Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Spea…
The bill (Sunset Chevron Act) directs the Comptroller General to compile a list of currently effective agency rules that federal courts upheld based on Chevron deference. For each listed rule the bill assigns a staggered sunset date (most recent rule for each agency expires 30 days after list publication, earlier rules each expire 30 days after the prior rule's sunset).
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental harm.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a concrete but narrowly described mechanism to identify and impose sunsets on rules that courts upheld based on Chevron deference, primarily by directing the Comptroller General to compile a list and by defining calendar-based sunset dates, and it adjusts application of the Congressional Review Act for those rules.
The bill (Sunset Chevron Act) directs the Comptroller General to compile a list of currently effective agency rules that federal courts upheld based on Chevron deference.
For each listed rule the bill assigns a staggered sunset date (most recent rule for each agency expires 30 days after list publication, earlier rules each expire 30 days after the prior rule's sunset).
The bill also makes chapter 8 of title 5 (the Congressional Review Act) apply to each listed rule but removes the 60-legislative-day time limit for Congress to file a disapproval joint resolution.
Substantial regulatory disruption and high controversy lower enactment odds; easier in one chamber but unlikely to clear both without major changes.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a concrete but narrowly described mechanism to identify and impose sunsets on rules that courts upheld based on Chevron deference, primarily by directing the Comptroller General to compile a list and by defining calendar-based sunset dates, and it adjusts application of the Congressional Review Act for those rules.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental harm.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental harm.
Likely strongly critical.
They would view this as an abrupt removal of many regulatory protections that relied on judicial deference, creating legal and public-health risks.
They would emphasize harms to environment, civil rights, worker safety, and vulnerable communities.
Ambivalent.
Supports reinvigorating legislative oversight and clarifying judicial standards, but worries about fast sunsets and unintended regulatory gaps.
Would seek implementation safeguards and orderly transition timetables.
Generally favorable.
Views the bill as a practical mechanism to undercut Chevron-based judicial deference and curb administrative overreach, returning interpretive power to courts and Congress.
Sees added CRA flexibility as enabling sustained congressional oversight.
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Substantial regulatory disruption and high controversy lower enactment odds; easier in one chamber but unlikely to clear both without major changes.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize public-health and environmental harm.
Substantial regulatory disruption and high controversy lower enactment odds; easier in one chamber but unlikely to clear both without major…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill establishes a concrete but narrowly described mechanism to identify and impose sunsets on rules that courts upheld based on Chevron deference, primarily by directing…
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