Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.
This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to cancel a recently issued agency rule by having Congress vote to disapprove it. If both chambers of Congress approve the joint resolution and the President signs it (or Congress overrides a veto), the rule is nullified and has no legal effect. After a successful disapproval, the agency is barred from issuing a substantially similar rule unless Congress passes new legislation.
Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals (91 Fed. Reg. 5267, February 6, 2026).
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
This is a joint resolution that must be passed by both the House and Senate and be presented to the President for signature to take effect. The Senate uses expedited procedures for Congressional Review Act disapprovals that prevent a filibuster and allow passage by a simple majority vote.
This joint resolution, under the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 8), would disapprove and nullify the Executive Office for Immigration Review rule titled "Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals" (91 Fed.
Reg. 5267, Feb. 6, 2026).
If enacted, the rule would have no force or effect and could not be reissued in substantially the same form without new statutory authority.
Narrow administrative rollback with low fiscal impact but moderate political sensitivity; outcome depends heavily on chamber-level support and executive reaction.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval that correctly identifies the target rule and invokes the statutory mechanism to void it. It is minimalistic in explanatory and fiscal detail but sufficient to effect the intended legal consequence under the referenced statute.
Liberal emphasizes due process and immigrant protections.
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Liberal emphasizes due process and immigrant protections.
Likely supportive of the disapproval, viewing it as oversight to protect immigrants' due process and appellate rights.
They would interpret the sponsor's action as correcting a rule that they expect narrowed appeal access or otherwise disadvantaged noncitizens, though the bill text does not specify the rule's substantive changes.
Cautiously inclined to support congressional disapproval if the rule demonstrably harmed fairness or process, but wants concrete evidence and cost-benefit analysis.
The centrist approach emphasizes oversight, limited government intrusion, and practical consequences for adjudication speed and administrative workload.
Likely opposed to disapproval, viewing it as an obstacle to agency efforts to streamline appeals and enforce immigration law.
Conservatives would frame the resolution as congressional micromanagement that undermines executive-branch efficiency and immigration enforcement objectives.
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Narrow administrative rollback with low fiscal impact but moderate political sensitivity; outcome depends heavily on chamber-level support and executive reaction.
The Senate declined to take up this bill. It cannot be debated or voted on unless the motion is tried again.
Liberal emphasizes due process and immigrant protections.
Narrow administrative rollback with low fiscal impact but moderate political sensitivity; outcome depends heavily on chamber-level support…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval that correctly identifies the target rule and invokes the statutory mechanism to void it. It is minimalistic in expl…
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