[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1531 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1531

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2011

Mr. Johanns (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Paul, Mr. Johnson 
  of Wisconsin, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Thune, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Enzi) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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 ``Two-Year Regulatory Freeze Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL REGULATORY MORATORIUM.

    Except as provided in section 3, no department or agency of the 
United States shall publish new rules or regulations, or finalize or 
otherwise enforce or give lawful effect to draft rules or regulations 
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) of title 5, United States Code, from the requirements of that 
section or for which notice of proposed rulemaking is not required 
under subsection 553(b) of title 5, United States Code.
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