Regulatory Fair Warning Act

Summary

Regulatory Fair Warning Act - Amends Federal Government operations law to limit the sanctions which may be imposed by courts and agencies for rule violations: (1) involving agency rules which failed to give the defendant fair warning of the conduct that the rule prohibits or requires; (2) where the defendant reasonably and in good faith determined prior to the violation that he or she was in compliance with, exempt from, or otherwise not subject to, the rule requirements based upon his or her understanding of the rule text and published guidances and policies related to the rule; or (3) committed in reasonable reliance upon a written statement by a Federal or State official authorized to implement or ensure compliance with the rule, made after disclosure by the defendant of all material facts, that the defendant was in compliance with, exempt from, or otherwise not subject to the rule requirements. Prohibits the court or agency in an action brought to impose a civil or criminal sanction for an alleged rule violation from giving deference to any interpretation of such rule relied upon by the promulgating agency that was not published in the Federal Register or was not available to the defendant before the alleged violation.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 September 1996

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 September 1996

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 28 September 1996

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 April 1996

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 April 1996

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 April 1996

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