Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1577
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-07-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judicial review and appeals
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill replaces the deference given to an agency's interpretation of a statute with a requirement that courts decide all relevant questions of law without giving deference to the agency's interpretation. Thus, this bill overturns <i>Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.</i></p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1577 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2017 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Grassley , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Lee , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Sasse , Mr. Flake , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Kennedy , and Mr. Lankford ) 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 2017 . 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 .