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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 14, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4768 as passed House amended on Jul 12, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jul 12, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 12, 2016
House Jul 12, 2016 · the primary vote
Separation of Powers Restoration Act
Passed
240 Yea 171 Nay 22 not voting
Party-line vote 1 of 411 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4768 and vote against it. 45 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 4768 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
42 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.