Overnight Regulation: House Republicans highlight top rules for rollback [Obama failed 2 follow CRA]

The Hil ^ | January 25,2017 | BY TIM DEVANEY AND LYDIA WHEELER

[WENDLE]

THE BIG STORY

House Republicans unveiled their plan of attack against Obama-era regulations Wednesday, highlighting the top rules they plan to roll back.

The Labor Department's blacklisting rule, Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) stream protection rule, Interior Department's methane emissions rule, a disclosure rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and an obscure gun regulation from the Social Security Administration (SSA) top the list of regulations Republicans are targeting.

GOP lawmakers will turn to the Congressional Review Act to strike down these rules.

[WENDLE]

Below is the statutory language requiring the executive agency to file special reports to congress of Major Regulations impacting over $100 million. These special reports were not sent to Congress!! That means that the 60 days allowing Congress to repeal the regulation never started!!! "the LATER of the date occurring 60 days after the date on which— (i) the Congress receives the report submitted under paragraph (1); or (ii) the rule is published in the Federal Register,"

One possible reason for not filing the absolutely required REPORT to Congress by the issuing agency was the requirement to reveal both cost and benefit of the regulation. Every obama care regulation -- Dodd Frank-- environmental-- energy-- etc. they are all still repealable . I understand this is breaking in the Wall Street Journal today but I do not have the link.

The clock didn't run because it did not start until the LATER of the two triggers!! Publication in the Register or filing the required special report!! Congress must get to work to over ride thousands of socialist agenda regulations that are now VOIDABLE.

5 US CODE 801 a) (1) (A) Before a rule can take effect, the Federal agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report containing— (i) a copy of the rule; (ii) a concise general statement relating to the rule, including whether it is a major rule; and (iii) the proposed effective date of the rule. (B) On the date of the submission of the report under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make available to each House of Congress— (i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis of the rule, if any; (ii) the agency’s actions relevant to sections 603, 604, 605, 607, and 609; (iii) the agency’s actions relevant to sections 202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; and (iv) any other relevant information or requirements under any other Act and any relevant Executive orders. (C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under subparagraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the chairman and ranking member of each standing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend the provision of law under which the rule is issued. >>>>>>> (3) A major rule relating to a report submitted under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the latest of— (A) the later of the date occurring 60 days after the date on which— (i) the Congress receives the report submitted under paragraph (1); or (ii) the rule is published in the Federal Register, if so published; (B) if the Congress passes a joint resolution of disapproval described in section 802 relating to the rule, and the President signs a veto of such resolution,

[pghoilman]

Kimberly Strassel has a good piece in today’s WSJ describing this topic.

[circlecity]

Would that invalidate the regulations at issue?

[WildHighlander57]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3518252/posts?page=1#1

Ping!

All of 0’s regulations can be repealed; review process was not followed !

[Steely Tom]

Obaba followed laws he liked, and didn’t obey laws he didn’t like, and made up new laws to deal with things in old laws that he didn’t like, and no one said boo.

Least of all the people who are supposed to make the laws.

[RayofHope]

Thanks WildHighlander57, these dolts were above the law in everything they did. Now it comes back to bite them......

[21twelve]

Reading all the legal crap is baffling to me. I’m not sure if it make the rule invalid to begin with (although parts of it read that way). But the original post and the legal crap make it clear that the rule can be put to congress, and they can say no within 60 days.

[Ray76]

They better move FAST. No monkey business.

[PeterPrinciple]

Reading all the legal crap is baffling to me. I’m not sure if it make the rule invalid to begin with (although parts of it read that way). But the original post and the legal crap make it clear that the rule can be put to congress, and they can say no within 60 days.

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There is also the Paperwork Reduction Act under Reagan, that was diminished.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3501

[G Larry]

Yes, Hugh Hewitt read Kimberly Strassel’s WSJ piece on air.

It’s better than stated in this Hill piece.

We can repeal EVERY CRA during Obama’s terms, for which they failed to file a report...which is almost ALL of them.

[RightGeek]

Behind the paywall - http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-gop-regulatory-game-changer-1485478085

[Norseman]

Not only that, but it can be done in an organized effort now that the GOP controls the departments. The cabinet heads can now file the required reports month by month and Congress can take up or down votes on each batch of reports every month. 51 votes in the Senate is enough, by the way.

That way they can take a year or more and systematically go through every major piece of regulation for which no report was filed originally.

Two more features of the act:

1. Apparently “guidance” issued by departments is also included if it had a significant financial impact, e.g., the guidance to colleges suggesting changes to their method of prosecuting sexual assault accusations, or the guidance to schools to provide transgender bathrooms.

2. The law states that once a rule is overruled by this Congressional action it can NEVER be reimplemented in a similar form unless Congress specifically authorizes it in legislation.

What is Obama’s legacy in two words? DONALD TRUMP

[FreedomPoster]

More winning happening here.

[V K Lee]

Shows just how smart this deck of jokers actually is. To think he claimed to have taught Constitutional Law - We failed to ask which Constitution.

[Repeal The 17th]

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correct article title should be:

Overnight Regulation: House Republicans highlight top rules for rollback

[tumblindice]

Good post W.
Not surprising from the now defunct, thank goodness, most transparent and lawless administration ever.

[Admin Moderator]

Fixed

[Repeal The 17th]

moo chose grassy ass seen your (or seen your rhea)

[Repeal The 17th]

Unfortunately we (us peons) have no way of knowing
which agencies sent in the “reports” for their regulations
and which ones did not.

[PeteePie]

I wonder how the lock-step libs will regard their hero now. The incompetency has to headlined until it is common knowledge!
THIS IS HUGH!!