3.0.0 3382 2019-02-20T23:40:44Z 2019-02-24T03:00:33Z Senate S S 2012-07-12 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-12T20:23:50Z Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 112 3862 HR 2012-07-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 428. Related bill CRS Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act 112 4078 HR 2012-07-31 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477. Related bill CRS 2012-07-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-07-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4958-4960) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2012-07-12 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-07-12 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2012-07-12 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2012-07-12 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2012-07-12 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2012-08-02 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Government information and archives Government liability Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Legal fees and court costs Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-13T20:52:36Z Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 - Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action relating to a regulatory action that would affect: (1) the rights of private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. Defines a "covered settlement agreement" as: (1) a consent decree or settlement agreement entered into a covered civil action, and (2) any other consent decree or settlement agreement that requires agency action relating to such a regulatory action.

Requires an agency against which a covered civil action is brought to publish the complaint in a readily accessible manner and to provide interested parties an opportunity to intervene and to conduct settlement negotiations through mediation.

Requires an agency seeking to enter a covered settlement agreement to publish such agreement in the Federal Register and online not later than 60 days before it is filed with the court. Provides for public comment and public hearings on such agreement.

Requires the Attorney General or an agency head, if an agency is litigating a matter independently, to certify to the court that the Attorney General or the agency head approves of any proposed covered settlement agreement that includes terms that: (1) convert into a duty a discretionary authority of an agency to propose, promulgate, revise, or amend regulations; (2) commit an agency to expend funds that have not been appropriated and budgeted; (3) commit an agency to seek a particular appropriation or budget authorization; (4) divest an agency of discretion committed to it by statute or the Constitution; or (5) otherwise afford any relief that the court could not enter under its own authority.

Requires a court to grant de novo review of a covered settlement agreement if an agency files a motion to modify such agreement on the basis that its terms are no longer fully in the public interest due to the agency's obligations to fulfill other duties or due to changed facts and circumstances.

]]> Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 Display Title Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3382is/xml/BILLS-112s3382is.xml 2012-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.