119-hr274

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 274 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 274

 To provide for the sunset of rules upheld based on Chevron deference.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Zinke, 
 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Collins, Mr. Cloud, Mr. 
 Rouzer, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Fischbach, and Mr. Brecheen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
 and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 
 and 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

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 A BILL

 To provide for the sunset of rules upheld based on Chevron deference.

 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 ``Sunset Chevron Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) The term ``Chevron deference'' means the legal doctrine 
 of judicial deference pursuant to Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. 
 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (467 U.S. 837

    (1984) ).

    (2) The term ``sunset date'' means the date on which a rule 
 will cease to have force or effect.

    (3) The term ``rule'' has the meaning given such term in 
 

section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. GAO REVIEW OF RULES UPHELD BY CHEVRON DEFERENCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall compile and publish a list of each decision issued by a Federal 
court that--

    (1) upheld a rule based on Chevron deference;

    (2) was not subsequently overturned; and

    (3) pertains to a rule that is in effect on the date of 
 enactment of this Act.

    (b) Organization of List.--Such list shall--

    (1) be organized by the agency that made the rule, and for 
 each such agency, the list shall be in reverse chronological 
 order of the date on which the agency made the relevant rule; 
 and

    (2) provide a sunset date for each rule.
            (c) Sunset Date Calculation.--The Comptroller General shall 
calculate the sunset date for each rule identified in the list compiled 
under subsection

    (a) as follows:

    (1) The sunset date for the most recent rule made by each 
 agency and identified in the list under subsection

    (a) shall be 
 on the date that is 30 days after the list under subsection

    (a) is published.

    (2) The sunset date for each prior rule made by such agency 
 and identified in the list under subsection

    (a) shall be 30 
 days after the sunset date of the rule made by such agency and 
 identified in such list that precedes such prior rule.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO THE CRA TO THE 6-LEGISLATIVE-DAY WINDOW FOR 
 CERTAIN RULES.

 Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to each rule 
identified under 

section 3, except that the 60-day period for filing a 
joint resolution under 

section 802

    (a) of that title shall not apply.
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