---
kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 115"
bill: "118-hr-115"
heading: "Midnight Rules Relief Act"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "rh"
to_label: "Reported in House"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/118/hr/115/changes/rh"
---

# H.R. 115 — what changed

H.R. 115, Midnight Rules Relief Act — 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Section 1 Short title

- This Act may be cited as the “Midnight Rules Relief <del>Act of 2023”.</del><ins>Act”.</ins>

## Sec. 2 En bloc consideration of resolutions of disapproval pertaining to “midnight rules”

- (a) In general— Section 801(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
  - “(4) In applying section 802 to rules described under paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may contain one or more such rules if the report under subsection (a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the final year of a President’s term.”
- (b) Text of resolving clause— Section 802(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
  - (1) by inserting after “resolving clause of which is” the following: “(except as otherwise provided in this subsection)”; and
  - (2) by adding at the end the following: “In the case of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4), the matter after the resolving clause of such resolution shall be as follows: “That Congress disapproves the following rules: the rule submitted by the __ relating to __; and the rule submitted by the __ relating to __. Such rules shall have no force or effect.” (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in and additional clauses describing additional rules to be included as <del>necessary)”.</del><ins>necessary).”.</ins>