Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.R. 76

BillFederalHouseIn Committee
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · January 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
January 3, 2017
Sponsor
Rep. John RatcliffeR
Cosponsors (65)
0D 65R
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. No law may exempt such a civil action from the application of the amendments made by this bill except by specific reference to these provisions.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.