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S 288 115th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017

Introduced: February 2, 2017 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S659)
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Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017

This bill adds the definitions of "longstanding interpretative rule" and "revise" to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). A longstanding interpretative rule is distinguished from an "interpretative rule" if it has been in effect for at least one year. If a rule is a longstanding interpretative rule, it remains subject to the general notice of proposed rulemaking and comment and publication provisions of the APA.

What's happening now February 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S659)

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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Feb 2, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 288: Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-288/
MLA
"S. 288: Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-288/.
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S. 288, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-288/.
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[S. 288: Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-288/)
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