The Biden Administration has until April 4th to use the Provisions of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to Repeal Final Rules issued at the End of the Trump Administration.
The CRA is a 1996 Federal Law that creates a 60-day Review Period during which Congress can Overturn a New Federal Agency Rule. To do this, Congress must Pass a Joint Resolution of Disapproval which the President must then Sign.
The Feb. 3rd Edition of the Congressional Record stated, that Congress has 60 days from Feb. 3rd to use the CRA to Rescind Regulations and Informal Rules issued at the end of the Trump Administration. Daniel Pérez, a Senior Policy Analyst at the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, estimates there may be as many as 1,354 of these Rules.
The Law defines this 60-day Period as days where Congress is in Continuous Session.
This means the Projected Deadline to Block End-of-Term Regulatory Activity from the Trump Administration is April 4th. That Date could Move later into April if either Chamber of Congress Adjourns for Longer than Three Days before then.
Since the Law’s Creation in 1996, Congress has used the CRA to Repeal 17 Rules published in the Federal Register.
Before 2017, Congress had used the CRA successfully One Time, in 2001, to Overturn a Rule on Ergonomics in the Workplace.
In the First Four Months of his Administration, Trump Signed 14 CRA Resolutions from Congress Undoing a Variety of Rules issued near the End of Obama's Presidency. Congress ultimately Repealed 16 Rules using the CRA during the Trump Administration.
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