Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 1, 2023 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
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.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
This bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking.
Specifically, the bill establishes a congressional approval process for a major rule. A major rule may only take effect if Congress approves the rule. A major rule is a rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.
The bill generally preserves the current congressional review process for a nonmajor rule.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2023 to Jan 18, 2024; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jan 31, 2023 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Mar 8, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | May 4, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | May 18, 2023 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 30, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Jun 8, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jan 18, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2023Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
- Jan 31, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2023Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1821 | Mike Lee R-UT | May 31, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S179 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S164 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jan 31, 2023 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 277 | Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Jun 21, 2023 |
| S 368 | BLOCK Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 3, 2025 |
| HR 2811 | Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 | Related bill | May 4, 2023 |
| S 5242 | Saving Privacy Act | Related bill | Sep 25, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Business investment and capital
- Competition and antitrust
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Economic performance and conditions
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Inflation and prices
- Judicial review and appeals
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Monetary policy
- Unemployment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2023Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
