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Title II — Separation of Powers Restoration Act

H.R. 5 · 115th Congress · Jan 12, 2017 · Lineage

II Separation of Powers Restoration Act

Sec. 201 Short title

This title may be cited as the “Separation of Powers Restoration Act”.

Sec. 202 Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations

Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended—
(1)
in subsection (a) (as designated by section 107 of this Act)—
(A)
by striking “decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and”; and
(B)
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. If the reviewing court determines that a statutory or regulatory provision relevant to its decision contains a gap or ambiguity, the court shall not interpret that gap or ambiguity as an implicit delegation to the agency of legislative rule making authority and shall not rely on such gap or ambiguity as a justification either for interpreting agency authority expansively or for deferring to the agency’s interpretation on the question of law. 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
(2)
by striking “The reviewing court shall—” and inserting the following:

“(b) The reviewing court shall—