3.0.0 3710 2023-01-11T13:40:42Z 2023-01-11T13:40:42Z Senate S 2018-12-05 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-12-05T21:15:23Z 2018-12-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-12-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-12-05 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-04T19:55:20Z Write the Laws Act

This bill prohibits an Act of Congress from containing any delegation of legislative powers, whether to any component within the legislative branch, the President or any other member of the executive branch, the judicial branch, any agency or quasi-public agency, any state or state instrumentality, or any other organization or individual.

The Government Accountability Office must identify to Congress all statutes enacted within 90 days after this bill's enactment that contain any delegation of legislative power prohibited by it.

Any Act of Congress, presidential directive, adjudicative decision, rule, or regulation that is noncompliant with this bill shall have no force or effect.

]]> Write the Laws Act Display Title Write the Laws Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power which was exclusively vested in the Senate and House of Representatives by article I, section I of the Constitution of the United States, and to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to issue a report to Congress detailing the extent of the problem of unconstitutional delegation to the end that such delegations can be phased out, thereby restoring the constitutional principle of separation of powers set forth in the first sections of the Constitution of the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Write the Laws Act Introduced in Senate 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3710is/xml/BILLS-115s3710is.xml 2018-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.