Government Red-Tape Reduction Act

Bill: 117-hr-662
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Government Red-Tape Reduction Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to identify three rules that the agency is repealing for any proposed new rule, unless the proposed rule is required by statute.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 662 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2021 Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require that in a notice of proposed rulemaking for a new rule, the notice shall identify three rules which the agency intends to repeal.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Government Red-Tape Reduction Act . 2. Requirement to repeal three rules before making a new rule Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) in the case of a notice of proposed rule making for a new rule, except in the case of a new rule which is required by statute, an identification of three rules that the agency intends to repeal, including the date on which the agency began the rule making process in order to repeal such rules. .