ERASE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4280
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ensuring Regulations are Successful or Ended Act of 2017 or the ERASE Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill terminates a federal rule one year after it is finalized unless Congress enacts a joint resolution that provides for the continuance of the rule, or the rule is finalized before the enactment of this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4280 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2017 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for the sunset of rules one year after the date on which they are finalized, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Regulations are Successful or Ended Act of 2017 or the ERASE Act of 2017 . 2. Sunset for rules (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), any rule (as such term is defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code) that is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act shall sunset on the date that is one year after the date on which the rule is finalized. (b) Congressional approval The sunset under subsection (a) shall not apply to a rule described in that subsection if a joint resolution is enacted which provides for the continuance of that rule.