Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015”.
Regulatory Authority Clarification Act of 2015
A BILL
To require agencies to conform to concurrent resolutions when promulgating rules.
Sec. 2 Concurrent resolutions and rulemaking
Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) If Congress adopts a concurrent resolution that clarifies the meaning of a provision of law, including a clarification as to whether a provision of law delegates certain authority to an agency, an agency—
“(1) may not promulgate a rule under this section that conflicts with or otherwise does not carry out the meaning of the provision, as provided in the concurrent resolution; and
“(2) shall promulgate new rules that carry out the meaning of the provision, as provided in the concurrent resolution, if the agency has a rule in effect that conflicts with or otherwise does not carry out such meaning.”