Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2016

Summary

Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015  Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action relating to a regulatory action that would affect: (1) the rights of private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. Defines a "covered consent decree" or a "covered settlement agreement" as: (1) a consent decree or settlement agreement entered into a covered civil action, and (2) any other consent decree or settlement agreement that requires agency action relating to such a regulatory action that affects the rights of such persons or governments. Requires an agency against which a covered civil action is brought to publish the notice of intent to sue and the complaint in a readily accessible manner, including by making such notice and complaint available online not later than 15 days after receiving service of such notice or complaint Requires an agency seeking to enter a covered consent decree or settlement agreement to publish such decree or agreement in the Federal Register and online not later than 60 days before it is filed with the court. Provides for public comment and public hearings on such decree or agreement. Requires the Attorney General or an agency head, if an agency is litigating a matter independently, to certify to the court that the Attorney General or the agency head approves of: (1) any proposed covered consent decree that includes terms that convert into a nondiscretionary duty a discretionary authority of an agency to propose, promulgate, revise, or amend regulations, commit an agency to expend funds that have not been appropriated and budgeted or to seek a particular appropriation or budget authorization, divest an agency of discretion committed to it by statute or the Constitution, or otherwise afford any relief that the court could not enter under its own authority; or (2) any proposed covered settlement agreement that includes terms that provide a remedy for a failure by the agency to comply with the terms of the agreement other than the revival of the civil action resolved by the agreement, interfere with the authority of an agency to revise, amend, or issue rules, or commit the agency to expend funds that have not been appropriated and budgeted or to exercise in a particular way discretion which was committed to the agency by statute or the Constitution. Requires a court to grant de novo review of a covered consent decree or settlement agreement if an agency files a motion to modify such decree or agreement on the basis that its terms are no longer fully in the public interest due to the agency's obligations to fulfill other duties or due to changed facts and circumstances.

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Timeline

1. 4 February 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 February 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 February 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 27 February 2015

   Referred

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

   Source: Committee

5. 2 March 2015

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 23 March 2015

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Discharged.

   Source: Committee

7. 24 March 2015

   Vote

   Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 11.

   Source: Committee

8. 24 March 2015

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 25 June 2015

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 136.

   Source: Calendars

10. 25 June 2015

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-184.

    Source: Committee

11. 25 June 2015

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-184.

    Source: Committee

12. 5 January 2016

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 580 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 712 and H.R. 1155.

    Source: Floor

13. 7 January 2016

    Passed

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

    Source: Floor

14. 7 January 2016

    Vote

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 244 - 173 (Roll no. 12).

    Source: Floor

15. 7 January 2016

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 244 - 173 (Roll no. 12).

    Source: Floor

16. 7 January 2016

    Vote

    On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 171 - 244 (Roll no. 11).

    Source: Floor

17. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H144)

    Source: Floor

18. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    Ms. Kelly (IL) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (consideration: CR H143-145; text of the motion: CR H143)

    Source: Floor

19. 7 January 2016

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H133-135)

    Source: Floor

20. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H143)

    Source: Floor

21. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 712.

    Source: Floor

22. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Mike Bost to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

23. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 580 and Rule XVIII.

    Source: Floor

24. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 712 and H.R. 1155.

    Source: Floor

25. 7 January 2016

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 580. (consideration: CR H123-145)

    Source: Floor

26. 11 January 2016

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Referred in Senate · 11 January 2016 · Download file
• Engrossed in House · 7 January 2016 · Download file
• Reported in House · 25 June 2015 · Download file
• Introduced in House · 4 February 2015 · Download file

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• Referred in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · R · Sponsor
• David Trott · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act
• related to → Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015
• related to ← Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 712) to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1155) to provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, and for other purposes.
• related to ← ALERT Act of 2016
• amends ← Amendment includes a small number of revisions in the nature of technical and conforming changes to clarify provisions that state deadlines, reformat section nomenclature and headings, and improve typography or grammar.
• amends ← Amendment sought to insert an exception for any rule, consent decree, or settlement agreement that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job creation and whose benefits exceeds its costs.
• amends ← Amendment sought to strike the 6 month moratorium on rules imposed by the bill.
• amends ← Amendment sought to amend title II by requiring Federal agencies to provide an estimate of the benefits of proposed regulations and by requiring the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to include the total benefits of proposed and final agency rules in the annual cumulative assessment of agency rule making required by the bill.
• amends ← Amendment requires agencies and OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to report the cost of unfunded mandates imposed through the regulatory process.
• amends ← Amendment sought to clarify that rule exceptions should take effect in the event that there is a threat to health or safety or other emergency and not only when such threat is imminent.

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