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Regulatory Fair Warning Act of 1999

Introduced: March 1, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 1999
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 29, 1999
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 29, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Mar 1, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E299-300)
Mar 1, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Regulatory Fair Warning Act of 1999 - Prohibits a Federal agency or court from imposing a sanction for a violation of a rule if the agency or court finds any one of the following: (1) the rule was not printed in the Code of Federal Regulations or in the Federal Register, was not known to the person, or was not knowable to a person who has engaged in a reasonable, good faith investigation of the rules applicable to the conduct that allegedly violated the rule; (2) the rule failed to give the person fair warning of the conduct that it prohibits or requires; or (3) with respect only to a retrospective sanction, the person acted in reasonable reliance upon written representations about what the rule prohibits or requires which were issued by the agency or an official with actual or apparent authority to interpret, administer, or enforce the rule.

What's happening now September 29, 1999

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2