HR288-118

Passed House

To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 11, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H024D1300F92C4C85BFABDF2A3D68A4CA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023 or SOPRA .
  • Section HF6E5DD0324384B638A619225CAABC287: 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— by striking To the extent necessary and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh
federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 20, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland …

Jun 1, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Brecheen, …

Jun 1, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jan 11, 2023

Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, …

Jan 11, 2023 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
9 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive -6 negative

Agency guidance document issuers, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal courts

Positive-direction: Federal courts

Negative-direction: Agency guidance document issuers, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal regulatory agencies

Business Associations
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Regulated industries broadly

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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