H.Res. 72Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.

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Sponsor: Pete Sessions [R-TX-32]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Feb 11, 2011 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
Passed the HouseFeb 11, 2011

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Requires each of the following House Committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations, orders, and other administrative actions or procedures by federal agencies within its jurisdiction: (1) Agriculture, (2) Education and the Workforce, (3) Energy and Commerce, (4) Financial Services, (5) the Judiciary, (6) Natural Resources, (7) Oversight and Government Reform, (8) Small Business, (9) Transportation and Infrastructure, and (10) Ways and Means.

Requires each committee, upon completion of its inventory and review, to: (1) consider specified matters, (2) conduct any hearings and other oversight activities necessary in support of the inventory and review, and (3) identify in a report on the first session of the 112th Congress any oversight or legislative activity conducted in support of, or as a result of, such inventory and review.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 72 as passed House without amendment on Feb 11, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Feb 11, 2011Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 11, 2011

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House Feb 11, 2011 · the primary vote

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Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth

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391 Yea 28 Nay 14 not voting

Crossed both parties 28 of 419 voting members broke with their own party: 28 Democrats.

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Democratic193 members

Republican240 members

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H.Res. 72Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.

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H.Res. 72Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth.

What the measure doesCRS summary

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