Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2199
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-10-22
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a federal agency from promulgating a rule that conflicts with or fails to carry out any concurrent resolution enacted by Congress that clarifies the meaning of a provision of law, including a clarification of whether a law delegates certain authority to an agency. If an agency has a rule in effect that conflicts with or fails to carry out the meaning of the resolution, the agency must promulgate new rules that carry out such meaning. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2199 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 22, 2015 Mr. Enzi (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Crapo , and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require agencies to conform to concurrent resolutions when promulgating rules.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015 . 2. Concurrent resolutions and rulemaking Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) If Congress adopts a concurrent resolution that clarifies the meaning of a provision of law, including a clarification as to whether a provision of law delegates certain authority to an agency, an agency— (1) may not promulgate a rule under this section that conflicts with or otherwise does not carry out the meaning of the provision, as provided in the concurrent resolution; and (2) shall promulgate new rules that carry out the meaning of the provision, as provided in the concurrent resolution, if the agency has a rule in effect that conflicts with or otherwise does not carry out such meaning. .