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Read. Follow. Verify.Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2023
Record date · December 18, 2024
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill would allow Congress to group multiple 'midnight rules'—regulations finalized during the final year of a presidential term—into a single resolution to disapprove them all at once. By enabling '' (all-at-once) consideration, the bill aims to streamline the process for overturning multiple end-of-term regulations simultaneously.
This change would alter the legislative process for challenging federal regulations, potentially making it faster and easier for Congress to invalidate multiple rules issued by an outgoing administration in its final year.
- The Congressional Review Act (CRA) currently allows Congress to overturn federal agency rules through a joint resolution of disapproval. context
- The term 'midnight rules' refers to regulations finalized by an outgoing administration in the final months of a presidential term. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Federal agencies
Agencies issuing regulations in the final year of a presidential term face a modified process for potential congressional disapproval of those rules.
Congress
Members of Congress gain a new procedural mechanism to challenge multiple end-of-term regulations through a single joint resolution.
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