[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1487 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1487

    To require notice and comment for certain interpretative rules.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2015

 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Blunt) 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 require notice and comment for certain interpretative rules.

    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 Predictability for 
Business Growth Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICE AND COMMENT FOR CERTAIN INTERPRETATIVE RULES.

    Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in section 551--
                    (A) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) `longstanding interpretative rule' means an 
        interpretative rule that has been in effect for not less than 1 
        year; and
            ``(16) `revise' means, with respect to an interpretative 
        rule, altering or otherwise changing any provision of a 
        longstanding interpretative rule that conflicts, or is in any 
        way inconsistent with, any provision in a subsequently 
        promulgated interpretative rule.''; and
            (2) in section 553--
                    (A) in subsection (b), following the flush text, in 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``interpretative rules'' 
                and inserting ``an interpretative rule of an agency, 
                unless the interpretative rule revises a longstanding 
                interpretative rule of the agency''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 
                ``interpretative rules'' and inserting ``an 
                interpretative rule of an agency, unless the 
                interpretative rule revises a longstanding 
                interpretative rule of the agency, and''.
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