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SCRAP Act

Introduced: May 16, 2017 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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May 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 16, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Sunset the CRA and Restore American Protections Act of 2017 or the SCRAP Act

This bill repeals the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The CRA allows Congress to vote on a joint resolution of disapproval to overturn a recently issued agency rule and prohibit the agency from reissuing a rule that is substantially the same unless specifically authorized by Congress.

The bill allows agencies to reinstate rules overturned by the CRA by: (1) publishing the rule in the Federal Register within one year after enactment of this bill, or (2) using notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act after the one-year period after enactment of this bill.

What's happening now May 16, 2017

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1140: SCRAP Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1140/
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"S. 1140: SCRAP Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1140/.
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S. 1140, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1140/.
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