Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
The bill directs OMB to issue guidance and requires every federal agency to catalog its permits, evaluate whether each permit could be issued via a "permitting by rule" process, and report findings to Congress and the GAO. For permits identified as suitable, agencies must create permit-by-rule processes with specified certification requirements, a 180‑day deemed‑grant rule unless affirmatively denied, post‑grant audits and enforcement, and judicial appeal procedures placing the burden of proof on agencies.
Progressives emphasize environmental and public‑health risks from post‑hoc enforcement.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-structured administrative/operational statute that sets out clear problems, prescribes concrete procedural mechanisms, and embeds oversight and enforcement channels to push agencies toward use of permit-by-rule where feasible.
The bill directs OMB to issue guidance and requires every federal agency to catalog its permits, evaluate whether each permit could be issued via a "permitting by rule" process, and report findings to Congress and the GAO.
For permits identified as suitable, agencies must create permit-by-rule processes with specified certification requirements, a 180‑day deemed‑grant rule unless affirmatively denied, post‑grant audits and enforcement, and judicial appeal procedures placing the burden of proof on agencies.
The statute includes timelines (120 days for OMB guidance, 240 days for agency reports, 12 months to adopt permit‑by‑rule where appropriate), GAO reviews, and attorney‑fee provisions where agencies delay or are found not substantially justified in enforcement actions.
Wide-reaching procedural overhaul with partisan/detailed regulatory impacts is plausible in one chamber but faces steep obstacles in the other and in litigation.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-structured administrative/operational statute that sets out clear problems, prescribes concrete procedural mechanisms, and embeds oversight and enforcement channels to push agencies toward use of permit-by-rule where feasible.
Progressives emphasize environmental and public‑health risks from post‑hoc enforcement.
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Progressives emphasize environmental and public‑health risks from post‑hoc enforcement.
Likely skeptical or opposed.
The persona views pre‑approval review as essential to protect environment, public health, labor, and civil rights, and worries that shifting to certification plus post‑hoc audits weakens safeguards.
They may see the deemed‑grant and burden‑shifting provisions as reducing meaningful oversight and public participation.
Mixed but cautiously open.
This persona appreciates streamlining low‑risk permitting and stronger timelines, yet worries about one‑size‑fits‑all shifts and agency capacity.
They would favor pilots, clear eligibility criteria, and safeguards for high‑risk permits before broad implementation.
Generally favorable.
This persona welcomes reduced regulatory discretion, faster outcomes, and statutory deadlines.
They view permit‑by‑rule and deemed approvals as pro‑growth and anti‑bureaucracy while retaining enforcement tools for noncompliance.
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Wide-reaching procedural overhaul with partisan/detailed regulatory impacts is plausible in one chamber but faces steep obstacles in the other and in litigation.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize environmental and public‑health risks from post‑hoc enforcement.
Wide-reaching procedural overhaul with partisan/detailed regulatory impacts is plausible in one chamber but faces steep obstacles in the ot…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-structured administrative/operational statute that sets out clear problems, prescribes concrete procedural mechanisms, and embeds oversight and enforcement…
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