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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 10 

To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major 

rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a 

joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 20, 2011 

Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 

BACHUS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BERG, Mr. BISHOP

of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY

of Texas, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

CAMP, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 

Mr. FLORES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 

Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GIBBS, 

Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. 

HAYWORTH, Mr. HELLER, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISSA, Ms. 

JENKINS, Mr. JONES, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KINZINGER

of Illinois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, 

Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 

MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. 

MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. 

MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

NUNNELEE, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

PRICE of Georgia, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROSKAM, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. 

SCHOCK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, 

Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. STUTZMAN, 

Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. WEST, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 


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A BILL 

To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 

that major rules of the executive branch shall have no 

force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is 

enacted into law. 

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 ‘‘Regulations From the 

5 Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to increase accountability 

8 for and transparency in the federal regulatory process. 

9 Section 1 of article I of the United States Constitution 

10 grants all legislative powers to Congress. Over time, Con11 gress has excessively delegated its constitutional charge 

12 while failing to conduct appropriate oversight and retain 

13 accountability for the content of the laws it passes. By 

14 requiring a vote in Congress, the REINS Act will result 

15 in more carefully drafted and detailed legislation, an im16 proved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that 

17 is truly accountable to the American people for the laws 

18 imposed upon them. 


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1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE2 MAKING. 

3 Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

4 to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 

6 OF AGENCY RULEMAKING 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘801. Congressional review. 

‘‘802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules. 

‘‘803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. 

‘‘804. Definitions. 

‘‘805. Judicial review. 

‘‘806. Exemption for monetary policy. 

‘‘807. Effective date of certain rules. 

7 ‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 

8 ‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 

9 agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House 

10 of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 

11 containing— 

12 ‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 

13 ‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 

14 rule; 

15 ‘‘(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or 

16 nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the clas17 sification specifically addressing each criteria for a 

18 major rule contained within sections 804(2)(A), 

19 804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C); 

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1 vision or regulatory objective as well as the indi2 vidual and aggregate economic effects of those ac3 tions; and 

4 ‘‘(v) the proposed effective date of the rule. 

5 ‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 

6 under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 

7 the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 

8 available to each House of Congress— 

9 ‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 

10 of the rule, if any; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 5 of 

12 the United States Code, sections 603, 604, 605, 

13 607, and 609; 

14 ‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 2 of 

15 the United States Code, sections 1532, 1533, 1534, 

16 and 1535; and 

17 ‘‘(iv) any other relevant information or require18 ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu19 tive orders. 

20 ‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub21 paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re22 port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand23 ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 

24 House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill 


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1 to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 

2 issued. 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re4 port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 

5 by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 

6 publication date as provided in section 802(b)(2). The re7 port of the Comptroller General shall include an assess8 ment of the agency’s compliance with procedural steps re9 quired by paragraph (1)(B). 

10 ‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp11 troller General by providing information relevant to the 

12 Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 

14 under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 

15 a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 

16 as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 

17 resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 

18 is later. 

19 ‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 

20 by section 803 after submission to Congress under para21 graph (1). 

22 ‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 

23 major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 

24 subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat25 ing to the same rule may not be considered under this 


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1 chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep2 resentatives or the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 

4 Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 

5 under section 802. 

6 ‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 

7 is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 

8 legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 

9 which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is re10 ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con11 gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 

12 of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 

13 shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 

14 not take effect. 

15 ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 

17 may take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the 

18 President makes a determination under paragraph (2) and 

19 submits written notice of such determination to the Con20 gress. 

21 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 

22 by the President by Executive order that the major rule 

23 should take effect because such rule is— 

24 ‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent threat 

25 to health or safety or other emergency; 


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1 ‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 

2 laws; 

3 ‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 

4 ‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple5 menting an international trade agreement. 

6 ‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 

7 under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce8 dures under section 802. 

9 ‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth10 erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 

11 for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub12 section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 

13 occurring— 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days, 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa17 tives, 60 legislative days, 

18 before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 

19 session of Congress through the date on which the same 

20 or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec21 tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc22 ceeding session of Congress. 

23 ‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur24 poses of such additional review, a rule described under 

25 paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— 


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1 ‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 

2 Register on— 

3 ‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 

4 session day, or 

5 ‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep6 resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 

7 after the succeeding session of Congress first con8 venes; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to 

10 Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date. 

11 ‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 

12 to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a 

13 report shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can 

14 take effect. 

15 ‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 

16 effect as otherwise provided by law (including other sub17 sections of this section). 

18 ‘‘§ 802. Congressional approval procedure for major 

19 rules 

20 ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res21 olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced on or 

22 after the date on which the report referred to in section 

23 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress (excluding days ei24 ther House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days 

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1 ing clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress approves 

2 the rule submitted by the l l relating to l l.’ (The 

3 blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 

4 ‘‘(1) In the House, the majority leader of the 

5 House of Representatives (or his designee) and the 

6 minority leader of the House of Representatives (or 

7 his designee) shall introduce such joint resolution 

8 described in subsection (a) (by request), within 3 

9 legislative days after Congress receives the report re10 ferred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 

11 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, the majority leader of the 

12 Senate (or his designee) and the minority leader of 

13 the Senate (or his designee) shall introduce such 

14 joint resolution described in subsection (a) (by re15 quest), within 3 session days after Congress receives 

16 the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 

17 ‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 

18 shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con19 gress with jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 

20 Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend 

21 the provision of law under which the rule is issued. 

22 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘submis23 sion date’ means the date on which the Congress receives 

24 the report submitted under section 801(a)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 

2 to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 

3 been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 

4 days after its introduction, such committee or committees 

5 shall be automatically discharged from further consider6 ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal7 endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 

8 taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 

9 the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 

10 to which it was referred, or after such committee or com11 mittees have been discharged from further consideration 

12 of the resolution. 

13 ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com14 mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re15 ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 

16 (under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 

17 joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 

18 time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 

19 to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 

20 to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 

21 all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 

22 consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo23 tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post24 pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

25 other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 


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1 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 

2 order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 

3 joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re4 main the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 

5 of. 

6 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 

7 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 

8 therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 

9 shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 

10 opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit 

11 debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, 

12 or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 

13 consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 

14 the joint resolution is not in order. 

15 ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu16 sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub17 section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 

18 the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 

19 Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 

20 shall occur. 

21 ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 

22 to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce23 dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 

24 (a) shall be decided without debate. 


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1 ‘‘(e)(1) In the House of Representatives, if the com2 mittee or committees to which a joint resolution described 

3 in subsection (a) has been referred have not reported it 

4 at the end of 15 legislative days after its introduction, 

5 such committee or committees shall be automatically dis6 charged from further consideration of the resolution and 

7 it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on 

8 final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before 

9 the close of the 15th legislative day after the resolution 

10 is reported by the committee or committees to which it 

11 was referred, or after such committee or committees have 

12 been discharged from further consideration of the resolu13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 

15 proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be privi16 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion 

17 shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 

18 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 

19 disagreed to. 

20 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a 

21 resolution shall be limited to not more than two hours, 

22 which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 

23 those opposing the resolution. A motion to further limit 

24 debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or mo25 tion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall 


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1 not be in order to reconsider the vote by which a resolution 

2 is agreed to or disagreed to. 

3 ‘‘(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of Rep4 resentatives with respect to the consideration of a resolu5 tion, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 

6 business, shall be decided without debate. 

7 ‘‘(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair re8 lating to the application of the Rules of the House of Rep9 resentatives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall 

10 be decided without debate. 

11 ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 

12 resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 

13 House receives from the other House a joint resolution 

14 described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 

15 shall apply with respect to a joint resolution described in 

16 subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolu17 tion— 

18 ‘‘(1) the procedure in that House shall be the 

19 same as if no joint resolution had been received from 

20 the other House; but 

21 ‘‘(2) the vote on final passage shall be on the 

22 joint resolution of the other House. 

23 ‘‘(g) The enactment of a resolution of approval does 

24 not serve as a grant or modification of statutory authority 

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1 guish or affect any claim, whether substantive or proce2 dural, against any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not 

3 form part of the record before the court in any judicial 

4 proceeding concerning a rule. 

5 ‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 

6 Congress— 

7 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

8 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec9 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 

10 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

11 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

12 House in the case of a joint resolution described in 

13 subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to 

14 the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

15 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

16 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

17 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

18 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

19 the case of any other rule of that House. 

20 ‘‘§ 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for 

21 nonmajor rules 

22 ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res23 olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 

24 period beginning on the date on which the report referred 

25 to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and 


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1 ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 

2 of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 

3 session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 

4 of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 

5 nonmajor rule submitted by the l l relating to l l, 

6 and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank 

7 spaces being appropriately filled in). 

8 ‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 

9 shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con10 gress with jurisdiction. 

11 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term submis12 sion or publication date means the later of the date on 

13 which— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Congress receives the report submitted 

15 under section 801(a)(1); or 

16 ‘‘(B) the nonmajor rule is published in the Fed17 eral Register, if so published. 

18 ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re19 ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 

20 not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 

21 resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 

22 of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 

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1 bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 

2 placed on the calendar. 

3 ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 

4 a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com5 mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 

6 consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 

7 (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 

8 previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 

9 for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

10 resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu11 tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 

12 waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 

13 a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 

14 consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 

15 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 

16 not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 

17 of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 

18 shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 

19 disposed of. 

20 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 

21 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 

22 therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 

23 which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 

24 those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 

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1 to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 

2 the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom3 mit the joint resolution is not in order. 

4 ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu5 sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub6 section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 

7 the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 

8 Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 

9 shall occur. 

10 ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 

11 to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce12 dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 

13 (a) shall be decided without debate. 

14 ‘‘(e) In the Senate the procedure specified in sub15 section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 

16 a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 

17 ‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 

18 beginning with the applicable submission or publica19 tion date, or 

20 ‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 

21 was submitted during the period referred to in sec22 tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 

23 days beginning on the 15th session day after the 

24 succeeding session of Congress first convenes. 


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1 ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 

2 resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 

3 House receives from the other House a joint resolution 

4 described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 

5 shall apply: 

6 ‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 

7 shall not be referred to a committee. 

8 ‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 

9 in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 

10 resolution— 

11 ‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 

12 the same as if no joint resolution had been re13 ceived from the other House; but 

14 ‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 

15 the joint resolution of the other House. 

16 ‘‘§ 804. Definitions 

17 ‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 

18 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 

19 agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 

20 ‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in21 cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 

22 of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

23 of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 

24 resulted in or is likely to result in— 


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1 ‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 

2 $100,000,000 or more; 

3 ‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 

4 consumers, individual industries, Federal, 

5 State, or local government agencies, or geo6 graphic regions; or 

7 ‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi8 tion, employment, investment, productivity, in9 novation, or on the ability of United States10 based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 

11 enterprises in domestic and export markets. 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 

13 that is not a major rule. 

14 ‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 

15 such term in section 551, except that such term does 

16 not include— 

17 ‘‘(A) any rule of particular applicability, 

18 including a rule that approves or prescribes for 

19 the future rates, wages, prices, services, or al20 lowances therefore, corporate or financial struc21 tures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 

22 thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 

23 bearing on any of the foregoing; 

24 ‘‘(B) any rule relating to agency manage25 ment or personnel; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) any rule of agency organization, pro2 cedure, or practice that does not substantially 

3 affect the rights or obligations of non-agency 

4 parties. 

5 ‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 

6 ‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 

7 under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 

8 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de9 termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec10 essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 

11 effect. 

12 ‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 

13 ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con14 cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 

15 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 

16 Federal Open Market Committee. 

17 ‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 

18 ‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 

19 ‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 

20 closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com21 mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 

22 to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 

23 ‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 

24 agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 

25 finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 


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1 the rule issued) that notice and public procedure 

2 thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

3 to the public interest, 

4 shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency pro5 mulgating the rule determines.’’. 

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