A bill to repeal the Congressional Review Act, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressS-1140Senate
Updated: May 16, 2017

Summary

Sunset the CRA and Restore American Protections Act of 2017 or the SCRAP Act This bill repeals the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The CRA allows Congress to vote on a joint resolution of disapproval to overturn a recently issued agency rule and prohibit the agency from reissuing a rule that is substantially the same unless specifically authorized by Congress. The bill allows agencies to reinstate rules overturned by the CRA by: (1) publishing the rule in the Federal Register within one year after enactment of this bill, or (2) using notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act after the one-year period after enactment of this bill.

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HR-2449: To repeal the Congressional Review Act, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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