[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 47 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 47

      To require approval by law of agency rules and regulations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Taylor of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require approval by law of agency rules and regulations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Relief and Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. AGENCY RULES REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY LAW.

    (a) Approval Requirement.--Section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``except to the extent'' and inserting 
        ``except that subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) do not apply 
        to the extent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) A rule or regulation shall not be effective unless it is 
approved by law.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to--
            (1) a rule or regulation issued in final form after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) a rule or regulation issued in final form before the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, if the first effective date 
        of the rule or regulation occurs after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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