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On the recordJanuary 5, 2017
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, as proposed to be amended by section 3 of the bill, is amended by adding at the end the following (and conforming the table of sections accordingly): ``Sec. 808. Review of rules currently in effect ``(a) Annual Review.--Beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter for the 9 years following, each agency shall designate not less than 10 percent of eligible rules made by that agency for review, and shall submit a report including each such eligible rule in the same manner as a report under section 801(a)(1). Section 801, section 802, and section 803 shall apply to each such rule, subject to subsection (c) of this section. No eligible rule previously designated may be designated again. ``(b) Sunset for Eligible Rules Not Extended.--Beginning after the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this section, if Congress has not enacted a joint resolution of approval for that eligible rule, that eligible rule shall not continue in effect. ``(c) Consolidation; Severability.--In applying sections 801, 802, and 803 to eligible rules under this section, the following shall apply: ``(1) The words `take effect' shall be read as `continue in effect'.…
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