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HR 77 · in committee · significant

Midnight Rules Relief Act

What this bill does

  • Allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations in a single vote if they were submitted near the end of a President's term.
  • Affects federal agencies and Congress by changing how regulations can be challenged after a presidential transition.
  • Takes effect immediately and applies to regulations submitted during the final year of any President's term.

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  1. 01

    How might allowing Congress to bundle disapprovals of end-of-term regulations affect the ability of federal agencies to implement policy during presidential transitions?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that regulations submitted in a President's final year differ in quality or intent compared to those submitted earlier in the term?

  3. 03

    Which stakeholders—businesses, workers, environmental groups, or others—would benefit most from faster congressional review of late-term regulatory submissions?

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Andy Biggs

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Introduced 2025-02-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-13 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  2. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)

  4. 2025-02-12 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)

  5. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 40).

  6. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  7. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    Ms. Jacobs moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H662)

  8. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  9. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 77.

  10. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.

  11. 2025-02-12 · house · Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 122. (consideration: CR H654-663)

  12. 2025-02-11 · house · Floor

    Rule H. Res. 122 passed House.

  13. 2025-02-10 · house · Floor

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 122 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.

  14. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  15. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  16. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  17. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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