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Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020

Introduced: August 14, 2020 Introduced by: Burchett, Tim Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020

This bill revises and expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking by requiring agencies, in making a rule, to base all preliminary and final factual determinations on evidence and to consider the legal authority under which the rule may be proposed, the specific nature and significance of the problem the agency may address with the rule, any reasonable alternatives for the rule, and the potential costs and benefits associated with such alternatives.

What's happening now August 14, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8035: Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8035/
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"H.R. 8035: Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8035/.
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H.R. 8035, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8035/.
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