REVIEW Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1927
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]
Introduced: 2015-08-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Judicial review and appeals
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015 or the REVIEW Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Requires a federal agency to postpone the effective date of a high-impact rule pending judicial review. Permits such a rule to take effect 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register if no person seeks judicial review of such rule during such period.</p> <p>Defines a &quot;high-impact rule&quot; as any rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determines may impose an annual cost on the economy of at least $1 billion.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1927 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 4, 2015 Mr. Coats (for himself and Mr. Lankford ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial review.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015 or the REVIEW Act of 2015 . 2. Relief pending review Section 705 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking When and inserting the following: (a) In general When ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) High-Impact rules (1) Definitions In this subsection— (A) the term Administrator means the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget; and (B) the term high-impact rule means any rule that the Administrator determines may impose an annual cost on the economy of not less than $1,000,000,000. (2) Relief (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an agency shall postpone the effective date of a high-impact rule of the agency pending judicial review. (B) Failure to timely seek judicial review Notwithstanding section 553(d), if no person seeks judicial review of a high-impact rule during the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the high-impact rule is published in the Federal Register, the high-impact rule shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the high-impact rule is published. .