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Union Calendar No. 610 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5982 
[Report No. 114–782, Part I] 
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc 
consideration in resolutions of disapproval for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. PETERSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, 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 con-
cerned 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WALBERG and Mr. JORDAN 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Midnight Rules Relief 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS OF 
DISAPPROVAL PERTAINING TO ‘‘MIDNIGHT 
RULES’’. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 801(d) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) In applying section 802 to rules described under 
paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may con-
tain one or more such rules if the report under subsection 
(a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the 
final year of a President’s term.’’. 
(b) TEXT OF RESOLVING CLAUSE.—Section 802(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘resolving clause of which 
is’’ the following: ‘‘(except as otherwise provided in 
this subsection)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the 
case of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4), 
the matter after the resolving clause of such resolu-
tion shall be as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves 
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Union Calendar No. 610 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5982 
[Report No. 114–782, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, 
to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions 
of disapproval for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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