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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 Com-
mittee 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish Federal Regulatory Review Commissions, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Regu-
latory Repeal Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS DUR-
ING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD. 
Any regulation waived or modified during the emer-
gency period shall be repealed or modified, as applicable, 
the day after the expiration of the emergency period and 
thereafter, unless a Federal Regulatory Review Commis-
sion recommends the regulation should not be repealed or 
modified, as applicable, and a law is enacted confirming 
the recommendation. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There are established Com-
missions to be known as the ‘‘Federal Regulatory Review 
Commissions’’. 
(b) MEMBERS.—Each Commission shall be composed 
of members of the congressional committee of each juris-
diction and the head of each agency under the jurisdiction 
of that committee (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘mem-
bers’’). 
(c) INFORMATION.—Members may obtain informa-
tion from individuals with expertise in the operations and 
regulations of government programs. 
(d) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS.— 
(1) REVIEW OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—Not 
later than 2 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, each Commission shall submit to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
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majority leader of the Senate an official rec-
ommendation, on the repeal or modification of each 
regulation waived or modified during the emergency 
period. Each regulation waived or modified during 
the emergency period shall remain waived or modi-
fied, as applicable, during the review period by the 
Commission. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The deadline in paragraph 
(1) may be extended for an additional month if the 
Congress enacts legislation extending such deadline 
by a vote of a majority of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) AGENCY REPORT ON REGULATIONS.—Not 
later than 1 month after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the head of each agency shall submit to 
each congressional committee of jurisdiction a report 
that includes— 
(A) an analysis of whether or not the agen-
cy can function without the regulation or with 
the modified regulation, as applicable; and 
(B) an analysis of whether the regulation 
should be restored to its original state before 
the emergency period or should remain repealed 
or modified, as applicable. 
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(2) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REQUIRED.—The 
head of an agency shall provide a public comment 
period before submitting a report pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.—Not later 
than 1 month after receiving a report from the head of 
each agency pursuant to subsection (e), each committee 
shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the majority leader of the Senate an official rec-
ommendation on whether or not the repealed or modified 
regulation should be re-established. 
(g) SUNSET
OF COMMISSIONS.—The Commissions 
established in this section shall terminate on the final day 
of the final recommendation by each committee. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) EMERGENCY
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency period’’ means the duration of a public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a re-
sult of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus 
(COVID–19), including any renewal thereof. 
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(3) REGULATION.—The term ‘‘regulation’’has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘rule’’ under section 
551 of title 5, United States Code. 
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