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                                   H.R.994

Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995 (Introduced in the House)

HR 994 IH

                               104th CONGRESS

                                 1st Session

                                  H. R. 994

To require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations.

                       IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              February 21, 1995

Mr. CHAPMAN (for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and, in addition, to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                   A BILL

To require the periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
     States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the `Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of
     1995'.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

     The purposes of this Act are the following:

          (1) To require agencies to regularly review their regulations and
          make recommendations to terminate, continue in effect, modify, or
          consolidate those regulations.

          (2) To require agencies to submit those recommendations to the
          Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
          and to the Congress.

          (3) To provide for the automatic termination of regulations that
          are not continued in effect after such review.

          (4) To designate a Regulatory Review Officer within each agency,
          who is responsible for the implementation of this Act by the
          agency.

SEC. 3. REVIEW AND TERMINATION OF REGULATIONS.

     (a) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subsection (c), the effectiveness
     of a regulation issued by an agency shall terminate on the applicable
     termination date under subsection (b), and the regulation shall have no
     force or effect after that termination date, unless the head of the
     agency--

          (1) reviews the regulation in accordance with section 4;

          (2) after the review, and at least 120 days before that
          termination date, submits to the Congress and publishes in the
          Federal Register a preliminary report on the findings and proposed
          recommendations of that review in accordance with section 5(a)(1);

          (3) reviews and considers comments regarding the preliminary
          report that are transmitted to the agency by the Administrator and
          appropriate committees of the Congress during the 60-day period
          beginning on the date of submission of the preliminary report; and

          (4) after the 60-day period beginning on the date of submission of
          the preliminary report to the Congress, but not later than 60 days
          before that termination date, submits to the Congress and
          publishes in the Federal Register--

               (A) a final report on the review under section 4 in
               accordance with section 5(a)(2), and

               (B) a notice extending the effectiveness of the regulation,
               with or without modifications, as of the end of the 60-day
               period beginning on the date of that publication.

     (b) TERMINATION DATES- For purposes of subsection (a), the termination
     date of a regulation is as follows:

          (1) EXISTING REGULATIONS- For a regulation in effect on the date
          of the enactment of the Act, the termination date is the last day
          of the 7-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
          this Act.

          (2) NEW REGULATIONS- For a regulation that first takes effect
          after the date of the enactment of this Act, the termination date
          is the last day of the 3-year period beginning on the date the
          regulation takes effect.

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