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S 2199 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Legislative rules and procedure

Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015

Introduced: October 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Oct 22, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Oct 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015

This bill prohibits a federal agency from promulgating a rule that conflicts with or fails to carry out any concurrent resolution enacted by Congress that clarifies the meaning of a provision of law, including a clarification of whether a law delegates certain authority to an agency. If an agency has a rule in effect that conflicts with or fails to carry out the meaning of the resolution, the agency must promulgate new rules that carry out such meaning.

What's happening now October 22, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Oct 22, 2015
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Oct 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2199: Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2199/
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"S. 2199: Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2199/.
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S. 2199, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2199/.
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