[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1927 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1927

To amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the effective date of 
               high-impact rules pending judicial review.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2015

Mr. Coats (for himself and Mr. Lankford) 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 amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the effective date of 
               high-impact rules pending judicial review.

    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 ``Require Evaluation before 
Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015'' or the ``REVIEW Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. RELIEF PENDING REVIEW.

    Section 705 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``When'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--When''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) High-Impact Rules.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `Administrator' means the 
                Administrator of the Office of Information and 
                Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and 
                Budget; and
                    ``(B) the term `high-impact rule' means any rule 
                that the Administrator determines may impose an annual 
                cost on the economy of not less than $1,000,000,000.
            ``(2) Relief.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), an agency shall postpone the 
                effective date of a high-impact rule of the agency 
                pending judicial review.
                    ``(B) Failure to timely seek judicial review.--
                Notwithstanding section 553(d), if no person seeks 
                judicial review of a high-impact rule during the 60-day 
                period beginning on the date on which the high-impact 
                rule is published in the Federal Register, the high-
                impact rule shall take effect on the date that is 60 
                days after the date on which the high-impact rule is 
                published.''.
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