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The bill gives Congress faster, clearer authority to disapprove multiple late-term agency rules at once, improving legislative control and procedural clarity, but raises regulatory uncertainty for agencies and risks removing protections for the public without individualized review.
Congress: may disapprove multiple late-term agency rules in a single action and use clear, standardized resolving-clause language, speeding legislative review and reducing drafting and procedural errors in CRA disapproval votes.
Agencies that submit reports under 5 U.S.C. §801(a)(1)(A): face a higher risk that multiple rules finalized in a president's final year will be nullified en bloc, increasing regulatory uncertainty and complicating agency planning and compliance.
Taxpayers and regulated parties: could lose protections or requirements all at once if multiple rules are repealed together, removing individualized consideration and potentially harming public interests (e.g., safety, consumer protections).
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows one CRA joint resolution to list and disapprove multiple rules submitted during a President's final year and supplies model resolving‑clause language declaring them void.
Official title: Amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for "midnight rules", and for other purposes.
Introduced January 21, 2025 by Ron Johnson · Last progress January 21, 2025
Allows Congress to use a single joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to disapprove multiple agency rules at once if each rule’s required agency report was submitted during the final year of a President’s term, and provides model language for the resolving clause that lists multiple rules and declares they have no force or effect. The change adds an explicit paragraph to the CRA and prescribes the text/format for multi‑rule disapproval resolutions.