H.R. 115 · 118th Congress

Lets Congress overturn several end-of-term agency rules with one resolution

Official title: Midnight Rules Relief Act1

§1What it does

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This bill would let Congress use a single joint resolution to overturn a group of federal agency rules at once, if the rules were sent to Congress for review during part of the final year of a President's term.2,3 Under the Congressional Review Act, the law Congress uses to overturn agency rules, each such resolution can now cancel only one rule.3 That law already gives a new Congress extra time to review rules that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the previous Congress.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, December 18, 2024: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.1
IntroducedJanuary 9, 2023
SponsorRep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Cosponsors5 cosponsors (5 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 115 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

Why this matters: The official count.

House, December 17, 2024

On Passage: Passed — 210 yes, 201 no, 18 not voting.4