HR 61
117th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Jan 4, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 4, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2021
This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term.
Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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