Midnight Rules Relief Act
Sponsored by Andy Biggs
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 18, 2024
This bill modifies the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under a single joint resolution of disapproval, rather than requiring a separate resolution for each regulation. The bill applies this change to regulations that were submitted for review during a specified portion of the final year of a President's term. Currently, the Congressional Review Act provides a review period for regulations submitted during the last 60 legislative days of a Congress, but each joint resolution can only disapprove one regulation.
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Midnight Rules Relief Act This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term. Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.