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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3922 

To establish Federal Regulatory Review Commissions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2020 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish Federal Regulatory Review Commissions, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Regu5 latory Repeal Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS DUR7 ING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD. 

8 Any regulation waived or modified during the emer9 gency period shall be repealed or modified, as applicable, 

10 the day after the expiration of the emergency period and 

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1 sion recommends the regulation should not be repealed or 

2 modified, as applicable, and a law is enacted confirming 

3 the recommendation. 

4 SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSIONS. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There are established Com6 missions to be known as the ‘‘Federal Regulatory Review 

7 Commissions’’. 

8 (b) MEMBERS.—Each Commission shall be composed 

9 of members of the congressional committee of each juris10 diction and the head of each agency under the jurisdiction 

11 of that committee (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘mem12 bers’’). 

13 (c) INFORMATION.—Members may obtain informa14 tion from individuals with expertise in the operations and 

15 regulations of government programs. 

16 (d) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS.— 

17 (1) REVIEW OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—Not 

18 later than 2 months after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, each Commission shall submit to the 

20 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

21 majority leader of the Senate an official rec22 ommendation, on the repeal or modification of each 

23 regulation waived or modified during the emergency 

24 period. Each regulation waived or modified during 

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1 fied, as applicable, during the review period by the 

2 Commission. 

3 (2) EXTENSION.—The deadline in paragraph 

4 (1) may be extended for an additional month if the 

5 Congress enacts legislation extending such deadline 

6 by a vote of a majority of the House of Representa7 tives and the Senate. 

8 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

9 (1) AGENCY REPORT ON REGULATIONS.—Not 

10 later than 1 month after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act, the head of each agency shall submit to 

12 each congressional committee of jurisdiction a report 

13 that includes— 

14 (A) an analysis of whether or not the agen15 cy can function without the regulation or with 

16 the modified regulation, as applicable; and 

17 (B) an analysis of whether the regulation 

18 should be restored to its original state before 

19 the emergency period or should remain repealed 

20 or modified, as applicable. 

21 (2) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REQUIRED.—The 

22 head of an agency shall provide a public comment 

23 period before submitting a report pursuant to para24 graph (1). 


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1 (f) CONGRESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.—Not later 

2 than 1 month after receiving a report from the head of 

3 each agency pursuant to subsection (e), each committee 

4 shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representa5 tives and the majority leader of the Senate an official rec6 ommendation on whether or not the repealed or modified 

7 regulation should be re-established. 

8 (g) SUNSET OF COMMISSIONS.—The Commissions 

9 established in this section shall terminate on the final day 

10 of the final recommendation by each committee. 

11 SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR SLAUGHTER AND PREPARATION 

12 OCCURRING AT CUSTOM SLAUGHTER FACILI13 TIES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 23 of the Federal Meat 

15 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 623) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and 

17 (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; 

18 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(b) EXEMPTION FOR SLAUGHTER AND PREPARA21 TION OCCURRING AT CUSTOM SLAUGHTER FACILITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this sub23 section, the term ‘State’ means any State or Terri24 tory. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—The provisions of this title 

2 requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and 

3 the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, 

4 and meat food products at establishments con5 ducting those operations for commerce shall not 

6 apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals 

7 at a custom slaughter facility and the preparation at 

8 that custom slaughter facility and transportation in 

9 commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and 

10 meat food products of those animals if— 

11 ‘‘(A) the slaughtering and preparation car12 ried out at the custom slaughter facility is car13 ried out in accordance with the law of the State 

14 in which the custom slaughter facility is lo15 cated; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the animals are slaughtered and the 

17 carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food 

18 products of the animals are prepared exclusively 

19 for distribution to— 

20 ‘‘(i) household consumers within the 

21 State in which the custom slaughter facil22 ity is located; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) restaurants, hotels, boarding 

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1 ments located in the State in which the 

2 custom slaughter facility is located that— 

3 ‘‘(I) are involved in the prepara4 tion of meals served directly to con5 sumers; or 

6 ‘‘(II) offer meat and meat food 

7 products for sale directly to con8 sumers in the State.’’; and 

9 (3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in the 

10 second sentence, by striking ‘‘paragraph (b)’’ and in11 serting ‘‘subsection’’. 

12 (b) NO PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.—Nothing in 

13 an amendment made by subsection (a) preempts any State 

14 law relating to— 

15 (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation 

16 of carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food 

17 products at a custom slaughter facility; or 

18 (2) the sale of meat or meat food products. 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

22 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

23 United States Code. 

24 (2) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer25 gency period’’ means the duration of a public health 


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1 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 

2 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a re3 sult of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus 

4 (COVID–19), including any renewal thereof. 

5 (3) REGULATION.—The term ‘‘regulation’’ has 

6 the meaning given the term ‘‘rule’’ under section 

7 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

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