Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.

Bill: 113-hjres-118
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Civil actions and liability

Congressional oversight

Debt collection

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014, relating to the garnishment of non-federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.</p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 118 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2014 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Jones , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Harper , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Flores , Mr. Carter , Mr. Barr , Mr. Salmon , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Jordan , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Hall , Mrs. Ellmers , Mrs. Capito , and Mrs. Walorski ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order.

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the garnishment of non-Federal wages to collect delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States without first obtaining a court order (published at 79 Fed. Reg. 37644 (July 2, 2014)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.