HR 2631 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 3, 2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 3, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015

This bill adds the definitions of "longstanding interpretive rule" and "revise" to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). A longstanding interpretive rule is distinguished from an "interpretive rule" if it has been in effect for at least one year. If a rule is a longstanding interpretive rule, it remains subject to the general notice of proposed rulemaking and comment and publication provisions of the APA.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to May 24, 2016.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOSam GravesJun 25, 2015
R-AZPaul A. GosarSep 28, 2015
R-FLBill PoseyOct 26, 2015
R-NJThomas MacArthurOct 26, 2015
R-VADave BratFeb 10, 2016
R-OKJim BridenstineMay 24, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Jun 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  3. Jun 3, 2015Introduced in House
  4. Jun 3, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1487Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015Identical billJun 3, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 3, 2015Introduced in House

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