Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2631
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill adds the definitions of "longstanding interpretive rule" and "revise" to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). A longstanding interpretive rule is distinguished from an "interpretive rule" if it has been in effect for at least one&nbsp;year. If a rule is a longstanding interpretive rule, it remains subject to the general notice of proposed rulemaking and comment and publication provisions of the APA. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2631 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2015 Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require notice and comment for certain interpretive rules.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 . 2. Requiring notice and comment for certain interpretive rules Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 551— (A) in paragraph (13), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (15) longstanding interpretive rule means an interpretive rule that has been in effect for not less than 1 year; and (16) revise means, with respect to an interpretive rule, altering or otherwise changing any provision of a longstanding interpretive rule that conflicts, or is in any way inconsistent with, any provision in a subsequently promulgated interpretive rule. ; and (2) in section 553— (A) in subsection (b), following the flush text, in subparagraph (A), by striking interpretative rules and inserting an interpretive rule of an agency, unless the interpretive rule revises a longstanding interpretive rule of the agency ; and (B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking interpretative rules and inserting an interpretive rule of an agency, unless the interpretive rule revises a longstanding interpretive rule of the agency, and .