Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2724
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-03-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judicial review and appeals
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions and rules. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2724 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2016 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Grassley , Mr. Lee , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Flake , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Sasse , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Sullivan , Mr. Inhofe , and Mr. Perdue ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 . 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions and inserting de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions and rules .