On the recordJuly 6, 2016
I support this amendment offered by one of the freshman stars of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman. This amendment would exempt from the bill rulemakings that agencies have included in their regulatory plans for a year or more. Agencies are required to submit to OMB twice a year a plan for rulemakings they plan to pursue. OMB publishes those plans twice a year as part of what is called the Unified Agenda. This amendment would still block any rule an agency tries to rush through the process. This amendment would not, however, block rules that have been through the proper procedures just because they happen to be finalized during the last months of the administration. This amendment allows the focus to be on true so-called midnight regulations. If those rules are truly the target of this bill, then the House should adopt this amendment.
