To require congressional approval for rules that are expected to cost not less than $50,000,000 annually, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require congressional approval for rules that are expected to cost not less than $50,000,000 annually, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureaucratic Limitation and Overreach Control Act or the BLOCK Act.
- Section H02D47061D52C497189C170D33ABFBEFC: 2. Congressional review of agency rulemaking Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 8Congressional Review of Agency...
- Section H2929BA578B6E4F3EB214C2C5D5BB57E9: 801. Congressional review Before a rule may take effect, the Federal agency promulgating such rule shall publish in the Federal Register a list of information...
- Section H844B32F5132A434F81292D2EC88F4D98: 802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules For purposes of this section, the term joint resolution means only a joint resolution addressing a report...
- Section H2729645F7C254B599FC3F1236E972E29: 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules For purposes of this section, the term joint resolution means only a joint resolution introduced in...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require congressional approval for rules that are expected to cost not less than $50,000,000 annually, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Defense, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require congressional approval for rules that are expected to cost not less than $50,000,000 annually, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any rule that is not a major rule. The term rule has the meaning given such term in section 551, except that such term— includes interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other agency guidance documents
any rule that is not a major rule. The term rule has the meaning given such term in section 551, except that such term— includes interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other agency guidance documents
only a joint resolution addressing a report classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 801(a)(1)(A)(iii) that— bears no preamble
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