[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 826 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 826

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to sunset rules after 10 years 
 unless agencies undergo notice and comment rulemaking, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2015

  Mr. Daines 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 sunset rules after 10 years 
 unless agencies undergo notice and comment rulemaking, 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 ``Regulatory Examination Vital for 
Improving and Evaluating Working Solutions Act of 2015'' or the 
``REVIEWS Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the terms ``agency'' and ``rule'' have the meanings 
given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REGULATORY SUNSET.

    (a) In General.--Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Effective Date of Rules.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
        rule required to be promulgated in accordance with this section 
        shall cease to be effective on the date that is 10 years after 
        the date on which the agency promulgates the rule.
            ``(2) Exception.--The effective period of a rule described 
        in paragraph (1) may be extended for additional periods of not 
        more than 10 years if, before the date on which the rule ceases 
        to be effective, the agency that promulgated the rule complies 
        with the procedures under this section as if the rule were a 
        new rule to be issued by the agency.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made under subsection (a) shall 
apply to a rule promulgated by an agency after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES.

    (a) Actions Reviewable.--Section 704 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Agency action'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--Agency action''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Clarification of Final Agency Action.--For purposes of this 
section, the term `final agency action' includes interpretative rules, 
general statements of policy, and rules of agency organization, 
procedure, or practice issued by an agency.''.
    (b) Review in Court of Appeals.--Section 2342 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(8) all rules of an agency (as defined under section 551 
        of title 5) that--
                    ``(A) ceased to be effective under section 553(f) 
                of such title; and
                    ``(B) the agency continues to enforce.''.
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