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Timestamp: 2017-11-17 17:45:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 802', 'art. 1', '§ 7', '§ 801', '§ 802', '§ 802', '§ 801']

The Congressional Review Act: Congress Dusts Off an Old Oversight Weapon: Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Attorneys, Beveridge & Diamond
News & Events / The Congressional Review Act: Congress Dusts Off an Old Oversight Weapon
Authors: Jeanine Grachuk, Jacob P. Duginski*, Shengzhi Wang
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., March 20, 2017
Beveridge & Diamond is closely monitoring developments under the Trump administration that impact companies’ environmental compliance requirements. For more information on the Congressional Review Act, please contact David Friedland, Jeanine Grachuk or Shengzhi Wang.
[1] This 60-day clock does not include days where either the House or the Senate is adjourned for more than three days during a session. 5. U.S.C. § 802(a).
[2] U.S. Const. art. 1, § 7, cls. 2, 3; see also, http://www.senate.gov/legislative/common/briefing/leg_laws_acts.htm#2.
[3] 5 U.S.C. § 801(d). The CRA calculates “days” in a few different ways, making its timing provisions unusually difficult. For this part of the CRA, a “day” means a legislative day in the case of the House, or session day in the case of the Senate.
[4] The CRA allows for a petition supported by 30 Senators to discharge a Senate committee that has received a joint resolution and has not reported it out in 20 days. Id. § 802(c). Neither House may refer a joint resolution it receives from the other House to committee. Id. § 802(f).
[5] Disapproved by H.J. Res. 41 on February 14, 2017.
[6] Disapproved by H.J. Res. 38 on February 16, 2017.
[7] Disapproved by H.J. Res. 40 on February 28, 2017.
[8] See 5 U.S.C. §§ 801(a)(1)(A), (a)(3), (a)(4).
[9] See CRA Provision Might Widen Path for Congressional Reviews, EENews (Feb. 22, 2017), http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/stories/1060050435/; A GOP Regulatory Game Changer, WSJ (Jan. 26, 2017).
[10] H.R. 21, 115th Cong. (2017).
[11] H.R. 26, 115th Cong. (2017).