CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT
The CRA requires agencies to submit every rule to Congress for its review, and it defines “rule” broadly to sweep in most guidance documents. Congress can then schedule simple-majority votes to disapprove rules it dislikes using fast-track procedures.
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The CRA’s potential to eliminate unreasonably costly or illegal rules is not limited to “midnight” rules. Powerful new ideas to use the CRA for older rules not reported to Congress are causing great excitement. This is a regulatory game changer!
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Independent reports confirm the vast number of regulations that agencies did not report to Congress. Some of the worst rules are already in our database. Help us find and report more rules that were never submitted to Congress.
The new idea for Congress to fully utilize the CRA, advocated by Pacific Legal Foundation’s Todd Gaziano, is a “regulatory game changer.”
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street JournalFOUNDING partners
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Worst of the Worst
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Rapanos guidance
After the Supreme Court of the United States rejected EPA and the Army Corps’ excessive... -
Sage grouse Management Plans
To avoid the destructive impacts of the proposed listing under the Endangered Species Act... -
Obamacare state waiver guidance
Obamacare permits states to seek a waiver of the Act’s requirements if the state can... -
Alaska Supplement to Wetlands Manual
In 1993, Congress passed legislation requiring the Army Corps of Engineers to use a... -
Union access rule
In February of 2013, a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Obama Administration’s... -
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Guidebook
In July 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development adopted a regulation,... -
Gun sale guidance
In 2016, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives issued a guidance... -
Independent contractor rule
In July 2015, the Department of Labor issued an Administrator’s Interpretation that de... -
Order withdrawing federal lands in Arizona from productive use
In the 1980s, Congress passed the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984, which designated... -
Enforcement guidance on retaliation
In August of 2016, the EEOC issued a guidance document that greatly expanded the risk of...
rollback reach
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October 06,2017
.@wayne_crews: Banishing regulatory ‘dark matter’ - Red Tape Rollback https://t.co/CNDz0vR6Na
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October 03,2017
Cut Regulations to Save the Sage Grouse https://t.co/hVBLrGehKq
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September 26,2017
Kill Regulations to Save the Sage Grouse https://t.co/hVBLrGehKq
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September 25,2017
Hearing: Oversight of Agency Compliance with the Congressional Review Act https://t.co/oE60Piv12G
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September 21,2017
.@wayne_crews: Banishing regulatory ‘dark matter’ - Red Tape Rollback https://t.co/CNDz0vR6Na
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September 07,2017
PLF’s motion to intervene in Congressional Review Act case granted https://t.co/jJazZTbNLM
