This bill, called the Bureaucratic Overreach Review Act, aims to limit the influence of a legal doctrine known as Chevron deference, which allows courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of laws they administer. The legislation requires the Government Accountability Office to complete a report within 180 days identifying all court cases where Chevron deference was applied, listing the affected statutes and rules, and analyzing which private parties were impacted by these decisions. Additionally, every federal agency must review its own past cases where it received Chevron deference since 1984, identify the statute or rule involved and alternative interpretations that were proposed, and then publicly issue a written memorandum either supporting, reversing, or modifying its original interpretation. The bill affects federal agencies and potentially any companies or individuals involved in regulatory disputes with the government. There is no specific funding authorized in the legislation, though the requirements place administrative burdens on agencies and the GAO to conduct these reviews.
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