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                     118TH CONGRESS                                    J REPT. 118-84
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES            Part 1







                        REGULATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE IN NEED OF
                                         SCRUTINY ACT OF 2023




                      JUNE 1, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed




                             Mr. JORDAN,  from the Committee   on the Judiciary,
                                          submitted  the  following



                                              R  E  P  O  R  T


                                                together with

                                            MINORITY VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 277]

                      The  Committee   on the  Judiciary, to whom  was  referred the bill
                    (H.R.  277) to amend   chapter 8  of title 5, United States Code, to
                    provide that major  rules of the executive branch shall have no force
                    or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law,
                    having  considered  the  same,  reports favorably  thereon  with  an
                    amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                    Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 7
                    Background and Need for the Legislation     .............................................................  7
                    Hearings ................................................................................................................... 13
                    Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 13
                    Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 14
                    Com m ittee Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  18
                    New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ......................................................  18
                    Congressional Budget Office   Cost Estimate   ..........................................................  18
                    Committee Estimate    of Budgetary  Effects  ............................................................  18
                    Duplication of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  18
                    Perform ance Goals  and  Objectives  .........................................................................  18
                    Advisory on Earmarks ............................................................................................. 19
                    Federal M andates  Statem  ent  .................................................................................  19
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  19
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  19
                    Correspondence ........................................................................................................ 20
                    Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 24
                    Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 25
                    Minority Views ......................................................................................................... 40
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