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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 969 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 25, 2021 

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 2021’’. 

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8 Any regulation waived or modified during the emer9 gency period shall be repealed or modified, as applicable, 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1 sion recommends the regulation should not be repealed or 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. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

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

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

15 United States Code. 

16 (2) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer17 gency period’’ means the duration of a public health 

18 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 

19 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a re20 sult of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus 

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

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

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

24 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

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