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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act requires de novo trial of the facts when agency action seeks a sanction.
Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act requires de novo trial of the facts when agency action seeks a sanction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. De novo trial of facts when agency action seeks a sanction.
Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after “questions of law” the following “and questions of fact”; and
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking “to the extent” and all that follows through “by the reviewing court” and inserting the following: “, including the product of any rulemaking or adjudication conducted in accordance with the procedures required under section 553 or section 554”.