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H. Rept. 118-443 1 (2024-04-05)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagcc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-443 SUNSHINE FOR REGULATORY DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 2023 APRIL 5, 2024.-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 REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 3446] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3446) to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 5 Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 5 H earings ................................................................................................................... 6 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 7 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 7 Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 12 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 12 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 12 Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ............................................................ 13 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 13 Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 13 A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 14 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 14 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 14 49-006