HR 5508
96th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative procedure
Courts and Civil Procedure
Judicial review
Judicial review of administrative acts
A bill to improve the administrative process by making Federal agencies more responsive to the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives in Congress.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 9, 1979
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 9, 1979
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
States that, in a review by a court of an action of a Federal agency, there shall be no presumption that any rule or regulation of any agency is valid. Prohibits the courts of the United States and State courts from upholding the validity of a challenged rule or regulation unless such validity is clearly and convincingly shown. Provides that if any rule or regulation is set up as a defense to any criminal prosecution or action for civil penalty, such rule or regulation shall be presumed valid until the party initiating the criminal prosecution or action for civil penalty shall have sustained the burden of proof normally applicable in such actions.
What's happening now
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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