 322 | | ‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 12 |
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323 | 323 | | Congress— 13 |
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324 | 324 | | ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 14 |
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325 | 325 | | the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-15 |
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326 | 326 | | tively, and as such are deemed to be part of the 16 |
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327 | 327 | | rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only 17 |
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328 | 328 | | with respect to the procedure to be followed in that 18 |
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329 | 329 | | House in the case of a joint resolution described in 19 |
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330 | 330 | | subsection (a) and superseding other rules only 20 |
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331 | 331 | | where explicitly so; and 21 |
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332 | 332 | | ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 22 |
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333 | 333 | | right of either House to change the rules (so far as 23 |
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334 | 334 | | they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 24 |
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338 | 338 | | time, in the same manner and to the same extent as 1 |
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339 | 339 | | in the case of any other rule of that House. 2 |
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340 | 340 | | ‘‘§ 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for 3 |
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341 | 341 | | nonmajor rules 4 |
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342 | 342 | | ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res-5 |
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343 | 343 | | olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 6 |
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344 | 344 | | period beginning on the date on which the report referred 7 |
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345 | 345 | | to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and 8 |
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346 | 346 | | ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 9 |
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347 | 347 | | of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 10 |
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348 | 348 | | session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 11 |
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349 | 349 | | of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 12 |
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350 | 350 | | nonmajor rule submitted by the lll relating to 13 |
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351 | 351 | | lll, and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The 14 |
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352 | 352 | | blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 15 |
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353 | 353 | | ‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 16 |
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354 | 354 | | shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-17 |
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355 | 355 | | gress with jurisdiction. 18 |
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356 | 356 | | ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re-19 |
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357 | 357 | | ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 20 |
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358 | 358 | | not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 21 |
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359 | 359 | | resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 22 |
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360 | 360 | | of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 23 |
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361 | 361 | | be discharged from further consideration of such joint res-24 |
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362 | 362 | | olution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Mem-25 |
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366 | 366 | | bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 1 |
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367 | 367 | | placed on the calendar. 2 |
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368 | 368 | | ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 3 |
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369 | 369 | | a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com-4 |
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370 | 370 | | mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 5 |
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371 | 371 | | consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 6 |
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372 | 372 | | (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 7 |
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373 | 373 | | previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 8 |
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374 | 374 | | for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 9 |
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375 | 375 | | resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu-10 |
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376 | 376 | | tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 11 |
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377 | 377 | | waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 12 |
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378 | 378 | | a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 13 |
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379 | 379 | | consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 14 |
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380 | 380 | | vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 15 |
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381 | 381 | | not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 16 |
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382 | 382 | | of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 17 |
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383 | 383 | | shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 18 |
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384 | 384 | | disposed of. 19 |
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385 | 385 | | ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 20 |
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386 | 386 | | and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 21 |
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387 | 387 | | therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 22 |
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388 | 388 | | which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 23 |
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389 | 389 | | those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 24 |
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390 | 390 | | limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment 25 |
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394 | 394 | | to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 1 |
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395 | 395 | | the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom-2 |
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396 | 396 | | mit the joint resolution is not in order. 3 |
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397 | 397 | | ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-4 |
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398 | 398 | | sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-5 |
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399 | 399 | | section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 6 |
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400 | 400 | | the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 7 |
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401 | 401 | | Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 8 |
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402 | 402 | | shall occur. 9 |
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403 | 403 | | ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 10 |
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404 | 404 | | to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-11 |
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405 | 405 | | dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 12 |
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406 | 406 | | (a) shall be decided without debate. 13 |
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407 | 407 | | ‘‘(e) In the Senate, the procedure specified in sub-14 |
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408 | 408 | | section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 15 |
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409 | 409 | | a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 16 |
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410 | 410 | | ‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 17 |
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411 | 411 | | beginning with the applicable submission or publica-18 |
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412 | 412 | | tion date; or 19 |
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413 | 413 | | ‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 20 |
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414 | 414 | | was submitted during the period referred to in sec-21 |
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415 | 415 | | tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 22 |
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416 | 416 | | days beginning on the 15th session day after the 23 |
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417 | 417 | | succeeding session of Congress first convenes. 24 |
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421 | 421 | | ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 1 |
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422 | 422 | | resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 2 |
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423 | 423 | | House receives from the other House a joint resolution 3 |
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424 | 424 | | described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 4 |
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425 | 425 | | shall apply: 5 |
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426 | 426 | | ‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 6 |
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427 | 427 | | shall not be referred to a committee. 7 |
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428 | 428 | | ‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 8 |
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429 | 429 | | in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 9 |
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430 | 430 | | resolution— 10 |
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431 | 431 | | ‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 11 |
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432 | 432 | | the same as if no joint resolution had been re-12 |
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433 | 433 | | ceived from the other House; but 13 |
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434 | 434 | | ‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 14 |
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435 | 435 | | the joint resolution of the other House. 15 |
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436 | 436 | | ‘‘§ 804. Definitions 16 |
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437 | 437 | | ‘‘For purposes of this chapter: 17 |
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438 | 438 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 18 |
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439 | 439 | | agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 19 |
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440 | 440 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in-20 |
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441 | 441 | | cluding an interim final rule, that the Comptroller 21 |
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442 | 442 | | General of the United States determines has re-22 |
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443 | 443 | | sulted in or is likely to result in an annual cost of 23 |
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444 | 444 | | compliance of not less than $50,000,000. 24 |
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449 | 449 | | that is not a major rule. 2 |
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450 | 450 | | ‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 3 |
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451 | 451 | | such term in section 551, except that such term— 4 |
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452 | 452 | | ‘‘(A) includes interpretative rules, general 5 |
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453 | 453 | | statements of policy, and all other agency guid-6 |
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454 | 454 | | ance documents; and 7 |
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455 | 455 | | ‘‘(B) does not include— 8 |
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456 | 456 | | ‘‘(i) any rule of particular applica-9 |
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457 | 457 | | bility, including a rule that approves or 10 |
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458 | 458 | | prescribes for the future rates, wages, 11 |
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459 | 459 | | prices, services, or allowances therefore, 12 |
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460 | 460 | | corporate or financial structures, reorga-13 |
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461 | 461 | | nizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, 14 |
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462 | 462 | | or accounting practices or disclosures bear-15 |
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463 | 463 | | ing on any of the foregoing; 16 |
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464 | 464 | | ‘‘(ii) any rule relating to agency man-17 |
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465 | 465 | | agement or personnel; or 18 |
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466 | 466 | | ‘‘(iii) any rule of agency organization, 19 |
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467 | 467 | | procedure, or practice that does not sub-20 |
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468 | 468 | | stantially affect the rights or obligations of 21 |
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469 | 469 | | non-agency parties. 22 |
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470 | 470 | | ‘‘(5) The term ‘submission or publication date’, 23 |
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471 | 471 | | except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 24 |
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472 | 472 | | means— 25 |
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476 | 476 | | ‘‘(A) in the case of a major rule, the date 1 |
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477 | 477 | | on which the Congress receives the report sub-2 |
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478 | 478 | | mitted under section 801(a)(1); and 3 |
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479 | 479 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of a nonmajor rule, the 4 |
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480 | 480 | | later of— 5 |
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481 | 481 | | ‘‘(i) the date on which the Congress 6 |
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482 | 482 | | receives the report submitted under section 7 |
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483 | 483 | | 801(a)(1); and 8 |
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484 | 484 | | ‘‘(ii) the date on which the nonmajor 9 |
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485 | 485 | | rule is published in the Federal Register, if 10 |
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486 | 486 | | so published. 11 |
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487 | 487 | | ‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 12 |
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488 | 488 | | ‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 13 |
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489 | 489 | | under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 14 |
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490 | 490 | | ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de-15 |
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491 | 491 | | termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec-16 |
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492 | 492 | | essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 17 |
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493 | 493 | | effect. 18 |
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494 | 494 | | ‘‘(c) The enactment of a joint resolution of approval 19 |
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495 | 495 | | under section 802 shall not be interpreted to serve as a 20 |
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496 | 496 | | grant or modification of statutory authority by Congress 21 |
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497 | 497 | | for the promulgation of a rule, shall not extinguish or af-22 |
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498 | 498 | | fect any claim, whether substantive or procedural, against 23 |
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499 | 499 | | any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not form part of 24 |
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500 | 500 | | the record before the court in any judicial proceeding con-25 |
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504 | 504 | | cerning a rule except for purposes of determining whether 1 |
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505 | 505 | | or not the rule is in effect. 2 |
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506 | 506 | | ‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 3 |
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507 | 507 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con-4 |
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508 | 508 | | cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 5 |
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509 | 509 | | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 6 |
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510 | 510 | | Federal Open Market Committee. 7 |
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511 | 511 | | ‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 8 |
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512 | 512 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 9 |
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513 | 513 | | ‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 10 |
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514 | 514 | | closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com-11 |
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515 | 515 | | mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 12 |
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516 | 516 | | to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 13 |
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517 | 517 | | ‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 14 |
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518 | 518 | | agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 15 |
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519 | 519 | | finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 16 |
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520 | 520 | | the rule issued) that notice and public procedure 17 |
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521 | 521 | | thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 18 |
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522 | 522 | | to the public interest, 19 |
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523 | 523 | | shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency pro-20 |
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524 | 524 | | mulgating the rule determines. 21 |
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525 | 525 | | ‘‘§ 808. Review of rules currently in effect 22 |
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526 | 526 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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527 | 527 | | NNUALREVIEW.—Beginning on the date that 23 |
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528 | 528 | | is 6 months after the date of enactment of this section 24 |
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529 | 529 | | and annually thereafter for the 4 years following, each 25 |
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533 | 533 | | agency shall designate not less than 20 percent of eligible 1 |
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534 | 534 | | rules made by that agency for review, and shall submit 2 |
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535 | 535 | | a report including each such eligible rule in the same man-3 |
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536 | 536 | | ner as a report under section 801(a)(1). Section 801, sec-4 |
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537 | 537 | | tion 802, and section 803 shall apply to each such rule, 5 |
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538 | 538 | | subject to subsection (c) of this section. No eligible rule 6 |
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539 | 539 | | previously designated may be designated again. 7 |
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540 | 540 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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541 | 541 | | UNSET FOR ELIGIBLERULESNOTEX-8 |
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542 | 542 | | TENDED.—Beginning after the date that is 5 years after 9 |
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543 | 543 | | the date of enactment of this section, if Congress has not 10 |
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544 | 544 | | enacted a joint resolution of approval for that eligible rule, 11 |
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545 | 545 | | that eligible rule shall not continue in effect. 12 |
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546 | 546 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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547 | 547 | | PPROVAL OFRULES.— 13 |
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548 | 548 | | ‘‘(1) Unless Congress approves all eligible rules 14 |
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549 | 549 | | designated by executive agencies for review within 15 |
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550 | 550 | | 90 days of designation, they shall have no effect. 16 |
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551 | 551 | | ‘‘(2) A single joint resolution of approval shall 17 |
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552 | 552 | | apply to all eligible rules in a report designated for 18 |
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553 | 553 | | a year as follows: ‘That Congress approves the rules 19 |
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554 | 554 | | submitted by thelll for the year lll.’ (The 20 |
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555 | 555 | | blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 21 |
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556 | 556 | | ‘‘(3) A member of either House may move that 22 |
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557 | 557 | | a separate joint resolution be required for a specified 23 |
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558 | 558 | | rule. 24 |
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562 | 562 | | ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eligible 1 |
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563 | 563 | | rule’ means a rule that is in effect as of the date of enact-2 |
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564 | 564 | | ment of this section.’’. 3 |
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565 | 565 | | SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES SUBJECT TO SEC-4 |
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566 | 566 | | TION 802 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 5 |
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567 | 567 | | Section 257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-6 |
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568 | 568 | | gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907(b)(2)) 7 |
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569 | 569 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-8 |
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570 | 570 | | paragraph: 9 |
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571 | 571 | | ‘‘(E) B |
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572 | 572 | | UDGETARY EFFECTS OF RULES 10 |
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573 | 573 | | SUBJECT TO SECTION 802 OF TITLE 5 , UNITED 11 |
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574 | 574 | | STATES CODE.—Any rule subject to the con-12 |
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575 | 575 | | gressional approval procedure set forth in sec-13 |
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576 | 576 | | tion 802 of chapter 8 of title 5, United States 14 |
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577 | 577 | | Code, affecting budget authority, outlays, or re-15 |
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578 | 578 | | ceipts shall be assumed to be effective unless it 16 |
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579 | 579 | | is not approved in accordance with such sec-17 |
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580 | 580 | | tion.’’. 18 |
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