I 
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 addi-
tion to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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. 
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 ‘‘Regulations From the 
Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to increase accountability 
for and transparency in the federal regulatory process. 
Section 1 of article I of the United States Constitution 
grants all legislative powers to Congress. Over time, Con-
gress has excessively delegated its constitutional charge 
while failing to conduct appropriate oversight and retain 
accountability for the content of the laws it passes. By 
requiring a vote in Congress, the REINS Act will result 
in more carefully drafted and detailed legislation, an im-
proved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that 
is truly accountable to the American people for the laws 
imposed upon them. 
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SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING. 
Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 
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. 
‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 
‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 
agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House 
of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 
containing— 
‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 
‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 
rule; 
‘‘(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or 
nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the clas-
sification specifically addressing each criteria for a 
major rule contained within sections 804(2)(A), 
804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C); 
‘‘(iv) a list of any other related regulatory ac-
tions intended to implement the same statutory pro-
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vision or regulatory objective as well as the indi-
vidual and aggregate economic effects of those ac-
tions; and 
‘‘(v) the proposed effective date of the rule. 
‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 
under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 
the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 
available to each House of Congress— 
‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 
of the rule, if any; 
‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 5 of 
the United States Code, sections 603, 604, 605, 
607, and 609; 
‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 2 of 
the United States Code, sections 1532, 1533, 1534, 
and 1535; and 
‘‘(iv) any other relevant information or require-
ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu-
tive orders. 
‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub-
paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re-
port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand-
ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill 
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to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 
issued. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re-
port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 
by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 
publication date as provided in section 802(b)(2). The re-
port of the Comptroller General shall include an assess-
ment of the agency’s compliance with procedural steps re-
quired by paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp-
troller General by providing information relevant to the 
Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 
a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 
as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 
resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 
is later. 
‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 
by section 803 after submission to Congress under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 
major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 
subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat-
ing to the same rule may not be considered under this 
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chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate. 
‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 
Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 
under section 802. 
‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 
legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 
which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is re-
ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con-
gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 
of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 
shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 
not take effect. 
‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 
may take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the 
President makes a determination under paragraph (2) and 
submits written notice of such determination to the Con-
gress. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 
by the President by Executive order that the major rule 
should take effect because such rule is— 
‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent threat 
to health or safety or other emergency; 
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‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 
laws; 
‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 
‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple-
menting an international trade agreement. 
‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 
under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce-
dures under section 802. 
‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth-
erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 
for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub-
section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 
occurring— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days, 
or 
‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa-
tives, 60 legislative days, 
before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 
session of Congress through the date on which the same 
or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec-
tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc-
ceeding session of Congress. 
‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur-
poses of such additional review, a rule described under 
paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— 
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‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 
Register on— 
‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 
session day, or 
‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 
after the succeeding session of Congress first con-
venes; and 
‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to 
Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a 
report shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can 
take effect. 
‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 
effect as otherwise provided by law (including other sub-
sections of this section). 
‘‘§ 802. Congressional approval procedure for major 
rules 
‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res-
olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced on or 
after the date on which the report referred to in section 
801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress (excluding days ei-
ther House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days 
during a session of Congress), the matter after the resolv-
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ing clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress approves 
the rule submitted by the l l relating to l l.’ (The 
blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 
‘‘(1) In the House, the majority leader of the 
House of Representatives (or his designee) and the 
minority leader of the House of Representatives (or 
his designee) shall introduce such joint resolution 
described in subsection (a) (by request), within 3 
legislative days after Congress receives the report re-
ferred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 
‘‘(2) In the Senate, the majority leader of the 
Senate (or his designee) and the minority leader of 
the Senate (or his designee) shall introduce such 
joint resolution described in subsection (a) (by re-
quest), within 3 session days after Congress receives 
the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 
‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-
gress with jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend 
the provision of law under which the rule is issued. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘submis-
sion date’ means the date on which the Congress receives 
the report submitted under section 801(a)(1). 
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‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 
to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 
been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 
days after its introduction, such committee or committees 
shall be automatically discharged from further consider-
ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal-
endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 
taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 
the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 
to which it was referred, or after such committee or com-
mittees have been discharged from further consideration 
of the resolution. 
‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com-
mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re-
ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 
joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 
time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo-
tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post-
pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
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the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 
joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re-
main the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 
of. 
‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, 
or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 
the joint resolution is not in order. 
‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-
sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 
shall occur. 
‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-
dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 
(a) shall be decided without debate. 
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‘‘(e)(1) In the House of Representatives, if the com-
mittee or committees to which a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a) has been referred have not reported it 
at the end of 15 legislative days after its introduction, 
such committee or committees shall be automatically dis-
charged from further consideration of the resolution and 
it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on 
final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before 
the close of the 15th legislative day after the resolution 
is reported by the committee or committees to which it 
was referred, or after such committee or committees have 
been discharged from further consideration of the resolu-
tion. 
‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 
proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion 
shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a 
resolution shall be limited to not more than two hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the resolution. A motion to further limit 
debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or mo-
tion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall 
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not be in order to reconsider the vote by which a resolution 
is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of Rep-
resentatives with respect to the consideration of a resolu-
tion, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall 
be decided without debate. 
‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 
House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 
shall apply with respect to a joint resolution described in 
subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolu-
tion— 
‘‘(1) the procedure in that House shall be the 
same as if no joint resolution had been received from 
the other House; but 
‘‘(2) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
joint resolution of the other House. 
‘‘(g) The enactment of a resolution of approval does 
not serve as a grant or modification of statutory authority 
by Congress for the promulgation of a rule, does not extin-
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guish or affect any claim, whether substantive or proce-
dural, against any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not 
form part of the record before the court in any judicial 
proceeding concerning a rule. 
‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 
Congress— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to 
the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
‘‘§ 803. 
Congressional 
disapproval 
procedure 
for 
nonmajor rules 
‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res-
olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 
period beginning on the date on which the report referred 
to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and 
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ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 
of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 
session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 
nonmajor rule submitted by the l l relating to l l, 
and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank 
spaces being appropriately filled in). 
‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con-
gress with jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term submis-
sion or publication date means the later of the date on 
which— 
‘‘(A) the Congress receives the report submitted 
under section 801(a)(1); or 
‘‘(B) the nonmajor rule is published in the Fed-
eral Register, if so published. 
‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re-
ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 
not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 
resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 
of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 
be discharged from further consideration of such joint res-
olution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 Mem-
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bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 
placed on the calendar. 
‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 
a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com-
mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 
consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 
(a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 
for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu-
tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 
waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 
a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 
not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 
shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 
disposed of. 
‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment 
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to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the joint resolution is not in order. 
‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu-
sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 
shall occur. 
‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 
to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce-
dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 
(a) shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(e) In the Senate the procedure specified in sub-
section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 
a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 
‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 
beginning with the applicable submission or publica-
tion date, or 
‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 
was submitted during the period referred to in sec-
tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 
days beginning on the 15th session day after the 
succeeding session of Congress first convenes. 
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‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 
resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 
House receives from the other House a joint resolution 
described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 
shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee. 
‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 
resolution— 
‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no joint resolution had been re-
ceived from the other House; but 
‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the joint resolution of the other House. 
‘‘§ 804. Definitions 
‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 
agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in-
cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 
resulted in or is likely to result in— 
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‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 
$100,000,000 or more; 
‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 
consumers, 
individual 
industries, 
Federal, 
State, or local government agencies, or geo-
graphic regions; or 
‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi-
tion, employment, investment, productivity, in-
novation, or on the ability of United States- 
based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 
enterprises in domestic and export markets. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 
that is not a major rule. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 551, except that such term does 
not include— 
‘‘(A) any rule of particular applicability, 
including a rule that approves or prescribes for 
the future rates, wages, prices, services, or al-
lowances therefore, corporate or financial struc-
tures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 
thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 
bearing on any of the foregoing; 
‘‘(B) any rule relating to agency manage-
ment or personnel; or 
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‘‘(C) any rule of agency organization, pro-
cedure, or practice that does not substantially 
affect the rights or obligations of non-agency 
parties. 
‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 
‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 
under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de-
termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec-
essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 
effect. 
‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con-
cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 
Federal Open Market Committee. 
‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 
‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 
closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com-
mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 
to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 
‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 
agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 
finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 
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