118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
S. 184: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
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Summary
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
This bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking.
Specifically, the bill establishes a congressional approval process for a major rule. A major rule may only take effect if Congress approves the rule. A major rule is a rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.
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The bill generally preserves the current congressional review process for a nonmajor rule.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Barrasso R-WYOriginal
- Mike Braun R-INOriginal
- Michael Crapo R-IDOriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Joni Ernst R-IAOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- John Hoeven R-NDOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Ron Johnson R-WIOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- Mike Lee R-UTOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Dan Sullivan R-AKOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- Todd Young R-INOriginal
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- James Lankford R-OK
- Ted Budd R-NC
- Katie Britt R-AL
- Eric Schmitt R-MO
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- John Boozman R-AR
- Tommy Tuberville R-AL
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Marco Rubio R-FL
Who scored on this bill
- 1Rand Paul SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Rand Paul.
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- Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
- Introduced in Senate
- Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.


