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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2251 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2021 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. 

BANKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Regu5 latory Repeal Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS DUR2 ING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD. 

3 Any regulation waived or modified during the emer4 gency period shall be repealed or modified, as applicable, 

5 the day after the expiration of the emergency period and 

6 thereafter, unless a Federal Regulatory Review Commis7 sion recommends the regulation should not be repealed or 

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

9 the recommendation. 

10 SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSIONS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There are established Com12 missions to be known as the ‘‘Federal Regulatory Review 

13 Commissions’’. 

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

15 of members of the congressional committee of each juris16 diction and the head of each agency under the jurisdiction 

17 of that committee (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘mem18 bers’’). 

19 (c) INFORMATION.—Members may obtain informa20 tion from individuals with expertise in the operations and 

21 regulations of government programs. 

22 (d) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS.— 

23 (1) REVIEW OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—Not 

24 later than 2 months after the date of the enactment 

25 of this Act, each Commission shall submit to the 

26 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 


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1 majority leader of the Senate an official rec2 ommendation, on the repeal or modification of each 

3 regulation waived or modified during the emergency 

4 period. Each regulation waived or modified during 

5 the emergency period shall remain waived or modi6 fied, as applicable, during the review period by the 

7 Commission. 

8 (2) EXTENSION.—The deadline in paragraph 

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

10 Congress enacts legislation extending such deadline 

11 by a vote of a majority of the House of Representa12 tives and the Senate. 

13 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

14 (1) AGENCY REPORT ON REGULATIONS.—Not 

15 later than 1 month after the date of the enactment 

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

17 each congressional committee of jurisdiction a report 

18 that includes— 

19 (A) an analysis of whether or not the agen20 cy can function without the regulation or with 

21 the modified regulation, as applicable; and 

22 (B) an analysis of whether the regulation 

23 should be restored to its original state before 

24 the emergency period or should remain repealed 

25 or modified, as applicable. 


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1 (2) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REQUIRED.—The 

2 head of an agency shall provide a public comment 

3 period before submitting a report pursuant to para4 graph (1). 

5 (f) CONGRESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.—Not later 

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

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

8 shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representa9 tives and the majority leader of the Senate an official rec10 ommendation on whether or not the repealed or modified 

11 regulation should be re-established. 

12 (g) SUNSET OF COMMISSIONS.—The Commissions 

13 established in this section shall terminate on the final day 

14 of the final recommendation by each committee. 

15 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

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

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

19 United States Code. 

20 (2) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer21 gency period’’ means the duration of a public health 

22 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 

23 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a re24 sult of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus 

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


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

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

3 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

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