H.R. 357Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act

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Sponsor: Ben Cline [R-VA-06]
Cosponsors: 19 · 18 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committees: Judiciary Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Dec 13, 2023 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroducedJan 13, 2023
Passed the HouseDec 12, 2023
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill requires, subject to a limited exception, that any agency rule promulgated under notice and comment procedures must be issued and signed by an individual who was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs must issue guidance for agencies to implement this requirement.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 357 as passed House on Dec 12, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Dec 12, 2023Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveDec 12, 2023

How every member votedHouse roll call 717

House Dec 12, 2023 · the primary vote

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Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act

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218 Yea 203 Nay 12 not voting

Party-line vote 3 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats.

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All members433 members

Democratic213 members

Republican220 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors19 · 18 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 357 and vote against it. 5 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 357Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 3572 roll calls on this measure

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On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors19 · 18 Republicans · 1 Democrat

H.R. 357Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 3572 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 717

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors19 · 18 Republicans · 1 Democrat

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