Republicans Amend Rule Review Bill To Preserve Parties’ Ability To Sue

摘要

House Republicans have revised their high-priority bill requiring Congress to approve major regulations issued by EPA and other agencies, adding language in a just-introduced version that would preserve private parties' ability to sue over agency rules that lawmakers may eventually approve under the bill's framework. The new language appears aimed at addressing concerns expressed last year by some lawyers that a version of the bill introduced in 2010 would limit litigants' ability to challenge congressionally approved agency regulations in court under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and other statutes.