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Jul 13, 2016 Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary See what changed
Jul 12, 2016 Engrossed in House See what changed
Mar 16, 2016viewing Reported in House Mr. Ratcliffe (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Marino, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Buck, Mr. Yoho, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Brat, Mrs. Love, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Babin, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Messer, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Trott, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Issa, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Walker, Mr. Olson, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Renacci, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Smith of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary See what changed
Mar 16, 2016 Introduced in House Mr. Ratcliffe (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Marino, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Buck, Mr. Yoho, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Brat, Mrs. Love, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Babin, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Messer, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Trott, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Issa, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Walker, Mr. Olson, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Renacci, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Smith of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

H.R. 4768 — what changed

Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations

changed Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions” and inserting “de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions and rules”.amended—

(1)

added by striking “To the extent necessary” and inserting “(a) To the extent necessary”;

(2)

added by striking “decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and”;

(3)

added by inserting after “of the terms of an agency action” the following “and decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules made by agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this subsection shall apply in any action for judicial review of agency action authorized under any provision of law. No law may exempt any such civil action from the application of this section except by specific reference to this section”; and

(4)

added by striking “The reviewing court shall—” and inserting the following:

added “(b) The reviewing court shall—”

H.R. 4768 — what changed

Sec. 2 Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations

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