[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1235 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1235

  To provide a Federal regulatory moratorium, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2011

  Mr. Carter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a Federal regulatory moratorium, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Regulation Moratorium Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL REGULATORY MORATORIUM.

    Except as provided in section 3, no department or agency of the 
United States shall put into force any rule until January 31, 2013.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS TO MORATORIUM.

    Section 2 does not apply in the case of a rule excepted by section 
553(a) from the requirements of that section or for which notice of 
proposed rulemaking is not required under subsection 553(b).
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